A Prospective Evaluation of Opioid Utilization After Upper-Extremity Surgical Procedures: Identifying Consumption Patterns and Determining Prescribing Guidelines. [PDF]
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American volume, 2016 BACKGROUND: Although adequate management of postoperative pain with oral analgesics is an important aspect of surgical procedures, inadvertent overprescribing can lead to excess availability of opioids in the community for potential diversion.
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Tattoo preservation during surgical procedures [PDF]
Open Access Surgery, 2014 Stefania Tenna, Pietro Francesco Delle Femmine, Alfonso Luca Pendolino, Beniamino Brunetti, Paolo Persichetti Plastic Surgery Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, University of Rome, Rome, Italy Abstract: In recent years, the number of people ...
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Intermediate-term outcomes after robotic ureteral reconstruction for long-segment (≥4 centimeters) strictures in the proximal ureter: A multi-institutional experience [PDF]
Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2021 Purpose: To report our intermediate-term, multi-institutional experience after robotic ureteral reconstruction for the management of long-segment proximal ureteral strictures.
Matthew Lee +14 more
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Is There Room for Microsurgery in Robotic Surgery? [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2022 Robotic surgery opened a new era of minimally-invasive procedures, through its improved precision, elimination of tremors, greater degrees of freedom, and other facilitating aspects.
Jefferson Braga Silva +4 more
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Racial Disparities in the Use of Surgical Procedures in the US.
JAMA Surgery, 2021 Importance The largest US federal action plan to date for reducing racial disparities in health care was implemented in 2011 and continues today. It is not known whether this program, along with other initiatives, is associated with a decrease in racial ...
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JAMA Network Open, 2021 This cohort study compares surgical procedure volume after the COVID-19–related shutdown of elective procedures and during the period of peak COVID-19 infection rates with prepandemic procedure volume.
Aviva S. Mattingly +6 more
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First Experience of Single-Port Robotic Areolar Approach Thyroidectomy [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2023 Objectives Numerous minimally invasive thyroidectomy techniques have been developed and are actively utilized in hospitals around the globe. Herein, we describe a recently developed minimally invasive thyroidectomy technique that employs the da Vinci SP,
Yun Suk Choi +6 more
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Total reconstruction of the skin coverage of the penis with myocutaneous flap: case report [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2022 Introduction: The penis is an important structure of the male body, and its reconstruction is a challenge. Several diseases and deformities affect this organ, being necessary, in certain cases, for the total reconstruction of the cutaneous ...
Pedro Celso De Castro Pita +5 more
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The use of a vascular patch CorMatrix ECM® for reconstruction of carotid arteries in the treatment of postoperative wound infection [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2019 Introduction. Operation site infection after carotid endarterectomy is a rare, but potentially fatal complication. The aim of this paper was to present two cases of using CorMatrix ECMR patch for reconstruction of a damaged artery in the course of an ...
Janczak Dariusz +5 more
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Successful postoperative pancreatic fistula treatment with the use of somatostatin infusion after duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumor resection [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2019 Introduction. According to the International Study Group on Pancreatic Fistula, a postoperative pancreatic fistula is defined as every case of fluid leak on the third (or later) postoperative day, in which the level of amylase in the collected fluid is ...
Chabowski Mariusz +6 more
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