Is It Still Prohibited to Perform Spinal Anesthesia in Patients with Advanced Heart Disease? by Maryam Vosoughian, Shide Dabir, Faramarz Mosaffa

“…Intrathecal single injection of low doses of local anesthetic  in combination with low dose short acting opioids can be administered safely in lower abdominal and lower limb surgeries lasting 60 to 90 minutes . In longer surgeries, epidural catheters can be inserted through the epidural needle into the intraspinal space and intermittently administered low doses of local anesthetic plus low doses of fentanyl or sufentanil as needed. …”
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XEN45 Gel Stent Combined with Healaflow Injectable Viscoelastic Implant by Eloy Villarreal, Eran Berkowitz, Beatrice Tiosano

“…To introduce a potential solution for failed glaucoma surgeries by proposing an optional surgical procedure in conjunction with the use of Healaflow (Anteis S.A., Geneva, Switzerland) as a spacer, which may potentially reduce the failure rate. …”
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International norms for adult handgrip strength: A systematic review of data on 2.4 million adults aged 20 to 100+ years from 69 countries and regions by Grant R. Tomkinson, Justin J. Lang, Lukáš Rubín, Ryan McGrath, Bethany Gower, Terry Boyle, Marilyn G. Klug, Alexandra J. Mayhew, Henry T. Blake, Francisco B. Ortega, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Costan G. Magnussen, Brooklyn J. Fraser, Tetsuhiro Kidokoro, Yang Liu, Kaare Christensen, Darryl P. Leong, Mette Aadahl, Edimansyah Abdin, Julian Alcazar, Aqeel Alenazi, Bader Alqahtani, Cledir De A. Amaral, Thatiana L.M. Amaral, Alex Andrade Fernandes, Peter Axelsson, Jennifer N. Baldwin, Karin Bammann, Aline R. Barbosa, Ameline Bardo, Inosha Bimali, Peter Bjerregaard, Martin Bobak, Colin A. Boreham, Klaus Bös, João Carlos Bouzas Marins, Joshua Burns, Nadezda Capkova, Lilia Castillo-Martínez, Liang-Kung Chen, Siu Ming Choi, Rebecca K.J. Choong, Susana C. Confortin, Cyrus Cooper, Jorge E. Correa-Bautista, Amandine Cournil, Grace Cruz, Eling D. de Bruin, José Antonio De Paz, Bruno De Souza Moreira, Luiz Antonio Dos Anjos, María Cristina Enríquez Reyna, Eduardo Ferriolli, Gillian Forrester, Elena Frolova, Abadi K. Gebre, Atef M. Ghaleb, Tiffany K. Gill, Yasuyuki Gondo, M. Cristina Gonzalez, Citlali Gonzalez Alvarez, Mary K. Hannah, Nicholas C. Harvey, Jean-Yves Hogrel, Marie-Theres Huemer, Toshiko Iidaka, Lewis A. Ingram, Dmitri A. Jdanov, Victoria L. Keevil, Wolfgang Kemmler, Rose Anne Kenny, Dae-Yeon Kim, Tracy L. Kivell, Ingirid G.H. Kjær, Alexander Kluttig, Rumi Kozakai, Danit Langer, Lisbeth A. Larsen, Wei-Ju Lee, David A. Leon, Eric Lichtenstein, Bertis B. Little, Roberto Alves Lourenço, Rahul Malhotra, Robert M. Malina, Kiyoaki Matsumoto, Tal Mazor-Karsenty, Marnee J. McKay, Sinéad McLoughlin, Abhishek L. Mensegere, Mostafa Mohammadian, Virgilio Garcia Moreira, Hiroshi Murayama, Anne Murray, Anita Liberalesso Neri, Claudia Niessner, Gabriel Núñez Othón, Gabriel Olveira, Suzanne G. Orchard, Andrezj Pajak, Chan Woong Park, Julie A. Pasco, Maria E. Peña Reyes, Leani Souza Máximo Pereira, Annette Peters, Eric Tsz-Chun Poon, Margareth C. Portela, Jedd Pratt, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Wendy Rodríguez-García, Joanne Ryan, Mauricio A. San-Martín, Francisco José Sánchez-Torralvo, Mahnaz Saremi, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Satoshi Seino, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Marc Sim, Bjørn Heine Strand, Mythily Subramaniam, Charlotte Suetta, Sophia X. Sui, Jonas S. Sundarakumar, Koya Suzuki, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Maw Pin Tan, Yu Taniguchi, Barbara Thorand, Anna Turusheva, Anne Therese Tveter, Jonathan Wagner, Dao Wang, Stuart J. Warden, Julia Wearing, Shiou Liang Wee, Leo D. Westbury, Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Alexander Woll, Noriko Yoshimura, Ruby Yu

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Cranio-Caudal Identification and Preservation of Spinal Accessory Nerve during Modified Radical Neck Dissection by Pushkar P. Waknis, Ravina Dharamsi, Mrinal Gawali, Divya Palanisami

“…Introduction: The spinal accessory nerve (SAN) is encountered during neck dissection surgeries and is at the highest risk for iatrogenic injury, which may lead to shoulder syndrome. …”
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A Retrospective and Prospective Observational Study to Evaluate the Jugular Bulb Anatomical Variations Using High-resolution Computed Tomography by Saurabh Atram, Alka Agrawal, Yogita Dixit, Manzill, K. S. Suhas, Hema Dhakad, Neelesh Patel

“…This study reinforces the value of HRCT in the detailed evaluation of anatomy for optimized planning of surgeries and patient management.…”
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Evaluating Clinical Outcomes for Determining the Optimal Delay to Skin Incision under WALANT: A Prospective Series of 34 Patients from a Low-Resource Tertiary Setting by Alvin Hernandez, Mamer Rosario, Romina Mendoza-Torres, Carl Ryan Marino Taguba, Abigail Garcia, Geoffrey Battad

