Predictors of length of stay following maxillofacial abscess surgery: A 10-year retrospective cohort.

The aim of this study was to identify predictors of length of stay (LOS) after surgical therapy of maxillofacial abscess. Patients diagnosed with a maxillofacial abscess who underwent extraoral incision and drainage under general anesthesia between January 1st, 2012 and January 1st, 2022 were retrospectively reviewed Univariable and multivariable linear regressions were performed to identify the association between pre- and perioperative variables and the LOS. In total, 228 patients were included.

Subnormothermic Ex Vivo Porcine Kidney Perfusion Improves Energy Metabolism: Analysis Using P Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging.

Unlabelled: The ideal preservation temperature for donation after circulatory death kidney grafts is unknown. We investigated whether subnormothermic (22 °C) ex vivo kidney machine perfusion could improve kidney metabolism and reduce ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Methods: To mimic donation after circulatory death procurement, kidneys from 45-kg pigs underwent 60 min of warm ischemia.

The use of fluorescence angiography to assess bowel viability in the acute setting: an international, multi-centre case series.

Introduction: Assessing bowel viability can be challenging during acute surgical procedures, especially regarding mesenteric ischaemia. Intraoperative fluorescence angiography (FA) may be a valuable tool for the surgeon to determine whether bowel resection is necessary and to define the most appropriate resection margins. The aim of this study is to report on FA use in the acute setting and to judge its impact on intraoperative decision making.

Proximal deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: COVID-19 appears to be associated with a high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). We aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze the risk of clinically relevant VTE in patients hospitalized for COVID-19.

Methods: This meta-analysis included original articles in English published from January 1st, 2020 to June 15th, 2020 in Pubmed/MEDLINE, Embase, Web of science, and Cochrane.

Predictors of complications after liver surgery: a systematic review of the literature.

Background: Numerous potential predictors of adverse outcomes have been reported but their performance and utilization in practice seem heterogenous. This study aimed to systematically review the literature on the role and value of predictors of complications after hepatectomy.

Methods: A systematic review following the PRISMA guidelines was performed.

Gastric necrosis following a hiatal hernia: A case report.

Introduction: Gastric volvulus are rare. Complications can be life threatening, including necrosis and perforation. Assessment of mucosal viability is essential, and urgent surgical intervention is mandatory in case of vascular compromise.

Rectal stump mucocele after a Hartmann's procedure causing mechanical ileus.

Two years after a Hartmann's procedure, an 85-year-old woman was admitted at our emergency department with abdominal bloating and severe constipation for 5 days. Abdominal CT showed a large rectal stump mucocele associated with compression of surrounding structures, causing a mechanical ileus and a bilateral pyelocaliceal dilatation. Successful transanal drainage with a rectal catheter allowed rapid recovery.

Current Surgical Strategies for the Treatment of Rectal Adenocarcinoma and the Risk of Local Recurrence.

Background: Despite new medical and surgical strategies, 5-year local recurrence of rectal adenocarcinoma was reported in up to 25% of cases. Therefore, we aimed to review surgical strategies for the prevention of local recurrences in rectal cancer.

Summary: After implementation of the total mesorectal excision (TME), surgical resection of rectal adenocarcinoma with anterior resection or abdominoperineal excision (APE) allowed decrease in local recurrence (3% at 5 years).

Surgical resection does not avoid the risk of diverticulitis recurrence-a systematic review of risk factors.

Purpose: Fifteen percent of patients undergoing elective sigmoidectomy will present a diverticulitis recurrence, which is associated with significant costs and morbidity. We aimed to systematically review the risk factors associated with recurrence after elective sigmoidectomy.

Methods: PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane, and Web of Science were searched for studies published until May 1, 2020.

Non-excisional laser therapies for hemorrhoidal disease: a systematic review of the literature.

Non-excisional laser therapies are emerging treatment for grades II and III hemorrhoidal disease (HD). However, so far, their efficiency is based on low-level evidence. Therefore, we aimed to systematically review the efficiency of non-excisional laser therapies for HD.

Total mesorectal excision with and without lateral lymph node dissection: a systematic review of the literature.

Purpose: Treatment of lateral lymph node metastasis in rectal cancer is still under debate. While these nodes are routinely resected by Japanese teams, neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy alone is performed in Western countries. We aimed to systematically report the current literature assessing the overall and disease-free survivals of patients with rectal cancer treated with total mesorectal resection (TME) with or without lateral lymph node dissection (LLND).

Scoring systems as outcomes assessment of the treatments for haemorrhoidal disease: a systematic review of the literature.

Purpose: The comparison between haemorrhoidal treatments is still unclear. Attempts have been made to adopt a unifying postoperative scoring system and thus ensure adequate comparison between clinical trials. We aimed to systematically review the available outcome scores of haemorrhoidal treatment.

Impact of an intra-abdominal cooling device during open kidney transplantation in pigs.

Background: Transplantation of kidneys from deceased donors is still associated with a high rate of postoperative renal dysfunction. During implantation into the recipient, the kidney rewarms. This second warm ischaemia time, which is not monitored, is harmful especially if prolonged.

Delayed Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis in Elderly Patients Treated Primarily with Antibiotics or Percutaneous Drainage of the Gallbladder.

Background: In high-risk patients with acute cholecystitis, antibiotics with or without percutaneous drainage of the gallbladder followed by delayed cholecystectomy (DC) can be performed. This study aimed to review our current management of elderly patients with acute cholecystitis treated with DC.

Methods: All consecutive patients older than 70 with acute cholecystitis treated primarily with antibiotics with or without percutaneous drainage followed by DC between 2006 and 2015 were retrospectively reviewed.