A Standardized Robotic Training Curriculum in a General Surgery Program
Background and Objectives: The general surgery residency at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria has a long tradition of integrating robotic surgery into training since 2002.
Harley Moit+4 more
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Who should perform thyroid surgery and who should not?
This report was prepared to • clarify the markedly increased disputes between the General Surgery Departments and Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ORL-HNS) Departments in respect to thyroid surgery, • to discuss the subject in question in ...
Levent Erişen+2 more
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Coisotropic Luttinger surgery and some new symplectic 6-manifolds with vanishing canonical class [PDF]
We introduce a surgery operation on symplectic manifolds called coisotropic Luttinger surgery, which generalizes Luttinger surgery on Lagrangian tori in symplectic 4-manifolds. We use it to produce infinitely many distinct symplectic non-Kahler 6-manifolds $X$ with $c_1(X)=0$ which are not of the form $M\times F$ for $M$ a symplectic 4-manifold and $F$
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The Future of Emergency General Surgery.
H ospital admissions for Emergency General Surgery (EGS) have increased 28% since 2001, with over 27 million admissions annually, representing more hospital admissions per year than the sum of all new diagnoses of cancer or diabetes. Patients who undergo
J. Havens+5 more
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Recurrent perianal abscess in a patient with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome–associated granulomatous colitis: a case report [PDF]
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare genetic disease consisting of the triad of oculocutaneous albinism, bleeding diathesis, and pigmented reticuloendothelial cells.
Ahmet Omak+2 more
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Pain management in surgical patients [PDF]
Acute post-operative pain is a major problem which is not well addressed clinically; with patients regularly reporting significant pain following surgery (Clark, 2006). The possible harmful effects of untested surgical pain include: deep vein thrombosis,
Bonnell, Shanna R.
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Publication rates on the topic of racial and ethnic diversity in dermatology versus other specialties [PDF]
Background: The population of the U.S. is becoming more diverse every year. The field of dermatology is not following the same trend. Objective: To assess the promotion of diversity in the field of dermatology by analyzing publications focused on ...
Bray, Jeremy K+3 more
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Postoperative adverse events in patients with diabetes undergoing orthopedic and general surgery
Factors that may result in the occurrence of adverse clinical events in diabetic patients during the postoperative period are not entirely clear. This study evaluated factors that may cause adverse events following elective orthopedic or general surgery.
Jinjing Wang+6 more
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Level of preoperative anxiety in patients scheduled for elective non-cardiac surgery
Background: the anesthetic-surgical activity is considered a factor that causes anxiety in the patient to be operated on, it is a frequent, but little assessed event, and is of paramount importance at the moment to administer anesthetics.Objective: to ...
Karell Piñón-García+4 more
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Comparison of effects of telmisartan versus valsartan on post-induction hypotension during noncardiac surgery: a prospective observational study [PDF]
Background Telmisartan is considered more potent than valsartan. Hemodynamic response during anesthesia induction may be influenced by anti-hypertension (HTN) medication.
Chung-Sik Oh+2 more
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