An evaluation study of direct economic losses from surgical site infections in adults: structural equation modeling by Qiuxia Zuo, Di Liu, Baoji Dong, Yuan Zhou, Kexin Zhao, Ping Tian, Ping Tian

“…Multivariate linear regression identified the duration of hospital stay, catheter and ventilator usage, age, number of surgeries, and duration of antibiotic treatment as influencing factors. …”
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Indications of Optical Coherence Tomography in Keratoplasties: Literature Review by Thiago Trindade Nesi, Daniel Amorim Leite, Fábio Medina Rocha, Marco Antônio Tanure, Pedro Paulo Reis, Eduardo Büchele Rodrigues, Mauro Silveira de Queiroz Campos

“…Intraoperatively, OCT can be used to assess stromal bed regularity and transparency in anterior lamellar surgeries, especially for those techniques in which a bare Descemet’s membrane is the goal. …”
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Efficacy and safety of the enhanced monofocal intraocular lens in glaucoma of varying severity by Heesuk Kim, Junyeong Ahn, Minju Seo, Hyoung Won Bae, Chan Yun Kim, Wungrak Choi

“…Utilizing data from surgeries performed in 2021, the study involved patients aged 40 and older with visually significant cataracts and diagnosed glaucoma or glaucoma suspects. …”
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Radiology insights into Petersen's hernia complication of post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass by Kennedy Wong, Wasim Awal

“…Although the Petersen's hernia is a rare complication, it has increased due to the widespread adoption of gastric bypass surgeries for weight management and gastric cancer resections. …”
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Endoscopic Removal of an Uncommon Iatrogenic Foreign Body from the Maxillary Sinus: A Dental Burr by Nafil Arimbrathodi, Waqar Aslam, Abhishek Menon, Ali Ahmad Al Saadi

“…Instrument fracture during procedure is not uncommon for dental surgeons, especially in root canal surgeries, usually inside the root canals. In rare instances, high-speed rotary instruments can be fractured and can be dislodged in key anatomical areas of face. …”
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Cardiac Output Assessed by Invasive and Minimally Invasive Techniques by Allison J. Lee, Jennifer Hochman Cohn, J. Sudharma Ranasinghe

“…Cardiac output (CO) measurement has long been considered essential to the assessment and guidance of therapeutic decisions in critically ill patients and for patients undergoing certain high-risk surgeries. Despite controversies, complications and inherent errors in measurement, pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) continuous and intermittent bolus techniques of CO measurement continue to be the gold standard. …”
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Cross-Culturally Adapted Versions of Patient Reported Outcome Measures for the Lower Extremity by Yongni Zhang, Jiayi Ren, Yaning Zang, Wenhao Guo, Ashley Disantis, Robroy L Martin

“…Twenty different PROMs were recommended for 15 specific musculoskeletal lower extremity pathologies or surgeries. However, the availability of cross-culturally adapted versions of these recommended PROMs is unknown…”
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Right-Sided Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator System Implantation in a Patient with Complex Congenital Heart Disease and Dextrocardia: A Case Report and Literatur... by Bandar Al-Ghamdi

“…This case represents the placement of a S-ICD system on the right side of the chest in a 26-year-old male with severe biventricular failure and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia following multiple corrective surgeries of situs inversus totalis, double-outlet right ventricle with a ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary atresia. …”
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Case report: Radiopaque mandibular lesions in three dogs by Senni Vesterinen, Hanna-Kaisa Sihvo, Niina Airas, Helena Kuntsi

“…The dogs returned for follow-ups 6 months after the surgeries, and there was no evidence of additional growth in the remaining lesions.…”
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Applications and translational research advances of degradable implantable hydrogels by Wang Qimeng, Yu Lisha, Mao Zhengwei

“…This is attributed to their ability to degrade and absorb in a controlled manner after achieving their intended in vivo effects, thereby avoiding the risks associated with long-term implantation and secondary surgeries. However, although extensive fundamental research has been conducted on degradable implantable hydrogels, successful cases of clinical translation remain relatively rare. …”
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Malakoplakia of the Pancreas with Simultaneous Colon Involvement: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Surya Guha, Haiyan Liu

