Impact of COVID-19 on orthopaedic care: a call for nonoperative management
Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, 2020 Background: Surgical specialties face unique challenges caused by SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19). These disruptions will call on clinicians to have greater consideration for non-operative treatment options to help manage patient symptoms and provide therapeutic ...
Mark R. Phillips +6 more
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The introduction of a surgical safety checklist in a tertiary referral obstetric centre [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Surgery-related adverse events remain a significant and often under-reported problem. In a recent study, the introduction of a perioperative checklist by the WHO reduced deaths and complications by 46% and 36% respectively.
Bonner, J. +3 more
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Resuming Elective Paediatric Surgical Procedures in the Era of COVID-19
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2021 Background: The novel coronavirus and the disease it causes COVID-19, like other viral outbreaks, have an unpredictable timeline. Therefore, a triumph in the battle against COVID-19 could only be achieved if a health care system's capacity to support a potentially overwhelming increase in critical patient care needs is ...
Al-Omar, Khaled, Bakkar, Sohail
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Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2021 Background The Israeli National Health Insurance Law provides permanent residents with a basket of healthcare services through non-profit public health insurance plans, independently of the individual’s ability to pay.
Royi Barnea, Adi Niv-Yagoda, Yossi Weiss
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Interventions for the treatment of oral and oropharyngeal cancers: surgical treatment. [PDF]
, 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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A United Kingdom survey of surgical technique and handling practice of inguinal canal structures during hernia surgery [PDF]
, 2006 Background: Recent trials have assessed the impact of elective nerve division on patient outcome after inguinal herniorrhaphy. The aim of this study was to establish UK surgical practice of handling of structures in the inguinal canal during ...
Bruce, Julie +4 more
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Lymphatic drainage patterns of head and neck cutaneous melanoma: does primary melanoma site correlate with anatomic distribution of pathologically involved lymph nodes? [PDF]
, 2012 The aim of this study was to analyse patterns of metastatic spread from cutaneous head and neck melanoma, which are said to be highly variable.
Lukšić, Ivica +3 more
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Single-center experience in the treatment of visceral artery aneurysms [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Visceral artery aneurysms (VAAs), although rare, represent a life-threatening disease with high mortality rates. With the more frequent use of diagnostic tests, there has been an incidental detection of these lesions which are mostly ...
Di Girolamo, A. +5 more
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2021 Background:. Little is known about the volume and scope of surgical procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and the resources that ASCs may provide to assist local health systems.
Lee Squitieri, MD, PhD, MS +3 more
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Impact of sepsis on risk of postoperative arterial and venous thromboses: large prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2014 Objectives: To evaluate the impact of preoperative sepsis on risk of postoperative arterial and venous thromboses. Design: Prospective cohort study using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database of the American College of Surgeons (ACS ...
Bates, David W +3 more
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