Jun 03, 2021

Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) are rare inherited disorders arising from monogenic germline mutations in genes that regulate the immune system. The majority of IEI are Primary Immunodeficiencies char...

Jun 03, 2021

Advances in image processing and computer hardware have enabled the development of user-friendly software which operate in real-time and can be used in the catheterization laboratory to facilitate per...

Jun 03, 2021

Chairs/chiefs of plastic surgery departments/divisions are responsible for directing activities at academic institutions and thus help determine the direction of academic plastic surgery. Other studie...

Jun 03, 2021

Operating theatre efficiency is critical to providing optimum healthcare and maintaining the financial success of a hospital. This study aims to assess theatre efficiency, with a focus on staff activi...

Jun 03, 2021

This prospective controlled clinical trial investigated the possible correlation among mucosa thickness, mucosa height, and width of keratinized mucosa on the contour changes of the peri-implant soft ...

Jun 03, 2021

Tibial shaft fractures (TSFs) combined with occult posterior malleolar fractures (PMFs) are becoming widely recognized in the field of orthopedics. The purpose of this study was to determine the clini...

Jun 03, 2021

COVID-19 disease is a declared pandemic, affecting all aspects of healthcare, including orthopedics. The aim of this study is to describe the COVID-19 orthopedic trauma patients characteristics and ma...

Jun 03, 2021

One of the main biomechanical causes for aseptic failure of orthopaedic implants is the stress shielding. This is caused by an uneven load distribution across the bone normally due to a stiff metal pr...

Jun 03, 2021

The development of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with a high risk of death. Published data demonstrate the possibility of severe kidney i...

Jun 03, 2021

Nonopioid analgesics are frequently used for perioperative analgesia; however, insufficient research is available on several practical issues. Often hospitals have no strategy for how to proceed, e.g....

Jun 03, 2021

The objective of this study was to develop a multi-disciplinary care pathway to minimize perioperative complications in patients with advanced heart failure undergoing bariatric surgery. Patients with...

Jun 03, 2021

Textbook outcome (TO) is a composite measure that captures the most desirable surgical outcomes as a single indicator, yet to date TO has not been defined and assessed in the field of laparoscopic liv...

Jun 03, 2021

Increasingly complex surgical procedures are being performed in the outpatient setting, increasing the burden on patients and caregivers to manage their postoperative symptoms. Electronic patient-repo...

May 31, 2021

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease in need of accurate biomarkers for stratification and as surrogates for clinical endpoints in trials. Quantitative liver fib...

May 31, 2021

Several recent trials have evaluated invasive versus medical therapy for stable ischemic heart disease. Importantly, patients with significant left main coronary stenosis (LMCS) were excluded from the...

May 31, 2021

The mortality rate after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to the rupture of vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms (VADAs) is high; endovascular coil trapping is the first-line therapy to prevent reru...

May 31, 2021

To analyze and discuss the psychological needs of family members of critically ill burn inpatients in semi-closed wards and their related influence factors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted am...

May 31, 2021

The plastic surgery literature is devoid of research on the topic of professional development tools that may be used to enhance performance as a plastic surgeon. After an extensive review of the medic...

May 31, 2021

An increase in the number and quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and trends toward higher levels of evidence (LOE) in the plastic surgery literature has been reported; however, there has n...

May 31, 2021

The current COVID-19 pandemic scenario has driven surgical departments to a transformation.The worldwide spread of the disease has led to a public health quarantine where health care professionals are...