Exploring the Caregiver Role after Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson’s Disease: A Qualitative Analysis by Suzette Shahmoon, Patricia Limousin, Marjan Jahanshahi

“…This pilot study aimed to explore how caregiver spouses make sense of themselves one and five years after their partner’s deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for Parkinson’s disease. 16 spouse (8 husbands and 8 wives) caregivers were recruited for the interview. …”
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Attitudes and adherence to changes in nutrition and physical activity following surgery for prostate cancer: a qualitative study by Richard M Martin, Raj Persad, J Athene Lane, Ellie Shingler, Luke A Robles, Edward Rowe, Anthony Koupparis, Amit Bahl, Constance Shiridzinomwa, Lucy McGeagh

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Cataract Surgery with or without Intraocular Lens Implantation in Pediatric Uveitis: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses by Diana Chabané Schmidt, Moug Al-Bakri, Asrin Rasul, Regitze Bangsgaard, Yousif Subhi, Daniella Bach-Holm, Line Kessel

“…To systematically review the results of comparative studies of modern cataract surgery in pediatric uveitis with or without intraocular lens (IOL) implantation and to perform comparative meta-analyses to compare visual acuity outcomes and complication rates. …”
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An intraoperative nomogram for predicting secondary margin positivity in breast conserving surgery utilizing frozen section analysis by Cheng Li, Yan Jiang, Xumiao Wu, Yong Luo, Qi Li

Subjects: “…breast conserving surgery…”
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Anterolateral Minithoracotomy Mitral Valve Surgery with Central Cannulation: A Three-year Single-Center Experience by Anil Sharma, Sunil Dixit, Mohit Sharma, Jai Kishan Suthar, Sourabh Mittal

“…Introduction: In recent years, minimally invasive mitral valve surgery has become a standard procedure all over the world. …”
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Effectivity of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy versus Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery on Kidney Stone: A Single-center Experience by Muhammad Fachri Fauzi, Tarmono Djojodimedjo, Mohammad Ayodhia Soebadi, Mohamad Fairuz Mohamad Sharin

Subjects: “…retrograde intrarenal surgery…”
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Gynecomastia Surgery: Liposuction Alone versus Liposuction with Endoscope-Assisted Glandular Excision—A Comparative Study by Sheikh Sarfraz Ali, Imran Ahmed, Mohammed Fahud Khurram, Noha Rehman, Rupraj Abhishek

“…Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery…”
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Postoperative Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Systemic Inflammatory Response in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects by Maria Francilene S. Souza, Juliano G. Penha, Nair Y. Maeda, Filomena R. B. G. Galas, Kelly C. O. Abud, Eloisa S. Carvalho, Ana Maria Thomaz, Claudia R. P. Castro, Juliana Pereira, Antonio Augusto Lopes

“…There is scarce information about the relationships between postoperative pulmonary hemodynamics, inflammation, and outcomes in pediatric patients with congenital cardiac communications undergoing surgery. We prospectively studied 40 patients aged 11 (8–17) months (median with interquartile range) with a preoperative mean pulmonary arterial pressure of 48 (34–54) mmHg who were considered to be at risk for postoperative pulmonary hypertension. …”
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Immobilisation and Epidural Anaesthesia in a Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) Undergoing Pelvic Limb Orthopaedic Surgery by Sonia Campos, Pierre Picavet, Olivier Bertrand, Charlotte Sandersen, Alexandru Tutunaru

“…The lynx showed no signs of motor weakness after surgery or other side effects related to the anaesthetic procedure. …”
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Single Dose Intravenous Paracetamol versus Placebo in Postorthognathic Surgery Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Thunshuda Sumphaongern, Pornchai Jansisyanont

“…The postorthognathic surgery patients experienced moderate to severe pain and could be at risk for opioid-related side effects. …”
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Combination of general anesthesia and caudal block in laparoscopic surgery for neonates with annular pancreas: A case report by Putu Kurniyanta, Adinda Putri Antasari, Adinda Putra Pradhana

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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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The effectiveness of the combined PBL and Tencent Conference online teaching mode in the clinical internship teaching of cardiac surgery. by Xiuwen Chen, Yao Xiao, Yunhui You, Jianxi Zhu, Shiqing Liu, Huiqiong Chen, Hong Zhu

“…Clinical internships in cardiac surgery are an essential stage in the development of medical students. …”
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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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Health-related quality of life assessment among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases after surgery – review by Grażyna Bączyk, Dorota Formanowicz, Łukasz Gmerek, Piotr Krokowicz

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Letter to the editor, “Predictors of anxiety and depression in patients with oral cancer are undergoing radical resection with reconstructive surgery” by Geetha Shanmugam

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Incorporating low haemoglobin into a risk prediction model for conversion in minimally invasive gynaecologic oncology surgeries by Kevin H. Nguyen, Hyundeok Joo, Solmaz Manuel, Lee-may Chen, Lee-lynn Chen

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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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