Introduction: We examined three patient characteristics: body mass index (BMI), the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status, and pre-admission testing (PAT), and their effect on total operating room (OR) time for six urologic procedures, i...
Introduction: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) has an incidence of 15–80% in women. One of the most widely used surgical techniques for treatment is the placement of a suburethral transobturator tape (TOT). Although this technique has a relati...
Many ocular complications are described in the literature after dental injections. Facial nerve palsy is a rare complication. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman in the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I classification under orthodonti...
Septic arthritis of the shoulder is an urgent medical emergency that often occurs in elderly patients and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Retrospectively, 56 patients aged ≥60 years, treated for primary septic monoarthritis of the...
(1) Background: Either pre-operative physical status or unstable hemodynamic changes has been reported to play a potential role in causing vital organ dysfunction. Therefore, we intended to investigate the impact of the American Society of Anesthesio...
Background: The one-year mortality risk for elderly patients undergoing proximal femur fracture repair surgery is three to four times higher compared to the general population. Other than time to surgery, risk factors for postoperative morbidity and...
Background: Within medicine, it is common to use risk prediction tools towards clinical decision making. One of the most widely accepted assessment tools is the American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status (ASA PS) classification. Oral and m...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in polytrauma and is often accompanied by concomitant injuries. We conducted a retrospective matched-pair analysis of data from a 10-year period from the multicenter database T...
Background/Objectives: Difficult intubation is a significant clinical issue in emergency medicine as well as anesthesia practice, occurring more frequently in obese patients. Traditional assessment methods may not be sufficient to predict difficult i...
Hip fracture patients have a high risk of mortality after surgery, with 30-day postoperative rates as high as 10%. This study aimed to explore the predictive ability of preoperative characteristics in traumatic hip fracture patients as they relate to...
Background: Femoral neck fractures (FNFs) are frequent orthopedic injuries in elderly patients. Despite improvements in clinical monitoring and advances in surgical procedures, 1-year mortality remains between 15% and 30%. The aim of this study is to...
Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) in laryngeal cancer (LC) patients significantly increases morbidity and may postpone adjuvant therapy. Additionally, SSI can prolong hospitalization, thus representing a burden for the healthcare system. Most...
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Mandibular fractures are rare, most commonly occurring in young male patients who present with facial trauma. The etiology, incidence, and presentation vary among previous publications depending on cultural and socioeconomic factors of the region of...
Background: During a newborn’s adaptation to extrauterine life, many changes take place that are influenced by various factors. The type of delivery and anaesthesia strategy utilised during labour can modify these adaptive modifications. In thi...
Orthopedic surgeries contribute to the overall surgical site infection (SSI) events worldwide. In India, SSI rates vary considerably (1.6–38%); however, there is a lack of a national SSI surveillance system. This study aims to identify the SSI...
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the treatment of choice for end-stage osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, because it alleviates pain and restores function of the knee. However, TKA-associated hemorrhage and subsequent anemia remain a concern. Most prev...
The aim of this study was to assess the influence of a patient’s general status on perioperative morbidity and mortality after radical cystectomy, and to assess which of the used scales is best for the prediction of major complications. The dat...
Low physical activity (PA) levels are common in hospitalized patients. Digital health tools could be valuable in preventing the negative effects of inactivity. We therefore developed Hospital Fit; which is a smartphone application with an acceleromet...
Introduction: Hip fractures pose a significant challenge for older individuals given their high incidence and one-year mortality rate. The objective of this study was to identify the primary predictors of one-year mortality in older adults hospitaliz...
Background and Objectives: Propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) is presumed to have more favorable effects on the prognosis of patients with cancer compared with volatile inhaled anesthesia (VIA). We hypothesized that these anesthetics...
Background: the general population is aging across the world. Therefore, even surgical interventions in the elderly—in particular those involving emergency surgical admissions—are becoming more frequent. The elderly population is often frail (in mult...
Background: Bimaxillary orthognathic surgery bears the risk of severe postoperative airway complications. There are no clear recommendations for immediate postoperative follow-up and monitoring. Objective: to identify potential risk factors for prolo...
Orthopedic surgeries contribute to overall surgical site infection (SSI) events worldwide. In India, SSI rates vary considerably depending on geographical location (1.6–38%); however, there is a lack of a national SSI surveillance system.. This...
Equine anesthesia is related to high morbidity and mortality rates and recent studies suggested that the period of recovery remains the phase associated with the greatest risk of mortality in horses. Intraoperative hypotension, hypoxemia, and hyperca...
Introduction: The advantages of single-stage treatment of cholecystocholedocholithiasis are well established, but the conditions for carrying out treatment on an outpatient basis require a review of concepts and practices of medical corporations. Obj...
