Publications by authors named "I Hirte"
Article Synopsis
- Further research is necessary to find the safest delivery and anesthesia methods for pregnant women with ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VP).
- Recent findings suggest that both vaginal delivery and neuraxial anesthesia can be safe options for these women, contrary to the previous recommendation of cesarean delivery.
- In a case series of 15 women with VP shunts, various delivery methods were utilized, and neuraxial anesthesia was performed without complications, indicating it should be considered for appropriately functioning VP shunts.
Objective: To determine the tolerability and safety of concurrent peripheral nerve blocks and onabotulinumtoxinA treatment during a single outpatient clinic procedure visit.
Background: Procedural interventions are available for the treatment of headache disorders. OnabotulinumtoxinA and peripheral nerve blocks are used as alternatives or in addition to oral therapies to reduce the frequency and intensity of migraine attacks.
Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are an undesired perioperative outcome. Recent studies have shown increases in hospital acquired infections during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The objective of this study was to evaluate postoperative SSIs in the COVID-19-era compared to a historical cohort at a large, multicenter, academic institution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To establish a hospital-based nocturnal hemodialysis (NHD) program for children and adolescents.
Study Design: Sixteen patients (age, 0.5 to 17 years) were prospectively included.
Introduction: Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy (LDN) offers multiple advantages to the donor. Since 1999 LDN has become the only surgical approach for living kidney donation in our department. To our knowledge a donor health-related quality of life (QoL) has not yet been performed with standardized and validated questionnaires to compare laparoscopic with open nephrectomy.
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