UNEXPECTED FINDINGS DURING LAPAROTOMY SURGERY AND URGENT SURGICAL INDICATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CROHN’S DISEASE by Guilherme Zupo TEIXEIRA, Magaly Gemio TEIXEIRA, Marina Carla GIMENEZ, Silvia Caroline Neves RIBEIRO, Nathacia Bernardo CHIMELLO, Vania Aparecida LEANDRO-MERHI

“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing Crohn’s disease (CD) surgery may develop a higher rate of postoperative complications (POC) than other patients. …”
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Enhancing Perioperative Outcomes of Pancreatic Surgery with Wearable Augmented Reality Assistance System: A Matched-Pair Analysis by Hamraz Javaheri, MSc, Omid Ghamarnejad, MD, Rizky Widyaningsih, MD, Ragnar Bade, PhD, Paul Lukowicz, PhD, Jakob Karolus, PhD, Gregor Alexander Stavrou, MD

“…Annals of Surgery Open…”
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Effect of intraoperative fluid volume on postoperative pulmonary complications in thoracic surgeries: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Shreya Das Adhikari, Nitin Gupta, Mukund Gupta, Savan K. Nagesh, Souvik Chaudhuri, Rakesh Garg

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Evaluation of a Pilot Project to Introduce Simulation-Based Team Training to Pediatric Surgery Trauma Room Care by Markus Lehner, Ellen Heimberg, Florian Hoffmann, Oliver Heinzel, Hans-Joachim Kirschner, Martina Heinrich

“…In February 2015 the PAEDSIM collaborative conducted a one and a half day interdisciplinary, simulation based team-training course in a simulated pediatric emergency department. 14 physicians from the medical fields of pediatric surgery, pediatric intensive care and emergency medicine, and anesthesia participated, as well as four pediatric nurses. …”
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An Obesity Paradox of Asian Body Mass Index after Cardiac Surgery: Arterial Oxygenations in Duration of Mechanic Ventilation by Chiu-Hsia Chang, Fan-Yen Lee, Chin-Chou Wang, Ying-Ni Chen, Hsin-Chu Chen, Huei-Ling Hung, Meng-Chih Lin, Shih-Feng Liu

“…Numerous studies have documented an obesity paradox that overweight of Caucasian patients has better prognosis after cardiac surgery. This study is to examine Asian patients’ BMI to see whether an obesity paradox exists in DMV after cardiac surgery. …”
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Artificial intelligence assisted real-time recognition of intra-abdominal metastasis during laparoscopic gastric cancer surgery by Hao Chen, Longfei Gou, Zhiwen Fang, Qi Dou, Haobin Chen, Chang Chen, Yuqing Qiu, Jinglin Zhang, Chenglin Ning, Yanfeng Hu, Haijun Deng, Jiang Yu, Guoxin Li

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Agreement of zero-heat-flux thermometry compared with infrared tympanic temperature monitoring in adults undergoing major surgery by Jingyan Wang, Hao Liang, Congzhe Tian, Guiyuan Rong, Xinfeng Shao, Cheng Ran

“…We conducted a prospective observational study and enrolled 130 patients scheduled for major surgery with general anesthesia. A forehead ZHF sensor (Tzhf) and an infrared tympanic thermometer (Ttym) were used to continuously measure core temperature. …”
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Advanced Renal Pelvic Carcinoma Revealed after Treatment of a Staghorn Calculus by Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery by Ichiro Tsuboi, Yuki Maruyama, Motoo Araki, Nobuyoshi Ando, Yasuhiro Nishiyama, Ryoji Arata, Noriaki Ono

