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Surgery General

The Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Interview Process on the Universal Interview Offer Day

Jun 29, 2022

The Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors of the American Orthopaedic Association advocated establishing a universal offer day (UOD) in the 2020 residency match. Although the choice was made in a...

Coronary Revascularization for Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Jun 17, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to analyze the purpose of the systematic review and meta-analysis was to review the current literature comparing CABG and PCI in diabetic patients and provide an up-to-...

Intraoperative Redosing of SAP in Addition to Preoperative Prophylaxis vs. Single-dose Prophylaxis for Surgical Site Infection Prevention

Jun 17, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to assess the incidence of surgical site infections using preoperative surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) plus extra intraoperative redosing to single-dose preoperat...

Results of a Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (FOLFIRINOX or GEM/nab-PTX) for Borderline-Resectable Pancreatic Cancer (NUPAT-01)

Jun 17, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to determine the high frequency of side effects associated with multidrug chemotherapy, the survival benefit, and the feasibility of employing neoadjuvant chemotherapy ...

Cervical Disc Replacement for Radiculopathy Vs Myeloradiculopathy

May 27, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to assess the minimally clinically important difference (MCID) in patients receiving cervical disc replacement (CDR) for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy versus myelo...

Cervical Total Disk Replacement (TDR): Available Implant Size Matters

May 27, 2022

The study was a post-hoc review of data acquired from 2 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -approved Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) trials. For a study, researchers sought to assess disc space...

Anterior Plating vs. Stand-Alone Cage for 1- & 2-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy & Fusion (ACDF)

May 27, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to compare the perioperative and radiographic outcomes of stand-alone and anterior plating 1 and 2-level anterior cervical discectomy with fusion (ACDF). Patients with ...

Do Inflammatory Cytokines Affect Post-ACDF Patient Outcomes?

May 27, 2022

For a study, researchers sought a link between serum inflammatory mediators, preoperative cervical spine illness severity, and clinical outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF...

3 Posterior Fusion Assemblies Intended to Cross the Cervicothoracic Junction

May 27, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to assess the mechanical qualities of 3 posterior spinal fusion assemblies widely utilized to cross the cervicothoracic junction. As defined in ASTM F1717, 3 titanium a...

Toward continuous improvement of Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients performance reporting: Advances following 2012 consensus conference and future consensus building for 2022 consensus conference.

May 23, 2022

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) held a consensus conference in 2012 that examined methods used by SRTR for constructing performance metrics and made recommendations on how to i...

Multi-photon microscopy for the evaluation of interstitial fibrosis in extended criteria donor kidneys: A Proof-of-Concept Study.

May 23, 2022

To evaluate the initial use of label-free second harmonic generation (SHG) imaging with two-photon excitation (2PE) auto-fluorescence in multi-photon microscopy (MPM) for the quantification of collage...

Eliminating METTL1-mediated accumulation of PMN-MDSCs prevents HCC recurrence after radiofrequency ablation.

May 23, 2022

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an important curative therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but recurrence rate remains high as all the other HCC therapeutic modalities. Methyltransferase 1 (MET...

Comparison of two surgical techniques (HOO vs. BSSO) for mandibular osteotomies in orthognathic surgery-a 10-year retrospective study.

May 23, 2022

To retrospectively compare the high-angled sagittal split osteotomy (HOO) and the bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) for the correction of skeletal dysgnathias regarding intra- and postoperativ...

Total inferior border ostectomy versus T-shape genioplasty for chin narrowing combined with mandibular contouring.

May 23, 2022

The objective of this study was to compare the indications and outcomes of the total inferior border ostectomy and T-shape genioplasty. A retrospective study was conducted using the clinical notes and...

Exposure levels of PCDD/Fs and PCBs in human blood and the transplacental transfer characteristics in cord blood of newborns near the industrialized area.

May 23, 2022

Mono-to octa-chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in pooled blood from the general population living near a typical industrialized area were i...

Surgeon specialty does not influence outcomes of hiatal hernia repair.

May 23, 2022

Hiatal hernia repair is commonly performed by both general and thoracic surgeons. The present study examined differences in approach, setting, and outcomes by specialty for hiatal hernia repair.Adults...

In search of lost time: Delays in adjuvant therapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma among under-resourced patient populations.

May 23, 2022

The initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma within 12 weeks after surgery is recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. This study seeks to identify factors as...

Temporal shift and predictive performance of machine learning for heart transplant outcomes.

May 16, 2022

Outcome prediction following heart transplant is critical to explaining risks and benefits to patients and decision-making when considering potential organ offers. Given the large number of potential ...

Unresolved issues in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for non-malignant diseases.

May 16, 2022

Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) can be curative for a variety of non-malignant diseases (NMDs) as well as hematological malignancies. However, there are several fundamental differe...

Palmaris Longus Inversus Muscle Present Bilaterally in an 82-Year-old Cadaver and Unilaterally in a 68-Year-old Cadaver.

May 16, 2022

The palmaris longus muscle is one of the most variable muscles in the human body. Palmaris longus muscle anatomical variations include reversed (palmaris longus inversus muscle), duplicated, triplicat...

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