Prevalence and Factors Associated with Preterm Birth in Urban Areas: Case-Control Study by Rozhan Khezri, Shaker Salarilak, Sepideh Jahanian

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Feasibility and Safety of Bariatric Surgery in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience by Yusef Moulla, Orestis Lyros, Matthias Blüher, Philipp Simon, Arne Dietrich

“…Despite the feasibility and safety of bariatric procedures nowadays, high-risk patients with vast obesity and severe comorbidities demonstrate relatively high perioperative morbidity and mortality rates and, therefore, form a distinguished challenge for the bariatric surgeons. …”
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Comparison of Therapeutic Effects of Laparoscopic and Open Operation for Congenital Choledochal Cysts in Adults by Yuan Liu, Xu Yao, Shuqiang Li, Wenhan Liu, Lei Liu, Jingang Liu

“…The operative time, intraoperative blood loss, time until bowel motion recovery, duration of drainage, postoperative stay, time until resumption of diet, postoperative complications, and perioperative laboratory values were recorded and analyzed in both groups. …”
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Risk factor of postoperative pulmonary complications after colorectal cancer surgery: an analysis of nationwide inpatient sample by Liping Huang, Junli Luo, Yifan Wang, Lu Gan, Nuo Xu, Jinzi Chen, Cai Li

“…PPCs prolonged the length of hospital stay (14 days vs. 6 days) and led to a higher mortality rate (13.04% vs. 1.20%). Optimizing perioperative care practices are essential steps to reduce the incidence rate of PPCs in CRC patients.…”
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Assessment of complications and success rates of Percutaneous nephrolithotomy: single tract vs. multi tract approaches by Ömür Memik, Onur Karslı

“…The demographic data, stone volumes, fluoroscopy and operation durations, changes in hemoglobin levels, numbers of blood transfusions, stone-free rates, perioperative complications, duration of nephrostomy removal, and length of hospital stay parameters were noted. …”
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Defining the Pros and Cons of Open, Conventional Laparoscopy, and Robot-Assisted Pyeloplasty in a Developing Nation by Mrinal Pahwa, Archna R. Pahwa, Mohit Girotra, Rtika Ryfka Abrahm, Sachin Kathuria, Ajay Sharma

“…Material and Methods. 60 patients underwent minimally invasive pyeloplasty (30 conventional laparoscopies and 30 robotics) for congenital PUJO at a tertiary health center in India. Demographic, perioperative, and postoperative data were prospectively collected and analyzed. …”
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To Determine Mean Change In Weight Of Patients Undergoing Maxillomandibular Fixation by Osama Mushtaq, Eruj Shuja, Momina Ahmed, Amna Hassan, Muhammad Adil Asim, Maimona Siddiq

“…This factor should be considered during the perioperative period to prevent postoperative complications, postoperative weight loss, and malnutrition of patients undergoing maxillomandibular surgery and reflect the need for guidance on diet postoperatively, mainly directed to frequency of feeding and high protein liquid diet and nutritional supplements. …”
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Lung protective ventilation guided by driving pressure improves pulmonary outcomes in heart transplantation by Mei-fang Chen, Lin-feng Xie, Xin-fan Lin, Ping-ping Wu, Jia-xin Zhang, Yong Lin

“…Patients who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation were divided into two groups according to the perioperative ventilation strategy: (1) conventional lung-protective ventilation (group C) and (2) driving pressure-guided ventilation (group D). …”
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A Successful Treatment Regimen for the Prevention of Sinusitis after Maxillary Sinus Floor Elevation Surgery in a High-Risk Case by Mikiko Suzuki-Yamazaki, Keiso Takahashi, Satoshi Takada, Yasumasa Kato, Yuh Baba

“…The patient was administered preoperative topical steroid and leukotriene receptor antagonist in addition to perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis so that his complication was noninvasively prevented. …”
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A Randomized Controlled Study of Robot-Assisted versus 3D Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in Patients with Carcinoma Prostate by Ketan Kumar Kapoor, Anup Kumar

