Breast cancer in pregnancy
Pulmonary metastasectomy
Robotic mitral valve surgery
Esophageal smooth muscle cells ...
Background: Esophagus tissue engineering using the hybrid-construct approach involves assembly of the esophageal components to engineer the organ. T ...
Implementation of single incisi ...
Background: Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is rapidly gaining popularity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation of s ...
Gene expression profiles charac ...
Background: Preoperative ejection fraction (EF) is predictive for long-term survival in patients with aortic valve stenosis (AS). To gain insight in ...
Neointimal hyperplasia in a por ...
Background: Neointima formation is a crucial problem in the early phase after coronary artery bypass grafting which may result in vein graft stenosi ...
Effective operative training in ...
Background: Operative skills are essential components of surgical education and can be acquired only through personal experience and training. Incre ...
Breast cancer in pregnancy
Background: Patients with concurrent pregnancy and breast cancer are likely to increase owing to the increase in the maternal age at first full-term ...
Prevalence of obesity and overw ...
Background: Obesity is one of the most important health-related problems in the 21st century. Data on its respective prevalence in Austria remain sc ...
Total thyroidectomy by loupe ma ...
Background: Total thyroidectomy has been accepted as current surgical therapy for benign and malignant thyroidal disorders but extensive resection ...
Fibrin glue and porcine-derived ...
Background: Rupture of an umbilical hernia carries a risk of high mortality for patients with liver failure complicated by ascites. There is no cons ...
One-stage surgical management f ...
Background: Hydatid disease remains a serious health problem in Mediterranean areas. We reviewed the efficacy of a single-stage operation in coexist ...
Pulmonary metastasectomy
Background: The major obstacle in curing cancer is the limited ability to prevent and treat metastatic disease. Pulmonary metastasectomy is now a st ...
Unusual cranial reconstruction ...
Background: Large cranial vault reconstruction is a major challenge particularly in younger patients to achieve the goals of plastic surgery and imp ...
A meta-analysis of outcomes aft ...
Background: A meta-analysis of published literature comparing peri-operative, short-term and longterm outcomes after open Nissen’s fundoplication (O ...
Robotic mitral valve surgery
Background: Robotic mitral valve surgery has evolved and matured into a safe and reproducible procedure at multiple worldwide centers of excellence. ...
Urgent coronary artery bypass g ...
Background: Coronary artery fistulas are rare congenital or acquired coronary artery anomalies that can originate from any of the three major corona ...
Loop retraction of the gallblad ...
Background: Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is a modified laparoscopic technique with only one access through the umbilicus to avoid vis ...
Pelvic packing: a rescue treatm ...
Background: Management of presacral hemorrhage has always been a challenge for surgeons because such bleeding can rapidly destabilize the patient. T ...
Does gentamycin affect long ter ...
Background: The influence of topical intraoperative gentamycin on long term recurrence rate in primary pilonidal sinus surgery has not yet been inv ...
Life-threatening gastric dilata ...
Background: Gastric dilatation can turn into a life-threatening condition including bleeding, necrotic intestinal wall, intra-abdominal rupture and ...
Short-term outcomes of lung tra ...
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is currently the main indication for lung transplant (LTx) in the United States. Opinions differ reg ...
The use of probiotics in the su ...
Background: The intestinal microflora is thought to be the origin for many infectious complications seen in surgical conditions, due to dysfunction ...
The effect of somatostatin and ...
Background: The prophylactic use of somatostatin and its analogs has been suggested to lower the rate of pancreatic fistula. The aim of this review ...
Duodenal stump after duodenal s ...
Background: Duodenal switch operation is an effective procedure in patients with pathologic transpyloric duodenogastric bile reflux and subsequent a ...
Staphylococcal toxins in sudden ...
Around two thirds of sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI) remain unexplained following postmortem examination. It has been postulated that a s ...
Investigation on the utility of ...
Digital photogrammetric methods were employed to assess the level of sexual dimorphism present in permanent maxillary molar cusp areas of black Sout ...