Background: Pleural empyema remains a serious clinical condition with high morbidity and mortality, especially in elderly patients. As life expectancy increases, a growing number of older individuals require surgical treatment. This retrospective sin...
Background: Ovarian cancer (OC) is the leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancy and is treated with a combination of cytoreductive surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy. Extended length of stay (LOS) after surgery can affect patient morbi...
Background/Objectives: Postoperative pneumonia (PP) is a significant complication following thoracic surgery, increasing morbidity, mortality, and hospital length of stay. Identifying risk factors is crucial for optimizing perioperative management. T...
Malnutrition is associated with dismal treatment outcomes in older patients but its impact in geriatric surgery has not been studied extensively. Herein, we report the prevalence of malnutrition risk, its risk factors and its association with postope...
Postpancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH) is the most lethal complication of pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). The main risk factor for PPH is the development of a postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF). Recent evidence shows that the geriatric nutritional risk...
Feasible and predictive scoring systems for severely injured geriatric patients are lacking. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop a scoring system for the prediction of in-hospital mortality in severely injured geriatric trauma patients. T...
Background: Both high and low placental weights are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Maternal hemoglobin levels can influence placental weight, but the evidence is conflicting. Since maternal hemoglobin does not invariably correlate with f...
Objectives: To compare the rate and predictors of septic complications after shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and flexible ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy (FURS) in an Australian population. Methods: Hospital admission data were extracted from the Vi...
Purpose: The surgical management of periprosthetic femoral fractures is particularly challenging in geriatric patients due to physiological limitations. The choice between open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) and hip revision arthroplasty for...
Background: Blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI) is the second most common cause of death following blunt trauma, and it can affect people of all ages. The aim of this study was to evaluate age-related differences in outcomes among patients undergoin...
Background/Objectives: Hip fractures in older patients frequently lead to early readmissions, which negatively impact patient outcomes and significantly increase healthcare costs. Identifying and understanding risk factors for 30-day readmission foll...
Background and Objectives: The issue of a missing variable precludes the external validation of many prognostic models. For example, the Liverpool score predicts the survival of patients undergoing surgical therapy for colorectal liver metastases, bu...
Objective. The aim of our study was to compare long-term oncological outcomes following nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) and radical nephrectomy (RN) for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) 4 to 7 cm in diameter. Material and Methods. The study included patient...
Background/Objectives: satisfactory sagittal alignment when treating degenerative spondylolisthesis of the lumbar spine (DSLS) may produce better clinical and radiographic outcomes compared to treatment focused solely on isolated segments when indica...
Background/Objectives: Ankylosing spondylitis and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis produce long-segment spinal ankylosis, altered biomechanics, and high fracture risk in the cervical spine. Paraspinal muscle degeneration (“spine-specifi...
Orthognathic surgery (OGS) has been successfully adopted for managing a wide spectrum of skeletofacial deformities, but patients with underlying conditions have not been treated using OGS because of the relatively high risk of surgical anesthetic pro...
Background and objective: Rectus sheath haematoma (RSH) is an uncommon condition that may vary from contained haematoma to life-threatening bleeding. Timely diagnosis and treatment is crucial in this patient population. The aim of the current study w...
Postoperative death within 1 year following hip fracture surgery is reported to be up to 27%. In the current study, we benchmarked the predictive precision and accuracy of the algorithms support vector machine (SVM), naïve Bayes classifier (NB), and...
Esophagectomies are among the most invasive surgical procedures that highly influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Recent improvements have helped to achieve longer survival. Therefore, long-term postoperative HRQoL needs to be emphasized...
Introduction: This study was designed to compare the Datex neuromuscular transmission (NMT) kinemyography (NMTK) device with the TOFscan (TS) accelerometer during the onset and recovery of neuromuscular blockade. Patients and methods: This prospectiv...
Background and Objectives: This study investigates the impact of age upon the safety and outcomes of laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed for acute cholecystitis, by a multivariate approach. Materials and Methods: A 2-year retrospective study was p...
Background and Objectives: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is an extracorporeal circuit that provides surgical access to an immobile and bloodless area, allowing for technical and procedural advances in cardiothoracic surgery. CBP can alter the integrit...
Background: Perioperative cardiac arrest (POCA) remains a major challenge in surgical settings, with low survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This study aims to identify predictive factors for 24 h survival after CPR and cause of POCA....
Background: Recent evidence suggests that alternative postoperative surveillance approaches for patients undergoing elective neurosurgical procedures are less resource-intensive and result in similar or fewer complications compared to high-care setti...
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Introduction: The objective of the analysis was to determine the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in neurosurgical patients, paying special attention to two time points, 2003 and 2017, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of...
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