Impact of COVID-19 on Surgical Service Provision, Medical Staffing and Training at a Large Acute NHS Trust in the United Kingdom by Rashi Mane, Sandeep Kaul, Veeranna Shatkar

“…The department learnt to adapt to the challenges and changes in the system which can be summarised into 4 phases, ‘Alarm’, ‘Resuscitation’, ‘Stabilisation’ and ‘Adaption’.Materials and Methods: The General Surgical department implemented a ‘Gold Command’, ‘Silver Command’ and ‘Platinum Command’ hierarchal system as a systematic method to make decisions to implement change. …”
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Secondary Healing Over NovoSorb BTM in the Management of Complex Nasal Defects by Mary Ellen McMahon, MRCS, Robert Browne, MRCS, Safwat Ibrahim, FRCS

“…To date, there are no published case series describing healing via secondary intention over BTM in the management of small, complex nasal wounds following excision of skin malignancy in the elective setting. Methods:. This study consisted of a single-center, consecutive case series. …”
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Impact of Virtual Clinics on Streamlining NHS Outpatient Waiting Lists and Carbon Emissions by Bhaskar Amarnath Bhavanasi MBBS, MS(Ortho), FEBOT, FRCS Edn(T&O), Shrikant Kulkarni MBBS, MS(Ortho), FRCS(T&O)

“…Emissions from personal vehicles are a primary driver of climate change, which is a little recognized benefit of virtual clinics. Methods: We analyzed outcomes from a virtual elective foot and ankle clinic, overseen by a specialist consultant, for new elective referrals over 4 months. …”
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Evaluation of risk factors for postoperative neurologic intensive care admission after brain tumor craniotomy: A single-center longitudinal study by Konish Biswas, Sanjay Agrawal, Priyanka Gupta, Rajnish Arora

“…This observational study evaluates the relationship between these factors and early postoperative neurological complications necessitating ICU admission. Material and Methods: In total, 119 patients, aged 18 years and above, of either sex, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grades I–III, scheduled for elective craniotomy and tumor excision were included. …”
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Chewing gum on postoperative oral Malodor in patients undergoing general anesthesia: a randomized non-inferiority trial by Baohua Zhang, Yang Han, Huan He, Li Jin, Lidong Zhang

“…Abstract Background We aimed to determine whether preoperative chewing gum is non-inferior to Chlorhexidine (CHX) mouthwash in reducing halitosis in patients undergoing elective general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation. …”
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Prevalence of impacted third molars and the reason for extraction in Saudi Arabia by Lina Alfadil, Emtenan Almajed

“…We hypothesized that the principal reason for extraction was elective. Material and Methods: Orthopantomograms (OPG) radiographs and electronic files relating to 4000 patients were retrospectively collected from patients between the ages of 21 and 50 years old. …”
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Global health education in UK medical schools: a review of undergraduate university curricula by Bethan Davies, Helen Ward, Natasha Roya Matthews

“…We review the current provision of global health education (GHE) in UK medical schools to identify gaps in compulsory teaching.Methods We conducted a review of the literature to inform a two-part electronic survey of global health compulsory teaching, optional teaching and pre-elective training. …”
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Perioperative management with DMARDs in rheumatic diseases: a scoping review of clinical guidelines by Alice Terrett, Athena Chin, Mihye Kwon, Samuel Whittle, Catherine Hill

“…There is a lack of high quality evidence to support recommendations for non-elective, non-orthopaedic surgery cases. Variations in recommendations for bDMARDs in the perioperative period were common, potentially leading to more practice variation in bDMARD use in the perioperative period. …”
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Understanding characteristics of internal medicine residents matching into pulmonary critical care medicine fellowships by Benjamin R. Stultz, Thomas J. Beckman, Andrew J. Halvorsen, Michael W. Cullen, Diana J. Kelm

“…Completing a pulmonary elective significantly increased the odds of matching into PCCM (OR 7.78, 99% CI 3.10–19.53, p < 0.0001). …”
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Prevalence of Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinoma (STIC) at the Time of Postpartum Contraceptive Procedures during Caesarean Delivery by Sara Forte, Giorgia Mazzoni, Federico Ferrari, Laura Ardighieri, Gaetano Valenti, Enrico Sartori, Franco Odicino

“…We collected the characteristics of the patients, the type of CD (elective versus unscheduled), the type of surgical procedure and the related complications. …”
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Disorders of the hemostasis system while doing coronary shunting on a working heart by A. P. Mazur, P. V. Gurin, M. M. Babich

