Mar 05, 2020

Recently, it has been shown that panniculectomy concurrent to living donor renal transplantation is a safe option for management of renal transplant recipients with a large focal pannus. This combined...

Mar 05, 2020

Surgical procedures interfering with the draining nodes in the inguinal region carry the intrinsic risk of lymphatic complications. Lesions of the inguinal lymphatic network can lead to lymphocele or ...

Mar 05, 2020

 There are 230 defined objectives in the national competency-based catalogue of learning goals in surgery (NKLC) for undergraduate surgical education in Germany. These teaching objectives should be ...

Mar 05, 2020

In neurosurgical cases, problems related to wound healing can vary from simple wound dehiscence to multilayer defects. This study demonstrates an effective method to prevent persistent cerebrospinal f...

Mar 05, 2020

Knowledge of the quality of evidence in facial plastic surgery research is essential for the implementation of evidence-based practices. The purpose of this study is to provide an update over the pas...

Mar 05, 2020

In China, orthopedics and neurosurgery are among the most desired majors for medical students. However, little is known about the working and living status of specialists in these two fields. This stu...

Mar 05, 2020

Previous studies have reported what patients value while choosing their surgeon, but there are no studies exploring the patterns of referral to spine surgeons among primary care physicians (PCPs). Thi...

Mar 05, 2020

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is 1 of the most common diseases in orthopedics, which seriously affects people's daily life and brings a heavy burden on society and families. Chinese herbal medicine has...

Mar 05, 2020

The study considers quality of assessing functioning, limitation of vital activity and patient participation in outpatient stage of rehabilitation according traumatology and orthopedics profile. The s...

Mar 05, 2020

Ankle sprains are one of the most frequent sports injuries. With respect to the high prevalence of ankle ligament injuries and patients' young age, optimizing treatment and rehabilitation is mandatory...

Mar 05, 2020

 Social and behavioral determinants of health (SBDH) are environmental and behavioral factors that often impede disease management and result in sexually transmitted infections. Despite their import...

Mar 05, 2020

In Germany, traffic noise-related threshold values are currently set at 70 decibels (dB) during the day and 60 dB at night. According to recent study results, these threshold values might not sufficie...

Mar 05, 2020

In the multicentre Haemoglobinopathy Blood Surveillance Project, to evaluate the seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 and DNA viral load in sickle cell disease (SCD).Although the epidemiology of parvoviru...

Mar 05, 2020

This study aimed to investigate acute and chronic effects of varenicline on lung tissue in an experimental study.A total of 34 rats were randomly allocated into study (varenicline) and control groups....

Mar 05, 2020

Since many years, office-based flexible transnasal laryngoscopy is a common routine procedure. The development of new technical equipment such as high-definition cameras and flexible tip-chip endoscop...

Mar 05, 2020

The goal of this project was to first address barriers to implementation of the Risk Analysis Index (RAI) within a large, multi-hospital, integrated healthcare delivery system, and to subsequently dem...

Mar 05, 2020

This study aimed to analyze fluid management standards in 2 high-volume, enhanced recovery after surgery institutions 7 years after implementation.Retrospective analysis of consecutive patients underg...

Mar 05, 2020

Bariatric surgery can lead to substantial improvements in type 2 diabetes (T2DM), but outcomes vary across procedures and populations. It is unclear which bariatric procedure has the most benefits for...

Mar 05, 2020

Robot-assisted pancreaticoduodenectomy (RPD) has been reported to be safe and feasible. As a new technique, RPD has a learning curve similar to that of other types of minimally invasive pancreatic sur...

Mar 05, 2020

Mycobacterium abscessus infection has been associated with variable outcomes following lung transplantation. M. abscessus comprises three subspecies (M. abscessus subsp abscessus, M. abscessus subsp m...