Sep 18, 2023

Bibliometric studies in the field of orthopedics have increased because of the large volume of the available literature that prevents understanding the general status of the related field. This study ...

Sep 18, 2023

Reducing potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) is a challenge in post-acute care hospitals. Some PIMs may be associated with patient characteristics and it may be useful to focus on frequent PI...

Sep 18, 2023

Bariatric surgery is the most effective and sustainable form of weight loss. Bariatric surgery before elective operations for colorectal pathology may improve postoperative outcomes. To compare patien...

Sep 18, 2023

The Global Evaluative Assessment of Robotic Skills is a popular but ultimately subjective assessment tool in robotic-assisted surgery. An alternative approach is to record system or console events or ...

Sep 11, 2023

Standardized use of venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment models (RAMs) in surgical patients has been limited, in part due to the cumbersome workflow addition required to use available models. ...

Sep 11, 2023

Matriptase-2 (MT2), encoded by TMPRSS6, is a membrane-anchored serine protease. It plays a key role in iron homeostasis by suppressing the iron-regulatory hormone, hepcidin. Lack of functional MT2 res...

Sep 11, 2023

Respiratory complexes and cardiolipins have exceptionally long lifetimes. The fact that they co-localize in mitochondrial cristae raises the questions of whether their longevities have a common cause ...

Sep 11, 2023

There is a gender gap in the surgical field worldwide. Brazil and low- and middle-income countries generally tend to have a more profound gap. Therefore, we aim to assess the gender distribution in Br...

Sep 11, 2023

Pyknodysostosis is a rare genetic disorder characterized by skeletal and craniofacial abnormalities. It is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding cathepsin K. Pyknody...

Sep 11, 2023

In orthopedic surgery, patient-specific bone plates are used for fixation when conventional bone plates do not fit the specific anatomy of a patient. However, plate failure can occur due to a lack of ...

Sep 11, 2023

Neurological complications during Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery(FESS) might be attributed to intracranial pressure(ICP) increase due to continuous saline infusion(CSI). Understanding CSI and ICP corre...

Sep 11, 2023

The mass effect associated with large or giant intracranial aneurysms is difficult for traditional endovascular treatment. This study investigated whether flow diverters can relieve the aneurysmal mas...

Sep 11, 2023

To quantify the rate of low-yield surgery, defined as no high-grade dysplastic precursor lesions or T1N0M0 pancreatic cancer at pathology, during pancreatic cancer surveillance.Global efforts have bee...

Sep 11, 2023

Although small airway dysfunction is a common respiratory dysfunction, its prognosis after lung cancer surgery is often neglected. This study investigated the relationship between small airway dysfunc...

Sep 04, 2023

Surgical treatment of asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis(AS) is gaining attention following the results of RECOVERY and AVATAR trials showed survival benefits with early surgical aortic valve replace...

Sep 04, 2023

Currently, there are no standardized approaches to care or evaluation for tone dysfunction in Canada. The study authors hypothesize that there is significant practice variation across the country. Thi...

Sep 04, 2023

Clinical studies are often at risk of spin, a form of bias where beneficial claims are overstated while negative findings are minimized or dismissed. Spin is often more problematic in abstracts given ...

Sep 04, 2023

An incarcerated Obturator herniation is a rare external abdominal hernia. Abdominal CT-scanning is the first choice for the diagnosis of such an incarcerated Obturator hernia. Since intestinal incarce...

Sep 04, 2023

There is still controversy regarding whether neck remodeling stent affects the occurrence of silent embolic infarction (SEI) after aneurysm coiling. Thus, the aim of the present study was to investiga...

Sep 04, 2023

To analyze the outcomes of coil embolization (CE) for unruptured intracranial aneurysm (UIA) according to region and hospital size based on National Health Insurance Service data in South Korea.The in...