Endovascular repair versus open surgery in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: Clinical outcomes with 1-year follow-up [PDF]
, 2006 ObjectiveTo compare the clinical outcomes of treatment after endovascular repair and open surgery in patients with ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), including 1-year follow-up.MethodsAll consecutive conscious patients with ruptured ...
Jacob J. Visser +35 more
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Permanent atrial fibrillation ablation surgery in patients with advanced age [PDF]
, 2005 Background: Even if permanent atrial fibrillation (pAF) is a frequent concomitant problem in patients undergoing open heart surgery and particularly in those with advanced age, data of pAF ablation surgery in older aged patients are scarce.
Geidel, Stephan +2 more
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Radiotherapy versus open surgery versus endolaryngeal surgery (with or without laser) for early laryngeal squamous cell cancer. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in The Cochrane Library in Issue 2, 2002 and previously updated in 2004, 2007 and 2010.Radiotherapy, open surgery and endolaryngeal excision (with or without laser) are all accepted ...
Chudasama, Jessal +6 more
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OPEN HEART SURGERY IN CHILDREN
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1958 surgical treatment of cardiovascular diseases of children. When cardiac surgery first began, operations were restricted to the major cardiac vessels or the cardiac surface and pericardium. Frequently, an indirect attack was used for an intracardiac lesion, whereby some alteration in blood flow through the great vessels was made to compensate for the ...
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Safety of overlapping inpatient orthopaedic surgery: A multicenter study [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundAlthough overlapping surgery is used to maximize efficiency, more empirical data are needed to guide patient safety. We conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate the safety of overlapping inpatient orthopaedic surgery, as judged by the
Dy, Christopher J +7 more
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Multimodal Magnetic Resonance and Near-Infrared-Fluorescent Imaging of Intraperitoneal Ovarian Cancer Using a Dual-Mode-Dual-Gadolinium Liposomal Contrast Agent. [PDF]
, 2016 The degree of tumor removal at surgery is a major factor in predicting outcome for ovarian cancer. A single multimodality agent that can be used with magnetic resonance (MR) for staging and pre-surgical planning, and with optical imaging to aid surgical ...
Annapragada, A +7 more
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'I'd kill anyone who tried to take my band away' : obesity surgery, critical fat politics and the 'problem' of patient demand [PDF]
, 2012 Obesity surgery is commonly figured within Fat Studies as the violent mutilation of the fat body, and as the unjustifiable apotheosis of the war on obesity.
Throsby, Karen
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Local anaesthesia efficacy as postoperative analgesia for open shoulder instability surgery. a prospective randomised controlled study [PDF]
, 2012 Background and objectives: The aim of present study was to evaluate for the first time, the clinical effect of local anaesthetic infiltration as postoperative analgesia in open shoulder surgery for anterior-inferior instability.
Caricati Alessio +6 more
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Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & GynecologyBackground: Uterine sarcoma, frequently diagnosed postoperatively, and often misidentified as benign tumor, is commonly managed through minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and tumor morcellation.
Hong Ci Lim +6 more
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A totally laparoscopic associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy assisted with radiofrequency (radiofrequency assisted liver partition with portal vein ligation) for staged liver resection [PDF]
, 2016 In order to induce liver hypertrophy to enable liver resection in patients with a small future liver remnant, various methods have been proposed in addition to portal vein embolisation.
Fajardo, A +6 more
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