Surgery General
Mar 01, 2023
The following is the summary of “Should all patients receive extended thromboprophylaxis after resection of primary lung cancer?” published in the December 2022 issue of Thoracic and cardiovascula...
Feb 28, 2023
The following is the summary of “Extended resection for potentially operable patients with stage III non–small cell lung cancer after induction treatment” published in the December 2022 issue of...
Feb 27, 2023
The following is the summary of “Outcomes of lung transplantation from donors with a history of substance abuse” published in the January 2023 issue of Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery by Donah...
Feb 27, 2023
“Bariatric surgery is one component of many in the treatment of obesity and is part of a multidisciplinary, comprehensive care model,” explains Amin Setarehdan, MD. “In patients who undergo the...
Feb 27, 2023
Roux en y anastomosis is a preferred method of biliary reconstruction in liver transplantation that involves living donors or pediatric patients. However, biliary stricture is a frequent and serious c...
Feb 27, 2023
Modelling ultrasound speckle to characterise tissue properties has generated considerable interest. As speckle is dependent on the underlying tissue architecture, modelling it may aid in tasks such as...
Feb 27, 2023
To indicate that 3D low-frequency ultrasound tomography with 3D data acquisition (volography) is a safe, low-cost, high-resolution, whole-body meso-scale medical imaging modality that gives high-resol...
Feb 27, 2023
Idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGEs) are a common group of genetic generalized epilepsies with high genetic heterogeneity and complex inheritance. However, the genetic basis is still largely unkno...
Feb 27, 2023
There is controversy surrounding the association between caudal block and complication rates after hypospadias repair. Conflicting results have been reported mostly from single-center, low volume stud...
Feb 27, 2023
The impact of upward economic mobility and race/ethnicity on achieving quality metrics such as textbook outcomes remains ill-defined. As such, we sought to define the impact of race and county-level u...
Feb 24, 2023
The following is a summary of "Survival in patients with neuroendocrine tumors of the colon, rectum and small intestine," published in the JANUARY 2023 issue of Surgery by Kelle, et al. Colon, ...
Feb 24, 2023
The following is a summary of "Individual components of post-hepatectomy care pathways have differential impacts on length of stay," published in the JANUARY 2023 issue of Surgery by Martin, et al. ...
Feb 23, 2023
The following is the summary of “An Early Prospective Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Performance of the Versius Surgical System in Robot-Assisted Cholecystectomy” published in the Janua...
Feb 23, 2023
The following is the summary of “Steen solution protects pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells and preserves endothelial barrier after lipopolysaccharide-induced injury” published in the Janua...
Feb 23, 2023
The following is the summary of “American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2022 Expert Consensus Document: The use of mechanical circulatory support in lung transplantation” published in th...
Feb 22, 2023
The following is the summary of “Cumulative comorbid conditions influence mortality risk after staged palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome and variants” published in the January 2023 iss...
Feb 21, 2023
The following is the summary of “Comparison of C-C motif chemokine ligand 14 with other biomarkers for adverse kidney events after cardiac surgery” published in the January 2023 issue of Thoracic ...
Feb 20, 2023
The following is the summary of “Primary heart dysfunction is greater with combined heart and lung compared with isolated heart procurement” published in the January 2023 issue of Thoracic and car...
Feb 20, 2023
Hideyo Noguchi is one of the most famous scientists in Japan's history, and his portrait has adorned the ¥1,000 banknotes since 2004. He had a childhood burn injury resulting in severe hand scarring ...
Feb 20, 2023
In response to the opioid epidemic, the United States declared a public health emergency in 2017. We evaluated pain medication prescribing practices among plastic and reconstructive surgeons, assessin...