A Case of Metastatic Melanoma Presenting as a Small Bowel Obstruction by Danielle Harris, Micah Ray, Andrew J Weaver, Stephen Wilson

“…When a patient presents with a small bowel obstruction but without prior abdominal surgeries or hernias a malignant obstruction must be on the differential.…”

Can bilateral bronchospasm be a sign of unilateral phrenic nerve palsy after supraclavicular brachial plexus block? by Souvik Chaudhuri, M D Gopalkrishna, Cherish Paul, Ratul Kundu

“…Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks facilitate ambulatory anesthesia for upper limb surgeries. Unilateral phrenic nerve blockade is a common complication after interscalene brachial plexus block, rather than the supraclavicular block. …”
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Being a cornea specialist in Coronavirus pandemic by Pınar KÖSEKAHYA

“…Ophthalmologists have taken some tasks such as cancelling non-essential outpatient visits and elective surgeries. Proper personal protective equipment use is extremely important in ophthalmologic examinations as these examinations necessitate close touch with the patient. …”
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Using Compound Neural Action Potentials for Functional Validation of a High-Density Intraneural Interface: A Preliminary Study by Aritra Kundu, Erin Patrick, Seth Currlin, Ryan Madler, Francisco Delgado, Ahmed Fahmy, Rik Verplancke, Marco Ballini, Dries Braeken, Maaike Op de Beeck, Nima Maghari, Kevin J. Otto, Rizwan Bashirullah

“…This method avoids elaborate surgeries required for the implantation of EMG electrodes and thus minimizes surgical complications and may accelerate the healing process of the implanted subject.…”
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Epidural Anesthesia for Caesarean Section in a Pregnant Patient with Pituitary Macroadenoma by Remadevi R., D. Dinesh Babu, K. Sureshkumar, Shubhada A. Patil

“…Anaesthesia for patient with pituitary adenoma posted for non-neurosurgical surgeries is a challenge to the anaesthesiologist with the risk of sudden change in intracranial dynamics during administration of spinal anaesthesia or during stress response of general anaesthesia. …”
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Research progress on targeted drugs and its applications in the treatment of keloids by Junzhi GAO, Yinli LUO, Longquan PI, Zhehu JIN

“…Although various treatments, such as injections, lasers, and surgeries, are available, the outcome is not satisfactory. …”
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Terlipressin in obstetric and gynecological practice: a case of a missed miscarriage in late pregnancy complicated by bleeding. Case report by Vitaly B. Tskhay, Pavel K. Yametov, Yuriy S. Raspopin, Natalia M. Yametova, Galina N. Polstyanaya, Daniil A. Ryabinin

“…A few randomized multicenter studies indicate that prophylactic vasopressin in obstetric and gynecological surgeries is mainly safe and associated with a significant reduction in intraoperative blood loss. …”
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Embolisation of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae with Onyx. by Warakaulle, DR, Aviv, R, Niemann, D, Molyneux, A, Byrne, J, Teddy, P

“…Surgery is currently the standard treatment for spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae (DAVF). …”

A surgical drill guide for pedicle screw placement by Kashani, Jamal, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Arabshahi , Zohreh

“…The aim of this study was to provide a methodology for fabricating surgical drill guide for spinal surgeries. The data of patient obtained from computed tomography. …”

A surgical drill guide for pedicle screw placement by Kashani, Jamal, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Arabshahi, Zohreh

“…The aim of this study was to provide a methodology for fabricating surgical drill guide for spinal surgeries. The data of patient obtained from computed tomography. …”

Quality improvement approach for surgical-site infection prevention in a Philippine provincial hospital by Anthony Abustan, Unarose Hogan, Julie Winn, Paul Pagaran, Joan Littlefield, Ted Miles

