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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...

Single-Cell and Plasma Proteomic Modeling to Predict Complications

Apr 06, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine if single-cell and plasma proteomic aspects of the host's immune response to surgery could adequately identify individuals who developed a surgical sit...

Diagnosing Breast Response After Neoadjuvant Systemic Treatment

Apr 06, 2022

The efficacy of image-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB) was investigated to correctly determine a pathologic complete response in the breast (pCR-B). In up to 80% of women with breast cancer, neoadj...

Involvement of the Colon in Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Apr 06, 2022

The researchers sought to determine the occurrence, risk factors, and outcomes of colon involvement in necrotizing pancreatitis patients for a study. Necrotizing pancreatitis was marked by a severe in...

Income & Social Mobility on Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

Apr 06, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to determine how income mobility affected racial disparities in colorectal cancer. Differences in colorectal cancer treatment and outcomes between Black and White p...

Comparative Safety of Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass

Apr 06, 2022

For a study, the researchers evaluated the security of sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass surgery in a large cohort of commercially insured bariatric surgery patients using the IBM MarketScan claim...

Upper Gastrointestinal Sequential Barium Series Study

Apr 06, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to investigate the development and natural history of a hiatal hernia using a barium upper gastrointestinal series (UGI). Although Hiatal hernias were widespread, l...

Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Locoregional Esophageal Cancer

Apr 06, 2022

The possible organ-preservation strategy of definitive chemoradiotherapy as a primary treatment for esophageal cancer was evaluated in randomized controlled studies. For a study, the researchers sough...

Chemoradiotherapy with Active Surveillance vs Standard Esophagectomy

Apr 06, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to evaluate the overall survival of individuals with a CCR who were on active surveillance against those who had a conventional esophagectomy. After neoadjuvant che...

Comparing Intraoperative Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategies

Apr 06, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to conduct a meta-analysis of RCTs that compared intraoperative RBC transfusion techniques to find how they affected postoperative morbidity, mortality, and blood p...

The Risk of Postoperative Complications After Major Elective Surgery in Active or Resolved COVID-19

Apr 05, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to find a link between the timing of surgery and the development of Covid-19 and the risk of postoperative problems. It was unclear whether patients who recovered f...

Assessment of Technical Skills in Axillary Lymph Node Dissection (ALND)

Apr 05, 2022

A simulator was created to allow for safe practice and assessment of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection (ALND), and face, content, and construct validity were studied. The decline in the frequency of ALND...

The Relationship Between LNR & Survival Benefit With Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Node-positive Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Apr 05, 2022

Researchers predicted that the ratio of positive lymph nodes to total evaluated lymph nodes (LNR) as a predictor of cancer burden in esophageal adenocarcinoma may be used to select patients who would ...

The Quality of Operative Performance Narrative Feedback

Apr 05, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to Use evaluation instruments routinely used by general surgery resident training programs to describe the quality of operative performance feedback. At the end of ...

GAS: A Systematic Review of All Peer-Reviewed Literature & Methods of Assessing Patient-centered Outcomes

Apr 05, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to conduct the first systematic review of all available gender-affirming surgery (GAS) publications to evaluate the outcomes reported in the literature and the meth...

Sutured Hiatus Hernia Repair vs Mesh-assisted Hiatus Hernia (HH) Repair

Apr 05, 2022

A systematic assessment of published randomized control trials comparing sutured versus mesh-augmented hiatus hernia (HH) repair was conducted for this meta-analysis. HH recurrence at short- and long-...

Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair (LPEHR)

Apr 05, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to find how laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair (LPEHR) compared to mesh or primary repair. A thorough literature search was conducted to find RCTs comparing ...

Long-term Metabolic Morbidity & Steatohepatosis Following Standard PLR & Parenchyma-Sparing, Local Extirpations for Benign Tumor

Apr 05, 2022

After conventional and local pancreatic resections for benign and premalignant neoplasms, metabolic dysfunctions and steatohepatitis were assessed. Studies presenting measured data on metabolic activi...

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