Preoperative Anxiety in Patients With Nonmelanoma Skin Tumors of the Face.

The manifestation of preoperative anxiety often emerges when a patient is about to experience a surgical procedure. Especially in facial plastic surgery, where the reconstruction region is very strictly confined and the visibility of the outcome is undeniable, an upcoming surgery may easily provoke the feeling of anxiety. The aim of this study is to assess the number of patients that undergo preoperative anxiety and to associate it with several factors found to be concerning for them.

Monitoring of colonoscopy quality indicators in an academic endoscopy facility reveals adherence to international recommendations.

Background: We monitor colonoscopy service quality biannually, by measuring sedation administration, colonoscopy completion, adenoma detection and early complications rates (CR). We herein present our audit results for the years 2013 and 2015.

Methods: In our endoscopy facility, five rotating senior gastroenterologists perform colonoscopies, on a daily basis.

Publication dynamics in gastroenterology and hepatology over the last decade in Greece: a SCImago-based study.

Background: There is evidence that the financial crisis has deleteriously affected scientific output. We aimed to assess the dynamics of Greek publications in gastroenterology and hepatology over the last ten years.

Methods: Data were collected from SCImago.