Risk Factors for Cardiopulmonary Complications in Surgeries for Benign Ovarian Tumors by S. N. Toneeva, N. A. Volkova, A. N. Mukhutdinova, S. Y. Klinysheva, T. V. Malova, A. F. Gilemkhanov, M. S. Muchkaev

“…This study aimed to identify key predictors of postoperative non-surgical complications in patients over 65 and to assess the incidence of these predictors, focusing on cardiorespiratory events. Methods and Results: This retrospective study included 288 female patients aged ≥65 and under 65 who underwent elective surgery for benign ovarian cyst removal at a single clinical center. …”
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Optimal Timing of Delivery among Low-Risk Women with Prior Caesarean Section: A Secondary Analysis of the WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health. by Togoobaatar Ganchimeg, Chie Nagata, Joshua P Vogel, Naho Morisaki, Cynthia Pileggi-Castro, Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo, Kapila Jayaratne, Suneeta Mittal, Erika Ota, João Paulo Souza, Rintaro Mori, WHO Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health Research Network

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate optimal timing of elective repeat caesarean section among low-risk pregnant women with prior caesarean section in a multicountry sample from largely low- and middle-income countries.…”
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Outcomes of Emergency Groin Hernia Repair in the Elderly: A Systematic Review by Rodrigo Piltcher-da-Silva, Vivian Laís Sasaki, Luiz Francisco Cravo Bettini, Pedro San Martin Soares, Isabelle Garibaldi Valandro, Leandro Totti Cavazzola

“…Our review sugest that elective surgery should be the option over WWA in this patient population.…”
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Patients’ perceptions and understanding of preoperative informed consent: A qualitative thematic analysis from Tanzania by Steven Michael, Willbroad Kyejo, Allyzain Ismail, Sunil Samji, Eric Aghan, Columba Mbekenga, Athar Ali

“…Methods: This descriptive qualitative study was conducted at Aga Khan Hospital using individual in-depth interviews. …”
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Stroke risk assessment in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation to consider performing pre-cardioversion transesophageal echocardiography by E. S. Mazur, V. V. Mazur, N. D. Bazhenov, Yu. A. Orlov

“…To study the potential of stroke risk assessment to evaluate the probability of detecting left atrial appendage (LAA) thrombus in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) to consider performing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) before cardioversion.Material and methods. TEE before elective cardioversion was performed in 590 patients with persistent AF, of whom 316 (53,6%) had a high stroke risk (valvular AF, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, CHA2DS2-VASc score &gt;1 in men and &gt;2 in women), and 274 (46,4%) — not high. …”
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Inhaled methoxyflurane (Penthrox) use in the outpatient and ambulatory setting: a systematic review by Paul Smith, T Justin Clark, Prathiba M De Silva, Bibi Zeyah Fatemah Sairally

“…Objective We assessed whether Penthrox (methoxyflurane) can provide better pain relief for elective, outpatient interventional procedures compared with other methods of pain control.Design Systematic review.Data sources Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trial, MEDLINE, Emcare, Embase, ClinicalTrials.gov and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature were searched from inception to 6 November 2023.Eligibility criteria All published studies including randomised controlled trials (RCTs), cohort studies and case–control studies investigating Penthrox for pain relief, during and/or after an interventional procedure, were included.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers identified eligible studies and retrieved data. …”
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A Comparative Evaluation of Risk Factors and Various Antibiotic Regimens in Postoperative Neurosurgical Infections: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study by R. Shetty, S. Dwarakanath, H.B. Veena Kumari, S. Sampath, B.A. Chandramouli

“…We will also analyze the incidence and evaluate the risk factors of surgical site infections following clean, nonimplant, fresh, elective craniotomies. Material and Methods This prospective randomized control study was conducted at our institute, a tertiary referral center, for a period of 2 years. …”
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Surgeons’ opinions and concerns regarding prophylactic mesh placement when conducting a permanent ileo- and colostomy A survey among 172 surgeons in Germany, Switzerland, and Austr... by Christoph Paasch, Egan Leonidovich Kalmykov, Ralph Lorenz, Ralph Lorenz, Nele Neveling, Rene Mantke, Rene Mantke

“…Sixty-five surgeons (40%) stated that they never conduct a prophylactic mesh placement when creating an elective permanent colostomy (rarely, n = 44 (26.7%). …”
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Questionnaire survey on women’s views after a first caesarean delivery in two tertiary centres in Ireland and their preference for involvement in a future randomised trial on mode... by Gillian Ryan, Kate C O Doherty, Declan Devane, John Morrison

“…Results were compared between women who had elective operations and women who had emergency operations.Primary outcome measures The satisfaction levels of women after a first caesarean, their preference for mode of birth in a future pregnancy and their willingness to participate in a randomised trial on mode of birth.Results There were 347 completed surveys of 633 women who consented to participate (54.8%), of whom 285 and 62 had emergency and elective caesarean deliveries, respectively. …”
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Old Is (Not) Gold: Midazolam Monotherapy versus Midazolam Plus Fentanyl for Sedation during Cardiac Catheterization by William Black, Raj Baljepally, Laylan Shali, Omar Alsharif, Scott Warden, Eric Heidel, Xiaopeng Zhao

