Surgical Procedures on the Aortic Valve—The Operative Techniques
<p style="margin:0px;"> Several techniques have evolved during the past few decades for addressing lesions affecting the aortic valve, aortic root, and proximal ascending aorta. As affecting the aortic valve and aortic root are varied, it is not surprising that several operative techniques have evolved and some of ...
Srikrishna Sirivella
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DejaVu: Intra-operative Simulation for Surgical Gesture Rehearsal [PDF]
International audienceAdvances in surgical simulation and surgical augmented reality have changed the way surgeons prepare for practice and conduct medical procedures.
Stoyanov, Danail +3 more
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Surgical Sabermetrics: Applying Athletics Data Science to Enhance Operative Performance [PDF]
Mini-abstract: Surgical sabermetrics is advanced analytics of digitally recorded surgical training and operative procedures to enhance insight, support professional development, and optimize clinical and safety outcomes.
Donald S. Likosky, PhD +8 more
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Incorrect Surgical Procedures Within and Outside of the Operating Room [PDF]
To describe incorrect surgical procedures reported from Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Medical Centers from 2001 to mid-2006 and provide proposed solutions for preventing such events.Descriptive study.Veterans Health Administration Medical Centers.Veterans of the US Armed Forces.The VHA instituted an initial directive, "Ensuring Correct Surgery ...
Julia, Neily +8 more
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Operative mortality in resource-limited settings: the experience of Medecins Sans Frontieres in 13 countries. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To determine operative mortality in surgical programs from resource-limited settings. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A retrospective cohort study of 17 surgical programs in 13 developing countries by 1 humanitarian organization, Médecins ...
Chu, K M, Ford, N, Trelles, M
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Surgical management for upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma [PDF]
Background Upper tract transitional cell carcinomas (TCC) are uncommon and aggressive tumours. There are a number of surgical approaches to manage this condition including open radical nephroureterectomy and laparoscopic procedures.
El-Mokadem, Ismail +11 more
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Introduction For a long time, major surgical defects after oncological surgery have always been challenging cases for surgeons in terms of wound healing and covering technique.
Luigi Filippo D'Aco +5 more
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A pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled trial of fluid loading and level of dependency in high-risk surgical patients undergoing major elective surgery: trial protocol [PDF]
Background: Patients undergoing major elective or urgent surgery are at high risk of death or significant morbidity. Measures to reduce this morbidity and mortality include pre-operative optimisation and use of higher levels of dependency care after ...
Kinsella John +36 more
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Hemicorporectomy; Describing a Single-Stage Surgical Technique: A Case Report
Background: Hemicorporectomy is a life-saving operation to maintain the survival of patients with severe and irreversible pelvis and lower extremities injuries.
Yousef Fallah +5 more
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Interventional studies for preventing surgical site infections in sub-Saharan Africa - A systematic review. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: There is a great need for safe surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa, but a major difficulty of performing surgery in this region is the high risk of post-operative surgical site infection (SSI).
David M. Karuri +7 more
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