to evaluate the effect of adding neoadjuvant chemotherapy to surgery and radiation therapy for locally advanced resectable oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, 24 patients with t3 or t4a oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma were randomly assigned to surgery alone or docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fu (tpf) induction chemotherapy followed by surgery. all patients were planned to receive chemoradiothe...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of pneumoperitoneum on lung mechanics, end-tidal CO2 (ETCO2), arterial blood gases (ABG), and oxidative stress markers in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) by using lung-protective ventilation strategy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-six patients undergoing LC and abdominal wall hernia (AWH) surgery were assign...

Background: Acute and chronic pain is prevalent in patients with opioid dependence. Lack of knowledge concerning the complex relationship between pain, opioid use, and withdrawal syndrome can account for the barriers encountered for pain management. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of sublingual (SL) buprenorphine for post-operative analgesia, compared with intravenous (IV) morp...

This paper deals with the development of a special 3+1 Degrees of Freedom (DOFs) end effector used to control the standard laparoscopic instrumentation’s positioning and actuation during laparoscopic surgery. Nowadays, the robotic system da Vinci is the most used robot in the laparoscopic surgery field. The cost of this Robot is very high, which limits its spread in hospitals. Moreover, this ro...