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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical activity in the Brazilian private healthcare system.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionSurgical volume was drastically reduced in many countries due to challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.ObjectivesWe sought to estimate the number of cancelled surgical and diagnostic procedures within the Brazilian private healthcare ...
Luiza Helena Degani Costa, Barbara Yepes Pereira, Isabela Queiros Castro, Heitor Werneck, Glenio B Mizubuti, Luiz Fernando Dos Reis Falcão   +5 more
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Incidence and features of preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery

Acta Medica Lituanica, 2019
The study was conducted at the Centre of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos. Background.
Vilma Kuzminskaitė, Justina Kaklauskaitė, Justė Petkevičiūtė   +2 more
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Prevalence of pre-operative anxiety and associated risk factors among patients awaiting elective surgery in a tertiary care hospital [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2023
Background Patients undergoing surgery have a fear of anesthesia and surgical procedures that results in anxiety. The global incidence of pre-operative anxiety is estimated at 60–92%.
Bhuwan Ghimire, Sunil Baniya, Suman Prasad Adhikari, Bishnu Deep Pathak, Om Prakash Tandon, Nabin Simkhada, Indra Dev Pathak, Laxmi Regmi, Bishal Dhakal, Namrata Mahara Rawal, Prawesh Adhikari, Aakanksha Rana, Prabhas Joshi, Pooja Kafle   +13 more
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Long term evaluation of operating theater planning policies [PDF]

, 2012
This paper addresses Operating Room (OR) planning policies in elective surgery. In particular, we investigate long-term policies for determining the Master Surgical Schedule (MSS) throughout the year, analyzing the tradeoff between organizational ...
Meloni C., Agnetis, Alessandro, Dellino, Gabriella, Corsini M., Pranzo, Marco, Coppi A., Meloni, Carlo, Corsini M, Coppi, Alberto, Corsini, Matteo, Dellino G., Coppi A, Agnetis A, Pranzo M., Dellino G, Agnetis A.   +15 more
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Interventions for the treatment of oral and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment [PDF]

, 2011
Background<p></p> 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.
Conway, David I, Clarkson, Jan E.; id_orcid, Pavitt, S, Alyson Bessell, Anne-Marie Glenny, Furness, Susan, Oliver, R, David I Conway, Jan E Clarkson, Macluskey, Michaelina, Macluskey, Michaelina; id_orcid, Furness, S, Glenny, Anne-Marie, Pavitt, Sue, Philip Sloan, Macluskey, M, Worthington, HV, Bessell, Alyson, Clarkson, Jan E., Richard Oliver, Oliver, Richard, Sloan, Philip, Helen V Worthington, Susan Furness, Sue Pavitt, Glenny, Anne-Marie; id_orcid, Clarkson, Jan E, Conway, DI, Conway, David I., Clarkson, JE, Sloan, P, Worthington, Helen V; id_orcid, Bessell, A, Michaelina Macluskey, Worthington, Helen V., Glenny, A-M   +35 more
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Elective reconstruction of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm type IV by transabdominal approach [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2012
Introduction. Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) type IV represents an aortic dilatation from the level of the diaphragmatic hiatus to the iliac arteries branches, including visceral branches of the aorta.
Marjanović Ivan, Jevtić Miodrag, Mišović Sidor, Šarac Momir   +3 more
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Identification of risk factors by systematic review and development of risk-adjusted models for surgical site infection [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are complications of surgery that cause significant postoperative morbidity. SSI has been proposed as a potential indicator of the quality of care in the context of clinical governance and monitoring of the ...
Wilson, AP, Pearson, A. (Andrew), ZH Krukowski, Bruce, J, Krukowski, Zygmunt H., Gibbons, C., Pearson, A, Lamping, Donna Louise, Reeves, BC, AP Wilson, DL Lamping, J Wilson, Krukowski, ZH, Lamping, DL, J Carpenter, Krukowki, ZH, J Bruce, Carpenter, J., Gibbons, C, A Pearson, Wilson, J, Wilson, A. P. (A. Peter), BC Reeves, Reeves, B. C., Wilson, Jennie, RGN, C Gibbons, Bruce, J. (Julie), Carpenter, J   +27 more
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Variation in the choice of elective surgical procedure for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Spain [PDF]

, 2019
M Jesús Quintana,1,2 Ignasi Gich,1–3 Julián Librero,4,5 Sergi Bellmunt-Montoya,6,7 José R Escudero,3,8,9 Xavier Bonfill1–3,10 On behalf of the AAA Spanish Study Group 1Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Public ...
Bellmunt-Montoya S, Bonfill X, Librero J, Quintana MJ, Gich I, Escudero JR   +5 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delays in surgical procedures in Germany: a multi-center analysis of an administrative registry of 176,783 patients

Patient Safety in Surgery, 2022
Background While extensive data are available on the postponement of elective surgical procedures due to the COVID-19 pandemic for Germany, data on the impact on emergency procedures is limited.
Richard Hunger, Volker König, Rosi Stillger, René Mantke   +3 more
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Thermogenesis after major elective surgical procedures

Journal of British Surgery, 1987
Abstract Sequential changes of body temperature have been measured for 48 h in 147 patients after major elective abdominal, cardiac, orthopaedic and pelvic surgery. Core temperature (aural canal) started to increase immediately after surgery reaching a mean peak value of 37·5°C 14 h (range 8-16) after the end of surgery.
F, Carli, V R, Aber
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