BACKGROUND Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is the most popular method for treating medicine-refractory sinonasal disease. However, there are some pitfalls with this technique that can result in serious complications. Under the assistance of a navigation system, surgeons can overcome such problems. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of FESS aided by a navigation system. METHO...

Background:  Clavicle fractures are common and usually heal without complications. In this study, we evaluated the outcomes of non-operative versus operative management of displaced fractures.   Methods:  In a prospective clinical trial study, sixty-five patients with displaced clavicle mid-shaft fractures were nonrandomly divided in two treatment groups. The first group underwent non-operative...

OBJECTIVES To determine the predictors of post-operative renal function following adult cardiac surgery, and to assess the influence of this on late survival. METHODS Prospectively collected data were analysed on 8032 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting, valve surgery or combined procedures from 1 January 1998 until 31 December 2008, who did not require preoperative renal r...

A prospective, randomized trial on 416 consecutive cases of appendicectomies was carried out in which half of the cases had simple ligation of the stump and the rest had invagination of the stump in addition. The two groups were matched for age, sex, state of personal hygiene and nutrition. The incidence of wound infection, and early and late post-operative complications remained comparabl...

Introduction. The Royal College of Surgeons in England published guidelines in 2008 outlining the information that should be documented at each surgery. St. James's Hospital uses a standard operation sheet for all surgical procedures and these were examined to assess documentation standards. Objectives. To retrospectively audit the hand written orthopaedic operative notes according to establish...

PURPOSE We evaluated factors that impact the ability to learn hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN) to identify impediments to diffusion of this procedure. METHODS From February 2002 to June 2004, we collected data from our institutional database on 70 patients who underwent HALDN. Time for individual steps of the procedure (colon mobilization, kidney/ureter mobilization, renal...

BACKGROUND Parotidectomy is one of the most commonly performed procedures by otorhinolaryngologists. Traditionally dissection is performed with a combination of a steel scalpel and bipolar cautery; however, starting in the early 2000s, the Harmonic scalpel has provided an alternative method for dissection and hemostasis. The purpose of this study is to compare operative time, blood loss, compli...

Suday, M arch 6, 2017 operative performance data from the Operative Entrustability Assessment (OEA), a validated assessment tool that provides residents with real-time feedback about their operative performance and documents that performance at point-of-care. Independent PGY1, PGY2, and PGY3 were categorized as PGY4, PGY5, and PGY6, respectively. We analyzed OEA evaluator scores for the two gro...

BACKGROUND This study is a cost-benefit analysis of a less invasive method of intra-operative duplex imaging compared with the use of intra-operative angiogram (including C-arm fluoroscopy) in arterial reconstruction. METHODS From September 1994 to May 1995, 93 intra-operative duplex imaging studies were performed. Duplex scanning results were recorded for carotid endarterectomy (35), iliac b...

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES What factors determine the use of an anaesthesia preparation room and shorten non-operative time? METHODS A logistic regression is applied to 18 751 surgery records from AZ Sint-Jan Brugge AV, Belgium, where each operating room has its own anaesthesia preparation room. Surgeries, in which the patient's induction has already started when the preceding patient's s...