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Extending Trauma Quality Improvement Beyond Trauma Hospitals

Apr 13, 2022

Even though the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has a sophisticated quality improvement program in place for ACS-verified trauma centers, many injured patients were treated at non-accredited facili...

Combined Vascular Resection for Locally Advanced Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to see if combined vascular resection (VR) in advanced perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (PHC) was effective and safe. PHC patients diagnosed between 2001 and 2018 were ...

Genomic Stratification of Resectable CRLM Patients & Implications for Adjuvant Therapy and Survival

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to see if genomic risk groups discovered by colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM) somatic mutation testing may be used for "molecularly-guided" adjuvant systemic chemo...

Relationship Between Health Care Spending & Clinical Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine the sources of variation in 90-day episode spending in Health Care patients undergoing bariatric surgery and whether spending variation was related to ...

The Impact of Adjuvant Therapy on Survival After Esophagectomy for Node-negative Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine if adjuvant treatment was linked with a survival advantage in patients with high-risk T2-4a distal esophageal adenocarcinoma pathologically node-negati...

Utilization of Geographic Variation & Mortality After EGS Operations in the Northeastern & Southeastern US

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to find how much variance there was in the rates of emergency general surgery (EGS) procedures and subsequent death in the Northeastern and Southeastern United Stat...

The Role of Targeted Vs Standard Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Pancreatoduodenectomy in Reducing Postoperative Infectious Complications

Apr 13, 2022

As perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis, current guidelines recommend a first-generation cephalosporin. On the other hand, some research supports the use of tailored antibiotics. For a study, the rese...

Oncologic Outcomes Associated With mrEMVI in Rectal Cancer

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to show how MRI-detected Extramural Venous Invasion (mrEMVI) can be used as an independent predictor of poor oncologic outcomes in patients following neoadjuvant th...

Negative pressure wound therapy Resource Use vs Conventional Wound Treatment

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to compare the use of Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) and conventional wound treatment (CWT) resources for  Subcutaneous abdominal wound healing impairment ...

Thoracoscopic Lobectomy with Robotic Assist vs Video Assist

Apr 13, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine how RAL compares to standard VAL in perioperative outcomes and long-term efficacy in NSCLC patients. In May 2017, they initiated a single-center, open-...

Safety of percutaneous, image-guided biopsy of hepatocellular carcinoma with and without concurrent ablation.

Apr 11, 2022

To determine the prevalence of adverse events after image-guided biopsy of histologically proven hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) using a standardized, indirect access, coaxial biopsy technique.In this...

The Epidermis in Microgravity and Unloading Conditions and Their Effects on Wound Healing.

Apr 11, 2022

The future objectives of human space flight are changing from low-term permanence in the International Space Station to missions beyond low Earth orbit to explore other planets. This implies that astr...

Midterm follow-up results of a novel technique: Contralateral breast overlapped reconstruction after mastectomy for unilateral breast cancer.

Apr 11, 2022

The breasts of Oriental women are characterized by an obvious scar constitution and a relatively small mammary gland volume. Thus, plastic surgery, which is now popular in the West, is not suitable fo...

Agreement between children's, nurses' and parents' pain intensity reports is stronger before than after analgesic consumption: Results from a post-operative study.

Apr 11, 2022

Included in their extensive duties caring for hospitalized children, nurses are the frontline for pain assessment and treatment. Research has found that when nurses' assessments are compared with inde...

Cost and safety of inpatient versus outpatient open reduction internal fixation of isolated ankle fractures.

Apr 11, 2022

As health care shifts to value-based models, one strategy within orthopedics has been to transition appropriate cases to outpatient or ambulatory settings to reduce costs; however, there are limited d...

Optimizing management of invasions in an uncertain world using dynamic spatial models.

Apr 11, 2022

Dispersal drives invasion dynamics of non-native species and pathogens. Applying knowledge of dispersal to optimize management of invasions can mean the difference between a failed or successful contr...

Postdischarge opioid use and persistent use after general surgery: A retrospective study.

Apr 11, 2022

Opioid overprescribing after surgery is a significant public health issue in most developed countries, including New Zealand. However, there is a lack of literature on the patterns and risk factors fo...

Perioperative oral care can prevent surgical site infection after colorectal cancer surgery: A multicenter, retrospective study of 1,926 cases analyzed by propensity score matching.

Apr 11, 2022

Surgical site infection is a common postoperative complication of colorectal cancer surgery, and surgical site infection increases medical costs, prolongs hospitalization, and worsens long-term progno...

Concern of Radiation Exposure for Children With Multiple Trauma

Apr 06, 2022

The research had 3 goals: first, the researchers sought to determine the level of radiation exposure received by pediatric trauma patients; second, to model the risk of fatal carcinogenesis; and third...

Nephrectomies of Living Donors With Robotic Assist

Apr 06, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine the results of laparoscopic, robotic-assisted live donor nephrectomy (RLDN) in the first and largest series ever published. The introduction of minimal...

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