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January 2025
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Obesity is a major global health problem and at the same time a financial burden for social security systems. For a long time, conventional lifestyle interventions have tried unsuccessfully to find a solution. It has been proven that only interventions that ultimately address the central control centers of hunger, appetite and satiety will lead to sustained weight loss.
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January 2025
Medical Oncology Department, Central University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
Totally implantable central venous catheters (CVCs) are widely used in the management of patients with malignant diseases. Conventionally, port implantations were carried out by general surgeons and vascular radiologists. In recent years, the medical staff of the Medical Oncology department at the Central University Hospital of Asturias (HUCA) has developed a simplified methodology for the routine implantation of these devices.
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January 2025
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Phoenix Children's, Phoenix, Arizona; Department of Child Health and Development, University of Arizona, School of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona.
Introduction: To decrease diversion of unused opioids following the minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE), we developed an opioid education monitoring and reclamation program. The aim was to evaluate outpatient opioid use and disposal following MIRPE.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective review was conducted at a single center among patients <19 ys who underwent MIRPE with intercostal nerve cryoablation.
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January 2025
Department of Trauma, University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address:
Introduction: Blunt chest trauma represents a major risk factor for complications in polytrauma patients. Various scoring systems have emerged, but their impact is not fully appreciated. This review evaluates changes in chest trauma scoring over time and potential shifts in complication rates linked to modified surgical approaches in long bone fractures.
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January 2025
Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute (MOI), P.O. Box 65474, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Introduction And Importance: Surgical management of huge multi-nodular goiters present clinical and surgical management dilemma among practicing surgeons. Thyroidectomies pose huge risk potential when performed by relatively inexperienced and junior operators.
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 40-year-old lady who had presented at our center with a ten-year history of painless anterior neck swelling.
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