Exploratory Laparotomy After Routine Cardiac Surgery: Results From 17,000 Patients
Exploratory laparotomy is rare after open‐heart surgery, and it was performed for gastrointestinal complications that occurred in the context of other severe postoperative complications. Several factors were associated with the need for exlap, including increasing age, pre‐existing renal and vascular disease, and pre‐ and post‐operative shock. ABSTRACT
Megan Turner +16 more
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The Complex Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Risk for Adverse Outcomes Following Pyrocarbon Metacarpophalangeal Arthroplasty for Rheumatoid Arthritis. [PDF]
Schluttenhofer A, Rizzo M.
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Laparoscopic Versus Robot‐Assisted Sacrocolpopexy: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy, safety and perioperative outcomes of robotic‐assisted sacrocolpopexy (RASC) versus laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LSC) for the surgical management of apical or multicompartment pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
Amerigo Ferrari +10 more
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Defect Size-Based Comparative Analysis of Treatment Modalities for Esophagojejunal Anastomotic Leakage Following Gastrectomy. [PDF]
Seong BO +10 more
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Aortic valve replacement with the first-generation Mitroflow bioprosthesis: a 10-years single center experience [PDF]
Bové, Thierry +6 more
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AII-3 Experience of reoperation after valvular heart surgery
M. Funami
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ABSTRACT Background Peyronie's disease (PD) with severe penile curvature often requires surgical correction through plaque incision and grafting (PIG). Objectives To compare surgical outcomes between polyglycolic acid polymer grafts and porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS) grafts in patients undergoing PIG for PD.
Renan Trevisan Jost +7 more
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Type 2 diabetes is not associated with excess risk of periprosthetic joint infection in obese patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. [PDF]
Tasa A +6 more
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In this large single‐centre series, conversional one‐anastomosis gastric bypass was demonstrated to be safe and to deliver meaningful medium‐term weight loss with low morbidity after primary sleeve gastrectomy or gastric banding. While reflux was not universally resolved, patient‐reported satisfaction was high, and secondary enteroenterostomy provided ...
Aaron Lerch +2 more
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Shifting Practice Patterns in Implant-based Breast Reconstruction in China: Insights From a 13-year Large-scale Retrospective Cohort. [PDF]
Shao Z +13 more
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