INTRODUCTION Frailty used as predictive tool is still not carried out in daily practice, although many studies confirm the great clinical importance of the frailty syndrome in surgical outcomes. There is no standardized method of measuring the physiological reserves of older surgical patients. The aim of this study was to analyze a cohort of older urological patients according to various frailt...

Pathological implications of the falciform ligament are rare and internal hernias exceptional. The origin defect can be congenital or inflammatory (a satellite acute cholecystitis) even post-surgical. most often revealed by an intestinal obstruction syndrome with ischemic component. scanner provides benchmarking examination allowing us to conduct a positive diagnosis see also inherent complicat...

Objective: The main objective of this study was to establish the association between risk factors and complications after oral surgery. Material Methods: A cohort developed April 2017 March 2018 through a register patients admitted with buccal surgery indication at San Borja Arriarán hospital, Chile. Results: incidence post-surgical 5.8%, alveolitis being most frequent. In bivariate analysis, s...

Bariatric surgery is increasingly being performed in the medically complicated obese population as convincing data continue to mount, documenting the success of surgery not only in achieving meaningful weight loss but also in correcting obesity-related illnesses. Several surgical procedures with varying degrees of success and complications are currently being performed. This article discusses t...

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...

OBJECTIVES To describe procedure-specific types, rates, and risk factors for postdischarge (PD) complications occurring within 30 days after 21 groups of inpatient general surgery procedures. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program 2005 through 2010 Participant Use Data Files. PATIENTS A total of 551,510 adult p...