“…Additional studies on clinical outcomes to determine the optimal time delay from injection of local anesthesia to skin incision for WALANT surgeries are needed. The authors aimed to propose the optimal time delay from local injection to skin incision for WALANT surgeries of the hand and wrist by analyzing intraoperative blood loss, postoperative pain scores, and complication rates. …”
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A Tale of Two Hypersecreting Adrenal Neoplasms in the Heartland of COVID-19 Pandemic, Lombardy, Italy by Benedetta Zampetti, Roberto Attanasio, Emanuela Carioni, Daniela Dallabonzana, Iuliana Pauna, Marco Boniardi, Renato Cozzi

“…In this study, we report the management, in Lombardy, Italy, of one patient with Cushing’s syndrome due to adrenal adenoma and another one with pheochromocytoma, whose surgeries were deferred owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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ASSESSMENT OF SATISFACTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGICAL TREATMENT BY THE WALANT TECHNIQUE by Marina Rafaele Makishi, Rafaela Amoedo Cox, Victor Spirandelli Pimentel, Yussef Ali Abdouni, Marcel Eiji Nakagawa

“…Conclusion: The efficiency of WALANT technique stemmed from the high satisfaction rate of patients undergoing minor surgeries, justifying its use as a routine option in outpatient surgeries in the public system. …”
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A Technique for Retrieval of Screw for Missed Screw Head by Pankaj Kumar Singh, Ajay Singla, Niket Raj Garg, Vachan Goyal, Pahul Bansal

“…During implant removal surgeries, surgeons may encounter various challenges, such as stripped screw heads. …”
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Diagnosing and Treating Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Bladder by Ridwan Alam, Michael H. Johnson, Trevor Caldwell, Christian P. Pavlovich, Trinity J. Bivalacqua, Jeffrey J. Tosoian

“…In this report, we present a case of IMT of the bladder in a woman with multiple previous pelvic surgeries. We further review the relevant literature to highlight this rare but important clinical presentation.…”
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Periodontal Microsurgery: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Veena Kalburgi, Shravani Bhole

“…Conventional surgeries involve larger areas including more soft- and hard-tissue manipulation which results in greater postoperative edema, inflammation, and pain. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…Time-driven Activity-based Costing More Accurately Reflects Costs in Arthroplasty Surgery. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016;474(1):8-15. doi:10.1007/s11999-015-4214-0 [26] Shah T, Press VG, Huisingh-Scheetz M, White SR. …”
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Use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Lower Extremity Research by Yongni Zhang, Yaning Zang, Jiayi Ren, Wenhao Guo, Ashley Disantis, Siyu Liu, RobRoy L Martin

“… # Results Nineteen SRs recommended 20 PROMs for 15 lower extremity orthopaedic pathologies or surgeries. These results identified consistency between recommended PROMs and utilization in clinical research for only two of the 15 lower extremity pathologies or surgeries. …”
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Continuous Spinal Anesthesia following Inadvertent Dural Puncture during Epidural Placement for an Emergency Laparotomy by Andrew Emyedu, Bernadette Kyoheirwe, Patience Atumanya

“…This case demonstrates that in case of an accidental dural puncture during epidural placement, the catheter can be advanced into the intrathecal space and continuous spinal anesthesia conducted for abdominal surgeries using a standard epidural catheter.…”
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Perioperative challenges and anesthetic management in Thoraco-Omphalopagus twin separation: A case report by R Safdhar Hasmi, Sateesh Verma, Vinita Singh, Gyanendra Pratap Singh

“…The rarity of these surgeries, coupled with the unique anatomical variations in each case, makes every separation procedure a distinct experience. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes in Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome: A 15-Year Experience from Thailand by Wasita Warachit Parksook, Nitchakarn Laichuthai, Sarat Sunthornyothin

“…An initial remission rate after transsphenoidal surgeries in CD was 62%, with higher rates in pituitary microadenomas compared to macroadenomas. …”
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The Efficacy of Denosumab in the Management of a Tibial Paediatric Aneurysmal Bone Cyst Compromised by Rebound Hypercalcaemia by Matthew Harcus, Samantha Aldridge, Adesegun Abudu, Lee Jeys, Senthil Senniappan, Henry Morgan, Barry Pizer

“…Surgery is the main treatment option for patients with aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC). …”
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Dental rehabilitation of cleft palate patients using zygomatic implants: A case report by Teresa Creo-Martinez, Maitena Canivell-Zabaleta, Alba Sanjuan-Sanjuan, Manuel Caro

“…The difficulty of rehabilitating these patients lies in the unusual anatomy they present and the alteration of the vascular supply of local tissues caused by the previous performed surgeries, along with other causes. This report describes the successful dental rehabilitation with zygomatic implants of a patient with complete bilateral cleft palate who was edentulous and had severe maxillary atrophy.…”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Cocanour, "Informed Consent-It's More than a Signature on a Piece of Paper," The American Journal of Surgery 214, no. 6 (2017): 993-997, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.09.015…”
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Neurological Disease-Affected Patients, including Multiple Sclerosis, Are Poor Responders to BKPyV, a Human Polyomavirus by Ilaria Bononi, Elisa Mazzoni, Silvia Pietrobon, Maria Rosa Iaquinta, Andrea Caselli, Elena Torreggiani, Maura Pugliatti, Ilaria Casetta, Massimiliano Castellazzi, Enrico Granieri, Fernanda Martini, Mauro Tognon

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