Comparison of pregnancy outcomes between induction of labor at 40 weeks and 41 weeks in low-risk women with Singleton pregnancies: a retrospective cohort study by Hua He, Wei Ren, Shiyu Li, Chaoli Chen, Wenpei Zheng

“…This retrospective cohort study compared pregnancy outcomes between induction of labor (IOL) at 40 weeks and 41 weeks in low-risk women with singleton pregnancies and investigated maternal motivations regarding elective IOL. Methods A total of 603 pregnant women were included in this study, with 342 (56.7%) undergoing IOL at 40–40+ 6 weeks and 261 (43.3%) at 41–41+ 6 weeks. …”
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CONTEXTUAL APPROACHTOTEACHINGTHE ELECTIVEDISCIPLINE “THEORYOF MASS COMMUNICATION” TO BACHELORS OF PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITIES (SPECIALITIES “GEOGRAPHY” AND “MUSICAL ART”) by Duboviy Zakhar, Lakomova Olena

“…The article covers the main principles of the contextual approach in studying the elective course “Theory of Mass Communication” in pedagogical universities. …”
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Predictive Factors for Return to Driving After Lower Limb Arthroplasty by Vasileios Giannoudis, MBChB, MRes, Katie Lee, BSc, Farag Shuweihdi, PhD, Andrew Manktelow, MBBS, BSc, FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Orth), Benjamin Bloch, BSc, MBBS, FRCS (Tr & Orth), Bernard van Duren, BEng, MBChB, DPhil, CEng, FIMechE, FRCS, Hemant Pandit, FRCS (Orth), D Phil (Oxon)

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“Microsurgical breast reconstruction - A salvage option for failed implant-based breast reconstruction” by Amir Khosrow Bigdeli, Jia Wei Tee, Felix Hubertus Vollbach, Yannick Fabian Diehm, Florian Falkner, Felix Strübing, Maximilian Mahrhofer, Emre Gazyakan, Ulrich Kneser, Laura Cosima Siegwart

“…Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate microsurgical breast reconstruction as a salvage option for patients with failed implant-based breast reconstruction. Methods: We conducted a retrospective single-center study including all patients with failed unilateral implant-based breast reconstruction who elected to undergo conversion surgery to microsurgical breast reconstruction from January 2015 to December 2023. …”
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The Relationship between Fear of Childbirth and Women’s Knowledge about Painless Childbirth by Mehmet Aksoy, Ayse Nur Aksoy, Aysenur Dostbil, Mine Gursac Celik, Ilker Ince

“…Better informed pregnant women about painless childbirth methods may reduce the number of women with FOC and the rate of preferred elective caesarean section.…”
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A comparative study of key quality performance indicators in anesthesia and surgery in operation theatre at a tertiary care hospital in Rishikesh by Bhavna Gupta, Sanjay Agrawal, Anubha Agarwal

“…In the pre-COVID era, many of the cases were performed on an elective basis (71.23%), and emergencies constituted 16.9% of the total number of cases. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes after Rotational Atherectomy for Calcified Chronic Total Occlusion versus Nonchronic Total Occlusion Coronary Lesions by Karim Elbasha, Nader Mankerious, Mohamed Alawady, Ghada Ibrahim, Radwa Abdullah, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Rayyan Hemetsberger, Ralph Toelg, Gert Richardt, Abdelhakim Allali

“…Moreover, this report evaluates the role of the elective RA approach in calcified CTOs. Methods and Results. …”
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Investigating the Secondary Care System Burden of Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia (GSDIa) Using the Hospital Episode Statistics Database by Eliza Kruger, Shreena Giblin

“…On average, patients had a total of 8 events/year, including 2 elective events, 2 nonelective emergencies, 1 outpatient visit, and 3 daycase visits. …”
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Factors predicting preoperative anxiety among adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery in China: A cross-sectional study by Aizhen Xing, Pornpat Hengudomsub, Panicha Ponpinij

“…Objective: This study aimed to explore preoperative anxiety and its predictors, including fear of surgery, preoperative sleep quality, perception of illness severity, and perceived social support among adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 142 adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery using simple random sampling. …”
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Trends in the epidemiology of fear of childbirth and association with intended mode of delivery: A nationwide register‐based cohort study in Finland by Matias Vaajala, Rasmus Liukkonen, Ilari Kuitunen, Ville Ponkilainen, Ville M. Mattila, Maiju Kekki

