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Emergencies in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Emergencies are frequent in people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (pALS), especially as the disease progresses, and can necessitate urgent evaluation and intervention. Progressive weakness in ALS inevitably increases fall risk, making discussion of fall prevention strategies integral to caring for pALS.
S. Pinar Uysal +9 more
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The Colostomy of Duret for the High Risk Patient
Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2021 Background: Heitzer and Duret described the surgical creation of colostomy in the 1700s, more than a century before the introduction of anesthesia. With the ever increasing degree of frailty in patients of advanced age who require surgical intervention ...
Jody C. DiGiacomo, Mark Lehman
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World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.PESAS demonstrates good discrimination, calibration‐in‐the‐large, and net benefit as an ordinal risk stratification tool for prediction of 30‐day mortality among patients undergoing emergency laparotomy, with exploratory analysis suggesting promise for predicting anastomotic leak.
Wade Hopper +2 more
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Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 2019 Objectives: Palliative stoma creation should be considered in patients at high risk of colonic metallic stent failure. However, it is unclear whether ileostomy or colostomy is superior. This study compared short-term outcomes between palliative ileostomy
Yasuo Nagashima +10 more
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World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.Surgical training logbooks are vital for tracking trainee experience and training quality. As the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) expanded across 24 countries, its paper‐based system outgrew the capacity of paper logbooks.
Lawa Shaban +8 more
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Protective loop ileostomy or colostomy? A risk evaluation of all common complications [PDF]
Annals of ColoproctologyPurpose Protective ileostomy and colostomy are performed in patients undergoing low anterior resection with a high leakage risk. We aimed to compare surgical, medical, and daily care complications between these 2 ostomies in order to make individual ...
Yi-Wen Yang +8 more
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, EarlyView.Acquired haemophilia A (AHA) is a rare complication of malignancy. We report a case of AHA secondary to colorectal cancer which presented as post‐operative bleeding, progressive activated partial thromboplastin time prolongation, precipitous factor VIII (FVIII) decline and inhibitor development.
Benjamin Reardon +2 more
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WHERE AND WHY DO WE SELECT THE TYPE AND SITE OF COLOSTOMY IN CHILDREN BELOW TWO YEARS
The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Background:Alexis Litter (1710) may be called the father of colostomy, when he made an incision in the belly and opened the ends of closed bowel to the belly surface where it never closed and preformed the function of anus for an infant suffered from ...
Salah S. Mahmood +2 more
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ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.Antimicrobial sutures may be particularly beneficial in colorectal and abdominal procedures, where reductions in deep SSI may offset the additional suture cost. Several studies also reported favorable wound‐healing outcomes. ABSTRACT Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) are common postoperative complications that delay wound healing and increase ...
Ryan Muakkassa +3 more
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Complications of colostomy and colostomy closure in Ibadan, Nigeria
International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2001 Objective: To define the incidence of, and factors contributing to the complications of colostomy and colostomy closure at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Patients and Method: Retrospective review of hospital records of all the patients
Emmanuel R Ezeome +3 more
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