Evaluation of Postoperative Analgesic Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Suprainguinal Fascia Iliaca Block in Knee Arthroplasty: Prospective, Randomized, Feasibility Study by Hale Kefeli Çelik, Serkan Tulgar, Serkan Güler, Kadem Koç, Büşra Burcu Küçükordulu, Ramazan Burak Ferli, Lokman Kehribar, Ahmet Serhat Genç, Mustafa Süren

“…The supra-inguinal fascia iliaca block (SIFIB) works as an anteriorly applied lumbar plexus block and is frequently used in hip surgeries. In this study, we evaluated the effect of SIFIB in patients undergoing TKA under spinal anesthesia. …”
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Type-A Gelatin-Based Hydrogel Infiltration and Degradation in Titanium Foams as a Potential Method for Localised Drug Delivery by Hanaa Mehdi-Sefiani, Víctor Perez-Puyana, Francisco José Ostos, Ranier Sepúlveda, Alberto Romero, Mohammed Rafii-El-Idrissi Benhnia, Ernesto Chicardi

“….% (Ti30 and Ti60 foams) and fabricated by the space holder technique to evaluate its potential to act as an innovative, alternative, and localised method to introduce both active pharmaceutical ingredients, such as antibiotics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and growth factors, such as morphogens, required after bone-tissue replacement surgeries. In addition, the kinetic behaviour was studied for both infiltration and degradation-release processes. …”
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Adductor canal block vs. femoral nerve block in patients undergoing arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using levobupivacaine: a comparative randomized controlle... by Kholoud Bahaa Eldin Abdel Mohsen ElShawady, Gamal Fouad Saleh Zaki, Hatem Saeed Abdelhamid, Dalia Mahmoud Ahmed Elfawy, Marwa Mamdoh Elfar

“…Conclusions Compared with femoral nerve block, the adductor canal block may be an effective analgesic alternative with the advantage of sparing the quadriceps muscle strength in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgeries.…”
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Submental Intubation - An alternative airway control by Kamalakar Karampudi1 , Vamshidhar Busa2 , Saketh K V3

“…The intraoral and submental accesses healed with minimal scarring in all patients Conclusion: Submental intubation is a simple, secure and effective procedure for operative airway control in major maxillofacial surgeries…”
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Reproductive ability of minipigs as surrogates for somatic cell nuclear transfer by Joonho Moon, Su-Jin Kim, Jinseok Lee, Hyeyoung Kang, Bumrae Cho, Sung Joo Kim

“…The factors that can affect the pregnancy rate such as estrus synchronization program, ovulation status at the time of ET, the number of repeated ET surgeries, and the ET sites, were changed, and the differences on the pregnancy rate were observed. …”
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Abdominal Wall Endometriosis: Two Case Reports and Literature Review by Bogdan Doroftei, Theodora Armeanu, Radu Maftei, Ovidiu-Dumitru Ilie, Ana-Maria Dabuleanu, Constantin Condac

“…<i>Conclusions:</i> This paper aims to highlight the importance of reducing cesarean births and to consider the diagnosis of scar endometriosis in women with a history of obstetric or gynaecological surgeries who present with cyclic, recurrent abdominal pain.…”
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Surgical instrument detection and tracking technologies: Automating dataset labeling for surgical skill assessment by Shubhangi Nema, Leena Vachhani

“…Instrument detection and tracking is a challenging problem in MIS, including robot-assisted surgeries, but vision-based approaches provide promising solutions with minimal hardware integration requirements. …”
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The Safety of Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Diabetes in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy—A Review by Wojciech Matuszewski, Angelika Baranowska-Jurkun, Magdalena Maria Stefanowicz-Rutkowska, Katarzyna Gontarz-Nowak, Ewa Gątarska, Elżbieta Bandurska-Stankiewicz

“…Patients undergoing pancreatic islet transplants or bariatric surgeries require intensive monitoring of the state of the eye, both in the perioperative and postoperative period. …”
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Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block as an effective anesthetic technique for transverse colostomy in a high-risk elderly patient: A case report by Chao Li, Jingpu Shi, Huiqun Jia

“…Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is considered to be one of most prevalent and effective adjuvant analgesic methods for various abdominal surgeries. However, whether TAP blocks can be used alone as an effective anesthetic technique in minor abdominal operations has rarely been reported. …”
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Feasibility of Photodynamic Therapy for Glioblastoma with the Mitochondria-Targeted Photosensitizer Tetramethylrhodamine Methyl Ester (TMRM) by Alex Vasilev, Roba Sofi, Stuart J. Smith, Ruman Rahman, Anja G. Teschemacher, Sergey Kasparov

