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Impact of COVID-19 Related Lockdown on the Frequency of Acute and Oncological Surgeries—Lessons Learned From an Austrian University Hospital

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Innsbruck Medical University Hospital, Austria, provides the highest level of care for a region of approximately 1.8 million people. During the early COVID-19 outbreak in spring 2020 surgical activity was drastically reduced with the prime goal of ...
Julia Abram   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient anxiety and modern elective surgery: a literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Medical advances have led to a considerable rise in the level of elective surgery undertaken as day-case surgery and with minimal hospital stay. However, amid such advances, preoperative psychological care has remained relatively static.
Mitchell, MJ
core   +1 more source

Telemedicine support shortens length of stay after fast-track hip replacement: A randomized controlled trial

open access: yesActa Orthopaedica, 2017
Background and purpose — Telemedicine could allow patients to be discharged more quickly after surgery and contribute to improve fast-track procedures without compromising quality, patient safety, functionality, anxiety, or other patient-perceived ...
Martin Svoldgaard Vesterby   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiac magnetic resonance findings predict increased resource utilization in elective coronary artery bypass grafting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Morbidity following CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting) is difficult to predict and leads to increased healthcare costs. We hypothesized that pre-operative CMR (cardiac magnetic resonance) findings would predict resource utilization in elective CABG ...
Alfakih   +42 more
core   +1 more source

Surgical Management of Sigmoid Volvulus: A Multicenter Observational Study [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Coloproctology, 2020
Purpose This study aimed to evaluate real-world clinical outcomes from surgically treated patients for sigmoid volvulus. Methods Five tertiary centers participated in this retrospective study with data collected from October 2003 through September 2018 ...
Keunchul Lee   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pragmatic Home-Based Exercise after Total Hip Arthroplasty - Silkeborg: Protocol for a prospective cohort study (PHETHAS-1) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2019
Introduction: Rehabilitation exercises are offered to patients after total hip arthroplasty (THA); however, the effectiveness and optimal type and dose of exercise remains unknown.
Lone Ramer Mikkelsen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

12- CANCELED SCHEDULED ELECTIVE SURGERY IN OUR PUBLIC HOSPITALS, WHY? [PDF]

open access: yesBasrah Journal of Surgery, 2008
Cancellation of operations increases theatre costs and decreases efficiency as well as causing emotional trauma to the patients and there families.
Jasim M Salman, Salam N Asfar
doaj   +1 more source

Interventions for the treatment of oral and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: Surgery is an important part of the management of oral cavity cancer with regard to both the removal of the primary tumour and removal of lymph nodes in the neck. Surgery is less frequently used in oropharyngeal cancer.
Bessell, A   +9 more
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Blood Conservation in Elective Surgery [PDF]

open access: yesAnaesthesia and Intensive Care, 1984
Blood conservation for elective surgery involves both the reduction of blood loss and the reduction of homologous blood transfusion. Methods of reducing blood loss such as the use of tourniquets, vasoconstrictor drugs, regional anaesthetic supplements and hypotensive anaesthesia are considered briefly.
M J, Davies, K D, Cronin
openaire   +2 more sources

Pragmatic Home-Based Exercise after Total Hip Arthroplasty - Silkeborg: Protocol for a prospective cohort study (PHETHAS-1) [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2019
Introduction: Rehabilitation exercises are offered to patients after total hip arthroplasty (THA); however, the effectiveness and optimal type and dose of exercise remains unknown.
Lone Ramer Mikkelsen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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