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Persistent Primary Hyperparathyroidism Secondary to an Ectopic Mediastinal Adenoma in a Young Adult

Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, 2023
Primary hyperparathyroidism commonly affects elderly women. When present in the young population, it is usually asymptomatic, most frequently due to a parathyroid adenoma and the definitive management is surgical excision.
Karl Homer, Rebecca Alba
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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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Endoscopic transaxillary prepectoral conversion for submuscular breast implants

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2018
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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Risk Factors and Outcomes of Postoperative Neck Hematomas: An Analysis of 5,900 Thyroidectomies Performed at a Cancer Center

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2021
Introduction Postoperative neck hematoma (PNH) is an uncommon but potentially-lethal complication of thyroid surgery. Objective To identify the risk factors for postthyroidectomy hematoma requiring reoperation, the timing, the source of the ...
Andre Ywata de Carvalho, Camila Couto Gomes, Thiago Celestino Chulam, Jose Guilherme Vartanian, Genival Barbosa Carvalho, Renan Bezerra Lira, Hugo Fontan Kohler, Luiz Paulo Kowalski   +7 more
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Reoperation following Pancreaticoduodenectomy [PDF]

International Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2012
Introduction. The literature on reoperation following pancreaticoduodenectomy is sparse and does not address all concerns.Aim. To analyze the incidence, causes, and outcome of patients undergoing reoperations following pancreaticoduodenectomy.Methods. Retrospective analysis of 520 consecutive patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy from May 1989 to
J. R. Reddy, R. Saxena, R. K. Singh, B. Pottakkat, A. Prakash, A. Behari, A. K. Gupta, V. K. Kapoor   +7 more
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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
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Laparoscopic-assisted nephroureterectomy after radical cystectomy for transitional cell carcinoma

International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To report our experience with laparoscopic-assisted nephroureterectomy for upper tract transitional cell carcinomas after radical cystectomy and urinary diversion.
Frederico R. Romero, Michael Muntener, Sompol Permpongkosol, Louis R. Kavoussi, Thomas W. Jarrett   +4 more
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State of the art in tracheal surger. A brief literature review [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Tracheal surgery requires a highly specialized team of anesthesiologists, thoracic surgeons, and operative support staff. It remain a formidable challenge for surgeons due to the criticality connected to anatomical considerations ...
Ibrahim, Mohsen, Rendina, Erino Angelo, Siciliani, Alessandra   +2 more
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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
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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
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