Bariatric surgery and brain health: A longitudinal observational study investigating the effect of surgery on cognitive function and gray matter volume [PDF]
Dietary modifications leading to weight loss have been suggested as a means to improve brain health. In morbid obesity, bariatric surgery (BARS)—including different procedures, such as vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG), gastric banding (GB), or Roux-en-Y
Flöel, A. +7 more
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3D Laparoscopy. A potential cutting edge in minimal invasive digestive surgery [PDF]
Laparoscopic surgery has changed surgical landscape, providing reduced surgical trauma, shorter hospital stays, less postoperative pain and better outcomes than open surgery. Since its first development in the 90’s, 3D technology applied to laparoscopic
Giuseppe S Sica +2 more
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Step towards Formulating a Maximum Surgical Blood Ordering Schedule in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Introduction: Blood transfusion is an essential part of perioperative care in surgeries in obstetrics and gynecology. A tendency of over ordering of blood imposes additional workload to the blood bank and extra cost to the laboratory and patients ...
Shreyashi Aryal +3 more
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Background. Radical reconstructive operations on the bones of the skull in children with craniostenoses are always accompanied by significant intraoperative blood loss.
O. N. Pulkina +2 more
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Sealive: the use of technical vessel-sealing devices for recipient hepatectomy in liver transplantation: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background: The surgical technique used in liver transplantation has undergone constant evolution in an effort to develop a safe, highly standardized procedure.
Diener, Markus K. +5 more
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Utility of non-invasive haemoglobin monitoring in oncosurgery patients
Background and Aims: Oncosurgeries may incur massive blood loss demanding frequent blood sampling to assess blood loss and the need for intraoperative blood transfusions.
Namrata Gupta +4 more
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Laparoscopic versus open radical prostatectomy in high prostate volume cases: impact on oncological and functional results [PDF]
To prospectively compare the laparoscopic versus open approach to RP in cases with high prostate volume and to evaluate a possible diferente impact of prostate ...
Andrea, Fasulo +8 more
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The role of external broadcasting in a closed political system [PDF]
This article investigates the role and impact of external broadcasting (radio and television) on a closed political system, through the example of the two post-war German states: the West German Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the East German ...
Andreas Scheu +23 more
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Background: Severe hip pain with associated significant functional limitation is the major indication for total hip replacement, a rewarding and gratifying procedure.
Michael Ebiyon Ugbeye +5 more
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Intra-operative blood salvage in total hip and knee arthroplasty [PDF]
Purpose To review records of 371 patients who underwent total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA or TKA) with intra-operative blood salvage to determine the allogeneic blood transfusion rate and the predictors for allogeneic blood transfusion. Methods Records
Beller, Elaine +3 more
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