Long-Term Quality of Life and Survivorship Priorities in Esophageal Cancer Patients: A Survey-Based Assessment.

Background And Objectives: This study examines the long-term quality of life (QOL) and priorities of survivors who underwent management for esophageal cancer (EC).

Methods: We cross-sectionally surveyed EC patients through online support groups to assess the relative importance of their overall survival, experience, costs of care, and QOL. Kendall's co-efficient of Concordance (W) was utilized to assess agreement among respondents.

Contemporary Nationwide Assessment of Resource Utilization and Perioperative Outcomes in Open and Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

While minimally invasive pancreaticoduodenectomy (MIPD) has historically demonstrated benefits over open pancreaticoduodenectomy (OPD), recent advances in perioperative care and surgical techniques may have impacted the relative advantages of these two approaches. This contemporary analysis examines national trends to assess potential differences in resource utilization metrics along with perioperative outcomes between the two approaches. We analyzed the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database for cancer patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomies from 2016 through 2020.

Long-term patient-reported values following cancer surgery: A global survey study.

Background And Objectives: We evaluated the long-term quality of life (QOL) and priorities of an international cohort of cancer surgery survivors.

Methods: Patients were surveyed through online support groups. We utilized the Short Form-12 questionnaire to evaluate QOL and a novel survey to assess the relative importance of longevity, experience, and costs.

Assessing the long-term priorities of pancreaticoduodenectomy survivors.

Background: This study assessed the long-term quality of life (QOL) and priorities of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) survivors.

Methods: Survivors were surveyed via internet-based support groups. The relative importance of longevity, experience, costs, and QOL were assessed.

Navigating Precision Oncology: Insights from an Integrated Clinical Data and Biobank Repository Initiative across a Network Cancer Program.

Advancing cancer treatment relies on the rapid translation of new scientific discoveries to patient care. To facilitate this, an oncology biobank and data repository program, also referred to as the "Moonshot" program, was launched in 2021 within the Integrated Network Cancer Program of the Allegheny Health Network. A clinical data program (CDP) and biospecimen repository were established, and patient data and blood and tissue samples have been collected prospectively.

The environment under the knife: A review of current Eco-surgical strategies and recommendations for Pakistan.

The healthcare sector at its core is based on the fundamentals belief to do no harm and bring about betterment in the lives of the people. Paradoxically, hospitals are one of the leading contributors to pollution, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and toxic waste material worldwide. Surgical care delivery is quite resource intensive, consuming significant amount of energy and equipment as well as producing large quantities of waste.

"A Bend to a Needle Makes the Arch Stable" a Modified Technique for Zygomatic Arch Reduction and Stabilization.

Background: Gillies temporal approach and intra oral supraperiosteal approach are the most commonly used approaches for reduction of isolated zygomatic arch fractures.

Purpose: To set forth a less invasive technique for reduction and stabilization of isolated zygomatic arch fractures.

Materials And Methods: A 24-G stainless steel wire is passed through a 16-G cannula needle and is shaped to form a semi-circle.

Surgical Education and Training during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strategies and Solutions for Pakistan.

The coronovirus disease-2019 pandemic has severely impacted surgical education and training in Pakistan and worldwide, causing problems, such as risk of infection, limited hands-on training, examination delays, and trainee redeployment to non-surgical specialties. The current review was planned to describe innovative strategies adopted by surgical training programmes worldwide in order to suggest comprehensive recommendations at the level of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan and individual institutions to counter the challenges presented by the pandemic in Pakistan. The innovative use of technology, including open-access online educational portals, virtual educational activities and simulation-based learning, can help reform education delivery during the pandemic.

Erratum to: Comparing the Efficiency of Two Different Extraction Techniques in Removal of Maxillary Third Molars: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1007/s12663-016-0935-1.].

Comparing the Efficiency of Two Different Extraction Techniques in Removal of Maxillary Third Molars: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Extractions are routine procedures in dental surgery. Traditional extraction techniques use a combination of severing the periodontal attachment, luxation with an elevator, and removal with forceps. A new technique of extraction of maxillary third molar is introduced in this study-Joedds technique, which is compared with the conventional technique.

Comparative study of Episure™ AutoDetect™ syringe versus glass syringe for identification of epidural space in lower thoracic epidural.

Background And Aims: Episure™ AutoDetect™ syringe (EAS), a spring-loaded syringe, is a new loss-of-resistance syringe used to identify epidural space. It has an advantage of subjective and objective confirmation in identifying epidural space over glass syringe (GS) for beginners. We compared the performance of EAS with that of GS for identifying epidural space in lower thoracic epidurals.

Tissue expanders in reconstruction of maxillofacial defects.

Tissue expansion in its natural ways had fascinated man from prehistoric times itself. But tissue expansion for medical purposes was first tried and reported only in the early half of twentieth century. Presently the principle of tissue expansion is being used in reconstruction of many hard and soft tissue defects of larger dimension, which were previously regarded as great challenge for maxillofacial and plastic surgeons.