Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Titanium Sheet Forming for Medical Instrument Parts by Wojciech Więckowski, Maciej Motyka, Janina Adamus, Piotr Lacki, Marcin Dyner

“…Replacing stainless steels with titanium further reduces instrument weight and additionally provides the required resistance to corrosive environments typical for surgeries. The low instrument weight is important to prevent fatigue of surgeons and allow them to maintain high operational accuracy during long term surgeries. …”
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Evidence-Based Approach for Secondary Prevention of Uterine Fibroids (The ESCAPE Approach) by Somayeh Vafaei, Michał Ciebiera, Mervat M. Omran, Mohammad Mousaei Ghasroldasht, Qiwei Yang, Tanya Leake, Rochelle Wolfe, Mohamed Ali, Ayman Al-Hendy

“…Furthermore, after myomectomy, the recurrence rate of UFs is extremely high with the need for additional surgeries and other interventions. This confused approach is invasive and extremely costly with an overall negative impact on women’s health. …”
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Surgical and pathomorphological results of total mesorectumectomy by using waterjet dissection technique in patients with rectal cancer by D. V. Sidorov, M. V. Lozhkin, L. O. Petrov, N. A. Grishin, A. A. Troitskiy, A. G. Isaeva

“…In all the patients surgeries were performed for adenogenic colorectal cancer, morphologically verified at the preoperative stage. …”
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Perioperative allergy. A 3-year experience by Rodrigo Collado-Chagoya, Rubén Cruz-Pantoja, Javier Hernández-Romero, Cristóbal León-Oviedo, Rosa Isela Campos-Gutiérrez, Andrea Velasco-Medina, Guillermo Velázquez-Sámano

“…The main risk factor was a history of previous surgeries (89.28 %). Most perioperative allergic reactions were mild (71.42 %) and occurred within the postoperative period (60.71 %). …”
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Variations in the Branching Pattern of Coeliac Trunk: A Cadaveric Case Series by Sandhya Vikas Yatagiri, Ashwini Balasaheb Nuchhi, Veena Srinivas Harwalkar, Ravi Siddanagouda Bulagouda

“…The variations in the branching pattern of coeliac trunk is important for the surgeons during gastric surgeries, liver transplantation, pancreatic and gall bladder surgeries. …”
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Comparison of the Effect of Dexamethasone, Midazolam, and Ondansetron Injection alone, or in Combination, and Placebo on the Severity of Shivering during and after Spinal Anesthesi... by Mohammadreza Safavi, Azim Honarmand, Fatemeh Hosseni

“…Methods: In this clinical trial study, 179 patients undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgeries referring to Kashani hospital, Isfahan, Iran, during the years 2006 to 2007 entered the study. …”
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The Impact of Consumers’ Service Encounter Expectation on Their Service Encounter Perception in Healthcare Services by Mohamad Mehdi Maleki, Masoud Karami, Mohammad Haghighi

“…All the respondents were consumers of cosmetic surgeries in these clinics. Finally, all the analyses were conducted by using 317 questionnaires. …”
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‘Failed supraglottic airway’: an algorithm for suboptimally placed supraglottic airway devices based on videolaryngoscopy by Van Zundert, A, Gatt, S, Kumar, C, Van Zundert, T, Pandit, J

“…Yet it is our impression that many, if not the majority, of surgeries are conducted with blindly placed and suboptimally sited supraglottic airway devices (SADs). …”

Anatomical variations of median nerve formation, distribution and possible communication with other nerve in preserved human cadavers by Mat Taib, Che Norma, Hassan, Siti Nur Aisyah, Esa, Nurhidayah, Mohd Moklas, Mohamad Aris, San, Aye Aye

“…Formation, distribution and possible communication of the median nerve are essential to know in treatment and surgeries of various conditions of injuries e.g. repair or reconstruction of the median nerve post traumatic accident. …”
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Handgrip strength and risk of malnutrition are associated with an increased risk of hospitalizations in inflammatory bowel disease patients by Katherine Bedard, Lorian Taylor, Naheed Rajabali, Karen Kroeker, Brendan Halloran, Guanmin Meng, Maitreyi Raman, Puneeta Tandon, Juan G. Abraldes, Farhad Peerani

