Publications by authors named "B Merck"
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- * In September 2020, the Annals of Surgical Oncology created a Social Media Committee to enhance the visibility of their published research on platforms like X (formerly Twitter).
- * This review focuses on the 10 ASO original articles that garnered the most engagement on X, covering diverse oncologic surgical topics such as hepatopancreatobiliary, breast, and gynecologic surgery.
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the periodontium, or the supportive tissues around the tooth. This disease has been related to different risk factors, such as the presence of plaque and calculus, tobacco smoking, low socioeconomic status, and the immune state of the host. Importantly, the chronic inflammatory environment generated by periodontitis may lead to tooth loss and diverse systemic complications, such as cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis and metabolic disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Surgical site infection (SSI) is a prevalent but preventable complication in low-and-middle income countries (LMIC), with reported incidence varying from 8-30%. In 2018, the MEDIPINAS surgical mission to the Philippines observed a 28.8% rate of SSI despite adherence to WHO intraoperative protocols.
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