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Minim Invasive Surg
August 2024
Department of Urology Peking Union Medical College Hospital Peking Union Medical College Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Background: Robot-assisted nephroureterectomy (RANU) has been more and more applied since 21st century. However, the high cost limits the widespread use of robot system. A relatively low-cost new robotic surgical system (KD-SR-01™) has recently been developed in China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealthcare (Basel)
March 2024
Department of Nursing, Korea National University of Transportation, Jeungpyeong-gun 27909, Republic of Korea.
This study investigated the association of job stress, quality of sleep, and near-miss error experiences among nurses working in general hospitals. A convenience sample of 195 nurses with over 3 months of work experience in a general hospital participated in the study. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 27.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOptimal pain management after open abdominal surgery is essential but can be difficult to achieve. The effects of inadequate analgesia go beyond the first few postoperative days; severe acute postoperative pain may contribute to the development of chronic postsurgical pain. Thoracic epidural analgesia is a traditional approach to the management of acute pain after open abdominal surgery but has multiple possible contraindications and can be technically challenging.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdv Skin Wound Care
November 2023
Vildan Çakar, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey. Ayişe Karadağ, PhD, ET/WOCN, is Professor, School of Nursing, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey. Berna Bugan, BSN, is Staff Nurse, Koç University Hospital. Havanur Kılıç, BSN, and Ayşe Sılanur Demir, BSN, are Research Assistants and PhD Students, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Koç University. Acknowledgment : The authors thank the voluntary participants of the study. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted March 23, 2022; accepted in revised form August 18, 2022.
Objective: To understand the problems experienced by healthcare workers (HCWs) who used personal protective equipment (PPE) on their face during the COVID-19 pandemic, their interventions to prevent these problems, and their recommendations for improving the quality of PPE.
Methods: This descriptive and qualitative study included HCWs (N = 29) from health institutions at different levels in Turkey. Researchers collected data using a semistructured data collection form (13 items) and in-depth individual interviews.
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol
November 2023
Division of Gastroenterology "Prof. Carolina Olano", Universidad de La República, Montevideo, Uruguay; Division of Endoscopy, Ameos Teaching University Hospital, Halberstadt, Germany; Department of Gastroenterology, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Virginia, USA.
Device-assisted enteroscopy (DAE), balloon-assisted enteroscopy (BAE) in particular, has become a routine endoscopic procedure which has revolutionized our approach to small-bowel disease. Evidence demonstrating the efficacy and safety of BAE spans over 22-years of experience, making it an established pillar of minimally invasive care. The robust evidence for BAE's safety and efficacy has now been incorporated into international clinical guidelines, technical reviews, benchmarking performance measures and curricula.
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