OBJECTIVE To determine the survival rates of dogs and cats that underwent surgical treatment for traumatic diaphragmatic hernia within 24 hours of admission and determine whether timing of surgery affected perioperative survival rate. DESIGN Retrospective study. ANIMALS 63 dogs and 29 cats treated surgically for traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. PROCEDURE Medical records were reviewed to ev...

INTRODUCTION The use of antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgical procedures is one of the measures employed to prevent the development of surgical site infections (SSI). The appropriate choice of antimicrobial agents, dosage regimen, timing, duration and use of intravenous route must be evidence based. This study aimed to assess the practice of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis and adherence of pra...

BACKGROUND The timing of prophylactic antibiotic administration is a patient safety outcome that is recurrently tracked and reported. The interpretation of these data has important implications for patient safety practices. However, diverse data collection methods and approaches to analysis impede knowledge building in this field. This paper makes explicit several challenges to quantifying the ...

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has long been neglected based on the false belief that it is substantially rare in prevalence and is not so important in determining prognosis. Recent consecutive publications refuted this concept surrounding TR, and now we are contemplating this entity from different point of view. In this review, we mainly focus on isolated form of severe TR. In our daily clinical...

Taking into consideration all primary solid tumors, the liver represents the most common site involved in distant metastasization, also due to its important blood reception from the majority of digestive organs. Despite the abundant literature and guidelines about colorectal liver metastases, there is still great debate about the treatment strategy in the case of non-colorectal ones. Therefore,...

STUDY DESIGN Prospective randomized study of antibiotic prophylaxis in elective spine surgery. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare the rate of postoperative surgical site infection for a single dose of two different generations of cephalosporin with different dosage and timing of the antibiotics. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Current recommendation for prophylaxis in elective spine surger...

This study assessed whether playing video games enhanced laparoscopic skill acquisition for preclinical medical students with no past surgical exposure. By the second attempt on a peg transfer task, there was significant difference in timing between two groups, indicating that did not confer benefit gamer group.

OBJECTIVE Decompressive craniectomy (DC) requires later cranioplasty (CP) in survivors. However, if additional ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement due to shunt-dependent hydrocephalus is necessary, the optimal timing of both procedures still remains controversial. We therefore analyzed our computerized database concerning the optimal timing of CP and VPS regarding postoperative complicat...

management of first shoulder dislocation following reduction remains controversial. the two main options are immobilisation and arthroscopic stabilisation. the aim of this article is to highlight some of the issues that influence decision making when discussing management options with these patients, including natural history of the first time dislocation, outcomes of surgery and non-operative ...

The aim of the study was to assess the effect of timing of preoperative surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) on surgical site infection (SSI) and compare the different timing intervals.The benefit of routine use of SAP prior to surgery has long been recognized. However, the optimal timing has not been defined. For the purpose of developing recommendations for the World Health Organization guid...