Oct 23, 2023

This population based retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association of combined treatment with lipid lowering drugs and antiplatelet or anticoagulation therapy and long term survival...

Oct 23, 2023

Radiofrequency ablation is a minimally invasive treatment for thyroid nodules; however, concerns exist regarding its impact on subsequent thyroid surgery. We compared surgical outcomes and complicatio...

Oct 23, 2023

Current guidelines recommend elective colectomy for the management of diverticulitis-associated fistulas. These cases present considerable operative challenges, and surgical approaches and fistula tra...

Oct 16, 2023

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common cause of infection after transplantation, but few studies have evaluated its epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes among pancreas transplant recipients. We perform...

Oct 16, 2023

Scar contractures are a common complication of burn injuries, especially in the head and neck region. This paper presents a case of a middle-aged female who suffered severe scar contracture after a bu...

Oct 16, 2023

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgery, cosmetic surgery procedures for "ethnic patients" are annually increasing. Ethnic rhinoplasty traditionally represents a difficult challenge for p...

Oct 16, 2023

Additive manufacturing (AM) exhibits a prime increment in manufacturing technology development. The last few decades have witnessed massive improvement in this field of research, including the growth ...

Oct 16, 2023

In orthopedics, the evaluation of footbed pressure distribution maps is a valuable gait analysis technique that aids physicians in diagnosing musculoskeletal and gait disorders. Recently, the use of p...

Oct 16, 2023

Awake craniotomy allows neurosurgeons to make critical decisions when operating in eloquent regions of the brain. The phenomenon of 'waking up' during surgery is underexplored in pediatric patients, a...

Oct 16, 2023

To compare the outcomes of orthotopic and heterotopic ovarian tissue transplantation techniques.Mixed Prospective-Retrospective cohort study SUBJECTS: 14 recipients of autologous ovarian tissue transp...

Oct 16, 2023

Gender-affirming surgery is unequally distributed across the United States due to resource allocation, state-based regulations, and the availability of trained physicians. Many individuals seeking gen...

Oct 16, 2023

Maintaining financial stability is important for leaders in surgery because it (1) allows consistent, fair (market value) reimbursement for employees, which conveys that they are valued; (2) enables s...

Oct 09, 2023

Pulmonary antibody-mediated rejection is still a challenging diagnosis as C4d has poor sensitivity. Previous studies have indicated that the phosphorylated S6 ribosomal protein, a component of the mam...

Oct 09, 2023

The results of treatment of 36 patients with extensive gunshot defects on the foot and lower leg with the use of a neurovascularized flap on the sural artery have been analyzed. Goal - to investigate ...

Oct 09, 2023

The objective of this study was to measure how much of the superolateral femoral neck should be removed to reduce the incidence of wedge effect.Simulating Surgery: Computed Tomography images of 131 in...

Oct 09, 2023

To investigate the effects of three-dimensional computed tomography angiography (3D-CTA)-assisted free medial sural artery perforator flap in repairing foot wounds. A retrospective observational stu...

Oct 09, 2023

Perioperative care after surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) involves multimodal pain control. Pain catheters with bupivacaine infusion are a modality to minimize perioperative narcotic use. Ou...

Oct 09, 2023

We aimed to determine whether surgeon variation in management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) is driven by differences in risk perception and quantify surgeons' risk threshold for ch...

Oct 02, 2023

Recent work has suggested that outcomes among heart transplant patients listed at the lower-urgency (United Network for Organ Sharing Status 4 or 6) status may not be significantly impacted by donor c...

Oct 02, 2023

The study aimed to determine the influence of induction therapy on the acute cellular rejection (ACR) index in adult heart transplant recipients during the one-year observation. The study population c...