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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Post-Operative Pain Following Non-Surgical and Surgical Periodontal Procedures [PDF]
Post-operative sensitivity may occur following restorative procedures including periodontal therapy affecting both the hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity and can have a major effect on the quality of life (QoL) of the individual.
Chatzopoulou, Dominiki, Gillam, David G.
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Perioperative mortality: Analysis of 3 years of operative data across 7 general surgical projects of Médecins Sans Frontières in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The African continent has the greatest burden of surgical disability-adjusted life years, yet the least is known about operative care here. This analysis describes the surgical patients admitted to 7 hospitals supported by the Médécins Sans ...
Ariti, Cono+3 more
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Hallux rigidus: current concepts review and treatment algorithm with special focus on interposition arthroplasty [PDF]
Hallux rigidus represents a surgical challenge, with a multitude of possible surgical options, but with no ideal procedures. The propose of this paper was to review the actual knowledge on the operative techniques, paying particular attention to ...
Caravelli, Silvio+6 more
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Satisfaction of Medical Students with Surgical Training: A Survey of Northern Italy
Background: Medical student satisfaction regarding the inclusion of surgical education into the medical curriculum may vary among learners. In this study, we analyzed the satisfaction of medical students in regard to how surgical topics were taught in ...
Gabriela Azevedo Sansoni+5 more
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Real-time Informative Surgical Skill Assessment with Gaussian Process Learning [PDF]
Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgeries (ESSBSs) is a challenging and potentially dangerous surgical procedure, and objective skill assessment is the key components to improve the effectiveness of surgical training, to re-validate surgeons' skills, and to decrease surgical trauma and the complication rate in operating rooms. Because of the complexity
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Surgical load in major fractures - results of a survey on the optimal quantification and timing of surgery in polytraumatized patients [PDF]
PURPOSE It is known that the magnitude of surgery and timing of surgical procedures represents a crucial step of care in polytraumatized patients. In contrast, it is not clear which specific factors are most critical when evaluating the surgical load (
Halvachizadeh, Sascha+9 more
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A Self-Adaptive IoT-based Approach for Improving the Decision Making of Active Surgical Robots in Hospitals [PDF]
In recent years, surgical robots have become instrumental tools for assisting surgeons in performing complex surgical procedures in hospitals. Unlike conventional surgical methods, robotic systems help surgeons, for example, to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures while enhancing the precision and control of operations (e.g.
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Malignancy as a risk factor in single-stage combined approach for simultaneous elective surgical diseases [PDF]
ObjectiveTo identify morbidity and mortality risk factors in patients with synchronous diseases who underwent single-stage combined (SSC) surgery.MethodsWe considered data of 328 patients, each with multiple, elective, synchronous surgical problems ...
Amico, Francesco+8 more
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Surgical treatment of tubal ectopic pregnancy through posterior colpotomy: experience from a Brazilian university hospital [PDF]
The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of posterior colpotomy for the surgical treatment of tubal ectopic pregnancy in hemodynamically stable women.
Tábata Longo da Silva Machado+7 more
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