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Understanding the relationship dynamics between female sex workers and their intimate partners in Kumasi, Ghana [PDF]

, 2014
This study was implemented by Boston University in collaboration with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S.
Adhiambo Onyango, Monica, Adjei, Rose, Adu‐Sarkodie, Yaw, Agyarko‐Poku, Thomas, Beard, Jennifer, Falconer, Ariel, Green, Kimberly, Hunsberger Kopelman, Carol, Wambugu, Sam   +8 more
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Bowel preparation and surgical site infections in laparoscopic and robot‐assisted right‐sided colon cancer surgery with intracorporeal anastomosis: A retrospective study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This retrospective study investigated risk factors for surgical site infections (SSIs) in right‐sided colon cancer surgeries using intracorporeal anastomosis (IA). The results demonstrated that preoperative oral antibiotics (OA) significantly reduced SSI rates, with OA identified as an independent protective factor, suggesting its beneficial role in ...
Naoya Ozawa, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Takumi Kozu, Tatsuki Noguchi, Takashi Sakamoto, Shimpei Matsui, Toshiki Mukai, Takashi Akiyoshi, Yosuke Fukunaga   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does it fit okay? Problems with condom use as a function of self-reported poor fit [PDF]

, 2010
This is an open access article - Copyright © 2010 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reservedOBJECTIVE: To identify associations between men's self-reports of ill-fitting condoms and selected condom use problems, using an event-specific analysis.
Crosby, RA, Graham, CA, Sanders, SA, Yarber, WL   +3 more
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Optimal duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis in patients undergoing distal pancreatectomy: A multicenter cohort study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Prolonged administration of antimicrobial prophylaxis might not be effective to prevent surgical site infections after distal pancreatectomy compared to intraoperative or up to 24‐h administration. Abstract Background Antimicrobial prophylaxis is routinely administered in patients undergoing distal pancreatectomy, with cephalosporins being the most ...
Kenjiro Okada, Kenichiro Uemura, Sohei Satoi, Tsutomu Fujii, Manabu Kawai, So Yamaki, Toru Watanabe, Hideki Motobayashi, Shinya Takahashi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prognostic factors for patients with esophageal cancer who achieve pathological complete response in the primary tumor after upfront chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Male gender and pathological lymph node metastasis are independent poor prognostic factors in patients with esophageal cancer who receive upfront treatment followed by surgery and achieved pathological complete response of the primary tumor. Among patients without pathological lymph node metastasis, the upfront chemotherapy group showed significantly ...
Masaaki Motoori, Koji Tanaka, Hiroshi Miyata, Makoto Yamasaki, Osamu Shiraishi, Atsushi Takeno, Tomoki Makino, Keijiro Sugimura, Takushi Yasuda, Yuichiro Doki   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perioperative outcomes of esophagectomy after doublet versus docetaxel‐based triplet neoadjuvant chemotherapy in older patients: A nationwide inpatient database study in Japan

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
In this nationwide inpatient database study of 5229 patients aged 70–79 years who underwent esophagectomy for cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, overlap propensity score weighting analysis showed that neoadjuvant docetaxel‐based triplet regimen (docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5‐fluorouracil) was not associated with a higher incidence of perioperative ...
Yuki Hirano, Takaaki Konishi, Hidehiro Kaneko, Satoru Matsuda, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Yuya Kimura, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hiroyuki Daiko, Osamu Itano, Hideo Yasunaga, Yuko Kitagawa   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A history of gastrectomy is a risk factor for choledocholithiasis in patients undergoing cholecystectomy: A single center retrospective study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This retrospective study suggests that gastrectomy is a risk factor for choledocholithiasis. Especially in terms of the differences in reconstruction methods, the median time from gastrectomy to development of choledocholithiasis was 5.5 years for Roux‐en‐Y, which was significantly faster than 20 years for Billroth I and 35 years for Billroth II ...
Yuki Matsui, Daisuke Hashimoto, So Yamaki, Kazuki Matsumura, Hidetaka Miyazaki, Yuji Ikeda, Denys Tsybulskyi, Thanh Sang Nguyen, Sohei Satoi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research report: Exploring the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of MSM engaged in substance use and transactional sex in Ghana [PDF]

, 2013
This study was implemented by Boston University in collaboration with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with support from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S.
Adu‐Sarkodie, Yaw, Agyarko‐Poku, Thomas, Ahmed Abdul Rahman, Yussif, Akuoko, Kofi, Ashigbie, Paul, Bachman DeSilva, Mary, Baffuor Opoku, Kofi, Beard, Jennifer, Esang, Michael, Green, Kimberly, Sabin, Lora, Wambugu, Sam   +11 more
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Nepalese trekking guides: A quantitative study of sexual health knowledge and sexual behaviour [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Tourism, a global industry, brings with it a number of public health problems, one of which is the spread of sexually transmitted infections transmitted between travellers and hosts.
Bhatta, P., Ingham, R., Regmi, Pramod, Simkhada, Padam, Stone, P., van Teijlingen, Edwin   +5 more
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