“…To investigate the connection between application of solutions for infusion and parameters of the hemostasis system while the elective operations performance of coronary shunting on the working heart. …”
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Comparison of insertion characteristics of LMA ProSeal from the front and head-end of the patient: A randomized pilot study by Rashmi Salhotra, Kushal Thakkar, Rajesh Singh Rautela, Jainendra Chauhan, S Ajeeb

“…This study aims to compare the insertion characteristics of PLMA when inserted while standing, either at the head-end or from the front. Material and Methods: After institutional ethics committee approval, 60 consenting patients of either sex, between 18 and 60 years, ASA class I/II, and scheduled to undergo elective surgeries were randomly allocated to either group H (head-end insertion) or group F (front-end insertion). …”
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Frequency of Rouviere's Sulcus and its Relation to the Dissection Time of Calot's Triangle by Faryal Sajid, Tariq Mukhtar Farani, Muhammad Waqas Ahmed Bhati, Mubashir Ahmad Toor, Fatima Farooq

“…All patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy for uncomplicated cholelithiasis were included using non-probability consecutive sampling. …”
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Laryngeal mask airway proseal versus laryngeal mask airway protector for laparoscopic surgery: A randomized comparative study by Vinod K. Srivastava, Rajesh Raman, Rati Prabha, Deshraj Verma, Brij B. Kushwaha, Shefali Gautam

“…Conclusions: For patients undergoing elective laparoscopic surgery, both LMPt and LMPs are suitable for airway management, but LMPt provides a higher OLP. …”
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Audit of Plastic Surgery Activities in West Africa (Ivory Coast): Key Performance Indicators From 568 Consecutive Cases by Valerie Dje Bi Dje-Assi, MD, Komla Sena Amouzou, MD, Lanciné Kaba, MD, Konan Christophe Allah, MD

“…The variables assessed included demographic profiles; clinic data (recruitment methods, treatment decisions); ward metrics (number of hospital days, average length of stay, average bed occupancy rate); emergency cases (conditions and surgery); elective procedures (number of postponed cases, number of revision procedures, postoperative outcomes); and outpatient wound care (number of dressings, outcomes). …”
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Compassionate end-of-life care: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive euthanasia course in veterinary education from 2019–2024 by Virginia K. Corrigan, Kathleen Cooney, Raeann Foster

“…This article evaluates the course as an elective within the third year of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum at the VMCVM using two surveys with both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. …”
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The problem of technical teacher training in modern conditions by A. P. Usoltsev, B. E. Starichenko, E. S. Koscheeva

“…The present research aims to formulate the problem of developing the content for technical teacher training.Methodology and research methods. The developed methodology foundations for the selection of optimal content for technical teacher training are based on activity, competence-based, transfessional and transprofessional approaches. …”
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Patient decision aids for hip and knee arthroplasty decision-making: a scoping review protocol by Ouyao Chen, Jianlin Ji, Chengxi Zeng, Hanlin Yang, Qunfeng Lu

“…Therefore, this review aims to assess the state of the literature on PtDAs for THA and TKA, describe the features of PtDAs for patients with OA who are considering primary elective THA or TKA and identify the questions in the implementation of decision-making.Methods and analysis This scoping review will be conducted according to the framework recommended by Arksey and O’Malley. …”
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The effect of the use of virtual reality technology on the course of the perioperative period during cesarean section by O. V. Ryazanova, S. M. Makishev, G. V. Grinenko, N. Yu. Pylaeva, K. I. Korolev, S. A. Kolominchuk, M. D. Nagulmanova, A. A. Ryazanova

“…The objective was to evaluate the impact of virtual reality technology on perinatal anxiety and pain intensity during elective cesarean section.Materials and Methods. A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted with 62 patients. …”
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Surgical explantation of transcatheter heart valves: A single institution experienceCentral MessagePerspective by Elbert E. Heng, MD, Aravind Krishnan, MD, Jennifer L. Kim, MD, Alyssa C. Garrison, MS, Daniel Alnasir, ScB, Yasuhiro Shudo, MD, PhD, Jack H. Boyd, MD, Anson M. Lee, MD, William Hiesinger, MD, Y. Joseph Woo, MD, Michael P. Fischbein, MD, PhD, John W. Macarthur, MD

“…Surgical explantation performed on both elective and non-elective bases is increasingly common in adult cardiac surgical practice. …”
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