“…Despite the widespread use of midazolam and fentanyl for procedural sedation, the effectiveness of this dual agent approach to sedation has never been studied in comparison to midazolam monotherapy. Methods. A total of 129 patients undergoing sedation for outpatient elective cardiac catheterization were randomly assigned to either midazolam monotherapy (n = 69) or combination of midazolam and fentanyl (n = 60). …”
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The Effect of Nature-Based Sound Therapy on Apgar Score after Cesarean Section Under Spinal Anesthesia by Nehleh Parandavar, Razieh Emadabadi, Ali Abbasijahromi, Saman Siasi, Fatemeh Esnaasharieh

“…Background: Non-pharmacological methods, either independently or in combination with pharmacological methods, are increasingly used for pain prevention and management. …”
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Novel scale for predicting thrombosis of the left atrium and its appendage before catheter ablation or cardioversion in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation or atrial flut... by I. A. Zaigraev, I. S. Yavelov, O. M. Drapkina, E. V. Bazaeva

“…To study the potential of predicting thrombosis of the left atrium (LA) and/or LA appendage (LAA) before catheter ablation (CA) or elective cardioversion in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NAF) or atrial flutter (AFL) using indicators available in routine practice.Material and methods. …”
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Optimal treatment duration in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients responding to immune checkpoint inhibitors: should we treat beyond two years? by Alexander Decruyenaere, Gennigens Christine, Rottey Sylvie, Laenen Annouschka, Emmanuel Seront, Els Everaert, Philip R Debruyne, Heidi Van Den Bulck, Julie Bastin, Verbiest Annelies, Christof Vulsteke, Peter Schatteman, Daisy Luyten, Sandrine Aspeslagh, Nieves Martinez-Chanza, Marlies De Bock, Thomas Meyskens, Jolanda Verheezen, Barbara Brouwers, Benoit Beuselinck

“…Fifty-seven patients discontinued ICPIs electively. Three-year PFS after discontinuation was 57.1% (95% CI: 34.3–95.1), 3-year OS 67.5% (95% CI: 37.0–100.0), and 3-year CSS 90.0% (95% CI: 73.2–100.0). …”
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TECHNIQUES IN COLONIC ANASTOMOSIS by A. A. Vlasov, A. V. Vlasov, V. V. Plotnikov, A. V. Vazhenin

“…A multicenter retrospective clinical trial was conducted between January 2003 to December 2013 in patients undergoing elective and emergency colon cancer resections. The patients were divided into 4 groups with different methods of colonic anastomoses.  …”
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Influence of Healthy Physical Fitness on the Teaching of Aerobics Course Based on Big Data Mining Technology by Laipeng Xiao

“…On the basis of analyzing the process of data mining, the composition of healthy physical fitness, and the role of aerobics, it is used to test students in a certain university through experimental methods and statistical methods. Carry out aerobics teaching experiment, and compare and analyze the data measured by the experimental samples. …”
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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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Virtual vitreoretinal clinics: a service delivery pathway of the future by Elizabeth Yang, Amelia Rees, Shantelle Ahadzi, Yvonne Kanna, Philipp Schwember, Robert Henderson, Lyndon da Cruz

“…Abstract Background Vitreo-macular interface (VMI) disorders, including epiretinal membrane (ERM) diagnosed on optical coherence tomography (OCT), form a significant proportion of elective referrals to vitreoretinal (VR) surgeons. …”
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The utilization of specialized healthcare services among frail older adults in the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study by Jenni N. Ikonen, Johan G. Eriksson, Minna K. Salonen, Eero Kajantie, Otso Arponen, Markus J. Haapanen

“…A negative binomial regression model was used to examine the association between frailty and the total number of visits, emergency visits, outpatient appointments separating the first outpatient appointments and the follow-up appointments, inpatient care including elective and non-elective hospital admissions and the total number of hospital days. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Interventional Radiology Practice—A Multicenter Observational Study by Mathew Cherian, Pankaj Mehta, Sitaram Barath, Manish Yadav, Muthurajan Pandi, Saurabh Joshi, Rahul Kareparambil Ranasingh, Akhil Monga, Karthikeyan Muthugounder Athiyappan, Nikhil Handihal Reddy

“…Treating COVID-19 infected patients became a priority; furthermore, government policies of differing elective procedures and the public’s fear of contacting COVID-19 have impacted IR workload worldwide. …”
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Is Glycemic Control and Surgical Approach Related to Surgical Site Infection Following Carpal Tunnel Release? by James S. Lin, MD, Andrew R. Phillips, BS, Sonu A. Jain, MD

“…Methods: A chart review was performed on 1,000 consecutive patients who underwent elective endoscopic or open CTR. …”
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