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Why I am pursuing a career in acute care surgery and how I intend to impact the field: “My best wasn’t good enough—until I discovered acute care surgery” [PDF]
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care OpenTwo preventable trauma deaths during my medical training in Lagos, an eight-year-old boy, with a splenic injury and a mother struck by a truck, revealed a devastating truth: in many settings, treatable injuries become fatal because trauma systems fail to
Eseoghene Erhie
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Head and Neck Carcinoma – Current Possibilities and Perspectives in Treatment [PDF]
Liječnički vjesnik, 2021 Head and neck cancers typically include cancers of the lips and oral cavity, oropharynx, nasopharynx and hypopharynx, larynx, salivary glands, nasal cavity and sinuses.
Drago Prgomet
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Surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia, 1989 This is a retrospective study of the outcome of surgical procedures in patients who were Jehovah's Witnesses. Over a 75-month period, 58 Jehovah's Witness patients had 78 surgical procedures at the Vancouver General Hospital. Three patients had preexisting anaemia of less than 100 g.L-1 haemoglobin.
D H, Wong, L C, Jenkins
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Surgical career choices of medical students in China: does gender bias play a role?
BMC Medical Education, 2022 Background Gender bias in career choices has always been a matter of great concern, including in the field of medicine. This study reports on the current situation in this regard in China, including the reasons for Chinese medical students’ willingness ...
Liangru Zhou +7 more
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Major abdominal surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses [PDF]
The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2016 Introduction Patients who are Jehovah’s Witnesses pose difficult ethical and moral dilemmas for surgeons because of their refusal to receive blood and blood products. This article outlines the personal experiences of six Jehovah’s Witnesses who underwent major abdominal surgery at a single institution and also summarises the literature on the ...
Rollins, Katie E. +3 more
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Clinical Cases of Gallstone Ileus
Креативная хирургия и онкология, 2021 Background. Gallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis accounting for 0.3–2.1% total acute intestinal obstructions. The recent years are witnessing a sharply elevated incidence of cholelithiasis and its entailed complications.
O. V. Galimov +5 more
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Delayed inflammation associated with retained perfluorocarbon liquid
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011 A 55-year-old woman, with history of cataract surgery 1 year back, presented with features of ocular inflammation for last 3 months. She had no history of any other intraocular surgery.
S Pradeep +3 more
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011 We report a rare case of keratoconus with granular dystrophy with a follow-up of two decades, documenting the sequential presentation of two diseases confirmed by histology and genetic studies.
Varsha M Rathi +3 more
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Gender reassignment surgery – a narrative overview of anaesthetic considerations and implications
Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2021 The twenty-first century, with its transforming ideology and rising acceptance, is witnessing an increased number of transgender people applying for gender reassignment surgery (GRS). The procedure of GRS is a lengthy and complex one involving the active
Priyanka Mishra +3 more
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Cilioretinal artery occlusion following intranasal cocaine insufflations
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011 Cocaine is used to produce a euphoric effect by abusers, who may be unaware of the devastating systemic and ocular side effects of this drug. We describe the first known case of cilioretinal artery occlusion after intranasal cocaine abuse.
Balaji Kannan +3 more
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