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Patient anxiety and modern elective surgery: a literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
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
core   +1 more source

Anterior palatoplasty: Effectiveness for treatment of simple snoring and mild osas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
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
core   +1 more source

Supervision of Surgical Trainees During Operative Procedures: Implementation of a Formal Preoperative Surgical Checklist

open access: yesCureus, 2022
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
openaire   +2 more sources

Robotic total gastrectomy with intracorporeal robot-sewn anastomosis. A novel approach adopting the double-loop reconstruction method [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
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
core   +8 more sources

Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
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
core   +1 more source

Surgical Correction of Trigonocephaly: Theoretical Basis and Operative Procedures

open access: yesNeurologia 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.
Keiichi Iseda   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Guidelines for improvement of the procedural aspects of devices and surgical instruments in the operating theatre

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2023
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
openaire   +3 more sources

Role of the three-dimensional printing technology in complex laparoscopic renal surgery: a renal tumor in a horseshoe kidney [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Brazilian Journal of Urology
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
doaj   +2 more sources

Outcomes of the Carlson Approach in the Treatment of Posterior Tibial Plateau Fractures

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2023
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
doaj   +2 more sources

Intraoperative oxygenation in adult patients undergoing surgery (iOPS): a retrospective observational study across 29 UK hospitals

open access: yesPerioperative Medicine, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

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