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Outcome of gastric electrical stimulator with and without pyloromyotomy for refractory gastroparesis. [PDF]

open access: yesSurg Endosc
BACKGROUND Surgical treatments of refractory gastroparesis include pyloromyotomy and gastric electrical stimulator (GES). It is unclear if patients may benefit from a combined approach with concomitant GES and pyloromyotomy.
Aeschbacher P   +8 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Objective Assessment of Surgical Operative Performance by Observational Clinical Human Reliability Analysis (OC-HRA):A Systematic Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
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
core   +2 more sources

Postoperative pain management in children: Guidance from the pain committee of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA Pain Management Ladder Initiative) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The main remit of the European Society for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (ESPA) Pain Committee is to improve the quality of pain management in children. The ESPA Pain Management Ladder is a clinical practice advisory based upon expert consensus to help to ...
Adamek   +196 more
core   +1 more source

A modified spreader for pyloromyotomy [PDF]

open access: yesIndian Journal of Surgery, 2007
A modified spreader for pyloromyotomy is innovated for congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. It was found safe, effective and useful.
Sukumar, Maiti, Nabendu Bikash, Maiti
openaire   +2 more sources

Minimally invasive pediatric surgery: Increasing implementation in daily practice and resident’s training [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background: In 1998, the one-year experience in minimally invasive abdominal surgery in children at a pediatric training center was assessed. Seven years later, we determined the current status of pediatric minimally invasive surgery in daily practice ...
D. C. van der Zee   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Comparing open and minimally invasive surgical procedures for oesophagectomy in the treatment of cancer: the ROMIO (Randomised Oesophagectomy: Minimally Invasive or Open) feasibility study and pilot trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Localised oesophageal cancer can be curatively treated with surgery (oesophagectomy) but the procedure is complex with a risk of complications, negative effects on quality of life and a recovery period of 6-9 months. Minimal-access surgery may accelerate
Avery, K   +16 more
core   +5 more sources

Pre-clinical Training for New Notes Procedures: From Ex-vivo Models to Virtual Reality Simulators [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a newer field of endoscopic surgery that allows for scarless treatment of pathologic entities, using novel transluminal approaches.
Ahn, Woojin   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Pertussis post-exposure prophylaxis among household contacts: a cost-utility analysis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Recent pertussis outbreaks have prompted re-examination of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) strategies, when immunization is not immediately protective.
Crowcroft, Natasha S   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Quantitative Histomorphometry of the Healthy Peritoneum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The peritoneum plays an essential role in preventing abdominal frictions and adhesions and can be utilized as a dialysis membrane. Its physiological ultrastructure, however, has not yet been studied systematically.
Bartosova, Maria   +15 more
core   +4 more sources

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in infants: is it a congenital or acquired disorder? Reflections on 2 cases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Based on evidence from two collected and treated clinical observations of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in children of 5 and 12 months of age, the authors give their point of view on the unresolved issue of the etiology of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis ...
Faustin Mouafo Tambo   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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