Optimum technique of carotid artery reconstruction in her atherosclerotic lesion by V. V. Akhmetov, V. I. Dunaeva, F. A. Vryganov, S. V. Ordynets, I. P. Dudano

“…We used 3 methods of arteriotomy closure with the use of a patch. …”
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COVID-19 outbreak impact on urolithiasis treatments: A multicenter retrospective study across 9 urological centers in Italy by Giorgio Mazzon, Stefania Ferretti, Emanuele Serafin, Francesco Claps, Pietro Acquati, Davide Brusa, Federico Germinale, Giuseppe Celentano, Andrea Pescuma, Andrea Vismara Fugini, Davide Campobasso, Umberto Maestroni, Giovanni Costa, Tonino Morena, Flavia Di Marco, Andrea Baudo, Massimiliano Creta, Nicola Pavan, Marco Ticonosco, Angelo Peroni, Devis Collura, Maria Angela Cerruto, Alessandro Antonelli, Luca Carmignani, Salvatore Micali, Carlo Trombetta, Giovanni Muto, Antonio Celia

“…The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has posed challenges to the global health care community, affecting the management of upper urinary tract stones. Materials and methods. This retrospective study involved 9 Italian centers. …”
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Optimising cardiac surgery outcomes in people with diabetes: the OCTOPuS pilot feasibility study by Richard IG Holt, Katharine Barnard-Kelly, Mayank Patel, Philip Newland-Jones, Suvitesh Luthra, Jo Picot, Helen Partridge, Andrew Cook

“…Although the intervention could be applied to any surgical discipline, cardiothoracic surgery was chosen because 30–40% of those undergoing elective cardiac revascularisation have diabetes. Methods The project had three phases: (1) designing the intervention, (2) a pilot study of the intervention and (3) a multicentre randomised controlled study in United Kingdom cardiothoracic centres to assess whether the intervention could improve surgical outcomes. …”
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Psychological conditions for the development of the communicative culture of students by Elena V. Goverdovskaya, Anna M. Dokhoyan, Ekaterina A. Tatarintseva

“…The authors conduct an empirical study using qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods and emphasize the role of elective courses, programs, and specialized disciplines as a psychological condition for the development of students’ communicative culture. …”
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NEW APPROACHES TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF EARLY AND LATE POSTOPERATIVE LIMPHORRHEA by O. E. Fatuev, N. S. Kozlov, G. M. Korolyuk, I. A. Ratke, A. V. Ronzin, N. S. Stepanyants, E. N. Belov, V. V. Safronova, I. M. Vagabova

“…To provide prevention of early and treatment of late postoperative lymphorrhea in patients with oncolog­ical profile using fluorescent lymphography, photodynamic, radiation and endolymphatic lymphostatic therapy.Patients and methods. In the process, the results of treatment of 2 groups of patients were evaluated. …”
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Overtime work of anesthesiologists is associated with increased delirium in older patients admitted to intensive care unit after noncardiac surgery: a secondary analysis by Yi Zhao, Na-Ping Chen, Xian Su, Jia-Hui Ma, Dong-Xin Wang

“…Delirium was assessed with the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU twice daily during the first 7 postoperative days. …”
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Ketamine and melatonin for the prevention of postoperative delirium in patients with colorectal cancer: a feasibility study by Kousha Farhadi, Mojgan Rahimi, Hesam Varpaei, Erta Rajabi, Seyyed Mohammad Mahdi Tayebi Tafreshi, Parsa Mohammadi, Mostafa Mohammadi

“…Abstract Purpose This study aimed to examine the feasibility and effects of preoperative 5 mg of melatonin and intraoperative 50 mg of ketamine on postoperative delirium (POD) prevention in candidates for colorectal cancer surgery. Methods In this randomized controlled trial, adults (> 18 years) who were candidates for elective colorectal cancer surgery were included in the study. …”
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Comparison of the effectiveness of transversalis fascia plane block and transversus abdominis plane block for postoperative analgesia in pediatric lower abdominal surgeries: prospe... by Hasibe İrban, Can Aksu

“…Secondary aims include the observation of pain scores over the first 24 h postoperatively, the duration until the first analgesic requirement, the presence of postoperative nausea and vomiting symptoms, and the satisfaction of parents with the provided analgesia method. Methods Patients aged between 1 and 7 years, classified as ASA I-II, who were scheduled for elective surgery for undescended testes and inguinal hernia, were included in our study. …”
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Lateral versus posterior quadratus lumborum block in children undergoing open orchiopexy: a double-blind randomized clinical trial by Ozgecan P. Zanbak Mutlu, Pinar Kendigelen, Ayse C. Tutuncu

“…In this double-blind prospective randomized trial, we aimed to compare the effects of lateral and posterior approaches of QLB on pain and analgesic use in children undergoing orchiopexy. Methods: Patients aged 6 months – 12 years undergoing elective unilateral open orchiopexy were included in the study. …”
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Zonulin family peptide is not a predictive marker for development of minor postoperative complications: an observational study in patients after colorectal surgery by Agnes Knott, Alexander Müller, Gabriele Paul, Lampros Kousoulas, Roman Huber, Ann-Kathrin Lederer, Ann-Kathrin Lederer

