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Distal tibial fractures are common lower-limb injuries and are generally associated with a high risk of postoperative complications, especially in patients with multiple medical comorbidities. This study sought to ascertain the efficacy of retrograde intramedullary tibial nails (RTN) for treating extra-articular distal tibial fractures in high-risk patients. Between January 2019 and December 2021, 13 patients considered at high risk for postoperative complications underwent RTN fixation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOrthotopic heart transplantation in patient with Williams syndrome: case report and considerations in perioperative and long-term management.
Cardiol Young
January 2025
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
This report describes the first long-term survival following a heart transplant for Williams syndrome-associated cardiac pathologies. An 11-year-old patient with severe global left ventricular dysfunction presented with heart failure and underwent heart transplantation. Her peri- and post-operative courses were complicated by hypertension related to underlying vascular pathology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh output stoma after surgery for rectal cancer - a risk factor for low anterior resection syndrome?
BMC Gastroenterol
January 2025
Department of General Surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, 050000, China.
Purpose: The relationship between high-output stoma (HOS) and low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) was previously unclear. This study investigated the association between HOS and major LARS in rectal cancer patients with preventive stoma.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 653 rectal cancer patients who underwent prophylactic ileostomy reversal after low anterior resection at the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University between 2018 and 2021.
Efficiency and safety comparison between 20,000 and 10,000 cuts per minute vitrectomy using a 27G cutter in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: a prospective randomized controlled study.
Jpn J Ophthalmol
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Eye center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan.
Purpose: To compare the efficac and safety of a dual-blade 20,000 cuts per minute (cpm) vitrectomy probe with a single-blade 10,000 cpm probe for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).
Study Design: Prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial.
Methods: Evaluations were conducted preoperatively, intraoperatively, and at three months postoperatively.
Contributing factors to postoperative surgical site infections in pituitary neuroendocrine tumors undergoing endonasal transsphenoidal resection.
Sci Rep
January 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Xinxiang Central Hospital, 56 Jinsui Avenue, Weibin District, Xinxiang, 453000, Henan, China.
Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors (PitNETs), often treated via endonasal transsphenoidal resection, present a risk for postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs), including intracranial infections such as meningitis. Identifying the risk factors associated with these infections is crucial for improving surgical outcomes and patient care. A retrospective study was conducted at a medical center from June 2020 to June 2023.
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