Prevalence and Comorbidities of Somatoform Disorders in a Rural California Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic by Bernardo Ng MD, Lianne M. Tomfohr MS, Al Camacho MD, Joel E. Dimsdale MD

“…The somatoform group was significantly more likely to have a chronic medical illness ( P < .01) and history of surgeries ( P < .05). The somatoform group patients’ ΔGAF was one fourth the ΔGAF scores in all other psychiatric outpatients (1.41 vs 6.79, P < .01). …”
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National Healthcare-Associated Infections Report 2022 – Saudi Arabia by Faisal Alsheddi, Tabish Humayun, Manar Alsaffar, Yvonne Suzette Aldecoa, Wafa H. Alshammari, Fayez Z. Aldalbehi, Hind Alanazi, Mohammed Alqahtani, Aiman El-Saed, Abdulmajid M. Almutairi, Khalid H. Alanazi

“…In 238632 months of surveillance, the rate of dialysis events (DE) was 0.97 per 100 patient-months. In 86324 surgeries monitored, the rate of surgical site infection (SSI) was 0.87 per 100 surgeries surveyed. …”
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The experience of the Republican Research Centre for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology in the implementation of the Union State measure to provide comprehensive medical care to... by A. V. Rozhko

“…The main part of medical care was provided in the surgical applications: transplantation of the kidney and parathyroid glands, surgeries on the posterior segment of the eye, reconstructive surgeries of the pelvic floor in women, laser vein correction. …”
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Erectile function, urinary continence and oncologic outcomes of neurovascular bundle sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer: A systematic review... by Yang Liu, Xian-zhong Deng, Jiao Qin, Zhi Wen, Yu Jiang, Jing Huang, Chong-jian Wang, Cai-xia Chen, Li Wang, Kun-peng Li, Jia-hao Wang, Xue-song Yang

“…The objective of this study was to compare the urinary continence, erectile function and oncology outcomes of the nerve-sparing and non-nerve-sparing (NNS) group during RARP surgeries.MethodsWe systematically searched databases including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science to identify relevant studies published in English up to December 2022. …”
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Premedication with Oral Midazolam Suppress Fentanyl- Induced Cough in Children: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial by Mohamed said mostafa elmeligy, Neveen A. Kohaf, Reda K. Abdelrahman

“…Midazolam has a bronchodilator action on the smooth muscle of the airway.Aim This study aims to study the efficacy of different oral midazolam doses in controlling FIC in children.Methods A total of 120 children who underwent elective surgeries with orotracheal intubation (OTI) were involved in this randomized, double-blind, controlled study. …”
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Adjustable Male Sling: Our Experiences with Placement of Adjustable Male Sling, Including a Case of Exstrophy-Epispadias:Initial Report by Abbas Basiri, Hossein Kilani

“…In a totally incontinent exstrophy-epispadias patient with a history of multiple bladder surgeries, continence was achieved after device readjustment. …”
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Is Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Needed in Patients Undergoing Knee Arthroscopy? A Prospective Observational Study by Amit Joshi, Nishchal Rijal, Subash Gurung, Bibek Basukala, Rajiv Sharma, Rohit Bista, Nagmani Singh, Ishor Pradhan

“…All patients who underwent arthroscopy knee surgeries fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in the study. …”
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Laparoendoscopic two-site myomectomy (LETS-M) using conventional laparoscopic instruments and the glove-port technique by Pei-Chi Wu, Bor-Ching Sheu, Kuan-Ju Huang, Su-Cheng Huang, Wen-Chun Chang

“…Methods: The medical records of 204 women receiving LETS-M in a tertiary referral center, including 183 surgeries performed by the experienced surgeon and 21 surgeries performed by 3 well-supervised trainees were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Non-anaesthetist-administered ketamine for emergency caesarean section in Kenya: cost-effectiveness analysis by Sebastian Suarez, Daniel Sessler, Jennifer Griffin, Thomas Burke, Stephen Charles Resch, Moshood Olanrewaju Omotayo

“…Cost-effectiveness of scaling up the ESM-Ketamine programme was US$44 per life-year gained in the base case and US$251 in the most pessimistic scenario—a very good value for Kenya at less than 20% of per capita GDP per life-year gained.Conclusion In areas of Kenya with significant underprovision of emergency caesarean delivery due to a lack of availability of traditional anaesthesia, an ESM-Ketamine programme is likely to enable a substantial number of life-saving surgeries at reasonable cost.…”
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The Concept of Treatment for Surgical Infection in the Hindfoot by Chingiz Alizade MD, PhD, Huseyn Aliyev MD, PhD, Farhad Alizada