“…The aim of this trial was to investigate whether ZFP allows early diagnosis of postoperative complications after colorectal surgery.MethodWe performed a monocentric, observational study among patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery between April 2018 and April 2019. …”
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Transanal Specimen Extraction After Laparoscopic Sigmoidectomy for Sigmoid Volvulus by Ufuk Uylas, Ramazan Gündoğdu, Yusuf Murat Bağ, Aydın Aktaş, Fatih Sümer, Cüneyt Kayaalp

“…In this study, we present the results from cases of sigmoid volvulus treated with laparoscopic surgery and transanal specimen removal. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on eight cases in which patients diagnosed with sigmoid volvulus underwent elective laparoscopic sigmoid colon resection and transanal specimen extraction. …”
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Comparative study on fretting wear damage mechanisms of 316L steel in dry air and liquid lead-bismuth eutectic environments by Qi Sun, Yu Qin, Haowen Tang, Qian Yang, Pengfei Yang, Xiaoqiang Fan, Minhao Zhu

“…The results in this work are not only expected to better understand failure behavior of fretting wear in liquid LBE environment, but also provide a possible guide for selecting the optimal damage protection method.…”
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Effect of dexmedetomidine on postoperative delirium in patients undergoing brain tumour resections: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Nan Lin, Shu Li, Juan Wang, Dexiang Wang, Min Zeng, Jia Dong, Yuming Peng, Xiaoyuan Liu, Ruowen Li

“…The delirium assessment will be performed by using the confusion assessment method in the first 5 consecutive days after surgery. …”
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Clopidogrel response predicts thromboembolic events associated with coil embolization of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: A prospective cohort study. by Eiji Higashi, Shoji Matsumoto, Ichiro Nakahara, Taketo Hatano, Akira Ishii, Nobutake Sadamasa, Tsuyoshi Ohta, Takuma Ishihara, Keisuke Tokunaga, Mitsushige Ando, Hideo Chihara, Konosuke Furuta, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Koji Tanaka, Kazutaka Sonoda, Junpei Koge, Wataru Takita, Takuro Hashikawa, Yusuke Funakoshi, Daisuke Kondo, Takahiko Kamata, Atsushi Tsujimoto, Takuya Matsushita, Hiroyuki Murai, Keitaro Matsuo, Takanari Kitazono, Junichi Kira

“…This study aimed to clarify the significance of adding preoperative clopidogrel response value to clinical factors when predicting the occurrence of thromboembolic events during/after coil embolization and to develop a nomogram for thromboembolic event prediction.<h4>Methods</h4>In this prospective, single-center, cohort study, we included 345 patients undergoing elective coil embolization for unruptured intracranial aneurysm. …”
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AN INTELLIGENT POSTOPERATIVE CHRONIC PAIN PREDICTION SYSTEM (I-POCPP) by Elif Kartal, Fatma Önay Koçoğlu, Zeki Özen, İlkim Ecem Emre, Gürcan Güngör, Pervin Sutaş Bozkurt

“…The aim of this study is to predict the POCP status of patients based on perioperative data by developing an “Intelligent POCP Prediction System (I-POCPP)” using the best performing machine learning algorithm. Material and Method: The dataset for this multi-centered study was collected from 5 tertiary hospitals in Turkey and included 733 patients who had undergone elective surgeries attended by an anesthesiologist in the operating room. …”
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The Clinical Significance of Colon Polyp Pathology in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Its Impact on Screening Colonoscopy in Daily Practice by Cosmas Rinaldi A. Lesmana, Levina S. Pakasi, Aru W. Sudoyo, Ening Krisnuhoni, Laurentius A. Lesmana

“…This study was aimed to find out the clinical significance of colon polyps’ pathology among NAFLD patients. Method. A retrospective database study was done in patients who underwent elective colonoscopy within one-year period in a referral private hospital, Jakarta. …”
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Efficacy of transanal drainage tubes in postoperative anastomotic leakage in patients with laparoscopic anterior rectal resection without diverting stoma by Guancong Wang, Haiwen Tang, Ying Huang, Yincong Guo

“…This may be a potential alternative DS method for the appropriate population.…”
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Effect of cold vapor for sore throat reduction in elderly patients with cardiac surgery: A randomized control trial by Maryam Sadat Nasorollahi, Nahid Rejeh, Mohammad Ziya Totonchi Ghorbani, Tahereh Bahrami, Majideh Heravi Karimooi

“…A randomized controlled trial was carried out on eighty elderly patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery at a cardiovascular therapeutic center in Iran. …”
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Is Colonoscopic Surveillance Necessary after Curative Resection of Colorectal Cancer in Elderly Patients? by Suat Chin Ng, Joseph Kong, Douglas Stupart, David Watters

“…Survival analysis was done using the Kaplan–Meier method. The incidence of metachronous and locally recurrent CRC was calculated. …”
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Comparison of ultrasound⁃guided nerve block and local infiltration analgesia on analgesic effect in patients with laparoscopic cholecystectomy by LIAO Yongfeng，WANG Hui，ZHANG Yuedong

“…Objective To compare the influence of ultrasound⁃ guided nerve block and local infiltration analgesia on analgesic effect and levels of stress markers in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy（LC），and to establish a theoretical foundation for optimizing clinical selection of postoperative pain management approaches. Methods A total of 76 patients undergoing elective LC in Anqing First People's Hospital of Anhui Medical University from January 2020 to November 2024 were selected prospectively and divided into group A（ultrasound⁃guided nerve block analgesia after anesthesia induction，n=38）and group B（local infiltration analgesia after the end of surgery，n=38）by random envelope method. …”
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