Cervical and high thoracic spinal cord injury (SCI) drastically impairs autonomic nervous system function. Individuals with SCI at thoracic spinal-level 5 (T5) or higher often present cardiovascular disorders that include resting systemic arterial ...
Besecker, Emily Swartz +4 more
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Practical Recommendations of the Obesity Management Task Force of the European Association for the Study of Obesity for the Post-Bariatric Surgery Medical Management [PDF]
Bariatric surgery is today the most effective long-term therapy for the management of patients with severe obesity, and its use is recommended by the relevant guidelines of the management of obesity in adults.
Azran, Carmil +12 more
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Surgical interventions for the early management of Bell's palsy [PDF]
Background: Bell's palsy is an acute paralysis of one side of the face of unknown aetiology. Bell's palsy should only be used as a diagnosis in the absence of all other pathology.
Adour +30 more
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Objective: To observe the effect of dutasteridein decreasing surgical blood loss following unipolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Study Design: Quasi experimental study.
Mujahid Ali Khoso +2 more
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Blood Loss and Transfusion Requirement in Spine Tumor Surgery: 10 Years' Experience
Background Surgical management of spinal tumors is an essential component of the comprehensive care of patients with cancer. It is often of a prolonged duration, which makes the anticipation and replenishment of blood lost during the surgery quite ...
Naresh Kumar, Aye Sandar Zaw
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Systematic review of perioperative and quality-of-life outcomes following surgical management of localised renal cancer [PDF]
UCAN Cancer Charity (www.ucanhelp.org.uk) and MacMillan Cancer Charity (www.macmillan.org.uk) helped design and conduct the study.Peer ...
Canfield, Steven E. +16 more
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The Benefit of Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Adolescents on Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Hepatic Fibrosis [PDF]
Objective To determine whether bariatric surgery is effective for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in adolescence, we compared the efficacy of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) with that of lifestyle intervention (nonsurgical ...
Alisi, Anna +10 more
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Background Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) instrumentation and implant designs have been evolving, with one of the current innovations being patient-specific implants (PSIs).
Ran Schwarzkopf MD, MSc +3 more
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Frailty and elderly in urology: Is there an impact on post-operative complications? [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Frailty used as predictive tool is still not carried out in daily practice, although many studies confirm the great clinical importance of the frailty syndrome in surgical outcomes.
Barbieri, Lisa +4 more
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Early and Late Reoperation Rates With Various MIS Techniques for Adult Spinal Deformity Correction. [PDF]
Study designA multicenter retrospective review of an adult spinal deformity database.ObjectiveWe aimed to characterize reoperation rates and etiologies of adult spinal deformity surgery with circumferential minimally invasive surgery (cMIS) and hybrid ...
Akbarnia, Behrooz A +14 more
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