Mar 15, 2021

The data of nasal anthropometric measurements could help surgeons perform preoperative or postoperative assessments and decide surgical strategies of the nose plastic surgery and related cosmetic rhin...

Mar 15, 2021

Social distancing protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a rapid expansion of telemedicine. It has allowed patients to save time and money on clinic visits, and physicians to communic...

Mar 15, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 and its related COVID-19 are now affecting people worldwide. The pandemic, started at the end of 2019 and spread in Europe and all over the world at the beginning of the 2020, is the bigges...

Mar 15, 2021

Periodontal defect poses a significant challenge in orthopedics. Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) membrane is considered as one of the most successful methods applied to reconstruct alveolar bone and th...

Mar 15, 2021

Upper extremity fractures requiring cast immobilization are exceedingly common, especially in the pediatric population. Studies have shown improved outcomes when patients can participate in water-base...

Mar 15, 2021

  AIMS: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the Valsalva maneuver during peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) insertion on procedure-related pain.This work was a prospective random...

Mar 15, 2021

When the anesthesiologist does not individually perform the anesthesia care, then to make valid comparisons among US anesthesia departments, one must consider the staffing ratio (i.e., how many cases ...

Mar 15, 2021

Failure-to-rescue is a quality indicator measuring the response to postoperative complications. The current study aims to compare failure-to-rescue in patients suffering severe complications after sur...

Mar 15, 2021

Since 1999, international guidelines recommend fasting from solid foods up to 6 hours and clear liquids up to 2 hours before surgery. Early recovery after surgery programs recommend restoration of ora...

Mar 15, 2021

Shared decision-making is critical to optimal patient-centered care. For elective operations, when there is sufficient time for deliberate discussion, little is known about how surgeons navigate decis...

Mar 11, 2021

Pre-liver transplant (LT) renal dysfunction is associated with poor post-LT survival. We aimed to study whether early allograft dysfunction (EAD) modifies the negative impact of pre-LT renal dysfuncti...

Mar 11, 2021

Soft tissue reconstruction remains a continuing challenge for plastic and reconstructive surgeons. Standard methods of reconstruction such as local tissue transfer and free autologous tissue transfer ...

Mar 11, 2021

Upper extremity injuries following motorcycle crashes (MCC) incur increased healthcare costs and rehabilitation needs. We aim to characterize the epidemiology of MCC upper extremity injuries and ident...

Mar 11, 2021

The field of tissue engineering applies principles of engineering and life sciences for the development of functional biologic substitutes. The increasing need of tissue for challenging reconstructive...

Mar 11, 2021

This study assessed the relationship between hospital ownership of physician organizations (known as hospital-physician vertical integration) and facility fees billed to commercial insurers and physic...

Mar 11, 2021

Coronavirus disease (CoVID-19) is causing millions of deaths worldwide and the crisis of the global healthcare system.  Aim Of The Study: evaluate the preliminary impact of CoVID-19 in three Italian ...

Mar 11, 2021

Orthopedic and dental implants made of β-type Ti alloys have low elastic modulus which can better relieve the stress shielding effects after surgical implantation. Nevertheless, clinical application ...

Mar 11, 2021

Behçet's disease (BD) significantly increases morbidity and mortality, especially in young men. While vascular involvement is the most frequent cause of mortality, ocular involvement, which can cause...

Mar 11, 2021

The electroencephalograph (EEG) source imaging (ESI) method is a non-invasive method that provides high temporal resolution imaging of brain electrical activity on the cortex. However, because the acc...

Mar 11, 2021

Pediatric anesthesiology has been greatly impacted by COVID-19 in the delivery of care to patients and to the individual providers. With this study, we sought to survey pediatric centers and highlight...