Do NSAID/COX-2 Inhibitors Increase Nonunion After Fracture Surgery? Dilemma and Consideration In Use by Azmi

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Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Ghrelin and Obestatin Levels in Obesity or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Rat Model by Donglei Zhou, Xun Jiang, Weixing Ding, Dingyu Zhang, Lei Yang, Chengzhu Zhen, Liesheng Lu

“…We aimed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy on weight control by different bariatric surgeries and investigate the ghrelin and obestatin changes after these surgeries in obesity and nonobese type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rats. …”
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Development of Thermoresponsive Composite Hydrogel Loaded with Indocyanine Green and Camptothecin for Photochemotherapy of Skin Cancer After Surgery by Yu-Hsiang Lee, Chieh-Lin Chung

“…Although regimens such as chemotherapy and/or immunotherapy are often administered following surgical treatments, the patients may suffer from severe side effects, drug resistance, and/or high cost during treatments, indicating that the development of an effective and safe modality for skin cancer after surgery is still highly demanded nowadays. In this study, an injectable and thermoresponsive hyaluronic acid/hexamethylene diisocyanate-Pluronic F127 block copolymer crosslinking composite hydrogel loaded with indocyanine green (ICG) and camptothecin (CPT), called ICHHPG, was developed for photochemotherapy of skin cancer after surgery. …”
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Elderly Patients with Nondistant Metastatic Pancreatic Head Adenocarcinoma Cannot Benefit from More Radical Surgery by Li Chen, Lanning Jia, Zhigang Tian, Yang Yang, Ke Zhao

“…This study uses PSM to evaluate the effects of EPD and SPD for elderly patients with nondistant metastatic pancreatic head adenocarcinoma. It found that surgery is an independent prognostic factor, but expanded surgery has no survival advantage for these patients, whereas SPD provides a better survival advantage than EPD. …”
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Successful Neurological Recovery with Multimodality Therapy without Surgery for Spinal Metastases from Advanced Gastric Cancer by Hideyuki Kinoshita, Hiroto Kamoda, Takeshi Ishii, Yoko Hagiwara, Toshinori Tsukanishi, Yusuke Amanuma, Rino Nankinzan, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Naoya Hirosawa, Seiji Ohtori, Tsukasa Yonemoto

“…To the best of our knowledge, no reports in literature have described extensive recovery of paralysis with multimodality treatment without surgery in these cases. This report describes the case of a 52-year-old severely paralyzed female patient with spinal metastasis from advanced gastric cancer. …”
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The Value of Intraoperative Frozen Section Analysis for Margin Status in Breast Conservation Surgery in a Nontertiary Institution by Mona P. Tan, Nadya Y. Sitoh, Amanda S. Sim

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Radial Nerve Neuropraxis due to Compression by C-Arm Fluoroscopy in Spine Surgery: A Case Report by João Bragança, Matthieu Hanauer, Guillaume Racloz

“…Peripheral nerve injury is a well-known surgical complication related to the position of the patient. Moreover, in spine surgery, prone position for prolonged period places the patient at increased risk. …”
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Challenges and adaptations in pancreatic cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in a high-volume center by Mohammed Al-Saeedi, Ali Ramouz, Elias Khajeh, Sakher Shraim, Alexander Werba, Georgios Polychronidis, Arianeb Mehrabi, Martin Loos

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic affected healthcare systems worldwide, disrupting elective surgeries including those for cancer treatment. This study examines the effects of the pandemic on outcomes of pancreatic cancer surgeries at a specialized high-volume surgery center. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Corrective Surgery on Adult Spinal Deformity Patients: Comparison of Short and Long Fusion by Koichiro Ono, Kazuo Ohmori, Takeshi Hori

“…Despite the accumulated knowledge of spinal alignment and clinical outcomes the full corrective surgery cannot be applied to all the deformity patients as it requires considerable surgical burden to the patients. …”
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The Anterior Chamber Injection of Moxifloxacin Injection to Prevent Endophthalmitis after Cataract Surgery: A Meta-analysis by Xiao-lei Wang, Xiao-yong Huang, Zhen Wang, Wei Sun

