Impact of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors continuation versus discontinuation on outcome after major surgery: protoc...
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Neumonía adquirida en la comunidad: Seguridad cardíaca del tratamiento con antibióticos en pacientes hospitalizados
Published in Karger Kompass Neumología
Background: Guidelines recommend macrolides and fluoroquinolones in patients hospitalized with communityacquired pneumonia (CAP), but their use has been associated with cardiac events. We quantified associations between macrolide and fluoroquinolone use and cardiac events in patients hospitalized with CAP in non-ICU wards. Methods: This was a post-...
Is dangling of the lower leg after a free flap reconstruction necessary? Study protocol for a large multicenter randomiz...
Published in Trials
BackgroundWithin the field of plastic surgery, free tissue transfer is common practice for knee and lower leg defects. Usually, after such free flap reconstruction, patients undergo a dangling protocol in the postoperative phase. A dangling protocol is designed to gradually subject the free flap to increased venous pressure resulting from gravitati...
The impact of associated tenotomies on the outcome of incomplete phalangeal osteotomies for lesser toe deformities
Published in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
BackgroundPartial or incomplete osteotomy (IO) of the phalanx is recently described in the literature. However, the clinical outcome and the rate of complications when applied to lesser toe deformities (LTD) have been never addressed. This study aims to find out if the association of tenotomies to incomplete or partial phalanx osteotomies has a sig...
Leadless Pacemakers: Recent and Future Developments
Published in Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine
Purpose of reviewLeadless pacemakers were developed to reduce complications associated with transvenous pacemaker implant and long-term follow-up. Since initial market release, however, there have been registry and single-center reports documenting improvements in implant technique, reduced complication rates, and new patient populations studied.Re...
The effect of surgical approach on early complications of total hip arthoplasty
Published in Arthroplasty
BackgroundTotal hip arthroplasty (THA) is traditionally associated with a low complication rate, with complications such as infection, fracture and dislocation requiring readmission or reoperation. We seek to identify the complication rate among the anterior, direct lateral and posterior surgical approaches.MethodsWe reviewed all THAs performed at ...
Laparoscopic Versus Open High Ligation for Adolescent Varicocele: A 6-year Single Center Study
Published in Indian Pediatrics
ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of high ligation in adolescents with varicocele between open and laparoscopic surgical approaches.DesignRetrospective study.SettingThe study was conducted from January 2012 to January 2018, with median follow-up of 36 months, in the division of pediatric surgery at tertiary-care hospital.Pa...
Indications for and complications of intestinal stomas in the children and adults at a tertiary care hospital in a resou...
Published in BMC Gastroenterology
BackgroundAn intestinal stoma, though a life-saving procedure on the care of many gastrointestinal conditions, carries significant number of complications. This study describes the common indications, complications, and management of stomas and identifies the factors that are associated with these complications in a tertiary care hospital in Tanzan...
Impact of postoperative major complications on long-term survival after radical resection of gastric cancer
Published in BMC Cancer
BackgroundThis study was designed to evaluate the impact of postoperative major complications on long-term survival following curative gastrectomy.MethodsThis retrospective study included 239 patients with gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy at the Beijing Cancer Hospital from February 2012 to January 2013. Survival curves were compared between p...
Mechanical failure of articulating polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) spacers in two-stage revision hip arthroplasty: the ris...
Published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
BackgroundThis study aimed to investigate the risk factors for mechanical failure of cement spacers and the impact on hip function after two-stage exchange arthroplasty for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI).MethodsThirty-one patients (19 males and 12 females) with hip PJIs underwent resection arthroplasty and implantation of cement spacers from ...
