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The utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in predicting postoperative cardiac events and mortality in patients undergoing major emergency non-cardiac surgery [PDF]

, 2007
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels predict cardiovascular risk in several settings. We hypothesized that they would identify individuals at increased risk of complications and mortality following major emergency non-cardiac surgery.Forty patients ...
Croal, Bernard L., McNeilly, Jane, Cuthbertson, Brian, Card, Gemma, Hillis, Graham   +4 more
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DejaVu: Intra-operative Simulation for Surgical Gesture Rehearsal [PDF]

, 2017
International audienceAdvances in surgical simulation and surgical augmented reality have changed the way surgeons prepare for practice and conduct medical procedures.
Stoyanov, Danail, Roy, Frederick, Cotin, Stéphane, Haouchine, Nazim   +3 more
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The research of craniopharyngioma classification

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023
The tumor tissue of craniopharyngioma is closely adherent to peripheral neurovascular tissue, so the operation to remove lesion is more difficult, the perioperative complications are very serious, and the prognosis of patients is poor.
SI Liang⁃nan, CHEN Jin⁃tao, LIN Zhi⁃xiong   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards an Implantable Vestibular Prosthesis: The Surgical Challenges [PDF]

, 2007
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Doumanidis, C C, Constandinou, T G, Charalambos C. Doumanidis, Timothy G. Constandinou, Georgiou, J, Toumazou, C, Julius Georgiou, Chris Toumazou   +7 more
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Tertiary blast injury to the intestines [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2005
Background. To present the first case of the tertiary blast injury to the intestine, and the tertiary blast injury in general. Case report. A parachutist of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro was injured when descended from the 1 200m height by parachute ...
Ignjatović Dragan, Ćuk Vladimir, Jevtić Miodrag   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of risk factors by systematic review and development of risk-adjusted models for surgical site infection [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are complications of surgery that cause significant postoperative morbidity. SSI has been proposed as a potential indicator of the quality of care in the context of clinical governance and monitoring of the ...
Wilson, AP, Pearson, A. (Andrew), ZH Krukowski, Bruce, J, Krukowski, Zygmunt H., Gibbons, C., Pearson, A, Lamping, Donna Louise, Reeves, BC, AP Wilson, DL Lamping, J Wilson, Krukowski, ZH, Lamping, DL, J Carpenter, Krukowki, ZH, J Bruce, Carpenter, J., Gibbons, C, A Pearson, Wilson, J, Wilson, A. P. (A. Peter), BC Reeves, Reeves, B. C., Wilson, Jennie, RGN, C Gibbons, Bruce, J. (Julie), Carpenter, J   +27 more
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Surgical Correction of Trigonocephaly: Theoretical Basis and Operative Procedures

Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 1998
Trigonocephaly involves premature fusion of both the metopic suture and the sutures in the skull base. Surgical treatment by opening of the prematurely fused metopic suture and expansion of the anterior cranial base by creating "neosutures" was used to treat three children with trigonocephaly.
MORIYAMA, Eiji, BECK, Hiroichi, ISEDA, Keiichi, SAITOH, Nobuyuki, SAKURAI, Masaru, MATSUMOTO, Yuzo   +5 more
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Impact of prior abdominal surgery on the outcomes after robotic - assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: single center experience

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Purpose: To evaluate the influence of prior abdominal surgery on the outcomes after robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients with prostate cancer who underwent RALP between ...
Nozomu Kishimoto, Tetsuya Takao, Gaku Yamamichi, Takuya Okusa, Ayumu Taniguchi, Koichi Tsutahara, Go Tanigawa, Seiji Yamaguchi   +7 more
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Bilateral lingual lipoma: a case report

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2012
Lipoma of the tongue is an uncommon benign tumor, being even more rare when there are multiple lesions. Lipoma accounts for 1-5% of all oral neoplasms. Lipoma occurs predominantly in males over the age of forty, although, in rare cases, children can be ...
Edson Martins de Oliveira Junior, Carlos Augusto Ferreira Alves, Adalmir Gonzaga Santos-Queiroz, Fernando Melhem Elias, Antônio Carlos de Campos   +4 more
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Surgical treatment of bulbar urethral strictures: tips and tricks

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
The surgical treatment of bulbar urethral strictures is still one of the most challenging reconstructive-surgery problems. Bulbar urethral strictures are usually categorized as traumatic and non-traumatic strictures depending on the aetiology.
Guido Barbagli, Marco Bandini, Sofia Balò, Salvatore Sansalone, Denis Butnaru, Massimo Lazzeri   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source