Mar 07, 2023

The following is the summary of “A comparative study of robotic and laparoscopic approaches to Heller myotomy” published in the December 2022 issue of Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery by Raja, ...

Mar 07, 2023

The following is the summary of “Psychological Health of Surgeons in a Time of COVID-19” published in the January 2023 issue of Surgery by Tan, et al.  The purpose of this study is to eval...

Mar 06, 2023

The following is the summary of “What Outcomes Are Most Important to Patients Following a Lower Extremity Limb-threatening Injury?” published in the January 2023 issue of Surgery by Wong, et al. ...

Mar 06, 2023

Pancreatitis is the most common adverse event following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Meanwhile, the national temporal trend of post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) in children remain...

Mar 06, 2023

The management of traumatic ear amputations remains a rare and difficult occurrence for surgeons. This is due to the fact that the chosen replantation technique must ensure the best vascular supply an...

Mar 06, 2023

To determine factors associated with not achieving a minimal important change (MIC) in the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Function in Sport and Recreation (Sport/Rec), and Knee-Re...

Mar 06, 2023

The number of obese surgical patients continues to grow, and yet obesity's association with surgical outcomes is not totally clear. This study examined the association between obesity and surgical out...

Mar 06, 2023

Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that causes encephalitis followed by chronic demyelination in SJL mice and spontaneous seizures in C57BL/6 mice. Since ea...

Mar 06, 2023

The International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery 4-tier (ie, A-D) risk classification for postoperative pancreatic fistula grade B/C is based on pancreatic texture and pancreatic duct size: A (not-...

Mar 03, 2023

The following is the summary of “Early ligation of the pulmonary vein can reduce the dissemination of shed tumor cells during thoracoscopic lobectomy” published in the December 2022 issue of Thora...

Mar 02, 2023

The following is the summary of “Ten-year follow-up of lung cancer patients with resected adenocarcinoma in situ or minimally invasive adenocarcinoma: Wedge resection is curative” published in the...

Mar 01, 2023

The following is the summary of “Should all patients receive extended thromboprophylaxis after resection of primary lung cancer?” published in the December 2022 issue of Thoracic and cardiovascula...

Feb 28, 2023

The following is the summary of “Extended resection for potentially operable patients with stage III non–small cell lung cancer after induction treatment” published in the December 2022 issue of...

Feb 27, 2023

The following is the summary of “Outcomes of lung transplantation from donors with a history of substance abuse” published in the January 2023 issue of Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery by Donah...

Feb 27, 2023

“Bariatric surgery is one component of many in the treatment of obesity and is part of a multidisciplinary, comprehensive care model,” explains Amin Setarehdan, MD. “In patients who undergo the...

Feb 27, 2023

Roux en y anastomosis is a preferred method of biliary reconstruction in liver transplantation that involves living donors or pediatric patients. However, biliary stricture is a frequent and serious c...

Feb 27, 2023

Modelling ultrasound speckle to characterise tissue properties has generated considerable interest. As speckle is dependent on the underlying tissue architecture, modelling it may aid in tasks such as...

Feb 27, 2023

To indicate that 3D low-frequency ultrasound tomography with 3D data acquisition (volography) is a safe, low-cost, high-resolution, whole-body meso-scale medical imaging modality that gives high-resol...

Feb 27, 2023

Idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGEs) are a common group of genetic generalized epilepsies with high genetic heterogeneity and complex inheritance. However, the genetic basis is still largely unkno...

Feb 27, 2023

There is controversy surrounding the association between caudal block and complication rates after hypospadias repair. Conflicting results have been reported mostly from single-center, low volume stud...