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Health‐related quality of life following total minimally invasive, hybrid minimally invasive or open oesophagectomy: a population‐based cohort study

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical Approaches to Neuroblastoma: Review of the Operative Techniques

open access: yesChildren, 2021
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most commonly occurring soft-tissue malignancy of childhood. Surgery plays an important role in multidisciplinary treatment and its principal aim is a local control of the disease, respecting the integrity of the surrounding ...
Federica Fati   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resuscitative thoracotomy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Surgery, 2016
Resuscitative thoracotomy is often performed on trauma patients with thoracoabdominal penetrating or blunt injuries arriving in cardiac arrest. The goal of this procedure is to immediately restore cardiac output and to control major hemorrhage within the thorax and abdominal cavity.
Gerd Daniel, Pust, Nicholas, Namias
openaire   +2 more sources

Outcomes of completion lobectomy long after segmentectomy

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2019
Background Completion lobectomy long after segmentectomy in the same lobe is extremely difficult because of severe adhesions around hilar structures, especially in cases involving video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) completion lobectomy.
Yuki Takahashi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review of therapeutic interventions to reduce acute and chronic post-surgical pain after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: Perioperative neuropathic pain is under-recognized and often undertreated. Chronic pain may develop after any routine surgery, but it can have a far greater incidence after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy.
Ibarra M.M.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Extrahepatic complications of liver transplantation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
The massive surgical assault associated with hepatic transplantation makes a high frequency of complications almost inevitable. In this review of 225 patient records, selected at random from cases of liver transplantation in Pittsburgh over a 2 1/2 year ...
Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE, Wood, RP
core   +1 more source

Progress of Post-thoracotomy Pain-relief Strategies

open access: yesChinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2012
This article provides a concise review of post-thoracotomy pain-relief strategies, focuses on surgical factors that have been investigated to reduce post-thoracotomy pain, and explores the effectiveness of various treatments for this condition.
Xiayi LV   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alveolar macrophages and Toll-like receptor 4 mediate ventilated lung ischemia reperfusion injury in mice. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BackgroundIschemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury is a sterile inflammatory process that is commonly associated with diverse clinical situations such as hemorrhage followed by resuscitation, transient embolic events, and organ transplantation.
Dodd-o, Jeffrey M   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The Transaxillary Approach as a Direct Route in the Management of Upper Thoracic Spine Pathology: A Technical Note with Case Series [PDF]

open access: yesAsian Spine Journal
This retrospective case series of prospective data aims to describe the transaxillary approach for the treatment of upper thoracic spine pathology. Various surgical techniques and approaches have been reported across the literature to address upper ...
Syed Ifthekar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Post-thoracotomy analgesia

open access: yesSaudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2021
Thoracotomy is considered one of the most painful operative procedures. Due to anatomical complexity, post-thoracotomy pain requires multimodal perioperative treatment to adequately manage to ensure proper postoperative recovery.
Desimir Mijatovic   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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