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Serum calcitonin nadirs to undetectable levels within 1 month of curative surgery in medullary thyroid cancer

ABSTRACT Objective: Because serum calcitonin (CT) is a reliable marker of the presence, volume, and extent of disease in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), both the ATA and NCCN guidelines use the 2-3 month post-operative CT value as the primary response to therapy variable that determines the type and int...

Efetividade da analgesia por via peridural torácica no pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca: revisão sistemática

Resumo: A dor no pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca é uma queixa frequente e, quando mal controlada, resulta em sofrimento físico e psíquico aos pacientes. O controle da dor pós-operatória pode ser realizado por vários meios, incluindo a via peridural, por bloqueios paravertebrais e intercostai...

Atención de Enfermería durante el postoperatorio a paciente sometido a clipaje de aneurisma por ruptura

Enferm. univ; 16 (1), 2019
Introducción Es reconocido que el personal de enfermería es quien tiene mayor interacción con el paciente, por lo que se ve obligado a contar con conocimientos y experiencia suficiente que permita identificar y atender las necesidades de individuos que sufren de enfermedad cerebrovascular. Esta condic...

Effectiveness and safety of exclusive spinal anesthesia with bupivacaine versus femoral sciatic block during the postoperative period of patients having undergone knee arthroscopy: systematic review

Rev. colomb. anestesiol; 47 (1), 2019
Abstract Introduction: Spinal anesthesia (SA) and sciatic-femoral nerve block are the most widely used anesthesia techniques for knee arthroscopy; however, there is still some controversy with regard to which anesthetic procedure offers improved safety, better pain control, and higher patient satisfacti...

Intermittent exotropia evaluation using the propedeutics proposed by Kushner: a 25-year study

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 82 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the clinical and surgical impacts of phenomena that could occur in intermittent exotropia. Methods: The medical records of intermittent exotropia cases from 1991 to 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent a series of measures, including a protocol to ass...

Ultrasound-guided adductor canal block using levobupivacaine versus periarticular levobupivacaine infiltration after totalknee arthroplasty: a randomized clinical trial

Säo Paulo med. j; 137 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Both postoperative pain control and range of motion are important in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, in the literature, there is little comparison of peripheral nerve blocks and periarticular infiltration techniques using levobupivacaine. The aim of our study was to measure...

Predictors of normalization of circulating interleukin-6 after cardiac myxoma resection

Abstract Objective: To disclose the relationships between the anatomic features of cardiac myxomas and plasma interleukin (IL)-6 levels. Methods: Twelve patients undergoing cardiac myxoma resection at The First Hospital of Putian, Teaching Hospital, Fujian Medical University were enrolled into this stu...

Anillo vascular completo por doble arco aórtico simétrico, una malformación cardiovascular infrecuente

Rev. chil. cir; 71 (1), 2019
Resumen Introducción: El doble arco aórtico (DAA) es una malformación cardiovascular infrecuente caracterizada por la persistencia de ambos arcos aórticos posterior al nacimiento. Puede presentarse con rama derecha dominante (70-73%), izquierda o simétrica. Su forma anatómica produce compresión d...

Factores de riesgo asociados a sensibilidad dental en el tratamiento con protésis dental fija. Revision de literature

Odontoestomatol; 21 (33), 2019
Las piezas dentarias vitales que reciben tratamiento en base a prótesis dental fija (PDF) sufren un proceso inflamatorio pulpar durante su preparación, esta respuesta inflamatoria puede ser transitoria o perpetuarse y convertirse en un daño pulpar. Como consecuencia se puede presentar sensibilidad pos...

Comparison of renal function after robot - assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy versus retropubic radical prostatectomy

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose: To investigate the effect of robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) and open retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) on early renal function in this study. Materials and Methods: Preoperative and postoperative urea, creatinine, Hb, eGFR values of patients who had unde...