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Improving the paediatric surgery patient experience: an 8-year analysis of narrative quality data

BMJ Open Quality, 2020
Background Narrative data about the patient experience of surgery can help healthcare professionals and administrators better understand the needs of patients and their families as well as provide a foundation for improvement of procedures, processes and
Erik D Skarsgard, Julie M Robillard, Stephanie C Bourne, Mallorie T Tam, Patricia M Page, Elizabeth A Lamb, Carmina Gogal, Kourosh Afshar   +7 more
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LUMBAR ARTHRODESIS IN LATERAL SINGLE POSITION: CONCEPTS, RATIONAL AND CLINICAL-FUNCTIONAL RESULTS OF 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES [PDF]

Coluna/Columna, 2023
Objective: Arthrodesis techniques such as anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) and lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) aim to reestablish physiological lordosis and minimize tissue damage to the paravertebral musculature.
Cristiano Magalhães Menezes, Gabriel Carvalho Lacerda, Marlus Sérgio Borges Salomão Junior, Nicolas Santos de Oliveira, Rodrigo Antônio De Melo, Abner Fiorese Bissoli   +5 more
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Z-Plasty: useful uses in dermatologic surgery [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014
Z-Plasty is a procedure involving the transposition of two interdigitating triangular flaps. This technique is useful in a number of dermatological procedures. It can be used to correct defects resulting from surgical complications. This paper highlights
Hugo Barreiros, Joao Goulao
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Untested surgical procedures

Veterinary Record, 2022
Untested surgical procedures. As members of Ethics First, a group dedicated to highlighting concerns around extreme clinical companion animal practice, we have been concerned for some time regarding the unbalanced and prejudicial promotion of advanced veterinary surgical procedures, in which emphasis (and acclaim) seems to be placed on the procedure ...
Clutton, Eddie, Ware, Jodi, Murphy, Kathy, Taylor, Polly, Wright, Jayne, Dennison, Ngaire, Wolfensohn, Sarah   +6 more
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Questionable Effect of Crosshatching Incision in Septoplasty [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2020
Objectives Crosshatching incision has been considered a useful method for correcting cartilaginous septal deviation. The aim of this study was to determine the utility and limitations of this approach.
Jung-Soo Kim, Sung Jae Heo
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Robotic-assisted resection of proximal jejunal ischemic stricture and intracorporeal robot-sewn anastomosis

Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2022
With the advent of robotic surgery as an effective means of minimally invasive surgery in the last decade, more and more surgeries are being performed robotically in today’s world.
Vishu Jain, Peeyush Varshney, Subhash Chandra Soni, Vaibhav Kumar Varshney, B Selvakumar   +4 more
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Surgical-Mechanical Procedures [PDF]

Deutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2014
The article (1) seems exclusively focused on photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the purpose of minimizing cutaneous carcinomatosis. Surgical-mechanical interventions, such as curettage, topical cutaneous excisions, or shave excisions were not mentioned. Studies have been conducted in this setting, one of which included 1300 patients (2).
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Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Achalasia: Experience from a Single Referral Tertiary Center

Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases, 2019
BACKGROUND Achalasia is the most well known esophageal motility disorder. Laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) is the most effective treatment for achalasia. The aim of this study was to review our results on LHM for achalasia.
Alireza Mirsharifi, Ali Ghorbani Abdehgah, Rasoul Mirsharifi, Mehdi Jafari, Noor Fattah, Javad Mikaeli, Ahmad Reza Soroush   +6 more
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Unsupervised identification of surgical robotic actions from small non homogeneous datasets [PDF]

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol.6, issue 4, October 2021, 2021
Robot-assisted surgery is an established clinical practice. The automatic identification of surgical actions is needed for a range of applications, including performance assessment of trainees and surgical process modeling for autonomous execution and monitoring.
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A defense of surgical procedures regulation

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 2022
AbstractSince the advent of drug regulation in 1962, regulatory agencies have been in the practice of using strict standards to test the safety and efficacy of medical treatments and products. Regulatory agencies, such as the FDA, demand two full-fledged Randomized Clinical Trials demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of drugs to grant its ...
Andreoletti, Mattia, Bina, Federico
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