“…A meta-analysis was performed to compare the efficacy of an anterior chamber injection of moxifloxacin in the prevention of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. Methods. A computer-based search of PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and the Clinical Trial database for articles related to anterior intraventricular injection of moxifloxacin for the prevention of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery was performed through April 2019. …”
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Double Barrel Nasal Trumpets to Prevent Upper Airway Obstruction after Nasal and Non-Nasal Surgery by Macario Camacho, Justin M. Wei, Lauren K. Reckley, Sungjin A. Song

“…To our knowledge, the Modified Double Barrel Technique is the first description for the use of nasal trumpets in patients who had nasal surgery and who have nasal splints in place.…”
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CT Angiography Assessment of Dorsal Pancreatic Artery and Intrapancreatic Arcade Anatomy: Impact on Whipple Surgery Outcomes by Gorkem Ozdemir, Tolga Olmez, Okan Dilek, Berkay Eyi, Alper Sozutek, Ahmet Seker

“…Methods: This retrospective study was conducted with 362 patients who underwent a Whipple procedure at the Department of Gastroenterological Surgery of Adana City Training and Research Hospital between January 2018 and April 2024. …”
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Retracted: Enhancing Orthopedic Surgery and Treatment Using Artificial Intelligence and Its Application in Health and Dietary Welfare by Journal of Food Quality

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Nutrition Knowledge and Satisfaction Levels of Postbariatric Surgery Adults in the United Arab Emirates: A Pilot Study by Souheir Alia, Habiba I. Ali, Taoufik Zoubeidi, Mariam Ahmed

“…Research assessing the nutrition knowledge of postbariatric surgery patients is limited, although this category of patients is predisposed to malnutrition. …”
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Review of Metabolic Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes in Patients with a BMI < 35 kg/m2 by Hideharu Shimizu, Poochong Timratana, Philip R. Schauer, Tomasz Rogula

“…Bariatric/metabolic surgery is considered an accepted treatment option for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with body mass index (BMI)  ≧  35 kg/m2. …”
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A Case of Significant Response to Olaparib in a Patient with Primary Peritoneal Carcinosarcoma Diagnosed by Laparoscopic Surgery by Satoshi Nagamata, Yukiko Nakasuji, Keitaro Yamanaka, Maho Azumi, Keiichi Washio, Maho Shimizu, Ryosuke Takahashi, Kazuyo Matsumoto, Yuka Murata, Kaho Suzuki, Masashi Deguchi, Hideto Yamada, Yoshito Terai

“…After three cycles of chemotherapy, the interval debulking surgery was attempted but resulted in suboptimal results. …”
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Endometriosis Surgery during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Brazilian Single Institution Experience by Claudio Peixoto Crispi, Claudio Peixoto Crispi, Eduardo de Almeida Nogueira, Pietro Cardoso Balthar, Camilla Gabriely Souza Guerra, Marlon de Freitas Fonseca

“…Early in the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home guidelines, there were public health orders that elective surgeries be deferred to prioritize hospital beds for critically ill COVID-19 patients. …”
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Expanding Robotic Arm-Assisted Knee Surgery: The First Attempt to Use the System for Knee Revision Arthroplasty by Dimitrios Kalavrytinos, Christos Koutserimpas, Ioannis Kalavrytinos, Konstantinos Dretakis

“…The patient was advised to undergo revision surgery. Through medial parapatellar arthrotomy, the joint was exposed. …”
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Predicting complications of major head and neck oncological surgery: an evaluation of the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator by Peter S. Vosler, Mario Orsini, Danny J. Enepekides, Kevin M. Higgins

“…Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery…”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Postoperative Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Cohort Study on 600 Cardiac Surgery Patients by Saimir Kuci, Marsela Goga, Alfred Ibrahimi, Ervin Bejko, Stavri Llazo, Jonela Burimi, Esmerilda Bulku, Andi Kacani, Ermal Likaj, Ali Refatllari, Selman Dumani, Klodian Krakulli, Arber Aliu, Fjorba Mana, Devis Pellumbi, Aferdita Veseli, Edlira Rruci, Laureta Dibra, Arben Baboci, Edvin Prifti, Altin Veshti

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