Thyroidectomy (TX) is no longer the preferred choice for the therapy of hyperthyroid Graves' disease but is an alternative in patients who are noncompliant with or have reactions to antithyroid drugs, have moderate to severe ophthalmopathy, have large goiters, or who refuse (131)I therapy and/or long-term antithyroid drug therapy. Seventeen clinically and biochemically severely thyrotoxic patie...

OBJECTIVE It is important that during preoperative skin preparation surgical site markings are not erased. The effects of 2 common types of skin preparation solutions on surgical site markings were compared. METHODS Fasciocutaneous skin flaps were harvested and 20 random combinations of 3 letters were written on the skin flaps with a black permanent marker. Ten of the 3-letter combinations re...

Objectives: To clarify whether bowel preparation use or its individual components [mechanical bowel preparation (MBP)/oral antibiotics] impact specific outcomes after colorectal surgery. Methods: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program–targeted colectomy data initiated in 2012 capture information on the use/type of bowel preparation and colorectal-specific complications. For patients unde...

BACKGROUND The ability to predict transfusion requirements may improve perioperative bleeding management as an integral part of a patient blood management program. Therefore, the aim of our study was to evaluate preoperative thromboelastometry as a predictor of transfusion requirements for adult living donor liver transplant recipients. METHODS The correlation between preoperative thromboelas...

OBJECTIVE To review the characteristic features of patients with advanced liver disease that may lead to increased perioperative morbidity and mortality rates. DESIGN Literature review. RESULTS Patients with end-stage liver disease are at high risk of major complications and death following surgery. The most common complications are secondary to acute liver failure and include severe coagul...

Preoperative hair removal by a depilatory cream was compared with routine shaving. Although the incidence of wound infection was similar in both groups, cream depilation was found to be better. It was effective, atraumatic, non-toxic, and could be self-administered. Furthermore, it could be used safely on granulating wounds and did not support bacterial growth. Depilation was associated with a ...

Ageing of populataion world wide has significant contribution as one of the major risk factor for neurodegenerative disorders. The patients with neurodegenerative as well as other neuological diseases presented the population with possible great need either of small or big surgical intervention. There are several important issues in patients with neurological diseases: the nature, disease durat...