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Physiological activation of myeloid p38 controls macrophage IL‐12 production and crosstalk to the liver by modulating hepatic FGF21, and subsequently, brown adipose tissue thermogenesis during obesity Abstract Obesity features excessive fat accumulation in several body tissues and induces a state of chronic low‐grade inflammation that contributes to ...
María Crespo +14 more
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An evidence based guide to a safe intraoperative approach of avoiding iatrogenic lesions during difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomies [PDF]
Introduction: Although there are many sources for iatrogenic lesions during laparoscopic cholecystectomy, only a few stand out as being one of the most difficult to predict due to their nature of being very hard to diagnose before surgery.
Belis, Vladimir +3 more
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Trauma and acute care surgeons report prescribing less opioids over time. [PDF]
IntroductionConfronted with the opioid epidemic, surgeons must play a larger role to reduce risk of opioid abuse while managing acute pain. Having a better understanding of the beliefs and practices of trauma and acute care surgeons regarding discharge ...
Anderson, Jamie E +2 more
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Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard in the treatment of cholelithiasis, but there are still some patients requiring conversion to open cholecystectomy for several factors.
Saad AR Al-Shammari
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Laparoscopic Extended Cholecystectomy for Early Gall Bladder Cancer
Background: Laparoscopic approach for early gall bladder cancer (T1b and T2) has been seen to have equal or better early outcomes and late outcomes in terms of overall survival rate and recurrence rate.
Dhiresh Kumar Maharjan +1 more
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Hemobilia due to cystic artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare late complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy [PDF]
We discuss a patient with late presentation of hemobilia following cholecystectomy, which is unusual because pseudoaneurysm caused by vascular injury during surgery typically presents soon after surgery.
Badillo, Ricardo +2 more
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NOViSE: a virtual natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery simulator [PDF]
Purpose: Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is a novel technique in minimally invasive surgery whereby a flexible endoscope is inserted via a natural orifice to gain access to the abdominal cavity, leaving no external scars.
Barrow, A +4 more
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Objective Assessment of Surgical Operative Performance by Observational Clinical Human Reliability Analysis (OC-HRA):A Systematic Review [PDF]
Background: Both morbidity and mortality data (MMD) and learning curves (LCs) do not provide information on the nature of intraoperative errors and their mechanisms when these adversely impact on patient outcome.
Cuschieri, Alfred, Tang, Benjie
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Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester +16 more
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Background The SARS-CoV2 virus has been identified in abdominal cavity of the COVID-19 patients. Therefore, the potential viral transmission from any surgical created smoke in these patients is of concern especially in laparoscopic surgery.
Voraboot Taweerutchana +12 more
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