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This study aims to provide a preliminary report on the outcomes of transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) in pediatric patients with acute nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB) to establish o...
This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of inferior oblique belly transposition (IOBT) combined with contralateral inferior oblique recession in treating bilateral asymmetric inferior oblique overaction (...
Hepatic resection (HR) and liver transplantation (LT) are potentially curative treatments for Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to analyze the survival of patients with HCC and indicati...
To research and examine the efficacy of nasal endoscopic surgery in management of chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps, as well as how it affects the likelihood of adverse responses.
In orthopedics clinic, patellofemoral arthrosis is a special type of osteoarthritis and yet the surgical methods are still debatable.
Obstetric fistulas are common in low-resourced settings, but the factors associated with successful repair remain unclear in Zambia. We assessed the socio-demographics, fistula characteristics, and healthcare ...
The KangDuo Surgical Robot-01 (KD-SR-01) system is a recently introduced robot-assisted endoscopic surgical device originally designed in China. The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to ascertain wh...
The clinical value of ultrasound findings of free fluid in non-traumatic acute abdomen evaluation is under scrutiny. This study aimed to evaluate whether ultrasound findings of free fluid can be used to assess...
Acute appendicitis may be uncomplicated or may present with life threatening complications. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the number of cases of complicated appendi...
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures for treating hydrocephalus. This study aimed to assess the Survival status and determinant factors of pediatric patients wh...
Limited data are available regarding the long-term functional outcomes and associated factors in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) undergoing ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placem...
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the most commonly performed general surgical procedures. Difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy is associated with increased operative time, hospital stay, complication r...
Primary suturing of the common bile duct (CBD) is increasingly used in laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) for selected patients, though the optimal suturing method remains unclear. This study co...
Hiatal hernia (HH) is a major cause of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and laparoscopic repair combined with anti-reflux surgery is a common treatment. However, postoperative complications such as vagu...
It is of the utmost importance in the prevention of infections in surgery that nursing students should learn surgical aseptic skills fully and in the correct order. There is a need for innovative teaching stra...
Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is a common condition that leads to the partial loss of function in the sensory, motor, and autonomic nervous systems. The peripheral nervous system has an inherent capacity to re...
Review the articles with incisional hernia repair without mesh fixation in open hernia repair.
Lymph node metastasis (LNM) and thyroid capsular invasion (CI) are the main pathological features leading to poor prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), and there is a lack of effective diagnostic m...
The management of thoracolumbar burst fractures with retropulsion has been a matter of debate, the present study aimed to investigate the clinical and radiological outcomes of a transfacet pedicle-sparing appr...
This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of acupoint massage at Yuji (LU10) and Zhaohai (KI6) in alleviating hoarseness following thyroid surgery.
Distal pancreatectomy (DP) can worsen pancreatic endocrine function. Effects on glucose metabolism and underlying mechanisms after DP remains a topic of significant interest and not yet fully understood. This ...
Postoperative hypocalcemia is a common complication after total thyroidectomy (TT). Recent studies suggest that body mass index (BMI) may influence its occurrence. This study aimed to investigate whether overw...
The Oxygen-2-see (O2C) analysis system can measure flap perfusion, which is a prerequisite for flap viability, and it is therefore commonly used in flap monitoring for microvascular head and neck reconstructio...
Postoperative pain and psychological well-being in postpartum women following cesarean section are critical for optimal maternal recovery. Traditional analgesics often have limitations and side effects, prompt...
Radical cystectomy (RC) with urinary diversion remains the gold-standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), yet its implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa is hindered by late-stage presentation...
To analyze and compare the application and efficacy of side-to-side anastomosis and end-to-end anastomosis in natural orifice specimen extraction surgery (NOSES) NOSES operation for left colon cancer.
The study evaluates the clinical value of the operating room nursing safety management model based on Heinrich’s law.
To evaluate the safety, feasibility, and effectiveness of the Willis covered stent (WCS) in treating blood blister-like aneurysms (BBAs).
Postoperative bile leakage (POBL) is a common cause of major morbidity following liver resection. Although the use of laparoscopy for liver surgery has expanded rapidly, POBL has been poorly described in patie...
Bariatric surgery, such as sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and gastric bypass, is a common option for weight loss in patients with obesity and metabolically ill individuals. However, complications like bleeding and le...
Identification of infected lesions in chronic haematogenous osteomyelitis (CHOM) is challenging due to no distinct boundary. The optimal methods of debridement and bone reconstruction remain controversial. The...
To reduce opioid consumption and improve early mobility, the administration of a transversus abdominis plane block (TAP) was introduced in abdominal surgery decades ago. But the usefulness of this nerve block ...
While Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has been extensively studied in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and preserved islet function, the significance of insulin resistance in guiding RYGB treatmen...
Serum calcium is the critical coagulation factor in physiological coagulation, and hypocalcemia has been found to be associated with more blood loss in many diseases. The purpose of this study was to explore t...
To investigate the effect of protecting neural function of microsurgical encapsulated resection of brachial plexus schwannoma with intraoperative neuromonitoring.
To evaluate and compare the outcomes of utilizing patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) technology, which incorporates personalized three-dimensional (3D) preoperative planning and customized 3D printing (3DP...
Related studies have shown that the torsional vertebral after fused significantly increase adjacent disc stress and accelerate degeneration. This suggests that vertebral rotation (VR) may accelerate adjacent s...
As the population continues to age, the occurrence of intertrochanteric femoral fractures (IFFs) has steadily increased. The main aims of this investigation were to evaluate and compare the clinical outcomes, ...
Surgical care has advanced with the introduction of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques, which have resulted in a reduced length of hospital stay and improved patient outcomes with regard to morbidity,...
To compare in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) pregnancy outcomes following endometrial polypectomy using either a manual mechanical hysteroscopic tissue resection device (mHTR) or traditional ...
Surgical site infection (SSI) is the third common complication in spinal surgery and often results in poor clinical outcomes, prolonged hospital stays, and additional costs. This study estimated the incidence ...
To evaluate the clinical efficacy of percutaneous hepatic puncture biliary drainage combined with metal stent implantation in the treatment of malignant obstructive jaundice, focusing on improvements in liver ...
Existing studies have suggested that the efficacy and safety of tubular microdiscectomy (TMD) and percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (TED) for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) are similar to those o...
Recent studies have reported that a high number of negative lymph nodes (NLNs) removed can be associated with improved survival in esophageal cancer( EC) after surgery; however, the effect size of a high numbe...
Rib fractures, the most common blunt chest trauma worldwide, have been evaluated in multiple retrospective cohort studies. Histology laboratories using innovative techniques are crucial to improving patient ou...
The mortality and morbidity in hip fracture is a big healthcare burden. How to identify risk patients preoperatively is important. The aim of study was to evaluate the risk factors of postoperative complicatio...
We aimed to study the outcomes of mitral valve (MV) reoperations in children with congenital MV diseases and to summarize our treatment experience.
To compare the clinical outcomes of two different surgical approaches for treating localized prostate cancer: extraperitoneal robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (Ep-RARP) and transvesical robot-assisted radi...
To comprehensively evaluate and compare surgical outcomes of obese patients versus non-obese patients for surgical complications and postoperative prognosis due to epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).
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