“…No variable was independently associated with IBD-related surgeries. Conclusion: HGS, the abPG-SGA, and the SaskIBD-NRT were independently associated with an increased risk of IBD-related hospitalizations. …”
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Application of infrared-beam laser therapy in the postoperative period in patients with nodular toxic goiter by S. M. Zavhorodnii, M. S. Gatia, M. A. Kubrak, M. B. Danyliuk

“…Thyroidectomy prevailed in the structure of surgeries in the main group (20 (57.1 %) cases). Organ-sparing surgeries were performed in 15 (42.9 %) patients. …”
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SG-APSIC1040: Implementing a quality-improvement approach to surgical-site infection prevention in the Philippines by Anthony Abustan, Arnel Francisco, Maria Teresa Andrade, Julie Winn, Paul Gwyn Pagaran, Ted Miles, Joan Littlefield, Unarose Hogan

“…Methods: In partnership with Americares, SSI surveillance based on CDC criteria was instituted for all surgeries, excluding orthopedic surgeries. Staff were trained in applying quality-improvement methodology, infection prevention and control, and SSI prevention. …”
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Current role of perioperative intravenous ketamine: a narrative review by Zohair Khan, Malika Hameed, Fauzia Anis Khan

“…Perioperative IV ketamine consistently reduced postoperative opioid requirement especially in the early postoperative period, however, the duration of this effect was variable in different surgeries and patient populations. This effect was seen in breast, obstetric, bariatric, and orthopedic surgeries. …”
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Community pharmacy services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from providers and policy makers by Harriet Warr, Ankesh Gandhi, Syed Hussain, Daniel Greenwood

“…General Practitioner (GP) surgeries received more protective equipment than CP and still referred patients to pharmacy e.g., for a blood pressure check. …”
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SG-APSIC1092: Bundled preoperative preparation reduced surgical-site infections by Nittaya Kaewtatip, Rossukon Kacharat

“…Hand hygiene preparation compliance was higher for clean wound surgeries (mean, 94.01%) and clean-contaminated wound surgeries (mean, 95.05%) than for contaminated wound surgeries (mean, 88.30%). …”
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A randomized controlled study of Ropivacaine with adjuvants in ultra sound guided supraclavicular brachial plexus blockade. by M Abhishek, T Nagaraju

“…Setting and Design: A prospective double – blind randomized control trial comprising of 90 subjects posted for elective upper extremity surgeries. Aim: To compare the onset, duration of sensory blockade, motor blockade and analgesia of 0.5% ropivacaine with clonidine 1mg.kg-1 and 0.5% ropivacaine with dexmedetomidine 1mg.kg-1 in upper extremity surgeries. …”
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Recurrent goitrous transformation and postoperative hypothyroidism — the arguments to execution of organ-preserving thyroid sergery by A. N. Galyan, O. S. Popov, V. I. Tikhonov, V. D. Zavadovskaya, S. N. Gasparyan, V. V. Udut

“…The study included 557 patients with diffuse nodular colloidal goiter and different functional state of thyroid gland after routine surgeries. In the postoperative period was diagnosed hypothyroidism and in its presence the relapse nodulation in thyroid residue. …”
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FORMATION OF VASCULARIZED BONE GRAFTS AND THEIR USE FOR TREATMENT OF PSEUDOARTHROSES AND BONE DEFECTS by V. M. Shapovalov, N. G. Gubochkin, S. I. Mikityuk

“…An analysis of 135 transplant surgeries of vascularised bone grafts in treatment of pseudoarthroses and defects of the clavicle, humerous, ulnar, radial, metacarpal,wrist and fingers bones was made. …”
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Mycobacterium chelonae causing chronic wound infection and abdominal incisional hernia by Susan Verghese, Parag Agrawal, Santosh Benjamin

“…We report a case in a 41 year old female patient who underwent multiple surgeries for an ovarian cyst, tubo-ovarian abscesses with peritonitis and a repair of an abdominal incisional hernia.…”
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Accessory middle cerebral artery: An uncommon intracranial vascular anomaly by Sumit Goyal, Ajit Kumar Sinha, H N Agarwal

“…An understanding of such variations is important for those performing intracranial aneurysm surgeries. These variations may also serve as a source of collateral supply in cases of ischaemia.…”
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