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Annals of Surgery, 2021 Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Objective: The aim of this study was to determine which initial surgical treatment results in the lowest rate of death or neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) in premature infants with necrotizing ...
M. Blakely +70 more
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Characterization of smoke generated during the use of surgical knife in laparotomy surgeries
Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 2020 The staff in hospitals is the high-risk group affected by indoor air pollution for operational reasons. However, there is a lack of relevant information and research on surgical smoke in Taiwan. This study analyses the substance of the smoke and develops
Chun-I Li, Jar-Yuan Pai, Chih-Hsuan Chen
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Surgical Endoscopy, 2020 Background Surgical smoke is a well-recognized hazard in the operating room. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, surgical societies quickly published guidelines recommending avoiding laparoscopy or to consider open surgery because of the fear of ...
Y. Mintz +8 more
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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 +7 more
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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 +7 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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Paralytic Ileus- A Rare but Serious Side-effect of Oral Capecitabine
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2022 Paralytic ileus is a condition where the intestine becomes paralysed in the absence of any mechanical obstruction. The common causes are intra-abdominal surgery, severe metabolic problems and drugs.
Rahul Roy, Subhadip Sarkar
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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 +3 more
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Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1981 In a consecutive series of 1207 major laparotomies, the incidence of wound infections, wound failures and chest complications was prospectively recorded; this allowed certain predisposing factors to be identified, both avoidable and unavoidable. Among the former were operative bacterial contamination, haemorrhagic and septic shock and the use of ...
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Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for the management of early stage endometrial cancer.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 BACKGROUND This is an update of a previous Cochrane Review published in 2012, Issue 9.Surgery for endometrial cancer (hysterectomy with removal of both fallopian tubes and ovaries) is performed through laparotomy.
K. Galaal +3 more
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