Carbon footprint in trauma surgery, is there a way to reduce it?

Background: Inhaled anaesthetic agents like sevoflurane contribute for approximately 5% to healthcare's carbon footprint. Previous studies suggested that the use of these agents should be minimized. Although multiple trauma surgeries can be performed under regional anaesthesia, most are performed under general anaesthesia.

The dynamic locking blade plate: seven-year follow-up results of 389 patients with a femoral neck fracture.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the long-term outcomes of patients with a femoral neck fracture (FNF), treated with the Dynamic Locking Blade Plate (DLBP).

Methods: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of a multicentre cohort of patients with FNFs was conducted, regarding the long-term incidence of revision surgery after DLBP. Implant failure was evaluated using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analysis.

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic during the first lockdown in the Netherlands on the number of trauma-related admissions, trauma severity and treatment: the results of a retrospective cohort study in a level 2 trauma centre.

Objectives: To determine the impact of the first lockdown in the Netherlands' measures during the COVID-19 pandemic on the number and type of trauma-related injuries presenting to the emergency department (ED).

Design: A single-centre retrospective cohort study.

Setting: A level 2 trauma centre in Breda, The Netherlands.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy feasible for bariatric revision surgery.

Bariatric revision surgery is associated with several complications that can be attributed to decreased quality of tissue and complexity of the surgery. A laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a simple technique with potential advantages. Therefore, the results of this procedure were evaluated as a revisional option.

Evaluation of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on weight loss and co-morbidity.

Background: The sleeve gastrectomy is a surgical technique to treat morbid obesity by both restrictive and probably hormonal action. Originally developed as a first stage to gastric bypass, it is more and more performed as a sole procedure. Therefore it is important to report results on weight loss and reduction in co-morbidity.

Inguinal hernia treatment with the Prolene Hernia System in a Dutch regional training hospital.

Introduction: In this retrospective study results from inguinal hernia repair with the Prolene Hernia System (PHS) in a regional training hospital were analysed.

Patients And Methods: One-hundred and seventy-eight primary inguinal hernias and thirty-nine recurrent hernias (initial non-mesh repair) were treated with the PHS. The primary endpoint was the recurrence rate.