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Safety of 12‐Months Administration of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) Standardized Root Extract in Healthy Adults: A Prospective, Observational Study

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ashwagandha, an adaptogen, is an important herb of Ayurveda used as a Rasayana for its various health benefits. This prospective, multi‐center, observational clinical study evaluates the safety (clinical and laboratory) of a standardized Ashwagandha Root Extract (ARE) on long‐term administration over 12 months. Male and female adults (N = 191)
Jaising Salve, Sanjeev Kale, Banwari Lal Prajapati, Adele Sparavigna, Mark Savant, John Ademola, Deepak Langade   +6 more
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Xanthogranulomatous appendicitis in interval appendectomy specimens of children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2016
Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is common in interval appendectomy specimens in adults, but it is unusual in children. Histopathologic specimens of interval appendectomy, within an 8-year period, were reevaluated to assess the true incidence. A computer
Yusuf Hakan Çavuşoğlu, Burak Ardıçlı, Sema Apaydın, Çağatay Evrim Afşarlar, Engin Yılmaz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Preoperative Mechanical Bowel Preparation and Oral Antibiotics for Restorative Elective Colorectal Surgery: Nationwide Analysis of the ACS‐NSQIP Australian Data

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is increasing evidence that the addition of preoperative antibiotics (OAB) reduces infectious complications after colorectal surgery. To understand practice patterns in Australia, Australian hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS‐NSQIP) collecting targeted
Joseph Do Woong Choi, Nguyen Huynh, Kalai Kuppusamy, David Clark, Richard Bryant, Aleksandra Edmundson, Rebecca Radford, Andrew Gilmore, Yasser Farooque, Elaine Zhang, Nimmi Kumar, Matthew Morgan, Neil Merrett, Mingjuan Zeng, Bruce Hodge, Andrew Sutherland, Jimmy Chin Li Lee, Andrea Giles, Diana Tam, Emma Plecas, Boris Strekozov, Chantel Gablonski, Shella de Robles, Jennifer Hearn, Gregory Nolan, Michelle Cooper, Rebecca Boyle, Kelvin Kwok, Ian Incoll, Caitlin Queripel, Amy Cao, Nimalan Pathma‐Nathan, Toufic El‐Khoury, Arthur J. Richardson, Kerry Hitos, James Wei Tatt Toh   +35 more
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No genetic causality between appendectomy and gastrointestinal cancers: a Mendelian randomization study and meta-analysis in European population

Scientific Reports
The impact of appendectomy on the risk of gastrointestinal cancers remains unknown. We aimed to systematically estimate the causal relationship between appendectomy and gastrointestinal cancers in the European population using two-sample Mendelian ...
Shuai Wang, Tao Zhang, Yuanlin Sun, Dongliang Yang, Xueyuan Cao   +4 more
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Association between appendectomy and subsequent colorectal cancer development: an Asian population study.

PLoS ONE, 2015
ObjectivesThe appendix may modulate colon microbiota and bowel inflammation. We investigated whether appendectomy alters colorectal cancer risk.MethodsWe identified a cohort of 75,979 patients who underwent appendectomy between 1997 and 1999 based on the
Shih-Chi Wu, William Tzu-Liang Chen, Chih-Hsin Muo, Tao-Wei Ke, Chu-Wen Fang, Fung-Chang Sung   +5 more
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Expanding the Taxonomy of Ethical Issues in Surgical Innovation

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surgical innovation poses significant ethical challenges. Previous work has grouped these challenges under four categories: potential harms to patients; compromised informed consent; unfair allocation of healthcare resources; and conflicts of interest. We argue that recent technological developments in surgery warrant the addition of three new
Jane Johnson, Katrina Hutchison, Wendy Rogers   +2 more
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Open versus Laparoscopic Appendectomy: A Literature Review

Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
Appendectomy is the most common emergency abdominal surgery in the United States. Open appendectomy has been the standard procedure for decades, whereas laparoscopic appendectomy is a newer, less-invasive method of removing the appendix.
Nicole Kiril Nikolov, Hannah Theresa Reimer, Alvin Sun, Benjamin David Bunnell, Zachary Isaac Merhavy   +4 more
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Appendectomy History is not Related to Parkinson’s Disease

Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, 2017
Background: It has been suggested that appendectomy may modify the emergence of Parkinson’s disease (PD) by affecting the retrograde transport of α-synuclein (α-syn) from the gastrointestinal system.
Rezzak Yilmaz, Ece Bayram, Çağrı Ulukan, Mustafa Kemal Altınok, Muhittin Cenk Akbostancı   +4 more
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Predictive Value of Alvarado, Acute Inflammatory Response, Tzanakis and RIPASA Scores in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis

Lietuvos Chirurgija, 2020
Introduction. The diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA), as the most common cause of acute abdominal pain, has changed in the past decade by introducing scoring systems in addition to the use of clinical, laboratory parameters, and radiological ...
Senol Tahir, Andrej Nikolovski, Martina Ambardjieva, Petar Markov, Dragoslav Mladenovik, Gjulsen Selim, Beti Zafirova-Ivanovska, Vlado Janevski   +7 more
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Iatrogenic ureteric injuries after abdominal surgery: a systematic review and meta‐regression from the European Association of Urology Endourology Section

BJU International, EarlyView.
Objective To systematically evaluate management strategies and associated outcomes of iatrogenic ureteric injuries, focusing on clinical success, renal unit loss, and the need for subsequent endoscopic or reconstructive procedures. Patients and Methods A pre‐registered protocol (CRD420251184018) guided a comprehensive search of PubMed and EMBASE ...
Pietro Scilipoti, Nicola Nannola, Federico Zorzi, Carlos Gonzalez Gonzalez, Marie Chicaud, Luigi Candela, Stefano Moretto, Carlotta Nedbal, Tzevat Tefik, Luca Villa, Eugenio Ventimiglia, Andrea Salonia, Alberto Briganti, Francesco Montorsi, Bhaskar K. Somani, Steeve Doizi, Olivier Traxer, Frederic Panthier   +17 more
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