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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.This study found that the risk factors for postoperative pneumonia after endoscopic laryngopharyngeal surgery for superficial laryngopharyngeal cancer were multiple lesions and larger lesion diameter. Prior esophagectomy for esophageal cancer did not increase the incidence of pneumonia, suggesting the procedure can be safely performed with careful ...
Atsushi Nakao +5 more
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Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, Volume 69, Issue 4, Page 421-430, December 2022., 2022 Currently, in Australia there are no published guidelines on what constitutes adequate clinical information in requests for Computed Tomography (CT). An e‐Delphi study was conducted to gain consensus from CT reporting consultant radiologists as to what constitutes adequate clinical information for patients presenting to the emergency department with ...
Chelsea Castillo +4 more
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Splenic duplication: a rare cause of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding [PDF]
, 2018 Acute gastrointestinal bleeding represents a common medical emergency. We report the rare case of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding caused by varices in the gastric fundus secondary to splenic duplication.
Alkadhi, Hatem +4 more
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.We revealed that subtotal gastrectomy (STG) has its advantage over total gastrectomy on shorter operation time, less complication rates, and lower body weight loss by meta‐analysis. Although there are some controversies, STG can be an ideal option for patients with gastric cancer of upper third stomach.
Yuichiro Miki +4 more
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Management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding [PDF]
, 2019 Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is a common medical emergency, with a reported mortality of 2-10%. Patients identified as being at very low risk of either needing an intervention or death can be managed as outpatients.
Laine, Loren, Stanley, Adrian J.
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.We retrospectively compared intracorporeal and extracorporeal anastomosis in patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer in 46 institutions by using propensity‐score matching. Intracorporeal anastomosis showed advantages over extracorporeal anastomosis in terms of blood loss, intraoperative vascular injury, bowel recovery, and length of
Tomohiro Yamaguchi +92 more
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Auditing for Human Expertise [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 High-stakes prediction tasks (e.g., patient diagnosis) are often handled by trained human experts. A common source of concern about automation in these settings is that experts may exercise intuition that is difficult to model and/or have access to information (e.g., conversations with a patient) that is simply unavailable to a would-be algorithm. This
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Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.This meta‐analysis compared olanexidine gluconate (OLG) with conventional antiseptics on surgical site infections (SSIs) in gastroenterological surgery. OLG significantly reduced overall SSIs without statistical heterogeneity. Abstract Aim To compare the preventative effect of the new antiseptic olanexidine gluconate (OLG) with conventional antiseptics
Akihisa Matsuda +4 more
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Aortoduodenal fistula successfully treated with endovascular repair
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Aortoduodenal fistula is a rare cause of life‐threatening upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Accurate diagnosis is essential to initiate definitive treatment because endoscopic hemostasis, which is the usual initial intervention for upper gastrointestinal ...
Junya Fuchigami +5 more
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Diagnosis and management of extrahepatic oesophageal variceal bleed in children in a low resourced setting [PDF]
, 2020 Extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO) is a major cause of portal hypertension (PH) in children. Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is the most common cause accounting for up to 75% of cases in developing countries. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is the
Goka, Bamenla +3 more
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