“…Outcomes were evaluated in the form of the trifecta (continence, potency, and BCR-free status) and pentafecta rates (trifecta with no perioperative complications and negative surgical margins) in between the two groups. …”
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Catastrophizing and Depressive Symptoms as Prospective Predictors of Outcomes Following Total Knee Replacement by Robert R Edwards, Jennifer A Haythornthwaite, Michael T Smith, Brendan Klick, Jeffrey N Katz

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Contemporary Radical Prostatectomy by Qiang Fu, Judd W. Moul, Leon Sun

“…This paper focuses on the procedures' oncological or functional outcomes and perioperative morbidities of radical retropubic prostatectomy, radical perineal prostatectomy, and robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. …”
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A Case of Renal Pelvic Cancer Complicated by Horseshoe Kidney Treated with RoboSurgeon Gasless Single-Port Retroperitoneoscopic Nephroureterectomy by Hiroaki Suzuki, Kosuke Takemura, Kazumasa Sakamoto, Madoka Kataoka, Masaya Ito, Yasukazu Nakanishi, Ken-ichi Tobisu, Fumitaka Koga

“…He was discharged from hospital on the 6th postoperative day without any perioperative complication. He has no evidence of disease clinically and radiologically 19 months after the operation. …”
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Outcome of spine surgery in the context of spinal metastatic disease: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program by Salim M. Yakdan, Maya Herrera, Nour Wehbe, Monifa Al Akoum, Muhammad Irfan Kaleem, Miguel A. Ruiz-Cardozo, Karan Joseph, Nada Assaf, Hani Dimassi

“…Objective: Our study aims to identify perioperative risk factors associated with poor outcomes following spine surgery in the setting of spinal cord metastasis. …”
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Robotic Partial Nephrectomy with the Da Vinci Xi by George J. S. Kallingal, Sanjaya Swain, Fadi Darwiche, Sanoj Punnen, Murugesan Manoharan, Mark L. Gonzalgo, Dipen J. Parekh

“…Combining our surgical technique with the technological advancements on the XI offers patients acceptable pathologic and perioperative outcomes.…”
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The feasibility and safety of robotic‐assisted salvage radical cystectomy by Gal Rinott Mizrahi, Nathan Lawrentschuk, Benjamin Thomas, Philip Dundee

“…Conclusion Our data, together with the limited published data from other cohorts of RA‐SRC, suggest that in experienced hands, RA‐SRC is feasible, with intraoperative and perioperative complication rates that are lower than the published data for open SRC and are equivalent to open primary RC. …”
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Nomogram for Predicting Postoperative Portal Venous Systemic Thrombosis in Patients with Cirrhosis Undergoing Splenectomy and Esophagogastric Devascularization by Miao Chen, Jian-Bo Han, Jia-Kang Zhang, Qing-Hua Shu, Yu-Feng Zhang, Yong-Xiang Yi

“…Demographic characteristics were collected, and the results of perioperative routine laboratory investigations and ultrasound examinations were also recorded. …”
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The prevalence and risk factors for peripheral nerve injury following arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jianchun Qiu, Xiaohong Liao, Ruiming Deng

“…Our findings emphasize the importance of recognizing these risk factors in the perioperative management of arthroplasty patients.…”
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Incisional lumbar hernias: Current role of laparoscopic approach with intraperitoneal onlay mesh procedure by Germán A Giacosa, Martín Rodríguez, Álvaro Juárez, Santiago S Begnis, Álvaro Tabares

“…Demographic data and baseline characteristics of enrolled patients were assessed, as well as perioperative data, surgical time, length of hospital stay, and recurrence during an average 38.6-month follow-up. …”
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Liver Cirrhosis/Severe Fibrosis Is a Risk Factor for Anastomotic Leakage after Colorectal Surgery by Samuel Andreas Käser, Irina Hofmann, Niels Willi, Felix Stickel, Christoph Andreas Maurer

“…Liver cirrhosis associated with high perioperative morbidity/mortality. This retrospective study determines whether liver cirrhosis represents a risk factor for anastomotic leakage after colonic anastomosis or not. …”
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