Publications by authors named "Demetrius L Woods"
Background: To date there have been no comprehensive, comparative assessments of the environmental impact of surgical modalities. Our study seeks to quantify and compare the total greenhouse gas emissions, or 'carbon footprint', attributable to three surgical modalities.
Methods: A review of 150 staging procedures, employing laparotomy (LAP), conventional laparoscopy (LSC) or robotically-assisted laparoscopy (RA-LSC), was performed.
Objective: The study aimed to identify etiologies and risk factors associated with any possible trends in the number of genital-region community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections among children and adolescents aged 1 to 18 years.
Materials And Methods: Demographic, exposure, and treatment data were collected from patients with community-acquired MRSA-positive abscess fluid cultures obtained from inpatient, outpatient, and pediatric emergency department visits from 2004 to 2008. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS for statistically significant trends or risk factors both within and between groups.
Background: The majority of previous experience with the robotic-assisted laparoscopic technique for gynaecological procedures has utilized a method in which the robot is centrally located (CD) between the patient's legs.
Methods: Twelve consecutive patients undergoing robotic-assisted procedures for gynaecological malignancies were positioned in a side-docking (SD) fashion, in which the robot is positioned lateral to the patient. The relevant clinical parameters were collected and compared to the previous 12 patients undergoing surgery using the conventional, centre-docking (CD) technique.