Published in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
BackgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability among children and young adults in industrialized countries, but strikingly little is known how patients cope with the long-term consequences of TBI. Thus, the aim of the current study was to elucidate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and outcome predictors in...
Published in Respiratory Research
Given the heterogeneity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), personalized clinical management is key to optimizing patient outcomes. Important treatment goals include minimizing disease activity and preventing disease progression; however, quantification of these components remains a challenge. Growing evidence suggests that decline ove...
Published in International urogynecology journal
The aim of this study was to report the long-term subjective and objective outcomes after transvaginal mesh (TVM) or native tissue repair. Prospective, randomized, multicenter study conducted between April 2005 and December 2009 comparing anterior colporrhaphy with trans-obturator vaginal mesh (Pelvitex/Ugytex®, Sofradim, Trevoux, France) for the t...
Published in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
BackgroundCurrently available procedures for the treatment of minimally displaced acetabular fractures include conservative treatment and minimally invasive percutaneous screw fixation. Screw fixation of acetabular fractures allows patients’ early full-weight bearing due to improved biomechanic stability. Can the range of motion, pain and mobility ...
Published in BMC Gastroenterology
BackgroundAdvances in surgical techniques and perioperative care have improved the short- and mid-term postoperative outcomes of patients with Hirschsprung disease (HD). However, the long-term outcomes of these patients (older than 10 years) have not been fully investigated. The aim of this systematic review is to clarify the prevalence of long-ter...
Published in Acta Neurochirurgica
Background Secondary cranioplasty (CP) is considered to support the neurological recovery of patients after decompressive craniectomy (DC), but the treatment success might be limited by complications associated to confounders, which are not yet fully characterized. The aim of this study was to identify the most relevant factors based on the necessi...
Published in Neurosurgical review
Meningioma arising in the inner third of the sphenoidal wing has been well recognized since the origin of neurosurgery, yet it still poses a formidable challenge for the surgeon. Treatment strategies can be optimized through a tailored approach to surgical timing and use of a non-surgical armamentarium. The aim of this study was to evaluate the lon...
Published in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Foetal ventriculomegaly (VM) is one of the most commonly diagnosed brain abnormalities. The aims of this study were to assess cases with isolated VM, describe the prenatal course and assess short- and long-term follow-up at the age of 2 years. We performed a retrospective analysis from our prenatal data base and included all children that were pren...
Published in World Journal of Emergency Surgery
BackgroundMajor trauma patients experience a 20% mortality rate overall, and many survivors remain permanently disabled.In order to monitor the quality of trauma care in the Trauma System, outcomes assessment is essential. Quality indicators on outcome can be expressed as quality of life, functional outcome, and others.The trauma follow-up system w...
Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography (ERCP) is a commonly used procedure in various disorders of the pancreatobiliary tract. When extracting common bile duct stones (CBDS), the major duodenal papilla is divided using a papillotome to perform an endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES). Adverse events occurring shortly after ES are well-known and i...
