Surgery General
Jan 09, 2023
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is a group of disorders caused by the reduced or absent activity of enzymes involved in the glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) degradation; the consequence is the progressive accumu...
Jan 09, 2023
To fix the bone in orthopedics, it is almost always necessary to use implants. Metals provide the needed physical and mechanical properties for load-bearing applications. Although widely used as biome...
Jan 09, 2023
In recent years, many reports have indicated that propofol is safe to administer to patients with egg/soybean allergy in Western countries. Egg allergy is more frequent in Asia, but there are limited ...
Jan 09, 2023
Excessive bleeding requiring fibrinogen replacement is a serious complication of cardiac surgery. However, the relative cost-effectiveness of the 2 available therapies-fibrinogen concentrate and cryop...
Jan 09, 2023
The National Surgical Quality Improvement Project is the preeminent surgical quality database, but it undercaptures acute kidney injury. Recently, the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project low...
Jan 08, 2023
The following is a summary of "Quantifying Total and Out-of-Pocket Costs Associated With Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship" published in the October 2022 issue of Otolaryngol Head Neck Surgery by Mass...
Jan 06, 2023
The following is a summary of the “Performing the 3-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF)" published in the December 2022 issue of Clinical Spine Surgery by Park et al. The ant...
Jan 06, 2023
The following is a summary of the “Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion for Degenerative Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy" published in the December 2022 issue of Clinical Spine Surgery by Louie e...
Jan 05, 2023
The following is a summary of the “Cervical Disk Arthroplasty Surgical Technique" published in the December 2022 issue of Clinical Spine Surgery by Shafi et al. In recent years, cervical disk...
Jan 05, 2023
The following is a summary of the “Technical Nuances of Cervical Laminoplasty Supplemental Manuscript to Operative Video" published in the December 2022 issue of Clinical Spine Surgery by Ambati et ...
Jan 05, 2023
The following is a summary of the “New Imaging Modalities for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy" published in the December 2022 issue of Clinical Spine Surgery by Rajan et al. When the spinal ...
Jan 03, 2023
The following is a summary of the “Spleen-preserving total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation with complete preservation of the splenic arterial and venous supply does not impact islet yie...
Jan 03, 2023
The following is a summary of the “Cholecystectomy prior to short bowel syndrome does not alter nutritional prognosis" published in the November 2022 issue of Surgery by Thompson et al. In in...
Jan 03, 2023
The following is a summary of "Predictors of post-operative pancreatic fistula formation in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: A national surgical quality improvement program analysis" published in the...
Jan 02, 2023
After allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT), patient-derived stem cells that survived the pre-transplant conditioning compete with engrafting donor stem cells for bone marrow (BM) repopulatio...
Jan 02, 2023
BK virus (BKPyV) is a causative agent of BKPyV-associated nephropathy and graft rejections in kidney transplant patients. It establishes persistent infection in the kidneys, which can lead to reactiva...
Jan 02, 2023
The nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) is one of the morphologically and functionally defined centers that engage in the autonomic regulation of cardiovascular activity. Phenotypically-characterized NTS ...
Jan 02, 2023
Clinical management of open fractures is challenging and frequently requires complex reconstruction procedures. The Gustilo-Anderson classification lacks uniform interpretation, has poor interobserver...
Jan 02, 2023
Facial trauma requiring operative care increases during the summer and fall months, which is colloquially referred to as "trauma season." The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a quanti...
Jan 02, 2023
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disease in orthopedics. RNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) exerts an essential effect in a variety of biological processes in the eukaryotes. In this study, we determined the...