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Patient anxiety and modern elective surgery: a literature review [PDF]
Medical advances have led to a considerable rise in the level of elective surgery undertaken as day-case surgery and with minimal hospital stay. However, amid such advances, preoperative psychological care has remained relatively static.
Mitchell, MJ
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Anterior palatoplasty: Effectiveness for treatment of simple snoring and mild osas [PDF]
Positive airway pressure is the treatment of choice among obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients. Among surgical options, multilevel approach is a good option in patients with an involvement of all tract of first airway. The aim of the present work is
CANCEMI, Silvia+4 more
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Background Trainers in surgery have an educational obligation to train trainees in performing operative procedures. Objective We hypothesized that poor concordance manifests as discrepancies between the trainee and the trainer, with an associated reduction in satisfaction with the training experience, perception of training quality, and completion of ...
Jayaraju, Ullas+6 more
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Robotic total gastrectomy with intracorporeal robot-sewn anastomosis. A novel approach adopting the double-loop reconstruction method [PDF]
Gastric cancer constitutes a major health problem. Robotic surgery has been progressively developed in this field. Although the feasibility of robotic procedures has been demonstrated, there are unresolved aspects being debated, including the ...
Cirocchi, Roberto+13 more
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Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation [PDF]
Research on surgical interventions is associated with several methodological and practical challenges of which few, if any, apply only to surgery. However, surgical evaluation is especially demanding because many of these challenges coincide.
Blazeby, Jane M+6 more
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Surgical Correction of Trigonocephaly: Theoretical Basis and Operative Procedures
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.
Keiichi Iseda+5 more
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Surgical site infections are a major complication for patients undergoing surgical treatment and a significant cause of mortality and morbidity. Many international guidelines suggest measures for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI) in perioperative processes and the decontamination of surgical devices and instruments.
P. G. Calò+16 more
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Role of the three-dimensional printing technology in complex laparoscopic renal surgery: a renal tumor in a horseshoe kidney [PDF]
Purpose: To report our initial experience using a patient-specific 3D-printed renal tumor model for the surgical planning of a complex heminephrectomy in a horseshoe kidney.
Clàudia Mercader+9 more
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Outcomes of the Carlson Approach in the Treatment of Posterior Tibial Plateau Fractures
Objectives To describe a series of cases of tibial fractures surgically treated using the posterior approach as described by Carlson, focusing on evaluating its functional results and complication rate.
Jonatas Brito de Alencar Neto+5 more
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Background Considerable controversy remains about how much oxygen patients should receive during surgery. The 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines recommend that intubated patients receive a fractional inspired oxygen concentration (FIO2) of 0.
Clare M. Morkane+6 more
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