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This RCT compared intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) alone with IPC plus enoxaparin for 1 week after surgery in the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for gastric or colorectal malignancy. Although VTE occurred in 4·8 per cent of the ICP‐alone group and 3·3 per cent of the ICP with enoxaparin ...
H. Kamachi +11 more
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Deconditioning during neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a possible parameter for predicting operative outcomes. This retrospective cohort study aimed to assess body composition changes in patients with gastro‐oesophageal cancer during neoadjuvant therapy and investigate their association with postoperative complications. Skeletal muscle index values decrease
R. B. den Boer +9 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of acute diverticulitis with unenhanced low‐dose CT
Unenhanced low‐dose CT (LDCT) is as accurate as contrast‐enhanced standard‐dose CT (SDCT) for detection of acute colonic diverticulitis. However, smaller complications, such as pericolic abscesses and small amounts of extraluminal air, can be missed.
A. Thorisson +5 more
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Plasmocitoma extramedular nasal en un perro [PDF]
RESUMEN Se describe un caso de plasmocitoma nasal en un canino, macho entero, de raza Akita de 30 Kg de peso y veintiún meses de edad, con historia de epistaxis unilateral crónica.
Carlos Giraldo M, Catalina López V
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Fifty patients were enrolled and randomized to laparoscopic hernia repair with conventional fascial closure or a peritoneal bridging approach. Follow‐up by CT at 12 months (primary endpoint) revealed no seroma in either group, but seroma was detected clinically in the early postoperative period after 1 month (4 of 25 versus 0 of 25 patients in fascial ...
F. Ali +3 more
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This study investigated whether the total tumour volume (TTV) of colorectal liver metastases could predict patient survival after hepatic resection. Associations were identified between TTV and recurrence‐free survival, overall survival and unresectable recurrence after primary hepatic resection.
K. Tai +13 more
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Factors affecting mortality after traumatic brain injury in a resource‐poor setting
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 194 patients in a resource‐poor setting was analysed. Some 30·9 per cent had severe TBI, and associated skull fracture was observed in 8·8 per cent. Treatments offered were mainly conservative. The mortality rate was 33·0 per cent, with 72 per cent resulting from severe head injury.
R. Okidi +6 more
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195. Cirugía del tromboembolismo pulmonar masivo en el enfermo crítico
La extracción de los trombos pulmonares en el tromboembolismo pulmonar masivo antes de 1953 (operación de Trendelenburg) cosechó fracaso tras fracaso. Desde el advenimiento de la circulación extracorpórea (CEC) el porcentaje de éxito de esta operación ...
J.M. Aguilar Jiménez +9 more
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Introducción. En las hernias paraesofágicas tipo IV se produce la herniación del estómago junto a otros órganos abdominales. La herniación del páncreas es muy infrecuente. Caso clínico.
Paz González-Benjumea +3 more
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Introducción: elevado índice de mortalidad, prolongadas hospitalizaciones, secuelas y daños económicos y sociales provocan que los traumatismos craneoencefálicos constituyan uno de los problemas socioeconómicos más importantes en la actualidad.
Yamily Cruz Pino +5 more
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