“…SSI surveillance was established based on the adapted CDC criteria. All clean surgeries were monitored except orthopedic surgeries. …”
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Low Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block with Dexmedetomidine and Clonidine as Adjuvants to Local Anaesthetic Mixture: A Double-blind Randomised Clinical Study by Balwinder Kaur Rekhi, Tripat Kaur Bindra, Lovepreet Kaur, Priyanka Mehta, Simrit Kaur

“…Introduction: For routine and emergency upper limb surgeries, brachial plexus block is better alternative to general anaesthesia. …”
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Application of Vessel Navigator™ fusion imaging software in a complex transcatheter palliation of Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia by Kothandam Sivakumar, Zeeshan Ahmed Mumtaz, Pramod Sagar

“…Extreme pulmonary artery hypoplasia in cyanotic malformations precludes palliative surgeries. When aortopulmonary collaterals (APC) in such patients are also hypoplastic, their unifocalization to create a neopulmonary vasculature is also hampered. …”
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Treatment of expiratory tracheal stenosis in combination with bronchiectasis in a lung recipient (initial report in the Russian Federation) by I. V. Pashkov, A. V. Nikulin, D. O. Oleshkevich, M. T. Bekov, R. A. Latypov, E. F. Shigaev, A. G. Suchorukova, V. N. Poptsov, E. A. Spirina, E. V. Lebedev, Ya. S. Yakunin

“…Due to the variety of diseases causing patients to resort to lung transplant surgeries, there is a wide range of different complications and conditions that are subject to an individual clinical approach to determine treatment tactics. …”
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Current assessment results of the efficacy and safety of scleroplasty in progressive myopia by E. N. Iomdina, E. P. Tarutta, G. A. Markosian, J. I. Gavrilova

“…The purpose of the review is to analyze the data of recent studies (performed in the last two decades) of the efficacy and safety of sclera reinforcement surgeries for progressive myopia in children and adults. …”
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Parathyroid Adenoma in Child: A Case with Unusual Presentation by Chhanda Das, Madhumita Mukhopadhyay, Priyanka Maity, Bedabrata Mukhopadhyay

“…Various investigations proved it to be a case of primary hyperparathyroidism due to parathyroid adenoma and it was successfully treated with surgery…”
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Anterior Abdominal Wall Leiomyoma Arising De Novo in a Fertile Women: A Case Report by Je Young Cho, Ji Young Woo, Hye-Suk Hong, Ik Yang, Yul Lee, Ji-Young Hwang, Han Myun Kim, Mi Kyung Shin

“…We reported the case of a 33-year-old woman who presented with an abdominal wall mass without antecedent gynecological surgeries. The initial abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed thickening of the left rectus abdominis and the loss of intervening fat between the rectus abdominis and the lateral abdominal muscles. …”
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Earthquake in Mexico: Mexico City governmentʼs health response by Armando Ahued-Ortega

“…Before earthquake event of September 19, 2017, the Health Ministery of Mexico City and the institutions sectored to it, immediately implemented interventions: To receive patients with red and yellow priority, each unit in the hospital network of Sedesa, was prepared for massive reception of patients; scheduled surgeries were suspended, emergency patients were transferred to hospitalization or intensive therapy and those who could continue in their homes were discharged. …”
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Conservative treatment of complete dislocation of the thumb metacarpal in a hypermobile patient by Deniz Aydin, Baris Polat

“…The treatment methods range from closed reduction and maintaining reduction with cast or percutaneous k-wires to complex reconstruction surgeries. In this paper, a case of 28-year-old female with complete dislocation of the left thumb metacarpal has been reported. …”
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Iatrogenic Bladder injury in an appendicular perforation managed conservatively by bladder drainage using a per urethral catheter by Ojas Vijayanand Potdar, Mohammed Ayub Karamnabi Siddiqui, Kaustubh Vaidya, Vivek Shaw, Shashank Sharma, Prashant Sarawade

“…Iatrogenic bladder injuries are a cause of morbidity in pelvic surgeries. Bladder perforation could be extraperitoneal or intra-peritoneal. …”
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