Difficulty resuming driving in acute acquired brain injury: Retrospective observational study using discriminant analysis.

Objectives: We hypothesized that neuropsychological testing and history of falls would be associated with difficulty resume driving after acute acquired brain injury (ABI). This study aimed to analyze ABI facing difficulties in resuming driving in the acute phase.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 63 patients receiving assistance in driving-resumption after ABI.

Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index, a predictive assessment tool, for postoperative complications after abdominal surgery: A prospective multicenter cohort study.

Aim: Patients awaiting abdominal surgery are often malnourished, which puts them at a high risk of postoperative complications. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of preoperative nutritional status using the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) on postoperative complications and the course of recovery for patients undergoing abdominal surgery.

Methods: In this prospective multicenter cohort study, we enrolled patients awaiting abdominal surgery from November 2015 to December 2017.

Physical assessment immediately after lobectomy via miniposterolateral thoracotomy assisted by videothoracoscopy for non-small cell lung cancer.

Purpose: We evaluated the invasiveness of videothoracoscopy-assisted mini-posterolateral thoracotomy (VAmPLT) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Methods: This study prospectively analyzed 50 NSCLC patients who underwent VAmPLT lobectomy. We measured maximal negative inspiratory pressure (PImax), maximal positive expiratory pressure (PEmax), quadriceps strength (QS), 6-min walk test (6mWT), and postoperative pain during the perioperative period.

Postoperative management using intensive patient-controlled epidural analgesia and early rehabilitation after an esophagectomy.

Purpose: Patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) was developed for use after surgery for thoracic esophageal cancer to relieve wound pain, introduce early rehabilitation, and provide an uneventful postoperative recovery.

Methods: This retrospective study investigated 22 patients who underwent esophageal surgery to determine the efficacy of postoperative management with PCEA. In the PCEA group (n = 12), patients had two epidural catheters inserted to cover both the thoracic and abdominal incision with a patient-controlled bolus capability.