Comparison of Surgical Procedures in the Treatment of Hip Periprosthetic Infection [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2023 Objective The present study aimed to compare the cure rate recovery time and Merle d'Aubigné-Postel functional (MAPF) score after single-stage surgery (C1T) or two-stage surgery (C2T) to treat prosthetic infections of the hip considering sociodemographic
Ricardo Tomé Branco +1 more
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Spine Surgery and Related Research, 2021 Introduction: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) extended to the lumbar segments (L-DISH) reportedly has adverse effects on the surgical outcomes of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).
Kentaro Yamada +4 more
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Clinical performance of fixed-pressure Sphera Duo® hydrocephalus shunt [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2020 Introduction: Cerebral hydrodynamics complications in shunted patients are due to the malfunction of the system. The objective of this retrospective, single-center, single-arm cohort study is to confirm the safety and performance of Sphera® Duo when ...
Fernando Campos Gomes PINTO +5 more
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Risk Factors Affecting Cage Retropulsion into the Spinal Canal Following Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Association with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2021 Study Design This was a retrospective observational study. Purpose We identify risk factors, including physical and surgical factors, and comorbidities affecting cage retropulsion following posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). Overview of Literature
Shinichi Kato +3 more
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External ear canal cholesteatoma after ventilation tube insertion and mastoidectomy [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2012 Introduction. Etiopathogenetically, there are two types of chollesteatomas: congenital, and acquired. Numerous theories in the literature try to explain the nature of the disease, however, the question about cholesteatomas remain still unanswered. The
Đerić Dragoslava +4 more
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Unplanned Reoperation Rate at a Government-Designated Regional Trauma Center in Gangwon Province [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2021 Purpose Determining appropriate ways to assess health care quality within the National Health Insurance System is of interest to both the Korean government and the medical community. However, in the trauma field, the number of indicators used to evaluate
Minju Kim, Seongyup Kim
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ILM Flap Repositioning for Persistent Macular Hole
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2022 We present a case of a persistent macular hole which was initially treated by pars plana vitrectomy with the inverted ILM flap technique. In a second procedure, the internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap was mobilized from its perifoveal adherence to the ...
Gregor Kastl, Peter Heidenkummer
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JTCVS Open, 2023 Objectives: To assess long-term survival and reoperation-free survival after the arterial switch operation (ASO) and analyze the outcomes of reoperations after hospital discharge. Methods: This was a single-institution retrospective study of 476 hospital
Yuki Nakayama, MD, PhD +4 more
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Long-Term Outcomes After Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Conduit Placement
Siriraj Medical Journal, 2023 Objective: Our aim was to report on the long-term outcomes of patients who underwent RV-PA conduit placement at our institute. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 407 RV-PA conduit placements from January 1997 to December 2018.
Juthamas Hannarong +1 more
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Incidence, Risk Factors, and Management of Postoperative Hematoma Following Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion for Degenerative Cervical Diseases [PDF]
Neurospine, 2023 Objective Studies discussed few risk factors for specific patients, such as duration of disease; or surgical factors, such as duration and time of surgery; or C3 or C7 involvement, which could have led to the formation of hematomas (HTs).
Hongwei Wang +3 more
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