Orthop Surg
January 2025
Department of Spinal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Objectives: The advent of O-arm navigation optimized the oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) procedure, allowing the operator to simultaneously perform OLIF and percutaneous posterior pedicle screw implantation without patient position change, thus improving the fluency and accuracy of the OLIF procedure (called as OLIF360). Nevertheless, a consensus regarding its suitability for patients with severe spinal stenosis remains elusive. This study aims to investigate the clinical efficacy of OLIF360 and its imaging changes in severe lumbar spinal stenosis cases.
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January 2025
Division of Immunotherapy, The Hiram C. Polk Jr., MD Department of Surgery, Immuno-Oncology Program, Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Introduction: Irreversible electroporation(IRE) has augmented the effects of certain immunotherapies in pancreatic cancer(PDA). Yeast-derived particulate beta-glucan induces trained innate immunity and has successfully reduces murine PC tumor burden. This is a Phase II study to test the hypothesis that IRE may augment beta-glucan induced trained immunity in patients with PDA.
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December 2024
Heart & Vascular Program, Baystate Health, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate, Springfield, Mass.
Objective: The management of preoperative medications is an essential component of perioperative care for the cardiac surgical patient. This turnkey order set is part of a series created by the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society, first presented at the Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery in 2023. Numerous guidelines and expert consensus documents have been published to provide guidance in preoperative medication management.
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October 2024
Geisinger Health, Danville, Pennsylvania.
Background: Venous Thromboembolic events (VTE) after Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (MBS) result in significant morbidity and are the leading cause of mortality.
Objective: The objective of this study was to identify patients who are at a high risk for developing VTE and who may benefit from extended chemoprophylaxis following MBS.
Setting: Multi-institutional study.
World Neurosurg
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Inter Neuro, Private Practice, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address:
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