“…We performed three lithotomies using endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery and carried out intraoperative biopsy. Histopathological examinations revealed a keratinized lesion. …”
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Evolution of Treatment Outcomes and Prognostic Factors in Esophageal Cancer Surgery: A Retrospective Analysis of 1500 Consecutive Esophagostomies by Yasue Kimura, MD, PhD, Eiji Oki, MD, PhD, Tomonori Nakanoko, MD, PhD, Qingjiang Hu, MD, PhD, Keita Natsugoe, MD, Sho Nanbara, MD, PhD, Ryota Nakanishi, MD, PhD, Yuichiro Nakashima, MD, PhD, Mitsuhiko Ota, MD, PhD, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, MD, PhD

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Combined effects of reflexology massage and respiratory relaxation on pain following chest tube removal in heart surgery patients by Zainab Bahramian, Majid Kazemi, Reza Vazirinejad, Hadi Hasani

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Effectiveness of the addition of visual aids to conversational preoperative education in glaucoma filtering surgery: A randomized controlled trial by Peimin Lin, Laiwen Lv, Ruqing Tang, Dehua Li, Xiaoxuan Chen, Jie Fang, Zhenggen Wu, Chukai Huang, Kusheng Wu

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Biomechanical Analysis and Solution Suggestions of Screw Replacement Scenarios in Femoral Neck Fracture Surgeries: Finite Element Method by Yılmaz Güvercin, Murat Yaylacı, Ayberk Dizdar, Mehmet Emin Özdemir, Sevil Ay, Ecren Uzun Yaylacı, Umitcan Karahasanoğlu, Hüseyin Uygun, Gökhan Peker

“…Orthopaedic Surgery…”
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Outcome of Pleural Empyema Treated With Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Patients With Severe Co-Morbidities: An Observational Study by Vu HA, Nguyen NV, Le TD, Nguyen ST, Viet Le A, The Vu A, Van Nguyen B, Van Nguyen B, Thanh Quan N, An NV, Duc Nghiem T

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The Impact of Surgical Trauma, BMI and Analgesics Intake on Postoperative Pain after Periapical Surgery in the Anterior Maxillary Region by Jure Martinić, Lidija Gavić, Antonija Tadin, Ante Mihovilović, Petra Stazić, Daniel Jerković

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Concurrent Renorrhaphy During Renal Mass Excision in Laparoscopic Nephron-Sparing Surgery: A Novel Surgical Technique by Nurullah Hamidi, Tuncel Uzel

“…Objective: Laparoscopic nephron sparing surgery (NSS) can be performed by mainly 2 methods, offclamp or on-clamp. …”
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Constructing a machine learning model for systemic infection after kidney stone surgery based on CT values by Jiaxin Li, Yao Du, Gaoming Huang, Yawei Huang, Xiaoqing Xi, Zhenfeng Ye

“…This study included 833 patients who underwent retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) or percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for kidney stones. …”
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Effects of Intraoperative Dexamethasone and Ondansetron on Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Microvascular Decompression Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study by Cattleya Thongrong, Patitha Chullabodhi, Pornthep Kasemsiri, Amnat Kitkhuandee, Narin Plailaharn, Lumyai Sabangban, Thirada Jimarsa

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of dexamethasone and ondansetron for preventing PONV in patients who underwent microvascular decompression (MVD) surgery. Methods. A prospective, double-blinded, randomized control trial was conducted with 54 patients who underwent MVD. …”
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“You Sleep, You Die”: A Rare Clinical Case of Ondine’s Curse after Posterior Fossa Surgery by Mitesh Karn, Basant Kumar Mahato, Ranjan Sah, Dipendra Kandel, Shabal Sapkota

“…Case Reports in Surgery…”
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Patients’ Experience with Received Healthcare in Internal Medicine and Surgery Wards of Slovenian Hospitals—A Cross-Sectional Survey by SKELA-SAVIČ Brigita, BAHUN Mateja, KALENDER SMAJLOVIĆ Sedina, PIVAČ Sanela

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RETRACTED: Acute kidney injury as a consequence of the use of anesthesia during surgery: causes and approaches to reducing the risk of by Merkulova A.P., Sadigov T.M., Kuliev T.T., Kasumov G.R., Tarasov I.A., Simonyan T.I.

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