Letter to the editor: Impact of potassium iodide on thyroidectomy for Graves' disease: implications for safety and opera...
Published in Surgery
Similar degree of intimal hyperplasia in surgically detected stenotic and nonstenotic arteriovenous fistula segments: a ...
Published in Surgery
This preliminary study indicates that postoperative intimal hyperplasia by itself is not associated with the development of focal venous stenosis in 2-stage fistulas.
Back so soon? Is early recurrence of papillary thyroid cancer really just persistent disease?
Published in Surgery
Many reoperations for papillary thyroid carcinoma are for management of persistent disease. More than half of the patients required reoperation within the first 2 years, which suggests strongly that improvements in the preoperative assessment and adequacy of initial operative therapy need to be made to improve the care of patients with thyroid canc...
Cost-effectiveness of lobectomy versus genetic testing (Afirma®) for indeterminate thyroid nodules: Considering the cost...
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Our base case estimate suggests that diagnostic lobectomy dominates genetic testing as a strategy for ruling out malignancy of indeterminate thyroid nodules. These results, however, were highly sensitive to estimates of utilities after lobectomy and living under surveillance after Afirma®.
Impact of body mass index on open ventral hernia repair: A retrospective review.
Published in Surgery
Increased body mass index is a risk factor for operative, medical, and respiratory complications after open ventral hernia repair. Patients with body mass index >40 kg/m2 have greater than twice the risk for complications with odds ratios increasing with increasing body mass index class. Strategies to encourage weight loss may need to be considered...
Trauma care in Oman: A call for action.
Published in Surgery
Many Arab countries have undergone the epidemiologic transition of diseases with increasing economic development and a proportionately decreasing prevalence of communicable diseases. With this transition, injuries have emerged as a major cause of mortality and morbidity in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in addition to diseases of affluence....
Platelet adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibition provides no advantage in predicting need for platelet transfusion or ...
...Published in Surgery
Adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibition did not add predictive value to predicting mortality, massive transfusion, or platelet transfusion. Thus, the role of thrombelastography platelet mapping as a solitary tool to guide platelet transfusions in trauma requires continued refinement.
Re: Single-incision versus 3-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy in symptomatic gallstones: A prospective randomized study...
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Novel chimeric parapoxvirus CF189 as an oncolytic immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer.
Published in Surgery
Chimeric parapoxvirus (CF189) demonstrated efficient cytotoxicity in vitro and potent antitumor effect in vivo at doses as low as 103 PFU. These are data encouraging of clinical development for this highly potent agent against triple-negative breast cancer.
Incidence and impact of adverse drug events contributing to hospital readmissions in kidney transplant recipients.
Published in Surgery
These results demonstrate that ADEs may be associated with a significant increase in the risk of hospital readmission after kidney transplant and subsequent graft loss.
