Effects of Dexmedetomidine on Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology in Adults; a Descriptive Review and a Prospective Case Study by Reino Pöyhiä, Teija Nieminen, Ville W. T. Tuompo, Hannu Parikka

“…The clinical evidence shows that DEX provides cardiac protection during different surgeries. In a clinical study, DEX increased the corrected sinus node recovery time, prolongated the atrioventricular (AV) nodal refractory period and cycle length producing AV nodal Wenckebach retrograde conduction block. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdown on the surgical care of ophthalmic patients in a tertiary health care institution by Vasilijević Jelena, Risimić Dijana, Božić Marija, Trenkić Marija, Manojlović Sara, Kovačević Igor

“…The aim of this paper is to compare the most common ophthalmic surgeries during quarantine with those performed in 2019 in the same period. …”
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Metagenomic features of bioburden serve as outcome indicators in combat extremity wounds by Aram Avila-Herrera, James B. Thissen, Nisha Mulakken, Seth A. Schobel, Michael D. Morrison, Xiner Zhou, Scott F. Grey, Felipe A. Lisboa, Desiree Unselt, Shalini Mabery, Meenu M. Upadhyay, Crystal J. Jaing, Eric A. Elster, Nicholas A. Be

“…Genus-level Pseudomonas detection was associated with wound failure at all surgeries. A logistic regression model was fit to the presence and absence of antimicrobial resistance classes to assess associations with nosocomial pathogens. …”
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Related variations: A novel approach for detecting patterns of regional variations in healthcare utilisation rates. by Jan Håkon Rudolfsen, Jan Abel Olsen

“…We used data from Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Patient Registry on eight somatic surgeries for all patients treated from 2010 to 2015. …”
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A study of pent-up demand in ophthalmology: Divinolândia Hospital/Unicamp by Maria Cecilia Machado, Newton Kara-José, Carlos Eduardo Leite Arieta, José Leonardo Garcia Lourenço, Regina de Souza Carvalho

“…The most frequent diagnoses were refractive errors, with 683 cases, corresponding to 39.1% of the total, followed by cataracts, with 296 cases, corresponding to 20.9%. Of the 238 surgeries indicated, 54.6% were phakectomies. Thirty-five (2.0%) cases were considered urgent. …”
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AI-Driven Robust Kidney and Renal Mass Segmentation and Classification on 3D CT Images by Jingya Liu, Onur Yildirim, Oguz Akin, Yingli Tian

“…To reduce the workload of manual segmentation and avoid unnecessary biopsies or surgeries, in this paper, we propose a novel end-to-end AI-driven automatic kidney and renal mass diagnosis framework to identify the abnormal areas of the kidney and diagnose the histological subtypes of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). …”
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The Spanish medical specialist training perception of the COVID-19 pandemic impact in their emotional health and training, a cross-sectional observational study by Domingo Antonio Sánchez Martínez, Álvaro Cerame del Campo, Oriol Mirallas, Luis Cabezudo, Marta Cipres, David González, Carla Meler-Claramonte, Inés Hernando, Juan Pablo Carrasco Picazo

“…The increase in 24h on-call shifts and in regular working hours, the lack of supervision and the suspension of elective surgeries were the variables associated with a major training impact and psychological distress. …”
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Visual Rehabilitation in Patients With Corneal Blindness Using Keratoprosthesis by Saeed Rahmani, Mohammad Ali Javadi, Kiana Hassanpour, Farid Karimian

“…The patient’s current condition and the outcome of the patient’s anterior and posterior segment examinations, previous treatments and surgeries, and the medications used should be considered. …”
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Essential cancer medicines and cancer outcomes: Cross‐sectional study of 124 countries by Oghenefejiro (Theresa) Ikpeni, Darshanand Maraj, Hannah Woods, Aine Workentin, Christopher M. Booth, Nav Persaud

“…Further studies are required to explore association between cancer health outcomes and other factors such as actual availability of medicines listed, access to surgeries, accurate diagnosis, radiotherapy, and early detection.…”
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Rare occupational cause of nasal septum perforation: Nickel exposure by Ertugrul Cagri Bolek, Abdulsamet Erden, Cagri Kulekci, Umut Kalyoncu, Omer Karadag

