Surgery General
Apr 10, 2023
Cranioplasty is a commonly performed neurosurgical procedure that restores cranial anatomy. While plastic surgeons are commonly involved with cranioplasties, the cost of performing a cranioplasty with...
Apr 10, 2023
Diffuse capillary malformation with overgrowth (DCMO) is a rare condition that is characterized by capillary malformation and soft tissue hypertrophy. Here we report the case of a one-year-old male ch...
Apr 10, 2023
Stereoelectroencephalography-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation (SEEG-guided RF-TC) aims to reduce seizure frequency by modifying epileptogenic networks through local thermocoagulative lesions. A...
Apr 10, 2023
To investigate efficacy, tolerability and outcome of different timing of anesthesia in adult patients with status epilepticus (SE).Patients with anesthesia for SE from 2015-2021 at two Swiss academic ...
Apr 10, 2023
To determine the effects of a preoperative, home-based exercise program on fitness and physical function in patients with pancreatic cancer.We previously established a well-tolerated preoperative exer...
Apr 07, 2023
The following is a summary of "Emergency department visit patterns in the recently discharged, violently injured patient: Retrospective cohort review," published in the JANUARY 2023 issue of Surgery b...
Apr 06, 2023
The following is a summary of "Racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in diagnosis, treatment, and survival of patients with breast cancer," published in the JANUARY 2023 issue of Surgery by Azi...
Apr 05, 2023
The following is a summary of "Risk factors for clostridium difficile infection in general surgery patients," published in the JANUARY 2023 issue of Surgery by Hess, et al. A prominent cause of...
Apr 04, 2023
The following is a summary of "Role of tumor phenotype in the surgical treatment of early-stage breast cancer," published in the JANUARY 2023 issue of Surgery by Rooney, et al. For a study, res...
Apr 03, 2023
The following is a summary of "Trends in surgery and survival for T1-T2 male breast cancer: A study from the National Cancer Database," published in the JANUARY 2023 issue of Surgery by Singh, et al. ...
Apr 03, 2023
Plasma concentrations of mycophenolic acid (MPA), an immunosuppressive agent, have been measured in clinical settings using immunoassay methods or HPLC. However, immunoassay methods show cross-reactiv...
Apr 03, 2023
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a typical example of low renin hypertension, whereas renal artery stenosis (RAS) is a classic form of high renin hypertension. PA and RAS occurring simultaneously in a pa...
Apr 03, 2023
Afflicting 2 million lives annually worldwide, breast cancer remains devastating. This study utilized a continuously updated network of electronic medical records (TriNetX Inc, Cambridge, MA) for anal...
Apr 03, 2023
Perifascial areolar tissue (PAT) is an areolar layer over the muscle fascia. PAT has been shown to be resistant to ischemia and prone to survival even in ischemic conditions. PAT grafts provide a vasc...
Apr 03, 2023
A surgical "Never Event" is a preventable error occurring immediately before, during or immediately following surgery. Various factors contribute to the occurrence of major Never Events, but little is...
Apr 03, 2023
The objective here was to review the efficacy of functional jaw orthopedic appliances for treating children/adolescents with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), through correlating the apnea/hypopnea index...
Apr 03, 2023
NUSAP1 encodes a cell cycle-dependent protein with key roles in mitotic progression, spindle formation, and microtubule stability. Both over- and under-expression of NUSAP1 lead to dysregulation of mi...
Apr 03, 2023
We aimed to quantify the contributions of patient characteristics (PC), hospital structural characteristics (HC), and hospital operative volumes (HOV) to in-hospital mortality (IHM) after major surger...
Apr 03, 2023
E-cigarette use is rapidly growing, and little is known about the postoperative complications. Cigarette smoking has been well-established to be associated with delayed wound healing and increased com...
Mar 31, 2023
The following is a summary of "Racial disparities in outcomes for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the United States," published in the JANUARY 2023 issue of Surgery by Richardson, et al. ...