Impact of Operative Approach on Acute Kidney Injury Risk Prediction Models for Colectomy.

Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious postoperative complication associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Identifying patients at risk for AKI is important for risk stratification and management. This study aimed to develop an AKI risk prediction model for colectomy and determine if the operative approach (laparoscopic versus open) alters the influence of predictive factors through an interaction term analysis.

Hypoalbuminemia improves the ACS-NSQIP surgical risk calculator for gastrectomy.

Background: The ACS-NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator (SRC) is used to predict surgical outcomes, but its accuracy in gastrectomy has been questioned. We investigated if adding hypoalbuminemia enhances its predictive ability in gastrectomy.

Methods: We identified gastrectomy patients from the ACS-NSQIP database from 2005 to 2019.

Association of Preoperative Blood Transfusion on Postoperative Outcomes in Emergency General Surgery.

Introduction: Emergency general surgery (EGS) patients often present with anemia, in which preoperative transfusions are performed to mitigate anemia-associated risks. However, transfusions have also been noted to cause worse postoperative outcomes. This study examined how transfusion-associated outcomes vary at different levels of anemia.

Assessment of Fracture Resistances of Endodontically Treated Teeth Filled with Different Root Canal Filling Systems.

Background: The motive of endodontic therapy is cleaning, shaping, and subsequently obturation. This study assessed different root canal filling systems in terms of fracture resistances of endodontically treated teeth.

Methodology: This study was conducted on eighty single-rooted permanent mandibular incisor teeth which were divided into five groups: Group I was negative control; Group II was positive control; Group III comprised of gutta-percha/AH Plus; Group IV comprised of Thermafil/AH Plus; and Group V Resilon/Epiphany SE.