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Procedures in emergency medicine: surgical cricothyroidotomy

, 2013
This video is part of a series of videos demonstrating common procedures performed in the Emergency Medicine setting. It was prepared by Cape Town Emergency Medicine's consultants and registrars.
Oosthuizen, Almero, Cape Town Emergency Medicine Registrars   +1 more
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Rapid Postmortem Temporal Bone Extraction and Dissection of Human Inner Ear Organs From Organ Donors

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
We developed a postmortem protocol for temporal bone extraction and dissection in organ donors, enabling atraumatic bilateral temporal bone retrieval within 1–2 h of ischemia, followed by stepwise microsurgical dissection of neurosensory organs. Combining rapid extraction, abbreviated decalcification, and atraumatic microsurgical dissection, this ...
Yassine Balhi, Zahra N. Sayyid, Hakim Hiel, Grace Capshaw, Ghazaleh Amiri, Mohamed Lehar, George S. Liu, Caroline L. Cole, Bryan K. Ward, Adam C. Kaufman, Amanda M. Lauer   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring surgical safety during minimally invasive surgical procedures: A validation study [PDF]

, 2018
Background: During the implementation of new interventions (i.e., surgical devices and technologies) in the operating room, surgical safety might be compromised.
Blikkendaal, Mathijs D. (author), Rodrigues, Sharon P. (author), Driessen, Sara R C, Smeets, M.J.G.H., Frank Willem Jansen, Smeets, M.J.G.H. (author), Dobbelsteen, J.J. van den, Jenny Dankelman, Dankelman, J., Jansen, F.W., Blikkendaal, Mathijs D., Sharon P. Rodrigues, Rodrigues, S.P., Jansen, F.W. (author), Rodrigues, Sharon P., Mathijs D. Blikkendaal, John J. van den Dobbelsteen, Sara R. C. Driessen, Johann P. T. Rhemrev, van den Dobbelsteen, J.J., Rhemrev, J.P.T. (author), Rhemrev, J.P.T., Driessen, S.R.C., Driessen, Sara R C (author), van den Dobbelsteen, J.J. (author), Blikkendaal, M.D., Maddy J. G. H. Smeets, Dankelman, J. (author)   +27 more
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Global surgery in a postconflict setting - 5-year results of implementation in the Russian North Caucasus [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: Collaborations for global surgery face many challenges to achieve fair and safe patient care and to build sustainable capacity. The 2004 terrorist attack on a school in Beslan in North Ossetia in the Russian North Caucasus left many victims ...
Fatima I. Lunze, Karsten Lunze, Zemfira M. Tsorieva, Constantin T. Esenov, Alexandr Reutov, Thomas Eichhorn, Christian Offergeld   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

EHR‐Integrated Synoptic Operative Reporting for Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
EHR‐integrated synoptic operative templates for head and neck oncologic surgery was developed and implemented at a tertiary academic cancer center. Departmental adherence rose from 49% to nearly 80% over 6 months, and 94.5% of reviewed cases met targets for complete, internally consistent documentation. The resulting structured data dictionary provides
Miriam N. Lango, Avery Sinnathamby, Marc‐Elie Nader, Paul W. Gidley, Karen Y. Choi, Mark Zafereo, Carly E. A. Barbon, Kristen B. Pytynia, Anastasios Maniakas, Amy Hessel, Ryan P. Goepfert, Faisal I. Ahmad, Jennifer L. Anderson, Sahil K. Kapur, Jolyn S. Taylor   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common source of morbidity among operated patients. At Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), studies indicate that the rate of SSI has been increasing over the past thirty years.
Mbembati, NM, Akoko, L.O., Fredrick, F, Mbembati, N.M., Akoko, LO, Mwanga, AH, Fredrick, F., Mwanga, A.H.   +7 more
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Scan for Success? Number Needed to Scan and Management Changes in Preoperative Otosclerosis: Quantitative Analysis

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To quantify the cumulative number of images needed to scan (NNS) with preoperative high‐resolution temporal bone computed tomography (HR‐TBCT) to yield a change in management in patients undergoing primary stapes surgery for otosclerosis‐related hearing loss. Study Design Retrospective cohort.
Omer J. Ungar, Adi Brenner, Daniel Zikk, Rani Abu‐Eta, Yahav Oron, Oren Cavel, Ophir Handzel, Nidal Muhanna, Shiri L. Maymon   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for the evaluation of new interventional procedures [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: The introduction of new interventional procedures is less regulated than for other health technologies such as pharmaceuticals. Decisions are often taken on evidence of efficacy and short-term safety from small-scale usually observational ...
Vale, Luke, Burr, Jennifer M., Grant, Adrian M., Lourenco, Tania   +3 more
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Long term complications of ventilation tube insertion in children with otitis media with effusion [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2015
Background/Aim. Otitis media with effusion (OME) is characterized by the prolonged presence of fluid (longer than 12 weeks) of different viscosity in the middle ear, without perforation of the eardrum or signs of acute inflammation.
Djordjević Vladimir, Bukurov Bojana, Arsović Nenad, Ješić Snežana, Milovanović Jovica, Nešić Vladimir   +5 more
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Otovent Versus Valsalva: Physiological Insights for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Autoinflation in Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Autoinflation aids assessment of Eustachian tube function, or as a conservative treatment for obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction. This study compares the physiological characteristics of 2 autoinflation techniques, the Otovent® device and the Valsalva manoeuvre, to inform clinical application for both diagnosis and therapy ...
Kiran Joshi, Victor Lim, Victor Ho, James Tysome, Matthew Smith   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source