The Technical Feasibility of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Decompression for The Unpredicted Complication Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Case Report [PDF]
Minimally invasive techniques for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) are advantageous because they allow for sufficient surgical exposure and fewer complications through a smaller incision than conventional TLIF.
Kwang-Ryeol Kim, Jeong-Yoon Park
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Unplanned Reoperation Rate at a Government-Designated Regional Trauma Center in Gangwon Province [PDF]
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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Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement after Previous Mechanical Valve Implantation
Recent studies report a reproducible reduction of myocardial ischemic and cardiopulmonary bypass times along with excellent hemodynamics and low rates of paravalvular leakage for rapid-deployment valves.
Markus Schlömicher+6 more
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Long-Term Outcomes After Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Conduit Placement
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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Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester+16 more
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European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism
Some 5861 patients undergoing first‐time surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism were registered in the Eurocrine® database between 2015 and 2018. The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement decreased the risk of conversion and persistent hypercalcaemia.
A. Bergenfelz+3 more
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This study investigated postoperative complications after surgery for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) in Europe. Hypoparathyroidism, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy and bleeding requiring reoperation occurred in 170 (26·2 per cent), 62 (13·7 per cent) and 17 (2·6 per cent) patients respectively.
D.‐J. van Beek+18 more
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Endoscopic transaxillary prepectoral conversion for submuscular breast implants
Background During breast augmentation, the transaxillary approach provides the advantage of allowing the mammary prosthesis to be placed through incisions that are remote from the breast itself, thereby reducing the visibility of postoperative scars ...
Si-Hyun Park, Hyung-Bo Sim
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Reoperation for coarctation of the aorta [PDF]
Between 1957 and 1980 reoperation for coarctation of the aorta was performed in 21 patients at one institution for an overall incidence rate of 7.9 percent. The incidence rate of reoperation was 38 percent for patients younger than age 3 years and 1.5 percent for patients 3 years or older at initial repair. Before reoperation 14 of the 21 patients were
Beekman III, Robert H.+3 more
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Risk factors of revision surgeries among primary hand infections presenting in emergency services
OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk factors involved in revision surgeries in primary hand infections presenting in emergency department in Civil Hospital Karachi.
Unza Shaikh+5 more
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