Decreasing Medical Complications for Total Knee Arthroplasty: Effect of Critical Pathways on Outcomes [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Studies on critical pathway use have demonstrated decreased length of stay and cost without compromise in quality of care. However, pathway effectiveness is difficult to determine given methodological flaws, such as small or single center ...
Fossel, Anne H. +5 more
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Trials, 2019 Background Use of minimally invasive surgical techniques for lung resection surgery (LRS), such as video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS), has increased in recent years. However, there is little information about the best anesthetic technique in this context.
Francisco De la Gala +24 more
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Clinicopathological determinants of an elevated systemic inflammatory response following elective potentially curative resection for colorectal cancer [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: The postoperative systemic inflammatory response (SIR) is related to both long- and short-term outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer.
Horgan, Paul G. +6 more
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The treatments and postoperative complications of esophageal cancer: a review
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020 Esophageal cancer is still one of the most common cancers in the world. We review the appropriate treatments at different stages of esophageal cancer and also analyze the advantages and disadvantages of these treatments.
Qi-Liang Xu, Hua Li, Ye Zhu, Geng Xu
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Recurrence following anastomotic leakage after surgery for carcinoma of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. a systematic review [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer is the ninth most common cancer. The only potentially curative treatment is surgical resection, which unfortunately is still associated with major complications, the most important being anastomotic leakage, currently with ...
Antolino, Laura +8 more
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PREVENTION OF CANDIDA POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2018 The purpose of this research paper was to investigate the chlorophyllipt extract fungicidal action against Candida spp. fungi. We studied the reference strain C. albicans, clinical strains of C. albicans and C.
Maiia M Ananieva
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Methotrexate and postoperative complications [PDF]
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2002 Grennan et al report the safety of continued methotrexate in the perioperative period.1 Previous investigators have despaired of answering this question definitively owing to the difficulty in recruiting subjects.2 It is reassuring to see that methotrexate use throughout the postoperative period does not interfere with wound healing or increase the ...
A Wluka +5 more
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Circular belt lipectomy : a retrospective follow-up study on perioperative complications and cosmetic outcome [PDF]
, 2005 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perioperative complications and cosmetic outcomes of circumferential belt lipectomy in patients with evident truncal excess.
Hofer, Stefan +2 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 +2 more
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Postoperative sore throat: prophylaxis and treatment
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 Postoperative sore throat (POST) is one of the most reported complications after general anesthesia with an incidence of as high as 60% which may impact patient satisfaction and increase the cost of treatment.
Elvio Mazzotta +2 more
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