Diagnosing Perioperative Cardiovascular Risks in Noncardiac Surgery Patients by Panpan Li, Ying Lei, Qiaomei Li, Thangavel Lakshmipriya, Subash C. B. Gopinath, Xinwen Gong

“…Every year, over 200 million adults are undergoing noncardiac surgery. These noncardiac surgery patients may face the risk of cardiac mortality and morbidity during the perioperative and recovery periods. …”
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Platelet Counts and Liver Enzymes after Bariatric Surgery by Hans-Erik Johansson, Arvo Haenni, Björn Zethelius

“…Ten morbidly obese patients (body mass index, BMI: 53.5±3.8 kg/m2) who underwent BPD-DS were evaluated preoperatively (baseline) and 1 year (1st followup) and 3 years (2nd followup) after surgery and compared with 21 morbidly obese patients (BMI: 42.3±5.2 kg/m2) who underwent RYGBP. …”
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What's New and Controversial? A Critical Critique - Surgery by IGM Cleator

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Optical imaging guidance in oncologic surgery and interventional oncology by Yiming Liu, Karim Valji, Wayne Monsky, Chuansheng Zheng, Xiaoming Yang

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Consensus document on the management of wound closure in orthopaedic surgery by Pablo Sanz-Ruiz, José Ramón Caeiro-Rey, Juan Carlos Martínez-Pastor, José Luis Martín-Alguacil, Antonio Murcia-Asensio, Jesús Moreta

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Surgery for Bacterial Endocarditis Complicated by Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage by Kazuhiro Kurisu, Hiroshi Mitsuo, Yasutaka Ueno

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Ambulatory Surgery for Perianal Crohn’s Disease: Study of Feasibility by S. Sibio, A. Di Giorgio, M. Campanelli, S. Di Carlo, A. Divizia, C. Fiorani, R. Scaramuzzo, C. Arcudi, G. Del Vecchio Blanco, L. Biancone, G. Sica

“…This procedure is mainly conducted as a day case surgery. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to proceed within the ideal timing and any delay may well represent a relevant clinical issue. …”
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Large Multinodular Toxic Goiter: Is Surgery Always Necessary? by Roberto Negro, Gabriele Greco

“…As the patient refused surgery, at first we administered 600 MBq dose of 131I, which was unable to solve hyperthyroidism and local compressive symptoms. …”
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Fatigue life prediction of pedicle screw for spinal surgery by Š. Major, V. Kocour, P.Cyrus

“…This paper is dedicated to fatigue estimation of implants for spinal surgery. This article deals especially with special case of hollow pedicle screw. …”
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Integration of New Features for Telerobotic Surgery into The Mirosurge System by Rainer Konietschke, Davide Zerbato, Rogério Richa, Andreas Tobergte, Philippe Poignet, Florian A. Fröhlich, Debora Botturi, Paolo Fiorini, Gerd Hirzinger

“…This paper presents the integration of these new features into the minimally invasive robotic surgery platform MiroSurge. A central aim of this research platform is to enable evaluation and comparison of new functionalities for minimally invasive robotic surgery. …”
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An international consensus panel on the potential value of Digital Surgery by Anita Patel, Giuseppe Turchetti, Guy Maddern, Ataru Igarashi, Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Gretchen Purcell Jackson, Anastasia Chalkidou, Jamie Erskine, Jean-Christophe Bernhard, Payam Abrishami, Richard Charter, Richard Culbertson, Jo Carol Hiatt, Matthew Lien, Joseph Soon Yau Ng, Koon Ho Rha, Scott Tackett

“…Objectives The use of digital technology in surgery is increasing rapidly, with a wide array of new applications from presurgical planning to postsurgical performance assessment. …”
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Clinical-epidemiological behaviour of patients after cataract surgery by Leydi E. Jacomino Hernández, Idalia Triana Casado, Juan C. Medina Perdomo

“…Its only effective treatment is surgery, with a high rate of efficiency, but it is not always practiced due to several reasons that limit access to health services.…”
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Cataract Surgery with a Refractive Corneal Inlay in Place by N. R. Stojanovic, S. I. Panagopoulou, I. G. Pallikaris

“…To present a case of cataract surgery performed in a patient with a refractive corneal inlay in place. …”
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Clinical Significance of Prothrombin Time in Cholangiocarcinoma Patients with Surgeries by Hui-shan Wang, Xian-xiu Ge, Quan-peng Li, Jun-jie Nie, Lin Miao

“…Preoperative increase in PT can serve as a simple but effective predictor of poor survival in CCA patients who undergo curative surgeries.…”
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Travel Burden and the Direct Medical Costs of Urologic Surgery by Daniel J. Olson, John L. Gore, Kenn B. Daratha, Kenneth P. Roberts

“…Thus, research is needed to understand the relationship between the distance a patient must travel and their outcomes following urologic surgery. **Objective:** The purpose of this study was to determine whether the distance a patient travels to receive urologic surgery is associated with their length of hospital stay and direct medical hospitalization costs. …”
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Preparation of patients for endoscopic investigations and surgery of the large intestine by B. N. Bashankaev, A. G. Yuldashev, D. F. Yermakov, P. V. Tsarkov

Subjects: “…colorectal surgery…”
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The Evolution of Rehabilitation and Return to Sport Following Cartilage Surgery by Snehal Patel, William Marrone

“…Recent literature has supported accelerated protocols in a variety of cartilage procedures ranging from osteochondral allograft (OCA) Osteochondral autograft surgery (OATS) to matrix-based scaffolding procedures such as Matrix Induced Chondrocyte Implantation (MACI) or Denovo procedures. …”
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Potentials of transanal endoscopic surgery at early rectal cancer by Yu. A. Shelygin, S. V. Chernyshov, L. P. Orlova, E. G. Rybakov

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Cerebral Wegener’s Granuloma: Surgery Mandatory for Diagnosis and Treatment by Federico Nicolosi, Giovanni Nodari, Giannantonio Spena, Elena Roca, Karol Migliorati, Giacomo Esposito, Roberto Stefini, Marco Fontanella, Pier Paolo Panciani

“…The radiological findings were not useful for the diagnosis, and the pharmacological treatment was ineffective. The importance of a surgery in case of localized WG has been emphasized, in order to confirm the diagnosis and to avoid additional medicaments, like antiepileptic drugs, potentially harmful in immunosuppressed patients.…”
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The Heegaard genus of manifolds obtained by surgery on links and knots by Bradd Clark

“…It is shown that there exists an upper bound on the Heegaard genus of any manifold obtained by surgery on L. The tunnel number of L, T(L), is defined and used as an upper bound. …”
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