“…Topical nasal drug usage, previous surgeries, trauma, nose picking, squamous cell carcinoma, some rheumatological disorders such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener granulomatosis), some infectious diseases such as syphilis and leprosy are among the causes of the perforations. …”
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Thoracic epidural analgesia for breast oncological procedures: A better alternative to general anesthesia by Parli Raghavan Ravi, Pradeep Jaiswal

“…Objective: The objective of the study was to compare the outcomes of the incidence of nausea/vomiting and other complications along with the time taken for discharged in patients undergoing Thoracic Epidural Analgesia (TEA) and General Anaesthesia (GA) for breast oncological surgeries. Background: GA with or without TEA or other postoperative pain-relieving strategies remains the traditional anesthetic technique used for breast oncological procedures. …”
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A comparative study of fetal malpresentations in scarred and unscarred uteri by Sandhya Dixit, Andallu

“…Results: High incidence of malpresentations, more elective surgeries, and more intra operative complications including hemorrhage and placenta previa are noted in scarred uteri. …”
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A study of clinical and economic burden of surgical site infection in patients undergoing caesarian section at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India. by Shilpa Hirani, Niyati A Trivedi, Janki Chauhan, Yash Chauhan

“…<h4>Background</h4>Caesarian section is one of the most commonly performed surgeries in India. Determination of the incidence as well as the clinical and financial burden of post caesarian surgical site infection (SSI), is of critical importance for all the stakeholders for rational and fair allocation of resources.…”
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The evaluation of mandibular canal visibility on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images: A cross-sectional study by Seyed Hossein Razavi, Soudeh Berahmand, Khalil Sarikhani Khorami, Motahareh Kaboodsaz Yazdi, Nasim Namiranian

“…Conclusion: In more than half of CBCT images, both borders were clearly visible in both right and left sides; therefore we can conclude that CBCT is a useful tool for the observation of mandibular canal before surgeries.…”
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A Novel Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) Platform for Local 5G Operators by Nisita Weerasinghe, Tharaka Hewa, Madhusanka Liyanage, Salil S. Kanhere, Mika Ylianttila

“…5G is a promising technology that has the potential to support verticals and applications such as Industrial Internet of Things IoT (IIoT), smart cities, autonomous vehicles, remote surgeries, virtual and augmented realities, and so on. …”
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PRIMARY POSTERIOR SAGITTAL ANORECTOPLASTY WITHOUT COLOSTOMY IN NEONATES WITH HIGH IMPERFORATE ANUS by A. Mirshemirani, J. Kouranloo, M. Rouzrokh, M. N. Sadeghiyan A. Khaleghnejad

“…The most important factor is patient selection, and one-stage PSARP spares the patient the morbidity of additional surgeries in the standard multistage approach for high imperforate anus. …”
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Effects of early clinical and basic laboratory exposure program on premedical students: a questionnaire survey by Kyu Hyang Cho, Hyun Sook Ko, Kyung Hee Lee, Tae-Yoon Hwang, Keun-Mi Lee, Sae Yoon Kim, Min Cheol Chang

“…The program consisted of two types: type 1, where two to four students formed a group, which was assigned to a particular department to participate and make observations during ward rounds, outpatient clinics, examinations, procedures, and surgeries (in the case of basic laboratory work, the students partook in experimental observations); and type 2, where one student followed a medical school professor to observe the professor’s day. …”
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PYOGENIC SPONDYLODISCITIS: RISK FACTORS FOR THERAPEUTIC FAILURE AND RECURRENCE by Guilherme José da Nóbrega Danda, Cleudson Nery de Castro

“…Furthermore, recurrence was associated with previous nonspinal surgeries (p = 0.0350) and spinal cord compression (p = 0.0447). …”
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A 5-year review of hysterectomy at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, south-south Nigeria by Ukah CE, Okhionkpamwonyi O, Okoacha I, Okonta PI

“…Results: During the period, there were there 468 major gynaecological surgeries. Eighty-five patients had hysterectomy accounting for 18.2%. …”
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Sex differences in muscle health in simulated micro- and partial-gravity environments in rats by Megan E. Rosa-Caldwell, Marie Mortreux, Anna Wadhwa, Ursula B. Kaiser, Dong-Min Sung, Mary L. Bouxsein, Seward B. Rutkove

“…Male and female Fisher rats (n ​= ​120) underwent either castration/ovariectomy or sham surgeries. After two weeks recovery, animals were divided into microgravity (0g), partial-gravity (40% of weight bearing, 0.4g), or full weight bearing (1g) interventions for 28 days. …”
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