Trauma and acute care surgeons report prescribing less opioids over time. [PDF]
, 2019 IntroductionConfronted with the opioid epidemic, surgeons must play a larger role to reduce risk of opioid abuse while managing acute pain. Having a better understanding of the beliefs and practices of trauma and acute care surgeons regarding discharge ...
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BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020 Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester +16 more
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Delayed phlegmon with gallstone fragments masquerading as soft tissue sarcoma. [PDF]
, 2016 Complications from lost gallstones after cholecystectomy are rare but varied from simple perihepatic abscess to empyema and expectoration of gallstones.
Bateni, Cyrus P +3 more
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The first experience of using the "Senhance" robotic surgical system during cholecystectomy
Medičnì Perspektivi, 2023 The aim of our study was to evaluate the differences in intraoperative and postoperative outcomes of cholecystectomy using the Senhance robotic platform and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
M.A. Kashtalian +2 more
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Gallbladder cancer: South American experience [PDF]
, 2016 Large differences in terms of incidence and mortality due to gallbladder cancer (GBC) have been reported worldwide. Moreover, it seems that GBC has unique characteristics in South America.
Arroyo, Gerardo F. +2 more
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Factors affecting conversion of laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy
Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, 2017 Introduction: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold-standard operation for the treatment of cholelithiasis. Various factors affect the conversion of laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy. Methods: In this prospective analytical study one hundred and
Raj Kumar Chhetri +2 more
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The association between cholecystectomy and colorectal neoplasm in inflammatory bowel diseases: A population-based cohort study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and cholecystectomy are associated with the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). Our aim was to determine the association between cholecystectomy and the CRC risk in IBD.We first obtained the Taiwan National Health Insurance
Yen-Chun Peng +2 more
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Endoscopic Ultrasound versus Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in Patients with Suspected Common Bile Duct Stones. [PDF]
, 2015 Patients with suspected common bile duct (CBD) stones are often diagnosed using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), an invasive procedure with risk of significant complications.
Davidson, BR +3 more
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Indomethacin decreases viscosity of gallbladder bile in patients with cholesterol gallstone disease [PDF]
, 1993 There is experimental evidence that inhibition of cyclooxygenase with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may decrease cholesterol gall-stone formation and mitigate biliary pain in gall-stone patients.
Brandl, H. +8 more
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Objective Assessment of Surgical Operative Performance by Observational Clinical Human Reliability Analysis (OC-HRA):A Systematic Review [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Both morbidity and mortality data (MMD) and learning curves (LCs) do not provide information on the nature of intraoperative errors and their mechanisms when these adversely impact on patient outcome.
Cuschieri, Alfred, Tang, Benjie
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