Apr 05, 2021

The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery recommends a minimum of 20 surgical specialists and 5,000 annual operations per 100,000 population by 2030. In 2012, Sierra Leone was far from reaching these ta...

Apr 05, 2021

Adjuvant chemotherapy is the standard of care for resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) based on level 1 evidence, but some studies suggest that a neoadjuvant approach (which is standard fo...

Apr 01, 2021

Not many multisite investigations have been conducted that evaluate the impact of early interventions for injured patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study aims to evaluate the im...

Apr 01, 2021

Previous observational studies comparing emergency surgery outcomes with surgeon experience have not been able to provide statistically significant data. This study aims to investigate the association...

Apr 01, 2021

Wearing masks has become necessary during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the consequences of wearing a mask on communication between patients and surgeons have not been studied. This study aims to an...

Apr 01, 2021

En diciembre de 2019 se identificó en la ciudad de Wuhan, China, un nuevo beta coronavirus, el SARS-CoV-2, como agente causal de neumonía grave, conocida como COVID-19, lo cual ha provocado medidas ...

Apr 01, 2021

Inflammation post transplantation is directly linked to cell death programs including apoptosis and necrosis. Cell death leads to the release of cellular contents which can promote inflammation. Targe...

Apr 01, 2021

There is a growing need to identify which bits of information are most valuable for healthcare providers. The aim of this study was to search for the highest impact variables in predicting postsurgery...

Apr 01, 2021

Monitoring of arteriovenous (AV) fistula to detect hemodynamically important stenosis is crucial for the prevention of AV fistula thrombosis. The aim of our study was to analyze the importance of dial...

Apr 01, 2021

The ambiguity of medical finances, both to the patient and to the provider, has direct effects on the quality of care that is delivered to the patient. To encourage transparency in health care, physic...

Apr 01, 2021

Worldwide, the numbers of cosmetic procedures continue to climb. However, cosmetic surgery (CS) continues to be plagued by negative stigmatization. This study reviews the literature to identify how at...

Apr 01, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the provision of skin cancer treatment in the UK. To preserve the service, the department transformed the outpatient skin cancer clinic into teleclin...

Apr 01, 2021

Medical student burnout is a significant problem, which has led to the introduction of institutional intervention initiatives to combat the phenomenon. However, the incidence of burnout among podiatri...

Apr 01, 2021

Inspiring Women in Orthopedics and Engineering (IWEM) is a program founded by UConn Health orthopedic surgeon Dr. Katherine Coyner (KC) focused on boosting diversity and introducing young women to the...

Apr 01, 2021

Little is known about the surgical discipline in North Korea from the perspective of the outside world. This study aimed to examine the disease entities covered by articles published in the major medi...

Apr 01, 2021

Within the last decade, continuous advances in molecular biological techniques have made it possible to develop causative therapies for inherited retinal disorders (IRDs). Some of the most promising o...

Apr 01, 2021

Members of the G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family are targeted by a significant fraction of the available FDA-approved drugs. However, the physiological role and pharmacological properties of ma...

Apr 01, 2021

Delayed extubation is one of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). Preoperative pulmonary function test (PFT) is an important assessment for patients undergoing lung resection. Volume-oriented...

Apr 01, 2021

We evaluated the efficacy of electroacupuncture combined with tropisetron in treating carboprost tromethamine-induced nausea and vomiting during cesarean section under lumbar anesthesia.A total of 264...

Apr 01, 2021

Health-related quality of life after transoral robotic thyroidectomy has not been evaluated thoroughly. The purpose of this study was to compare health-related quality of life after transoral robotic ...