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The ACS-NSQIP surgical risk calculator is a poor predictor of postoperative complications in patients undergoing oncologic distal femoral replacement.

Sep 20, 2021

Distal femur replacement (DFR) has become a preferred reconstruction for tumors involving the femur but is associated with known complications. The ACS-NSQIP surgical risk calculator is an online tool...

Evaluation of the impact of deep neuromuscular blockade on surgical conditions for laryngeal microsurgery with High Frequency Jet Ventilation. A comparison with no block during intravenous general anesthesia with topical lidocaine.

Sep 20, 2021

Laryngeal transoral surgery classically requires a neuromuscular block (NMB) to facilitate tracheal intubation and to improve surgical conditions. However, the short duration of most procedures and th...

A Novel Paradigm for Surgical Skills Training and Assessment of Competency.

Sep 20, 2021

Sustainment of comprehensive procedural skills in trauma surgery is a particular problem for surgeons in rural, global, and combat settings. Trauma care often requires open surgical procedures for low...

"The Story I will Never Forget": Critical Incident Narratives in Surgical Residency.

Sep 20, 2021

We sought to better understand what defines a critical incident experience for the surgical trainee.Critical incidents are formative moments stamped indelibly on one's memory that shape professional i...

Uterine Cancer: Comparing Treatment Approaches in Women With Distant Organ Metastases

Sep 15, 2021

“According to current estimates, approximately 9% of patients with uterine cancer have metastatic disease at the time of their initial presentation,” says Yuefeng Wang, MD, PhD. “In addition to ...

Medicare Reimbursement

Sep 14, 2021

This study states that Lower extremity bypass surgery remains an important treatment option for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI), but is resource intensive. We sought to evaluate the cost an...

Corticotroph hyperplasia and Cushing disease

Sep 14, 2021

This study analysed diagnostic features, surgical therapy, and clinical outcomes in individuals with Cushing disease to compare corticotroph hyperplasia with histopathologically confirmed adenomas. Pa...

PH Case Report

Sep 14, 2021

The authors showed that even in the presence of mild structural constriction of the optic chiasm and adequate pituitary function, idiopathic pituitary hyperplasia (PH) can cause complete bitemporal he...

EDNAC

Sep 14, 2021

The extradural neural axis compartment (EDNAC) is an adipovenous zone between the meningeal (ML) and endosteal (EL) layers of the dura mater that has received little attention in the jugular foramen (...

CI - SRS - V

Sep 14, 2021

The goal of this research was to see how cochlear implantation (CI) performed after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for vestibular schwannoma fared (VS). Adult patients with VS treated with SRS who un...

Effects of serum from mismatched patients with solid organ transplantation on the activation of microvascular cultures isolated from adipose tissues.

Sep 13, 2021

Aggregating the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) Class I antigens on the endothelial membrane has been known to elicit an activation, an underlying mechanism of chronic rejection in organ transplant reci...

Clinical impact of complement deposition findings on biopsies in acute rejection episodes of pediatric renal transplant patients.

Sep 13, 2021

Rejection is the most important problem for renal graft function and survival. Complement system plays a key role in immune responses from host to graft. It was demonstrated that complement system act...

Longitudinal Hemodynamics of Aortic Bioprosthetic Valve in Hemodialysis Patients.

Sep 13, 2021

We examined the hemodynamic profile of bioprosthetic aortic valves in patients on hemodialysis (HD), longitudinally, and assess the incidence of adverse changes detected by echocardiography. Of 1,146 ...

Unidirectional ablation minimizes unwanted thermal damage and promotes better thermal ablation efficacy in time-based switching bipolar radiofrequency ablation.

Sep 13, 2021

Switching bipolar radiofrequency ablation (bRFA) is a thermal treatment modality used for liver cancer treatment that is capable of producing larger, more confluent and more regular thermal coagulatio...

Leadership in Times of Crisis.

Sep 13, 2021

In the wake of the death toll resulting from coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), in addition to the economic turmoil and strain on our health care systems, plastic surgeons are taking a hard look ...

RECURRENT PERIOCULAR BASAL CELL CARCINOMA. CASE REPORT.

Sep 13, 2021

We present the management of a severe case of recurrent periocular basal cell carcinoma, orbital invasion and exenteration.The present case is of a recurrent basal cell carcinoma in a 84-year-old m...

First Inventory of Access and Quality of Metabolic Surgery Across Europe.

Sep 13, 2021

Europe consists of 51 independent countries. Variation in healthcare regulations results in differing challenges faced by patients and professionals. This study aimed to gain more insight into the acc...

Orthopedic Implant Removal in the Department of Orthopedics of a Tertiary Care Centre of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.

Sep 13, 2021

Implant removal surgery is one of the common surgical procedures done in orthopedics. Studies report that a major portion of orthopedic surgeries carried out in different institutions comprises implan...

Prevalence of Martin-Gruber Anastomosis in Healthy Subjects: An Electrophysiological Study from Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.

Sep 13, 2021

Martin Gruber anastomosis is a common anomaly in forearm between median and ulnar nerve. It may lead to technical pitfall or misinterpretation of nerve conduction studies of these nerves.The aim of th...

Osteoporosis among Postmenopausal Women Attending the Orthopedics Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.

Sep 13, 2021

Osteoporosis and resulting fracture is a major public health concern worldwide. With increase in life expectancy, osteoporosis and fragility fracture is expected to be more prevalent. It is associated...

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