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Ripstein Operation for Rectal Prolapse: Surgical Legacy Procedure
2013The Ripstein (and related procedures) uses mobilization of the rectum and fixation into the hollow of the sacrum to treat full-thickness rectal prolapse. This chapter describes one technique for performing the Ripstein procedure. This chapter also describes creation of the Pfannenstiel incision, a useful incision for other procedures.
Jameson L. Chassin +1 more
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Results of TVT operations alone and combined with other vaginal surgical procedures
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2002We made a study of 61 women with genuine stress incontinence (GSI). They all had a tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and 28 patients had concomitant vaginal surgery. The cure rates and complication rates for the two groups were similar.
Onay Yalcin +2 more
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Results of TOT operations alone and combined with other vaginal surgical procedures
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2010Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of transobturator vaginal tape (TOT) procedure in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI).Methods: The study population consisted of 210 patients who were diagnosed as having stress urinary incontinence, and they underwent a TOT operation alone (99) or concomitant vaginal surgery (101) between ...
Cemal Ark +2 more
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Surgical Infections, 2013
BACKGROUND Surgical procedures on obese patients are expected to have a high incidence of surgical site infection (SSI). The identification of pre-operative or early post-operative risk factors for SSI may help the surgeon to identify subjects in risk ...
J. Ruiz-Tovar +8 more
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BACKGROUND Surgical procedures on obese patients are expected to have a high incidence of surgical site infection (SSI). The identification of pre-operative or early post-operative risk factors for SSI may help the surgeon to identify subjects in risk ...
J. Ruiz-Tovar +8 more
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Learning the Structure of Surgical Procedures from Operative Notes
2015 International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, 2015Electronic Operative Notes are generated after surgical procedures for documentation and billing. These operative notes, like many other Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) have the potential of an important secondary use: they can enable surgical clinical research aimed at improving evidence-based medical practice.
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Operative Risk of General Surgical Procedures in Patients with Previous Myocardial Revascularization
Survey of Anesthesiology, 1985Eighty general surgical procedures with general anesthesia were performed upon 73 patients who had undergone previous myocardial revascularization for significant coronary artery disease. No deaths occurred in this group of patients. Cardiac complications occurred in two patients.
D. Trostle, J. J. Prorok
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Impact of hospital volume on operative mortality for major cancer surgery.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 1998CONTEXT Hospitals that treat a relatively high volume of patients for selected surgical oncology procedures report lower surgical in-hospital mortality rates than hospitals with a low volume of the procedures, but the reports do not take into account ...
C. Begg +3 more
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The computerized synoptic operative report: a novel tool in surgical residency education.
Archives of Surgery, 2012HYPOTHESIS As opposed to the traditional dictated report, the use of a computer-based synoptic operative report will mandate that the surgical resident have a better understanding of all facets of the procedure.
Ilia Gur, Daniel Gur, J. Recabaren
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Peri-operative oxygen and the risk of surgical infection.
Surgical Infections, 2012BACKGROUND In spite of all efforts, surgical site infection (SSI) continues to be a common and costly complication of surgical procedures and thus a major concern for surgeons, patients, and hospitals.
S. Fakhry, Stephanie C. Montgomery
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The Whipple Operation: The Classical Surgical Procedure to Treat Chronic Pancreatitis
Digestive Surgery, 1996Pancreaticoduodenectomy remains the gold standard for the various resection operations that are used to treat pain in chronic pancreatitis.
Howard A. Reber, Stanley W. Ashley
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