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Systematic review of perioperative and quality-of-life outcomes following surgical management of localised renal cancer [PDF]

, 2012
UCAN Cancer Charity (www.ucanhelp.org.uk) and MacMillan Cancer Charity (www.macmillan.org.uk) helped design and conduct the study.Peer ...
Canfield, Steven E., Dahm, Philipp, Griffiths, T. R. Leyshon, Hilvano-Cabungcal, Ana M., Imamura, Mari, Lam, Thomas B. L., Lapitan, Marie C., Ljungberg, Börje, MacLennan, Graeme, MacLennan, Sara J., MacLennan, Steven, McClinton, Sam, N'Dow, James, Omar, Muhammad Imran, Royle, Pam, Stewart, Fiona, UCAN Systematic Review Reference Group   +16 more
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Tourniquetless Total Knee Arthroplasty With Modern Perioperative Protocols Decreases Pain and Opioid Consumption in Women [PDF]

, 2018
Background This study examined whether a modern total knee arthroplasty (TKA) protocol without a tourniquet results in less patient-reported pain and in-hospital opioid consumption compared to TKA with a tourniquet.
Dilley, Julian E., Hood, Mark, Jr., Kheir, Michael M., Meneghini, R. Michael, Ziemba-Davis, Mary   +4 more
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Risk stratification by pre-operative cardiopulmonary exercise testing improves outcomes following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery : a cohort study [PDF]

, 2013
Background: In 2009, the NHS evidence adoption center and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a review of the use of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).
AR Thompson, BR Baxendale, CP Snowden, DF Reilly, DP Lipkin, DZH Levett, E Kothmann, EL Young, EVAR trial participants, EVAR Trial Participants, H Bengtsson, H Shiels, J Carlisle, JA Franciosa, JD Blankensteijn, JM Prentis, K Henry, K Salatash, K Waxman, KA Eagle, LA Fleisher, N Buck, National Research Ethics Service, P Older, P Older, P Older, PP Goodney, PR Silverstein, R Struthers, RA Hartley, RAP Scott, RR Attia, S Pearson, SM Bauer, SR Finlayson, TB Smith, The UK Small Aneurysm Trial Participants, WC Shoemaker, WL Beaver, WS Aronow   +39 more
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Randomized controlled trial of intraoperative goal-directed fluid therapy in aerobically fit and unfit patients having major colorectal surgery. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Intraoperative fluid therapy regimens using oesophageal Doppler monitoring (ODM) to optimize stroke volume (SV) (goal-directed fluid therapy, GDT) have been associated with a reduction in length of stay (LOS) and complication rates after ...
Abbas, Bellamy, Brandstrup, Brunkhorst, Bundgaard-Nielsen, Bundgaard-Nielsen, C. Challand, Davies, Dindo, Faiz, Futier, G. Minto, Gan, Giglio, Grocott, Hollowell, J.R. Sneyd, K.B. Hosie, Kehlet, Lees, Lobo, Mills, N. Mellor, Noblett, Older, P.D. Erasmus, Pearse, Powell-Tuck, R. Struthers, Roche, Sanders, Schortgen, Senagore, Shoemaker, Shoemaker, Snowden, Wakeling, Walsh, Wilson   +38 more
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Study protocol for the Anesthesiology Control Tower—Feedback Alerts to Supplement Treatments (ACTFAST-3) trial: A pilot randomized controlled trial in intraoperative telemedicine [version 1; referees: 2 approved] [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Each year, over 300 million people undergo surgical procedures worldwide. Despite efforts to improve outcomes, postoperative morbidity and mortality are common.
ACTFAST Study Group,, Avidan, Michael S, Ben Abdallah, Arbi, Fritz, Bradley A, Gregory, Stephen, Helsten, Daniel L, Murray-Torres, Teresa M, Sharma, Anshuman, Wildes, Troy S   +8 more
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Glucocorticoid-endocannabinoid interaction in cardiac surgical patients: relationship to early cognitive dysfunction and late depression [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Endocannabinoids (ECs) are rapidly acting immune-modulatory lipid-signaling molecules that are important for adaptation to stressful and aversive situations. They are known to interact with glucocorticoids and other stress-responsive systems.
Beiras-Fernandez, Andres, Campolongo, Patrizia, Giehl, Markus, Hauer, Daniela, Kilger, Erich, Schelling, Gustav, Schopp, Mirjam, Strewe, Claudia, Toth, Roland, Weis, Florian   +9 more
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Elective Open Suprarenal Aneurysm Repair in England from 2000 to 2010 an Observational Study of Hospital Episode Statistics [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Open surgery is widely used as a benchmark for the results of fenestrated endovascular repair of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
Alan Karthikesalingam, Alberto Vidal-Diez, Benjamin O. Patterson, CD Bicknell, CS Cina, E Choke, FA Lederle, GH Martin, Giuseppe Sollazzo, GL Gilling-Smith, J Cross, JA Cowan Jr, JA Cowan Jr, Jan D. Poloniecki, JC Parodi, JL De Bruin, JM Hacking, JM Richards, JN Armitage, Matthew M. Thompson, Peter J. E. Holt, Peter Whittaker, PJ Holt, PJ Holt, PJ Holt, RM Greenhalgh, Robert J. Hinchliffe, S Sinha, S Tsai, TP Sarac, V Jongkind, VI Patel   +31 more
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Effect of allogeneic intraoperative blood transfusion on survival in patients treated with radical cystectomy for nonmetastatic bladder cancer: Results from a single high-volume institution [PDF]

, 2015
Transfusion has been related to poor survival after surgery in several cancers. Recently, timing of transfusion has been proposed as crucial in the determination of poor survival expectanies after surgery, in fact, intra- operative but not postoperative ...
Briganti, Alberto, Capogrosso, Paolo, Colombo, Renzo, Cucchiara, Vito, Damiano, Rocco, Dell'Oglio, Paolo, Gandaglia, Giorgio, Luzzago, Stefano, Montorsi, Francesco, Moschini, Marco, Salonia, Andrea, Zattoni, Fabio   +11 more
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Crotalus atrox venom preconditioning increases plasma fibrinogen and reduces perioperative hemorrhage in a rat model of surgical brain injury. [PDF]

, 2017
Perioperative bleeding is a potentially devastating complication in neurosurgical patients, and plasma fibrinogen concentration has been identified as a potential modifiable risk factor for perioperative bleeding.
Applegate, Richard, Bull, Brian S, Gren, Eric CK, Hay, Karen L, Hayes, William K, Kelln, Wayne, Kim, Cherine H, Lekic, Tim, McBride, Devin W, Raval, Ronak, Sherchan, Prativa, Tang, Jiping, Zhang, John H   +12 more
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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and perioperative complications: a systematic review of the literature. [PDF]

, 2012
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common sleep related breathing disorder. Its prevalence is estimated to be between 2% and 25% in the general population.
Doghramji, MD, Karl, Grewal, MD, Ritu G., Vasu, MD, MS, Tajender S.   +2 more
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