The effects on quality of life (QoL) in adult patients with chronic tonsillitis are multidimensional. Tonsillectomy has been and is still the standard for treating these patients, who fulfil certain clinical criteria, and is thus the main determinant in the change of QoL. The reduction in severity and frequency of symptoms, health care utilization, physician visits and days off work are major f...

Hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage, the most common prevalent of spontaneous poses a significant threat to patient mortality and morbidity, while therapeutic options remain limited, making disease burden not only for patients’ families but also major challenge national healthcare systems. The elevation intracranial pressure subsequent hypertensive hemorrhage is critical contributor mortality. How...

OBJECTIVE We conducted a review of the literature to assess risk for oral bleeding complications after dental procedures in patients on antiplatelet therapy. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a search in Medline, Embase, and National Guideline Clearinghouse databases for studies involving patients on single and dual antiplatelet therapy that had invasive dental procedures or manipulations that induce...

Cervical ectopic pregnancy very rarely presents in the second trimester. A 35-year-old female was diagnosed with a rare case of cervical intraoperatively at 18 weeks as it undetected prior. Emergency laparotomy done she started bleeding torrentially, and hysterectomy postpartum hemorrhage noted. The patient recovered 1 day discharged on 10 without any postoperative surgical complications.

BACKGROUND Despite its accessible superficial location, the indication for surgical evacuation in cases of lobar intracerebral hemorrhage (LICH) suspected to be related to cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is controversial because of advanced patient age and concerns about postoperative hemostasis. OBJECTIVE To examine factors associated with postoperative outcome in CAA-related LICH. METHO...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective fusion level(s)-, age-, and gender-matched analysis. PURPOSE To determine whether the application of a topical gelatin-thrombin matrix sealant (Floseal) at the end of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) can reduce the amount of postoperative hemorrhage. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE The effect of the matrix sealant in decreasing postoperative hemorrhage follow...

BACKGROUND With the wider application of nephron-sparing surgery, there has been an increase in the occurrence of postoperative hemorrhage. However, despite such an increase, there are only a limited number of reports regarding renal artery embolization (RAE) for the management of postoperative bleeding after nephron-sparing surgery, especially after robot-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrect...