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A Rare Case of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Ureteral Compression

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine, 2021
Introduction: In this report, we present a rare case of aortic aneurysm with associated left ureter obstruction and consequent hydronephrosis.
Muresan Vasile Adrian, Cosarca Mircea Catalin, Russu Eliza, Niculescu Raluca, Zăgan Cătălin Andrei   +4 more
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Older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: observations from the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) years 1-4.

Age and Ageing, 2020
BACKGROUND older patients aged ≥65 years constitute the majority of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) population. To better understand this group and inform future service changes, this paper aims to describe patient characteristics ...
Rachel Aitken, J. Partridge, C. M. Oliver, D. Murray, S. Hare, S. Lockwood, Nicholas Beckley-Hoelscher, J. Dhesi   +7 more
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Sexual Perversion Leads to Laparotomy [PDF]

Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care, 2021
Insertion of objects/stuff in bodily orifice is not unusual. There are many causes of penetration of bowel with different objects inserted via anus as to achieve sexual pleasure, to satisfy lust, self-injury, malingering and human trafficking is known ...
Areeba Aqeel, Shahameen Aqeel
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Prevention of incisional hernia after midline laparotomy with prophylactic mesh reinforcement: a meta‐analysis and trial sequential analysis

BJS Open, 2020
Incisional hernia is a frequent complication after abdominal surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of prophylactic mesh reinforcement (PMR) after midline laparotomy in reducing the incidence of incisional hernia.
A. Jairam, M. López-Cano, J. García-Alamino, J. Pereira, L. Timmermans, J. Jeekel, J. Lange, F. Muysoms   +7 more
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Prophylactic surgical wound management with negative pressure therapy in emergency abdominal surgery: is it really useful?

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 2023
Mr Editor Infection at the operating site (ISO) is the most common postoperative surgical complication in general surgery. This is more frequent in cases of emergency interventions, compromises the patient's prognosis, causes high health costs, and ...
Yelson Alejandro Picón Jaimes, Samir Alberto Caycedo Assia, Isabela Zenilma Daza Patiño, Eliecer Enrique Aragon Acosta, Cindy Stephanie Buitrago Almanza   +4 more
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Comparison of Laparoscopy and Laparotomy Results for Benign Ovarian Tumors

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2022
Objectives: To present the data generated at our hospital by comparing the operative characteristics and surgical results of patients who applied to the clinic and emergency room due to ovarian cyst and underwent laparoscopy or laparotomy.
Mehmet Sinan İyisoy, Gülnur Eren, Jule Eriç Horasanlı   +2 more
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Challenges in optimising recovery after emergency laparotomy

Anaesthesia, 2020
Standardised peri‐operative care pathways for patients undergoing emergency laparotomy or laparoscopy for non‐traumatic pathologies have been shown to be inadequate and associated with high morbidity and mortality.
N. B. Foss, Henrik Kehlet
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Sepsis Following Laparotomy for Trauma - Don’t Watch and Wait

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020
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Piers R.J. Page
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Comparison of Laparoscopic and Open Surgery for Women With Early-Stage Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
ObjectiveThis study evaluated the oncologic outcomes of laparoscopy and laparotomy in the management of early-stage ovarian cancer patients.MethodsWe conducted an observational study of women diagnosed with International Federation of Gynecology and ...
Xuting Ran, Xuting Ran, Xinlin He, Xinlin He, Zhengyu Li, Zhengyu Li   +5 more
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Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic laparoscopy for assessing resectability in pancreatic and periampullary cancer. [PDF]

, 2015
Surgical resection is the only curative treatment for pancreatic and periampullary cancer, but many patients undergo unnecessary laparotomy because tumours can be understaged by computerised tomography (CT).
Davidson, BR, Gurusamy, KS, Morris, S, Sheringham, J   +3 more
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