“…Infiltrating cells that are non-resectable are left behind after debulking surgeries and become a source of regrowth and recurrence. …”
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Classifying smoke in laparoscopic videos using SVM by Alshirbaji Tamer Abdulbaki, Jalal Nour Aldeen, Mündermann Lars, Möller Knut

“…Therefore, detecting smoke can be used for event-based annotation in laparoscopic surgeries by retrieving the events associated with the electrocauterization. …”
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An economic study of neuro-oncological patients in a large developing country: a cost analysis by Aline Lariessy Campos Paiva, João Luiz Vitorino-Araujo, Renan Maximilian Lovato, Guilherme Henrique Ferreira da Costa, José Carlos Esteves Veiga

“…Conclusions Emergency surgeries were associated with an increased rate of infections and mortality. …”
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Comparative analysis of energy transfer mechanisms for neural implants by Sols Miziev, Wiktoria Agata Pawlak, Newton Howard

“…As neural implant technologies advance rapidly, a nuanced understanding of their powering mechanisms becomes indispensable, especially given the long-term biocompatibility risks like oxidative stress and inflammation, which can be aggravated by recurrent surgeries, including battery replacements. This review delves into a comprehensive analysis, starting with biocompatibility considerations for both energy storage units and transfer methods. …”
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Forecasting local hospital bed demand for COVID-19 using on-request simulations by Raisa Kociurzynski, Angelo D’Ambrosio, Alexis Papathanassopoulos, Fabian Bürkin, Stephan Hertweck, Vanessa M. Eichel, Alexandra Heininger, Jan Liese, Nico T. Mutters, Silke Peter, Nina Wismath, Sophia Wolf, Hajo Grundmann, Tjibbe Donker

“…These hospital-specific bed demand forecasts offer valuable insights for hospital planning, such as adjusting elective surgeries to create additional bed capacity promptly.…”
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Effectiveness of a multi-loop traction device for colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection performed by trainees: a pilot study by Ryuhei Jinushi, Tomoaki Tashima, Rie Terada, Kazuya Miyaguchi, Hiromune Katsuda, Tomoya Ogawa, Yuya Nakano, Yoichi Saito, Akashi Fujita, Yuki Tanisaka, Masafumi Mizuide, Yumi Mashimo, Tomonori Kawasaki, Shomei Ryozawa

“…Although the criteria for performing colorectal ESD vary among institutions, it is often allowed after gaining experience performing surgeries in animals and upper gastrointestinal ESD. …”
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Detecting Facial Landmarks on 3D Models Based on Geometric Properties&#x2014;A Review of Algorithms, Enhancements, Additions and Open-Source Implementations by Oguzhan Topsakal, Tahir Cetin Akinci, Joshua Murphy, Taylor Lee-James Preston, Mehmet Mazhar Celikoyar

“…Facial landmark detection, a crucial aspect of face recognition, is widely used in various fields, such as facial surgeries, biometrics, and surveillance systems. With the advancement of affordable and capable 3D scanning technologies, research on automatically detecting facial landmarks on 3D models is gaining momentum. …”
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Late Developed Unusual Nasal Involvement of Postoperative Maxillary Cyst Following Maxillary Sinus Augmentation: A Case Report by Won-Bae Park, Hyun-Chang Lim

“…Postoperative maxillary cyst (POMC) is a benign expansive cystic lesion of the maxilla generally related to invasive maxillary surgeries or trauma. POMC can also develop after maxillary sinus augmentation (MSA), but many dentists are not well-aware of such complication of MSA. …”
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Corneal and epithelial thickness mapping in diabetic patients using optical coherence tomography by Menna A.M Abdel Twaab, Heba el Gendy, Mohamed M El-Sayed, Shaimaa A Arfeen

“…Severity of diabetic retinopathy should be considered as a risk factor during corneal surgeries to avoid epithelial and stromal-associated complications.…”
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Trends, Variation, and Factors Influencing Antibiotic Prescribing: A Longitudinal Study in Primary Care Using a Multilevel Modelling Approach by Peter Devine, Maurice O’Kane, Magda Bucholc

“…Antibiotic prescribing data by 320 GP surgeries in Northern Ireland were obtained from Business Services Organisation for the years 2014–2020. …”
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CONVENTIONAL LIPOSUCTION FOR GYNECOMASTIA TREATMENT IN SELECTED PATIENTS by Yakup Çil

“…Patients’ mean age were 22 (19-28). All surgeries were performed under general anaesthesia. …”
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