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Browsing Research Articles (Surgery) by Issue Date
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(Wiley, 2007-02)The aim of the current study was to investigate the ultrastructural morphology of three different sources of fibrin networks and platelets, namely, lypholized human platelet-rich plasma (LPRP), freshly prepared human ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-05)OBJECTIVE : Various modalities are used for cerebral monitoring during carotid endarterectomy (CEA). The aim of this study was to evaluate whether transcranial cerebral oximetry (TCO) and carotid stump pressure (SP) are ...
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(Elsevier, 2007-05)Kalafong Hospital is a secondary hospital situated to the west of Pretoria. It serves as the regional burns centre for Gauteng province north of the Jukskei river. It mainly serves a poor population. This is a retrospective ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-05)It is generally held that landmarks in the evolution of the medical treatment of the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES)have also had a profound effect on the surgical approach to peptic ulcer disease. After 1955 when Zollinger ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-05)Familial hypercholesterolaemia is a life-threatening inborn error of metabolism characterised by extremely high serum cholesterol levels. The disease manifests clinically as advanced atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-05)Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has provided a safe and effective alternative to the standard open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). It has, however, been associated with a high requirement for secondary ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-05)BACKGROUND: Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has been proved to be effective and safe in the elective management of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Initial reports concerning endovascular management of ruptured ...
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(Wiley, 2007-05)Sudeck's critical point at the rectosigmoid junction is described as the point of origin of the last sigmoid arterial branch, originating from the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA). There is controversy on the importance ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-05)The sternocleidomastoid (SCM) myoperiosteal flap offers a relatively simple, single-stage reconstruction of a tracheal defect after conservative resection of an invasive papillary cancer of the thyroid with intraluminal ...
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(Wiley, 2007-07)The external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (ELN) is intimately associated with the superior thyroid artery (STA) in relation to the superior pole of the thyroid gland, rendering it vulnerable to injury during the ...
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(Elsevier, 2007-10)OBJECTIVES. To determine the outcome of surgical intervention in patients with HIV associated vascular disease. DESIGN. Prospective clinical survey. MATERIALS & METHODS. Routine voluntary testing for HIV/AIDS was ...
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(Wiley, 2007-10)Identification of the facial nerve trunk is essential during surgery of the parotid gland. Numerous landmarks have been researched and used. The relation between the facial nerve to two constant bony landmarks, the tip of ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2007-11)OBJECTIVE: To test the validity of the reported high incidence (50%) of malignancy in neoplasms of the submandibular salivary gland, and to compare it with that of the parotid gland. METHODS: This is a retrospective ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-02)At the turn of the century, a significant advance in the rapidly expanding field of rotational thrombelastography (ROTEG), known at present as thrombelastometry or ROTEM analysis, was developed at the Ludwig-Maximillian ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-03)Minimal invasive surgery allows for excellent visualisation of the diaphragm, and is increasingly used for the repair of diaphragmatic hernias in children. This report describes laparoscopic repairs between 2001 and 2007 ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-05)OBJECTIVES: To evaluate peripheral arterial occlusive disease in HIV-infected patients regarding clinical presentation and outcome of surgical intervention. DESIGN: Prospective clinical survey. PATIENTS AND METHODS: ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-07)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease was first described in 1981 in the USA in young homosexual men presenting with opportunistic infections associated with severe immune deficiency. The virus itself was identified ...
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(2009-07)An aneurysm is defined as a localised dilatation of an artery with an increase in diameter of ≥ 50% than that of the 'normal' undilated adjacent vessel. Aneurysms may occur in all arteries but are most commonly found in ...
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(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2010)Frey’s syndrome is a complication of parotidectomy that is thought to occur as a result of aberrant regeneration of the postganglionic parasympathetic nerve fibres supplying the parotid gland to severed postganglionic ...
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