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Who will do general surgery? [PDF]
The document attached has been archived with permission from the editor of the Medical Journal of Australia. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.Advantages to patients of a single anaesthetic for more than one operation are obvious ...
Bruening, M., Maddern, G.
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The Impact of Surgery Resident Participation on the Outcome of Carotid Endarterectomy [PDF]
Introduction. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the in-hospital stroke rate plus deaths (SD) was adversely impacted by the participation of surgery residents during carotid endarterectomy. Methods.
Ammar, Alex
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Anesthesia in the surgery of strabismus: role of anesthetic agents in the ocular deviation and surgical outcome [PDF]
Purpose: To determine whether the changes in the ocular alignment following general anesthesia, maintained with two different inhalational anesthetic agents, sevoflurane and desflurane, can be used as a predictor for surgical outcomes in children with ...
Arrico, Loredana+5 more
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Fellowship training in Acute Care Surgery: from inception to current state. [PDF]
Recognizing the need for urgent and emergent surgical care across America, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma developed and implemented, and oversees, the Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Training Program.
Davis, Kimberly, Jurkovich, Gregory
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Laparoscopic versus open colorectal resection for cancer and polyps: A cost-effectiveness study [PDF]
Methods: Participants were recruited in 2006-2007 in a district general hospital in the south of England; those with a diagnosis of cancer or polyps were included in the analysis.
Dowson, H+4 more
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A comparison of methods for calculating general practice level socioeconomic deprivation [PDF]
Background: A measure of the socioeconomic deprivation experienced by the registered patient population of a general practice is of interest because it can be used to explore the association between deprivation and a wide range of other variables ...
Maheswaran, R., Pearson, T., Strong, M.
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Is there overutilisation of cataract surgery in England? [PDF]
<b>Objectives:</b> Following a 3.7-fold increase in the rate of cataract surgery in the UK between 1989 and 2004, concern has been raised as to whether this has been accompanied by an excessive decline in the threshold such that some ...
Black, N.+5 more
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Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) promote cancer growth, invasion (metastasis), and drug resistance. Here, we identified functional and diverse circulating CAFs (cCAFs) in patients with metastatic prostate cancer (mPCa). cCAFs were found in higher numbers and were functional and diverse in mPCa patients versus healthy individuals, suggesting their ...
Richell Booijink+6 more
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This study demonstrates that KRAS and GNAS mutations are more prevalent in patients with resected intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) compared to those under clinical surveillance. GNAS mutations significantly differ between the two patient cohorts, indicating that their absence may serve as a potential biomarker to support conservative ...
Christine Nitschke+12 more
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Message from the Dean and the Chairman of Dental Surgery [PDF]
The first course of Dental Surgery at the (Royal) University of Malta commenced in October of 1933 in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. Recognition of the Diploma in Dental Surgery by the General Medical Council of the UK was granted in 1936, a year ...
Azzopardi, Alexander, Portelli, John M.
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