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J Perianesth Nurs
December 2024
Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Sisli, İstanbul, Turkey. Electronic address:
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of preoperative tele-nursing counseling on anxiety and patient satisfaction in day surgery.
Design: Randomized controlled study design was employed.
Methods: The study was conducted in a city hospital and a university hospital in Istanbul between July 2022 and May 2023 with patients who met the study criteria.
J Surg Educ
December 2024
University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, Scotland, UK.
Background: An important aspect of surgical training occurs within the operating theatre. However, access to learning opportunities in this environment has been compromised by issues including reduced working hours and the COVID pandemic. Every training opportunity that does exist, therefore, needs to be maximized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Trauma Acute Care Surg
October 2024
From the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Division of General Surgery (M.P.G.), Toronto Ontario, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (M.P.G., B.W.T., A.B.N., S.E.B., B.H.), Department of Surgery (M.P.G., A.B.N., B.H.), and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (B.W.T., B.H.), University of Toronto; Sunnybrook Research Institute (A.B.N., S.E.B., L.J., B.H., M.P.G.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Trauma Quality Improvement Program, American College of Surgeons (A.B.N.), Chicago, Illinois; and ICES (A.B.N., S.E.B., R.S., L.J., A.H., B.H.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Background: While preoperative optimization improves outcomes for older adults undergoing major elective surgery, no such optimization is possible in the emergent setting. Surgeons must identify postoperative interventions to improve outcomes among older emergency general surgery (EGS) patients. The objective of this cohort study was to examine the association between early follow-up with a primary care physician (PCP) and the risk of nursing home acceptance or death in the year following EGS admission among older adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord
December 2024
Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada; Division of Vascular Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Canada; Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM), University of Toronto, Canada; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Canada; Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address:
Objective: Varicose vein ablation is generally indicated in patients with active/healed venous ulcers. However, patient selection for intervention in individuals without venous ulcers is less clear. Tools that predict lack of clinical improvement (LCI) following vein ablation may help guide clinical decision-making but remain limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSci Rep
December 2024
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan.
Surgeons routinely interpret preoperative radiographic images for estimating the shape and position of the tooth prior to performing tooth extraction. In this study, we aimed to predict the difficulty of lower wisdom tooth extraction using only panoramic radiographs. Difficulty was evaluated using the modified Parant score.
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