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Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Elective Colorectal Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS<sup>®</sup>) Society Recommendations: 2018 Open
Background This is the fourth updated Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS ® ) Society guideline presenting a consensus for optimal perioperative care in colorectal surgery and providing graded recommendations for each ERAS item within th…
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Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Bariatric Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations Open
Background During the last two decades, an increasing number of bariatric surgical procedures have been performed worldwide. There is no consensus regarding optimal perioperative care in bariatric surgery. This review aims to present such …
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Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Liver Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations Open
Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a multimodal pathway developed to overcome the deleterious effect of perioperative stress after major surgery. In colorectal surgery, ERAS pathways reduced perioperative morbidity, hospi…
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American Society of Hematology 2019 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: prevention of venous thromboembolism in surgical hospitalized patients Open
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common source of perioperative morbidity and mortality. Objective: These evidence-based guidelines from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) intend to support decision making about preventi…
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Perioperative Major Adverse Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Events Associated With Noncardiac Surgery Open
Perioperative MACCE occurs in 1 of every 33 hospitalizations for noncardiac surgery. Despite reductions in the rate of death and AMI among patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery in the United States, perioperative ischemic stroke inc…
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Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Bariatric Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: A 2021 Update Open
Background This is the second updated Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society guideline, presenting a consensus for optimal perioperative care in bariatric surgery and providing recommendations for each ERAS item within the ERAS® p…
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Prehabilitation Before Major Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis Open
Introduction Prehabilitation prior to major surgery has increased in popularity over recent years and aims to improve pre‐operative conditioning of patients to improve post‐operative outcomes. The beneficial effect of such protocols is not…
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Randomized clinical trial of comprehensive geriatric assessment and optimization in vascular surgery Open
Background Increasing numbers of older patients are undergoing vascular surgery. Inadequate preoperative assessment and optimization may contribute to increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. Methods Patients aged at least 65 years…
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2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary Open
Developed in Collaboration With the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Inter-Society Consensus for the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, S…
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Overall Survival of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Patients: A Single‐Institution Long‐Term Follow‐Up of 5897 Patients Open
Introduction Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) generally shows an excellent prognosis except in cases with aggressive backgrounds or clinicopathological features. Although the cause‐specific survival (CSS) of PTC patients has been extensiv…
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Clinical Trials of Active Surveillance of Papillary Microcarcinoma of the Thyroid Open
Background The incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing globally. This is mainly due to the increase in the detection of small papillary carcinomas, including papillary microcarcinomas (PMC) 1 cm or smaller. It was suggested recently that…
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Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Liver Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations 2022 Open
Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) has been widely applied in liver surgery since the publication of the first ERAS guidelines in 2016. The aim of the present article was to update the ERAS guidelines in liver surgery using …
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The Reporting on ERAS Compliance, Outcomes, and Elements Research (RECOvER) Checklist: A Joint Statement by the ERAS<sup>®</sup> and ERAS<sup>®</sup> USA Societies Open
Background Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs are multimodal care pathways designed to minimize the physiological and psychological impact of surgery for patients. Increased compliance with ERAS guidelines is associated with i…
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2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) Open
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The Decreasing Incidence of Acute Appendicitis During COVID‐19: A Retrospective Multi‐centre Study Open
Background As the novel coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19) spreads, a decrease in the number of patients with acute appendicitis (AA) has been noted in our institutions. The aim of this study was to compare the incidence and severity of AA …