“…This may help avoid surgeries that would have otherwise been carried out due to a misleading impression of tumor. …”
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Le lexique médiéval de la cicatrisation dans les dictionnaires et encyclopédies de médecine des xviiie et xixe siècles. Une enquête dans le Métadictionnaire by Sylvie Bazin-Tacchella

“…This article presents the contribution of the Multilingual Medical Metadictionary to the historical study of a medical semantic field in French, that of healing, a key concept in the medieval learned surgeries, which were written in Latin and then translated into the vernacular. …”
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DSD and Professionalism from a Multilateral View: Supplementing the Consensus Statement on the Basis of a Qualitative Survey by Jürg C. Streuli, Birgit Köhler, Knut Werner-Rosen, Christine Mitchell

“…Overall, our findings highlight the importance of close collaborations between different experts and a shift from the often simplified dispute about genital surgeries to a more holistic perspective with a long-term management strategy, which should serve as a cornerstone not only for clinical practice but also for future research and evaluation studies.…”
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Successful Management of Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach Utilising Uterine Artery Embolisation and Hysteroscopic Resection by Sangam Jha, B Jafeesha

“…We present a case of a 27-year-old woman with a history of prior uterine surgeries who presented with vaginal spotting. Ultrasonography revealed an empty uterine cavity and a growing gestational sac with a viable foetus in the cervical canal. …”
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Assessing Children's Anxiety Using the Modified Short State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and Talking Mats: A Pilot Study by Stefan Nilsson, Margret Buchholz, Gunilla Thunberg

“…The purpose of this pilot study was to test the reliability and validity of the modified short State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) using a modified Talking Mats method in children undergoing day surgeries. Method. A modified short STAI with pictorial support along the lines of the Talking Mats method was pre- and postoperatively administered to 42 typically developing children aged three to nine years. …”
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Development of Vaginal Pseudoaneurysm 3 Years after Cesarean Section Possibly Induced by Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapies by Yui Kinjo, Tadatsugu Kinjo, Keiko Mekaru, Hayase Nitta, Hitoshi Masamoto, Yoichi Aoki

“…We encountered a case of vaginal pseudoaneurysm that developed 3 years after cesarean section in a 35-year-old gravida 7 para 4 woman who was prescribed with anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs after surgeries for ventricular septal defect and aortic valve replacement. …”
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Classification and risk assessment of ovarian-adnexal lesions using parametric and radiomic analysis of co-registered ultrasound-photoacoustic tomographic images by Yixiao Lin, Quing Zhu

“…However, the low specificity of O-RADS results in many unnecessary surgeries. Here, we use co-registered US and photoacoustic tomography (PAT) to improve the diagnostic accuracy of O-RADS. …”
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Dermatomyositis following resection of thyroid and breast cancer: a case report and literature review by Miaomiao Yang, Jiannan Liu

“…The intercorrelation between dermatomyositis and neoplastic disorders was discussed.Case presentationA 60-year-old female farmer was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and breast cancer and then developed dermatomyositis after two curative surgeries and adjuvant chemotherapy. Dermatomyositic symptoms occurred after the fifth cycle of adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer and deteriorated progressively. …”
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Q Fever Presenting as Recurrent, Culture-Negative Endocarditis with Aortic Prosthetic Valve Failure: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Abeer N AlShukairi, Muhammad G Morshed, Neil E Reiner

“…The present report describes a case of recurrent, culture-negative endocarditis presenting with aortic prosthetic valve dysfunction in a 62-year-old man who required four valve replacement surgeries. On each occasion, he presented with valve failure. …”
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OPTIMIZING PERIOPERATIVE CARE FOR PERIHILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA: THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT, NEOADJUVANT THERAPY, AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY by María Inés GAETE, José Donizeti de MEIRA JUNIOR, Soledad LOYOLA, Luís MENESES, Jorge DREYSE, Joaquín HEVIA, Eduardo BRICEÑO, Jorge MARTINEZ

“…CONCLUSIONS: This article highlights the importance of a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach in managing complex oncological surgeries, especially regarding the hospital’s rescue capacity for severe postoperative complications. …”
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