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Ethics Consultation in Surgical Specialties [PDF]

HEC Forum, 2021
Multiple studies have been performed to identify the most common ethical dilemmas encountered by ethics consultation services. However, limited data exists comparing the content of ethics consultations requested by specific hospital specialties. It remains unclear whether the scope of ethical dilemmas prompting an ethics consultation differ between ...
Nicole A. Meredyth, Joseph J. Fins, Inmaculada de Melo-Martin   +2 more
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Removal of the Retained Ventricular Catheter Using the Endoscopic Monopolar Instrument

Case Reports in Surgery, 2021
Background. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) remains the main treatment for hydrocephalus. However, VPS revision surgery is very common. Here, we present a case in which the retained ventricular catheter was removed using the endoscopic monopolar ...
Julia Pereira Muniz Pontes, Pedro Henrique Costa Ferreira-Pinto, Elington Lannes Simoes, Thaina Zanon Cruz, Jefferson Trivino Sanchez, Flavio Nigri   +5 more
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3D-Printed Models versus CT Scan and X-Rays Imaging in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Proximal Humerus Fractures: A Triple-Blind Interobserver Reliability Comparison Study

Advances in Orthopedics, 2022
Background. Proximal humerus fractures (PHFs) are one of the most frequent fractures in the elderly and are the third most fractures after those of the hip and wrist.
Gianluca Puglisi, Marco Montemagno, Regina Denaro, Giuseppe Condorelli, Vincenzo Fabrizio Caruso, Andrea Vescio, Gianluca Testa, Vito Pavone   +7 more
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Class III Orthodontic Camouflage: Is the “Ideal” Treatment Always the Best Option? A Documented Case Report

Case Reports in Dentistry, 2022
Angle’s Class III is one of the most complex malocclusions to treat. In nongrowing skeletal class III malocclusions, the choice between orthognathic surgery and camouflage treatment remains a challenge to the orthodontist.
Lorenzo Rustico, Vincenzo Ronsivalle, Flavia Iaculli, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Gaetano Isola, Antonino Lo Giudice   +5 more
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A Full Computerized Workflow for Planning Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion and Orthognathic Surgery in a Skeletal Class III Patient

Case Reports in Dentistry, 2022
In the present case report, we present and discuss the digital workflow involved in the orthodontic/orthognathic combined treatment of a skeletal malocclusion correction in a 17-year-old male patient affected by a skeletal class III, facial asymmetry ...
Orazio Bennici, Alessia Malgioglio, Serena Moschitto, Gianrico Spagnuolo, Alberta Greco Lucchina, Vincenzo Ronsivalle, Gaetano Isola, Antonino Lo Giudice   +7 more
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Endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19 patients assessed with Endo-PAT2000

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022
It has been widely reported that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) attaches human cells by using the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, but vascular impairment described during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
Giuliana Cimino, Enrico Vizzardi, Emiliano Calvi, Edoardo Pancaldi, Greta Pascariello, Nicola Bernardi, Angelica Cersosimo, Ludovica Amore, Riccardo M. Inciardi, Riccardo Raddino, Marco Metra   +10 more
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Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome in Young Female Athletes: A Case-Control Study

Advances in Orthopedics, 2022
Background. Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is the most common cause of anterior knee pain in children and adolescents, and it is characterized by highly limiting, recurrent, frontal pain. Objectives.
Vito Pavone, Andrea Vescio, Flora Maria Chiara Panvini, Ludovico Lucenti, Alessia Caldaci, Marco Sapienza, Federico Canavese, Gianluca Testa   +7 more
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Cardiac biomarkers and mortality in COVID-19 infection: A review

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022
Lots of meta-analysis emphasize that a great number of hospitalized patients with moderate and severe forms of COVID-19 developed acute myocardial damage, defined as an increase of cardiac biomarkers, such N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT ...
Angelica Cersosimo, Giuliana Cimino, Ludovica Amore, Emiliano Calvi, Greta Pascariello, Riccardo Maria Inciardi, Carlo Mario Lombardi, Enrico Vizzardi, Marco Metra   +8 more
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The History of Robotics in Surgical Specialties [PDF]

American Journal of Robotic Surgery, 2014
A major positive step in the field of surgery was made when a robot was first used in the theater of surgery about 25 years ago. The robot was a PUMA 200 (Westinghouse Electric, Pittsburgh, PA) which was used for needle placement in a CT-guided brain biopsy1.
Dinesh Vyas, Arpita Vyas, Jay D. Shah
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Cesarean Scar Pregnancy and Successful Ultrasound-Guided Removal after Uterine Artery Ligation

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2023
A correct management of cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is mandatory to avoid further complications. There is no consensus for the standard therapy and the most frequent methods used are not free from failures and sequelae. A 38-year-old woman was admitted
Vito Leanza, Giosuè Giordano Incognito, Ferdinando Antonio Gulino, Attilio Tuscano, Monia Cimino, Marco Palumbo   +5 more
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