Prognostic factors after ultrasound-guided percutaneous ablation of colorectal liver metastases: A systematic review.

Introduction: Liver metastases from colorectal cancer are common and ablation therapy is a favourable treatment option for selected patients not suited for surgical resection. This study aimed to systematically review the literature and present prognostic factors associated with survival and local recurrence after percutaneous ultrasound-guided ablation treatment.

Materials And Methods: This review is reported according to the PRISMA.

Male Fertility After Inguinal Hernia Mesh Repair: A National Register Study.

Objective: To determine whether patients who receive an inguinal hernia repair father the same number of children as the background population.

Background: Although the effect of inguinal hernia repair on male fertility has previously been investigated through indirect measures, no previous studies have evaluated the final measure of male fertility, which is the number of children fathered by patients.

Methods: Prospectively collected data on 32,621 male patients between the ages of 18 and 55 years who received 1 or more inguinal hernia repairs during the years 1998 to 2012 were found in 5 comprehensive Danish linked registers.

Self-directed simulation-based training of emergency cricothyroidotomy: a route to lifesaving skills.

The emergency cricothyroidotomy (EC) is a critical procedure. The high cost of failures increases the demand for evidence-based training methods. The aim of this study was to present and evaluate self-directed video-guided simulation training.