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Guidance for the Management of Patients with Vascular Disease or Cardiovascular Risk Factors and COVID-19: Position Paper from VAS-European Independent Foundation in Angiology/Vascular Medicine Open
COVID-19 is also manifested with hypercoagulability, pulmonary intravascular coagulation, microangiopathy, and venous thromboembolism (VTE) or arterial thrombosis. Predisposing risk factors to severe COVID-19 are male sex, underlying cardi…
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Consensus Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Neonatal Intestinal Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS <sup>®</sup> ) Society Recommendations Open
Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS ® ) Society guidelines integrate evidence‐based practices into multimodal care pathways that have improved outcomes in multiple adult surgical specialties. There are currently no pediatric E…
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Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Emergency Laparotomy Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: Part 1—Preoperative: Diagnosis, Rapid Assessment and Optimization Open
Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols reduce length of stay, complications and costs for a large number of elective surgical procedures. A similar, structured approach appears to improve outcomes, including mortality,…
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Impact of Personal Protective Equipment on Surgical Performance During the COVID‐19 Pandemic Open
Background The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 pandemic has exposed surgeons to hazardous working conditions, imposing the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) use during surgery. The use of such equipment may affec…
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Updates of Recent Aortic Aneurysm Research Open
Aortic aneurysms in both abdominal and thoracic aortic regions have complex pathophysiological features. In recent years, a considerable increase in research on aneurysm pathogenesis has resulted in the discovery of novel mechanisms and im…
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Piloting the Use of Patient-Specific Cardiac Models as a Novel Tool to Facilitate Communication During Cinical Consultations Open
This pilot study aimed to assess the impact of using patient-specific three-dimensional (3D) models of congenital heart disease (CHD) during consultations with adolescent patients. Adolescent CHD patients (n = 20, age 15-18 years, 15 male)…
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Machine learning in vascular surgery: a systematic review and critical appraisal Open
Machine learning (ML) is a rapidly advancing field with increasing utility in health care. We conducted a systematic review and critical appraisal of ML applications in vascular surgery. MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane CENTRAL were searched …
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Hazardous Postoperative Outcomes of Unexpected COVID‐19 Infected Patients: A Call for Global Consideration of Sampling all Asymptomatic Patients Before Surgical Treatment Open
Background In December 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of many pneumonia cases in China and eventually declared as a pandemic as the virus spread globally. Few reports were published on the outcome of surgical procedu…
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Robotic Liver Resection: A Case‐Matched Comparison Open
Background In recent years, increasingly sophisticated tools have allowed for more complex robotic surgery. Robotic hepatectomy, however, is still in its infancy. Our goals were to examine the adoption of robotic hepatectomy and to compare…
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Compliance with the ERAS Protocol and 3‐Year Survival After Laparoscopic Surgery for Non‐metastatic Colorectal Cancer Open
Introduction Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways have been proven to enhance postoperative recovery, reduce morbidity, and reduce length of hospital stay after colorectal cancer surgery. However, despite the benefits of the ERA…
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We Asked the Experts: Virtual Learning in Surgical Education During the COVID‐19 Pandemic—Shaping the Future of Surgical Education and Training Open
The outbreak of COVID-19 continues to generate profound effects on surgical education and training. Currently, surgical training programs must decide between arresting their surgical education curriculums and devising adapted versions. By …
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Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Intra‐abdominal Ischemia in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis Open
Introduction Severe acute pancreatitis may be complicated by intra‐abdominal hypertension (IAH), abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS), and intestinal ischemia. The aim of this retrospective study is to describe the incidence, treatment, an…
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What Exactly is Meant by “Loss of Domain” for Ventral Hernia? Systematic Review of Definitions Open
Large ventral hernias are a significant surgical challenge. “Loss of domain” (LOD) expresses the relationship between hernia and abdominal volume, and is used to predict operative difficulty and success. This systematic review assessed whe…
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Incidence, prognostic factors and impact of postoperative delirium after major vascular surgery: A meta-analysis and systematic review Open
Although postoperative delirium is a common complication and increases patient care needs, little is known about the predictors and outcomes of delirium in patients having vascular surgery. This review aimed to determine the incidence, pro…
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Evaluation of autologous platelet rich plasma for cardiac surgery: outcome analysis of 2000 patients Open
Clinicaltrials.gov ( NCT00130377 ) for the data registry.