Feb 13, 2023

The topic of informed consent has become increasingly important in recent decades, both in the ethical-deontological field and as a duty of law. The review covered all sentences issued by the 13th sec...

Feb 13, 2023

The application of random pattern skin flaps is limited in plastic surgery reconstruction due to necrosis. Fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9) was reported to exert a protective effect against myocardia...

Feb 13, 2023

Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is a highly effective surgery. However, poor nutritional status has been associated with worse outcomes. In orthopedics, nutrition status is commonly evaluated using ser...

Feb 13, 2023

It is still a big challenge in orthopedics to treat infected bone defects properly using medical metals. The use of three-dimensional (3D) scaffold materials that simultaneously mimic the skeletal hie...

Feb 13, 2023

Self-limited infantile epilepsy (SeLIE) has distinctive clinical features, and the PRRT2 gene is known to be a considerable genetic cause. There have been a few studies on PRRT2-positive SeLIE only, a...

Feb 13, 2023

Acute appendicitis represents the leading cause of acute gastrointestinal disorders, but only a small series regarding ambulatory appendectomies are available. The aim of this study was to report the ...

Feb 10, 2023

The following is a summary of "Improved outcomes for borderline resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in a community cancer center," published in the December 2022 i...

Feb 09, 2023

The following is the summary of “Outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with heart failure with a midrange ejection fraction” published in the January 2023 issue of Thoracic and c...

Feb 08, 2023

The following is a summary of "EGS plus: Predicting futility in LVAD patients with emergency surgical disease," published in the December 2022 issue of Surgery by Place, et al. Even though LVAD...

Feb 08, 2023

The following is the summary of “Interhospital failure to rescue after coronary artery bypass grafting” published in the January 2023 issue of Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery by Likosky, et al...

Feb 07, 2023

The following is a summary of "Focusing in on gallbladder disease. Do current imaging modalities accurately depict the severity of final pathology?," published in the December 2022 issue of Surgery by...

Feb 06, 2023

The following is a summary of "Emergencies do not shut down during a pandemic: COVID pandemic impact on Acute Care Surgery volume and mortality at a level I trauma center," published in the December 2...

Feb 06, 2023

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is increasingly being used to treat younger, lower-risk patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). Patient-specific computer simulation may identify patie...

Feb 06, 2023

Perioperative medication management is vital to maintain patient safety while under anesthesia, as well as to avoid postoperative complications. Plastic surgeons make daily decisions on whether to ask...

Feb 06, 2023

The American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) has collected data on cosmetic surgery tracers as part of the Continuous Certification (CC) process since 2005. These data offer valuable information on na...

Feb 06, 2023

An essential component of joint quality is cartilage. Therefore, the protection of this is a prerequisite for maintaining the condition of each joint. The assessment of the presence of articular carti...

Feb 06, 2023

Biofilm-related infections are serious problems in the Orthopedics field, and Staphylococcus aureus are the most popular causative agents of bacterial infections associated with arthroplasty. Several ...

Feb 06, 2023

To evaluate the outcomes of scoliosis corrective surgery in Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) patients with primarily pedicles screw fixation in terms of correcting and maintaining the correction of the sp...

Feb 06, 2023

To utilize natural language processing (NLP) of MRI reports and various clinical variables to develop a preliminary model predictive of the need for surgery in patients with low back and neck pain. Su...

Feb 06, 2023

Evaluate the association of evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines with new persistent opioid use after surgery.Patients exposed to opioids after surgery are at risk of new persistent opioid use...