Anticoagulation is necessary in a variety of cardiovascular diseases to prevent thromboembolic complications. On a chronic basis, this type of therapy carries with it frustrations and challenges to both the woman and the health care provider related to monitoring, safety, and compliance. These problems are compounded during pregnancy by specific pharmacological considerations that often require substitution of a parenteral agent. Although at first this may seem an additional burden, the clinician can recruit the mother's naturally heightened awareness of health issues, as these extend beyond herself to the well-being of her child, to achieve therapeutic success.
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Updates Surg
January 2025
Department of General Surgery, San Benedetto del Tronto Hospital, AST Ascoli Piceno, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
Groove pancreatitis (GP) is a chronic segmental pancreatitis which leads to altered pancreatic secretions and pancreatitis. The exact pathogenesis of GP has not been clearly identified to date but heavy smoking and chronic alcohol consumption seem to be the main factors involved. The resulting chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a debilitating disease causing abdominal pain often refractory to medical therapy, so much that the main indication for surgical treatment is intractable abdominal pain.
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January 2025
Department of Neurology, Neurocritical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Minimally invasive, image-guided endovascular procedures are becoming increasingly prevalent as techniques and technologies have advanced, particularly within the realm of neurovascular interventions. Endovascular approaches ubiquitously result in endothelial injury with subsequent risk of thromboembolic complications. Periprocedural antiplatelet agent use is an integral component of the management of patients undergoing endovascular neurointerventional procedures.
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January 2025
Center for Pelvic Floor Disorders, Department of Surgery, Colorectal Surgery Section, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Background: Ventral rectopexy has become increasingly utilized in the surgical management of rectal prolapse. There is a need for a contemporary evaluation of the role of the procedure and description of its use in clinical practice.
Objective: To create an international consensus on ventral rectopexy.
Front Surg
January 2025
General Surgery III, Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, University of Catania, AOU Policlinico "G. Rodolico - San Marco", Catania, Italy.
Introduction: Salivary gland tumors represent only 3%-6% of all head and neck neoplasms, and approximately 70% of these tumors are located in the parotid gland. Most of these tumors are found in the more abundant superficial portion of the parotid gland, lateral to the facial nerve (FN). For many years, the location of the facial nerve between the superficial and deep segments of the parotid gland hindered adequate tumor extirpation.
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January 2025
Department of Orthopedic, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Objective: This study aims to analyze the medical-seeking behavior of Osteogenesis Imperfecta(OI) children in Southwest China, summarize and analyze the issues in their medical process, and propose corresponding improvement strategies.
Methods: A phenomenological study involving semi-structured interviews with 20 OI caregivers at a tertiary centre for children from March to August 2021 was analyzed thematically, following Anderson's model.
Results: We identified eight themes in the data: 1)Regional disparities of OI management, 2)Big economic burden, 3)High-risk population, 4)Lack of health education, 5)Multiple treatments,6)Strict treatment indications,7)Disappointing therapeutic outcomes,8)Effective or ineffective treatment results.
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