Jul 19, 2021

Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is increasing, yet gaps exist in the understanding of psychological wellbeing of donors after liver transplant. This meta-analysis seeks to evaluate the incid...

Jul 19, 2021

Efforts to evaluate the health of solid organ transplant recipients are hampered by the lack of adequate patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) targeting this group. We developed the Transplant ePR...

Jul 19, 2021

Photothermal-therapy (PTT) inculcates near-infrared laser guided local heating effect, where high degree of precision is expected, but not well proven to-date. An ex vivo tissue biochemical map with m...

Jul 19, 2021

This retrospective study investigated the success rate of withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) following stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy (SLAH) for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), ...

Jul 19, 2021

The nose is at the center of the face and has essential functional and aesthetic properties. Over recent years, rhinoplasty has gained increasing popularity through the influence of "selfies" and soci...

Jul 19, 2021

Global medical advances within healthcare have subsequently led to the widespread introduction of biological products such as grafts, haemostats, and sealants. Although these products have been used f...

Jul 19, 2021

Electrostimulation has been recognized as a promising nonpharmacological treatment in orthopedics to promote bone fracture healing. However, clinical applications have been largely limited by the comp...

Jul 19, 2021

Cancer rehabilitation can be preventive, restorative, supportive, and palliative. The rehabilitation goals change as the cancer pathway alters. Following any treatment for head and neck cancer, a phys...

Jul 19, 2021

In recent years, surgical robots have become an indispensable part of the medical field. Surgical robots are increasingly being used in the areas of gynecological surgery, urological surgery, orthoped...

Jul 19, 2021

During the first months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Iran reported high numbers of infections and deaths. In the following months, the burden of this infection decreased signif...

Jul 19, 2021

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination is expected to end the pandemic; a high coverage rate is required to meet this end. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of behavioral intenti...

Jul 19, 2021

Resilience, a system's ability to maintain a desired level of performance when circumstances disturb its functioning, is an increasingly important concept in healthcare. However, empirical investigati...

Jul 19, 2021

To demonstrate placement of bedside double-j ureteral stents in an Emergent Department or hospital floor setting.Ureteral stent placement is a potentially lifesaving intervention and is one of the mos...

Jul 19, 2021

Endoscopic ear surgery is becoming an increasingly popular approach. Our aim in this study is to evaluate the feasibility of the two-handed endoscopic technique for stapes surgery, which has its own u...

Jul 19, 2021

To determine out of pocket costs (OOPC) in patients undergoing thyroidectomy for benign and malignant conditions in a commercially insured US population.Little is known about OOPC for thyroid surgery ...

Jul 19, 2021

The American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery Fellowship interview stakeholders previously favored in-person interviews, despite time and expense. This study assessed ...

Jul 19, 2021

In the management of patients with blunt abdominal trauma, delayed diagnosis and treatment of hollow viscus injury can occur. We assessed the effect of the time to surgery on the outcomes of blunt hol...

Jul 16, 2021

This review states that Renovascular hypertension (RVH) associated with renal artery and abdominal aortic narrowings is the third most common cause of pediatric hypertension. Untreated children may ex...

Jul 16, 2021

This study states that Acute iliofemoral artery thrombosis (IFAT) can occur in critically ill neonates and infants who require indwelling arterial cannulas for monitoring or as a consequence of cardia...

Jul 16, 2021

This study clearly depicts that Peripheral artery disease (PAD) has been shown to affect health status and quality of life; however, the disability associated by specific anatomic level of disease is ...