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TEP versus Lichtenstein, which one to choose? A retrospective cohort study

SUMMARY OBJECTIVES Inguinal hernioplasty techniques have been improved since the first hernioplasty. Tension-free techniques that apply synthetic mesh materials, as in the Lichtenstein approach, are the gold standard. Laparoscopic hernioplasty is the strongest alternative to Lichtenstein. The superiori...

Do-not-resuscitate and treatment limitation decisions - Six years of experience from a Portuguese General Intensive Care Unit

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE Treatment limitation, as well as do-not-resuscitate (DNR) directives, are difficult but important to improve patients' quality of life and minimize dysthanasia. We aimed to study the approach to withholding, withdrawal, and DNR decisions, patients' characteristics, and process documen...

Early outcomes of low postoperative bleeding after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Abstract Objective: To investigate whether low bleeding influences the early outcomes after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: Retrospective analysis of ischemic heart disease patients who underwent off-pump CABG from January 2013 to December 2017. Patients were divided into low-...

Intraoperative serious complications of laparoscopic urological surgeries: a single institute experience of 4, 380 procedures

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT This study aimed to share a single institute experience of 4,380 procedures about in-traoperative serious complications of laparoscopic urological surgeries. From January 2005 to December 2013, 4,380 cases of laparoscopic urological surgeries were recruited in our department. The distribution, i...

Challenging risk factors for right and left laparoscopic adrenalectomy: A single centre experience with 272 cases

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose This study aimed to compare perioperative and postoperative results of right and left laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA), and to evaluate the impact of challenging factors on these outcomes. Materials and Methods A total of 272 patient's medical records that underwent single side LA bet...

A comparison of perioperative outcome between robot-assisted and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: experience of a single institution

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Purpose To compare perioperative and pathological results in different approaches of robotic or laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed 206 patients diagnosed with prostate cancer (PC) from June 2016 to October 2017 in the First Affiliated Hospit...

Duración de la oxigenoterapia en pacientes con neumonía adquirida en la comunidad

Prensa méd. argent; 105 (7), 2019
La neumonía adquirida en la comunidad (NAC) constituye una causa frecuente de hospitalización y mortalidad en pacientes internados. Distintas escalas pronósticas como el CURB-65 o el Indice de Severidad de la Neumonía (PSI) son utilizados al valorar la admiisión hospitalaria de un paciente con NAC. ...

An epidemiologic overview of acute kidney injury in intensive care units

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent event among critically ill patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICU) and represents a global public health problem, being imperative an interdisciplinary approach. OBJECTIV To investigate, through literature review, the AKI epidem...

The role of maximum compressed thickness of the quadriceps femoris muscle measured by ultrasonography in assessing nutritional risk in critically-ill patients with different volume statuses

SUMMARY PURPOSE In this prospective observational study, we aimed to investigate the role of the maximum compressed (MC) and uncompressed (UC) thickness of the quadriceps femoris muscle (QFMT) measured by ultrasonography (USG) in the detection of nutritional risk in intensive care patients (ICPs) with ...

Perfil das fraturas faciais em um serviço de emergência no Maranhão

O bjetivo: Avaliar o perfil das fraturas faciais em pacientes atendidos em serviço de emergência no estado do Maranhão. Método: Utilizou-se abordagem indutiva, com procedimento estatístico-descritivo e técnica de documentação direta, cuja amostra foi selecionada por conveniência e constituída p...