Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the outcome, morbidity, and mortality of acute care surgery patients: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted both emergency and elective surgical management owing to its highly infectious nature and the shortage of personal protective equipment. This study aimed to review the outcomes of emergency surgical conditions and trauma during the pandemic lockdown.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed and collected data from patients who attended the Acute Care Surgery Service from 1st April to May 31st, 2020 during Thailand's COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Morbidity, mortality, and risk factors of emergency colorectal surgery among older patients in the Acute Care Surgery service: A retrospective study.

Background: Acute Care Surgery (ACS) is a rapid response system in emergency surgical conditions. The patients who over 60 year-old have numerous factors associated with high mortality and morbidity in emergency colorectal surgery. We aimed to identify potentially preventable risk factors, to improve patients' outcomes.

Developing and validating of Ramathibodi Appendicitis Score (RAMA-AS) for diagnosis of appendicitis in suspected appendicitis patients.

Background: Diagnosis of appendicitis is still clinically challenging where resources are limited. The purpose of this study was to develop and externally validate Ramathibodi Appendicitis Score (RAMA-AS) in aiding diagnosis of appendicitis.

Methods: A two-phase cross-sectional study (i.

Surgical reduction in a delayed case of traumatic testicular dislocation.

A 27-year-old Thai male was admitted with left groin pain and he felt that he lost his left testis three weeks after his motorcycle accident-car collision. He had not been diagnosed after four days of admission at the previous hospital. Surgical reduction was performed without acute and delayed complications after three months of follow-up.

Prognostic significance of microvessel density in breast cancer of Thai women.

Objective: Angiogenesis is important in the process of tumor growth and progression of breast cancer Microvessel density (MVD) is the most commonly used technique to quantify intratumoral angiogenesis in breast cancer. In the present study, the authors investigated the prognostic indicator of intratumoral MVD in predicting overall survival, disease recurrence, and distance metastasis of breast cancer.

Material And Method: Two hundred patients who were diagnosed as invasive breast cancer from January 2000 to December 2004 were included in the present study, but only 64 patients had complete pathological specimens and tumor receptor studies.