“…There were 4 instances of disease recurrence, necessitating 6 additional surgeries, 2 of which (4.5% of the patient cohort) resulted in amputations. …”
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Safety of idarucizumab in the reversal of dabigatran at six tertiary care Ontario hospitals by Jameel Abdulrehman, Sahar Zarabi, Carolyne Elbaz, Kerstin deWit, Yulia Lin, Michelle Sholzberg, Rita Selby

“…Results A total of 85 patients received idarucizumab during the study period for the following indications: 37 (43.5%) for spontaneous bleeding, 28 (32.9%) for traumatic bleeding, 11 (12.9%) for emergency surgeries/procedures, 5 (5.9%) for elective surgeries/procedures, and 4 (4.7%) for other indications. …”
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Modern approaches to the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastric cancer (literature review) by V. A. Solodkiy, D. K. Fomin, S. V. Goncharov, S. A. Kukushkina

“…Various options of cytoreductive surgeries are being developed. These surgeries are combined with neoadjuvant/adjuvant, intra-abdominal chemotherapy and radiation therapy. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in Arthroscopic Repair of Shoulder Rotator İnterval Lesions by İlker EREN, Hakan ÖZBEN, Nazan CANBULAT, Şule Meral EREN, Ayla UÇAK, Sergin AKPEK, Mehmet DEMİRHAN

“…Aim of this study is to report the functional and radiological results of RIL surgeries performed.Methods:Surgeries performed in a single center, in a 7-yearperiod were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Effect of tranexamic acid administration on intraoperative blood loss during peritonectomy: a single-center retrospective observational study by Daiki Shirasu, Masahiko Tsuchiya, Noriaki Oomae, Wataru Shirasaka, Tatsuhiko Iino, Daisuke Hirano, Makoto Satani

“…Abstract Background The efficacy of tranexamic acid in elective major invasive abdominal surgeries has not yet been established. We investigated the effect of tranexamic acid administration on intraoperative blood loss during peritoneal resection of pseudomucinoma and cancerous peritoneal dissemination. …”
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Optimized Colorectal Cancer Patients’ Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Triage and Treatment by Pengcheng Xiang, Junyi Han, Tiffany I. Leung, Naomi I. Maria, Zitian Xiao, Xiuhao Zhao, Zhijin Zhang, Shaohua Qu, Ewelina Biskup

“… # Methods The number of outpatients and inpatients, as well as surgeries performed in Shanghai East Hospital from December 2019 to February 2020 were collected. …”
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Orthopedic treatment in cancer patients with maxillofacial pathology by I. V. Pustovaya, M. A. Engibaryan, P. V. Svetitskiy, I. V. Aedinova, V. L. Volkova, N. A. Chertova, Yu. V. Ulianova, M. V. Bauzhadze

“…Timely and comprehensive orthopedic treatment of patients with postoperative maxillofacial defects after radical surgeries for malignant tumors takes the main place in the complex of rehabilitation measures. …”
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Exploring the morphological and morphometric characteristics of the mandibular lingula in dry mandibles of South African population by Sethabile Nkabinde, Brenda Zola De Gama, Sundika Ishwarkumar-Govender, Pamela Pillay

“…It has variable shapes among different populations which impacts its significance as a bony landmark in maxillofacial and oral surgeries. This study aimed to explore the morphological and morphometric characteristics of the mandibular lingula in dry mandibles of a South African population, to provide more knowledge on its structural variations, and location for surgeons involved with maxillofacial and oral surgeries. …”
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Evaluation of thyromental distance versus tongue width versus weight-based method for size determination of laryngeal mask airway in adults by Shalini Jain, Priyanka Joshi, K K Arora

“…Aims and Objectives: The study was undertaken to compare three LMA supreme insertion methods in short elective surgeries under general anesthesia. Materials and Methods: Atotal of 90 American Society of Anesthesiologists I and II patients (either gender, 18–55 years, Mallampati grade I and II) undergoing short surgeries were randomized into three equal groups (n=30 in each). …”
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Examining clinical capability of township healthcare centres for rural health service planning in Sichuan, China: an administrative data analysis by Min Yang, Chaojie Liu, Juying Zhang, Jay Pan, Kun Zou, Zhanqi Duan, Ziwu Zhang, Jinliang Hu

“…THCs mainly provided services of infectious or inflammatory diseases, of respiratory and digestive systems, but lacked clinical services related to injuries, poisoning, pregnancy, childbirth and surgeries. A large proportion of the top 20 diseases of inpatients were potentially avoidable hospitalisations (PAHs) and were overlapped between THCs and CHs.Conclusions The clinical capability of THCs was generally suboptimal against national standard. …”
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Characterization of patients operated of colorectal cancer. Cienfuegos, 2014 a 2016 by Lianet González Gutiérrez, Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, José Antonio Feliú Rosa, Tahiluma Santana Pedraza, Jorge Luis Estepa Ramos

“…There were more radical than palliative surgeries and there were more planned surgeries than emergency ones. …”
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