Discuss challenges in designing post-surgical lumbar spine rehab program for home health patients. Describe common post-surgical lumbar spine fusion (LSF) functional precautions and activities prescribed by the surgeon. Identify the most common approaches to the LSF procedures and main types of lumbar fusions. Identify surgical LSF risk factors related to increased risk of non-union of the fusi...

introduction: the healing process after surgery is a challenging issue for surgeons. various materials and techniques have been developed to facilitate this process and reduce its period. fibrin adhesives are often used in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery to seal diffuse microvascular bleeding and in general and plastic surgery to seal wound borders. this case report and literature review wi...

BACKGROUND Wound infections are a common complication of surgery that add significantly to the morbidity of patients and costs of treatment. The global trend towards reducing length of hospital stay post-surgery and the increase in day case surgery means that surgical site infections (SSI) will increasingly occur after hospital discharge. Surveillance of SSIs is important because rates of SSI a...

BACKGROUND Surgical repair of post-infarct ventricular septal defect (VSD) is considered one of the most challenging procedures having high surgical mortality. This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of the surgical repair of post-infarct VSD. METHODS From May 1991 to July 2012, 34 patients (mean age, 67.1±7.9 years) underwent surgical repair of post-infarct VSD. A retrospective review of c...

congenital   aortocaval   fistula in association with complex congenital heart disease has never been described before. we represent an adult with tetralogy of fallot and an undiagnosed subclavian artery to superior vena cava fistula in previous catheterisms. he underwent surgical correction, successfully. after 8 months post operation he was doing well with improved functional capacity and no ...

  Background :The present study was conducted to establish the patterns and risk factors of surgical site infections in our institution between 2006 and 2011.   Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. The surgical site infection (SSI) was identified based on the presence of ICD-10-CM diagnostic code in hospital discharge records. By using a standardized data collection form pre...

INTRODUCTION The clinical target volume (CTV) for early stage breast cancer is difficult to clearly identify on planning computed tomography (CT) scans. Surgical clips inserted around the tumour bed should help to identify the CTV, particularly if the seroma has been reabsorbed, and enable tracking of CTV changes over time. METHODS A surgical clip-based CTV delineation protocol was introduced...

background prostate traction is one way to control post-prostatectomy bleeding. the most popular method involves traction with a catheter fixed to the thigh with adhesive bands. however, this method has its own drawbacks. objectives we aimed to simplify this traction procedure and to overcome its disadvantages. patients and methods from 2007 - 2015, a new method was used to control post-prostat...

BACKGROUND Kidney transplantation is the most cost-effective therapy for end-stage renal disease. Post-operative complications account for 15%-17% of all cases and are associated with significant morbidity. Currently 4.8% of post-transplantation patients have returned to dialysis. Our center's main transplant origin is cadaveric donation. OBJECTIVE To review surgical complications of kidney t...