Risk of long-term ophthalmological complications in Taiwanese preterm infants: a nationwide cohort study.

Objectives: The aim was to determine whether different maturity levels and birth weights could change the risk of long-term ophthalmological complications in preterm infants.

Design: This was a cohort study.

Setting: This was a nationwide population-based study.

Structured training pathway for robotic colorectal surgery: Short-term outcomes from five UK centres.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the short-term outcomes of robotic colorectal surgery implemented through a structured, standardized training pathway in five colorectal centres in the United Kingdom.

Method: A multicentre retrospective observational study was conducted, involving 523 consecutive patients who underwent robotic colorectal resection between 2015 and 2019. All participating centres followed the European Academy of Robotic Colorectal Surgery training pathway.

Appendectomy versus antibiotic treatment for acute appendicitis.

Background: Acute appendicitis is one of the most common emergency general surgical conditions worldwide. Uncomplicated/simple appendicitis can be treated with appendectomy or antibiotics. Some studies have suggested possible benefits with antibiotics with reduced complications, length of hospital stay, and the number of days off work.

Monitoring ventral tail base surface temperature for fever detection in calves.

In this study, we investigated whether monitoring the ventral tail base surface temperature (ST) using a wearable wireless sensor could be effective for fever detection in calves with experimentally induced pneumonia after inoculation with Histophilus somni strain 2336. We found a significant difference in the changes in ST values between the control and H. somni-inoculated groups after 24 h of inoculation and detected fever; however, the rectal temperature showed a significant difference between the groups after 12 h of inoculation.