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Physical Function and Quality of Life After Resection of Mobile Spine Chondrosarcoma. [PDF]

, 2019
Study Design:Retrospective cohort study. Objectives:(1) To assess patient-reported outcomes-physical function, pain, and quality of life-in patients who underwent resection of a mobile spine chondrosarcoma.
Chen, Yen-Lin E, DeLaney, Thomas F, Hartveldt, Stefan, Hornicek, Francis J, Janssen, Stein J, Paulino Pereira, Nuno Rui, Schwab, Joseph H, Stoop, Nicky   +7 more
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High rate of reoperation and conversion to total hip arthroplasty after internal fixation of young femoral neck fractures: a population-based study of 796 patients

Acta Orthopaedica, 2019
Background and purpose — Most often, the goal of non-geriatric femoral neck fracture surgery is to preserve the native hip joint. However, reoperations for painful implants, osteonecrosis, and nonunion are common.
D. Stockton, L. O'Hara, N. O’Hara, K. Lefaivre, P. O'brien, G. Slobogean   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
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, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meta‐analysis of oral antibiotics, in combination with preoperative intravenous antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation the day before surgery, compared with intravenous antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation alone to reduce surgical‐site infections in elective colorectal surgery [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Surgical‐site infection (SSI) is a potentially serious complication following colorectal surgery. The present systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to investigate the effect of preoperative oral antibiotics and mechanical bowel ...
McMahon, A.J., McSorley, S.T., Steele, C.W.   +2 more
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Surgical outcomes after reoperation for recurrent skull base meningiomas.

Journal of Neurosurgery, 2019
OBJECTIVESkull base meningiomas are surgically challenging tumors due to the intricate skull base anatomy and the proximity of cranial nerves and critical cerebral vasculature.
S. Magill, David S Lee, Adam J. Yen, C. Lucas, D. Raleigh, M. Aghi, P. Theodosopoulos, M. McDermott   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
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, S. van Slycke, Ö. Makay, L. Brunaud   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Complications after medullary thyroid carcinoma surgery: multicentre study of the SQRTPA and EUROCRINE® databases

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
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, M. Almquist, A. O. Bergenfelz, T. J. Musholt, E. Nordenström, on behalf of the EUROCRINE® Council, M. Almquist, M. Barczynski, L. Brunaud, T. Clerici, M. H. Hansen, M. Iacobone, Ö. Makay, F. F. Palazzo, N. Muñoz‐Pérez, M. Raffaelli, P. Riss, S. van Slycke, M. R. Vriens   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Reoperation for coarctation of the aorta [PDF]

The American Journal of Cardiology, 1981
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., Rocchini, Albert P., Behrendt, Douglas M., Rosenthal, Amnon   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Change-of-direction speed and aerobic fitness could influence academy graduation in law enforcement recruit [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Technical advancements have produced many challenges to intramedullary implants for unstable pertrochanteric fractures. Helical blade fixation of the femoral head has the theoretical advantages of higher rotational stability and cutout ...
Lockie, Robert G., Balfany, Katherine, Bloodgood, Ashley M., Stierli, Michael, Dulla, Joe, Dawes, Jay, Orr, Rob Marc   +6 more
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