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Surgery General

Age disparities in lung cancer

Aug 16, 2021

This study atates that the Age is an important prognostic factor for lung cancer. However, no studies have investigated the age difference in lung cancer survival per se. We, therefore, described the ...

Practical demonstration of time

Aug 16, 2021

Immortal time bias (ITB) can hinder appropriate interpretations of studies administering adjuvant therapies. Given the increase in National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) analyses evaluating postoperative ra...

FDG-PET/CT for pretherapeutic lymph

Aug 16, 2021

In patients with NSCLC, current ESTS and ESMO guidelines recommend invasive lymph node (LN) staging with EBUS-TBNA even if FDG-PET/CT is negative for mediastinal LNs if at least one of three risk fact...

Higher mortality in lung cancer patients

Aug 16, 2021

This study states that the Given that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mainly spreads through the respiratory system and is associated with severe pulmonary complications, lung cancer patients ...

Two-year survival with nivolumab

Aug 16, 2021

This study clearly depicts that Immune checkpoint inhibitors have become the standard of care for metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) progressing during or after platinum-based chemotherap...

Development of unenhanced CT-based imaging

Aug 16, 2021

In this study We aimed to explore the feasibility of 2D and 3D radiomics signature based on the unenhanced computed tomography (CT) images to predict BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) gene mutation st...

Study of binimetinib (MEK 162)

Aug 16, 2021

MEK inhibition is a potential therapeutic strategy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This phase I study evaluates the MEK inhibitor binimetinib plus carboplatin and pemetrexed in stage IV non-squ...

Human herpes virus 6 DNAemia is associated with worse survival after ex vivo T-cell depleted hematopoietic cell transplant.

Aug 16, 2021

We examined the correlation between persistent HHV-6 DNAemia (p-HHV-6) and absolute lymphocyte counts (ALC), platelet counts (PLT) and all-cause mortality the 1-year after ex vivo T-cell depleted (TCD...

Impact of diabetes mellitus on clinical outcomes after heart transplantation.

Aug 16, 2021

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is common among recipients of heart transplantation (HTx) but its impact on clinical outcomes is unclear. We evaluated the associations between pretransplant DM and posttranspla...

An observational study to evaluate the prescription pattern of analgesics used in the perioperative period in a tertiary care hospital.

Aug 16, 2021

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage. There are limited observational prescription pattern stud...

Pediatric Aggressive Benign Mandibular Tumors: Clinical Features and Management.

Aug 16, 2021

Aggressive benign mandibular tumors are uncommon in the pediatric population, and there is few publishing in the literature specifically dealing with them. Aggressive tumors can be defined based on kn...

A Roadmap to Implementing Venous Thromboembolism Risk Stratification and Mitigation.

Aug 16, 2021

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a life-threatening postoperative complication that carries high morbidity and mortality for plastic surgery patients. In 2011, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons ...

Transitioning from hurting to healing: self-management after distal radius fracture.

Aug 16, 2021

Chronic pain and disability after musculoskeletal trauma support the need for non-biomedical perspectives to frame experiences of recovery. Self-management is a specific holistic lens with implication...

Orthopedic management of myelomeningocele with a multidisciplinary approach: a systematic review of the literature.

Aug 16, 2021

Myelomeningocele (MMC) is the most common and severe form of spina bifida and imposes a significant burden on patients and the healthcare system. Recently, the multidisciplinary management of MMC has ...

The impact of first and second wave of COVID-19 on knee and hip surgeries in Sweden.

Aug 16, 2021

To investigate the impact of COVID-19 in Sweden on rates of knee and hip surgeries.We used healthcare data for the population of the southernmost region in Sweden (1.4 million inhabitants). We did an ...

Antiviral treatment of COVID-19: An update.

Aug 16, 2021

Currently there is not an effective antiviral treatment for COVID-19, but a large number of drugs have been evaluated since the beginning of the pandemic and many of them have been used for the treatm...

Identification of difficult to intubate patients from frontal face images using an ensemble of deep learning models.

Aug 16, 2021

Failure to identify difficult intubation is the leading cause of anesthesia-related death and morbidity. Despite preoperative airway assessment, 75-93% of difficult intubations are unanticipated, and ...

Reduction in Long-term Mortality after Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass Compared to Non-surgical Patients with Severe Obesity.

Aug 16, 2021

To separately compare the long-term risk of mortality among bariatric surgical patients undergoing either RYGB or SG to large, matched, population-based cohorts of patients with severe obesity who did...

Gender Affirming Mastectomy Improves Quality of Life in Transmasculine Patients: A Single-Center Prospective Study.

Aug 16, 2021

To determine the impact of gender-affirming mastectomy on depression, anxiety, and body image.There are many cross-sectional and ad-hoc studies demonstrating the benefits of gender-affirming surgery. ...

Early Prediction of a Serious Postoperative Course in Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Trajectory Analysis of the Comprehensive Complication Index.

Aug 16, 2021

To visualize the postoperative clinical course using the comprehensive complication index (CCI) and to propose an early alarming sign for subsequent serious outcomes in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.Su...

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