“…However, the numbers of elective CS among women with this diagnosis, which had earlier risen in parallel, leveled off in 2014.…”
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Quadratus Lumborum Block Versus Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Analgesia After Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery by Mihaela Roxana Oliță, Mihai Adrian Eftimie, Bogdan Obrișcă, Bogdan Sorohan, Dragoș Eugen Georgescu, Liliana Elena Mirea, Dana Rodica Tomescu

“…This study aims to compare postoperative analgesia between the blocks in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: A retrospective analysis was performed on patients with elective colorectal surgeries who received bilateral US TAP blocks in the supine position or US anterior QL block in the lateral position at the end of the surgery and before extubating, with Ropivacaine 0.25%. …”
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Association of chronic kidney disease with acute clinical outcomes and hospitalization costs of cancer resection. by Sara Sakowitz, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, Saad Mallick, Amulya Vadlakonda, Ifigenia Oxyzolou, Konmal Ali, Nikhil Chervu, Peyman Benharash

“…<h4>Methods</h4>All adult hospitalizations entailing elective resection for lung, esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, hepatic, or colon cancer were identified in the 2016-2020 National Inpatient Sample. …”
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Effect of Uterine Artery Clamping in Reducing Cesarean Hysterectomy in Pregnancies Complicated by Placenta Accrete Spectrum by Balen Mohammad Jabar, Maryam Bakir Mahmood, Taher Abdullah Hussein Hawramy, Naz Azad Abdullah

“…A sample of sixty pregnant women with placenta accreta spectrum surgically managed by elective cesarean section and divided into two study groups (32 women underwent elective cesarean section with uterine artery clamping [interventional group] and 28 women underwent elective cesarean section without uterine artery clamping [control group]. …”
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LIPOPROTEIN-ASSOCIATED PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 IN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK STRATIFICATION AFTER CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES: WHICH DECISION RULE THRESHOLD TO CHOOSE? by A. T. Teplyakov, A. V. Kuznetsova, N. V. Protopopova, A. V. Andriyanova, T. E. Suslova, O. N. Nasanova, V. V. Kalyuzhin

“…The research objective is to determine the posterior probability of adverse cardiovascular events after elective coronary intervention in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) associated with type 2 diabetes, at high level of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) in blood serum, as well as to find out the optimal separation point value for this predictor, which increase allows to identify high risk with accuracy.Material and methods. …”
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Liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis: A systematic review with meta-analysis. by Astrid Marot, Margaux Dubois, Eric Trépo, Christophe Moreno, Pierre Deltenre

“…The percentage of alcohol relapse of AH transplanted patients is similar than that of patients who underwent elective liver transplantation.…”
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Antenatal Corticosteroids for Reducing Adverse Maternal and Child Outcomes in Special Populations of Women at Risk of Imminent Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Rachel M Amiya, Linda B Mlunde, Erika Ota, Toshiyuki Swa, Olufemi T Oladapo, Rintaro Mori

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, POPLINE, and World Health Organization Regional Databases was conducted for all comparative studies. …”
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IMPACT OF POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS ON PORTAL THROMBOSIS IN SPLENECTOMY PATIENTS by Veysel Umman, Hafize Basut Atalay, Recep Temel, Turan Alisoy, Kaan Balcı, Sedat Fırat Okutan, Taylan Özgür Sezer, Özgür Fırat, Sinan Ersin

“…Our objectives were to compare emergency and elective splenectomy and their complications, and to analyze the risks on the development of portal vein thrombosis (PVT).Material and Method: A total of 78 splenectomy cases performed between 2017-2023 and that had complete medical records were included in this study. …”
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Efficiency of Cardiotropic Therapy in Neonatal Infants with Posthypoxic Myocardial Damage by Yu. N. Belova, A. A. Tarasova, I. F. Ostreikov

“…Objective: to define the optimal tranexamic acid dosage regimen to reduce perioperative blood loss during total endo-prosthetic hip joint replacement (TEHJR). Subjects and methods. A randomized controlled trial enrolled 90 patients admitted for elective primary cementless TEHJR. …”
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Detecting Rates, Trends and Determinants of Cesarean Section Deliveries in Iran Using Generalized Additive Mixed Models by Marzieh Mahmoodi, Abbas Moghimbeigi, Javad Faradmal, Masoome Ghahramani

“…A significant relationship was found between the average age and elective cesarean rate, but, the pregnancy rate didn’t have a significant effect on the elective cesarean rate. …”
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Bilateral orchidopexy for intermittent testicular torsion by Paul K. Hegarty, Mona Kalantar, Penelope A. Hegarty, Helen Zafirakis, Jack E. Monahan

“…Participants were men who underwent elective bilateral orchidopexy for intermittent testicular torsion. …”
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