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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Reintervenciones quirúrgicas en el servicio de cirugía del hospital "Aleida Fernández Chardiet"
Fundamento: las relaparotomías pueden ser programadas o a demanda; esta última se decide acorde a la evolución posoperatoria del enfermo, el juicio clínico del especialista en cirugía y el equipo médico de apoyo.Objetivo: caracterizar las ...
Victor Manuel Sierra Alfonso
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Morphological Changes of Corneal Keratocytes following Surface Ablation Laser Surgery: An Observational Study from the United Kingdom [PDF]
Introduction: Laser Subepithelial Keratomileusis (LASEK) is a type of surface ablation laser surgery that offers a solution to patients for correcting their ametropia.
Daphné Gunness+3 more
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Real-Time Context-aware Detection of Unsafe Events in Robot-Assisted Surgery [PDF]
Cyber-physical systems for robotic surgery have enabled minimally invasive procedures with increased precision and shorter hospitalization. However, with increasing complexity and connectivity of software and major involvement of human operators in the supervision of surgical robots, there remain significant challenges in ensuring patient safety.
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Anesthetic and analgesic management of a skunk (Mephitis mephitis) undergoing a laminectomy for cauda equina compression [PDF]
A 6-year-old, male striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) weighing 5.9 kg was anesthetized for diagnostic imaging procedures and subsequently for a laminectomy at level L6/S1 as treatment of lumbosacral stenosis. On both occasions, anesthesia was induced by a
Bosmans, Tim+5 more
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Single center experience with laparoscopic adrenalectomy on a large clinical series [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is considered the gold standard technique for the treatment of benign small and medium size adrenal masses (
Avenia, Nicola+15 more
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Estudo comparativo de retalhos tubulares de pele de ratos com dois tipos de cateter como molde
OBJETIVO: A tubulização de retalhos de pele é um artifício técnico muito empregado na correção de hipospádias. Existem controvérsias quanto aos riscos e benefícios do uso de sondas para moldar a neo-uretra e promover a derivação urinária.
Antonio Henrique Rodrigues dos Passos+2 more
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Towards video-based surgical workflow understanding in open orthopaedic surgery [PDF]
Safe and efficient surgical training and workflow management play a critical role in clinical competency and ultimately, patient outcomes. Video data in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) have enabled opportunities for vision-based artificial intelligence (
Giataganas, P+7 more
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Measuring Quality: The Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Operative Time on Surgical Site Infections [PDF]
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between operative approach, operative time, and SSI rate.Methods: Inpatient database review identified patients undergoing 5 common procedures from 1/2010-12/2011. Patients were stratified into laparoscopic or open
Agarwal, Santosh+4 more
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PREDICTING DIFFICULT LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY USING CYSTIC DUCT DISSECTION TIME: A COHORT STUDY. [PDF]
Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has emerged as the preferred surgical approach for gallstone disease due to its minimally invasive nature.
Kumar, Sanjay
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