How accurate is the visual estimation of bowel length by endoscopic surgeons?

Background: Measurement of small bowel length is an essential step in performing bariatric surgery. Surgeons need to measure bowel length in order to create alimentary and biliopancreatic limbs. Inaccurate bowel measurement may affect the outcome of surgery.

Prediction Factors of Early Postoperative Bleeding after Bariatric Surgery.

Purpose: Identifying the possible predictors of postoperative bleeding is advantageous to reduce healthcare costs and promote patients' recovery. The aim of this study was to determine early postoperative bleeding predictors after bariatric surgery.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study was conducted using data from 2260 patients who underwent bariatric surgery.

Incidence of Symptomatic Cholelithiasis Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Is Comparable to Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Cohort Study.

Background: A few comparative studies have assessed the incidence of symptomatic cholelithiasis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). However, they have shown inconsistent results. The present study has been designed based on comparing LSG and LRYGB regarding the incidence of symptomatic cholelithiasis and determining factors related to symptomatic cholelithiasis development after these procedures.

Endoscopic thoracic sympathotomy for primary hyperhidrosis: predictors of outcome over a 10-year period.

Background: Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy/sympathotomy is gold standard of treatment for primary hyperhidrosis. Compensatory hyperhidrosis following surgery and partial response to surgery in some patients can significantly affect surgery outcome and patient satisfaction. In this study we investigated predictors of success rate, side effects, and satisfaction of our patients following ETS over a 10-year period.

Reliability and Educational Value of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery Videos on YouTube.

Introduction: Many surgery videos can be found in different social networks and video sharing websites. Watching surgeries performed by different surgical experts of various institutions can be an invaluable supplement to traditional methods of learning surgery. YouTube is a quite popular video sharing website, and many surgeons and trainees refer to it as a source of surgery videos.

Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Different Stages of Breast Cancer.

Despite many advances in the treatment of breast cancer, it is still the second most common cause of death in women in the United States. It has been shown that inflammation plays a major role in the treatment of these cancers and inflammatory factors enhance tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, and vascularization. In this study, we would like to analyze peripheral blood neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in breast cancer patients and its correlation with disease staging.

Surgical infrainguinal revascularization for peripheral arterial disease: factors affecting patency rate.

Background: Peripheral arterial disease is a source of morbidity and mortality. Surgical vascular reconstruction is a treatment option but probability of failure and complications are important concerns. In this study, we evaluated outcome of surgical infrainguinal reconstruction and factors affecting graft patency for a period of one year.

Nicolau syndrome after intramuscular benzathine penicillin injection.

A 3-year-old boy was admitted to the emergency department with right lower limb pain, edema, and livedoid discoloration that occurred immediately after intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin. The patient was diagnosed with Nicolau syndrome, a rare complication of intramuscular injection presumed to be related to the inadvertent intravascular injection. It was first reported following intramuscular injection of bismuth salt, but it can occur as a complication of various other drugs.

Hematoma of rectus sheath following subcutaneous enoxaparin injection.

Anticoagulation drugs are frequently used to prevent deep vein thrombosis in high-risk patients. Subcutaneous low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is increasingly used in both hospitalized patients and outpatient settings. This necessitates familiarity of both health care providers and patients with such treatment and vigilance on possible complications.

The relationship between thyroxine level and short term clinical outcome among sick newborn infants.

Premature and critically sick infants frequently experience several interventions, including blood transfusions, parentral nutrition, and prescriptions during hospitalization that could affect the result of thyroid function test. This study aims to investigate the correlation between thyroxine level and clinical short term outcome among the newborn infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). We assessed serum levels of thyroxine and thyroid stimulating hormone of 99 neonates who were admitted in the NICU from September 1(st) 2004 to March 30(th) 2005.