In the United States, oral mechanical bowel preparation (OMBP), defined as the use of an oral preparation given prior to surgery to clear fecal material from the bowel lumen, is often prescribed preoperatively for patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery.1 OMBP is sometimes used as a precaution in anticipation of possible iatrogenic bowel injury during abdominal and pelvic surgeries that...

Background. Combined liver and multivisceral resections are infrequent procedures, which demand extensive experience and considerable surgical skills. Methods. An electronic search of literature related to this topic published before June 2013 was performed. Results. There is limited scientific evidence of the feasibility and clinical outcomes of these complex procedures. The majority of these ...

context a tourniquet is a device that is used frequently in most orthopaedic surgeries but this routine device can lead to serious complications so we decided to review and declare it for safe instruction and use. evidence acquisition we searched the word “tourniquet” in pubmed and google and reviewed all full text english articles and abstracts of non-english articles. in addition, we read all...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) improved surgical site infection (SSI) rates using national data at the patient level for both SCIP adherence and SSI occurrence. BACKGROUND The SCIP was established in 2006 with the goal of reducing surgical complications by 25% in 2010. METHODS National Veterans' Affairs (VA) data f...

BACKGROUND In a time of increasing specialization, academic training institutions provide a compartmentalized learning environment that often does not reflect the broad clinical experience of general surgery practice. This study aimed to evaluate the contribution of the Veterans Affairs (VA) general surgery surgical experience to both index Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (...

Abstract Aim Surgical and oncological outcomes of emergency colorectal cancer (CRC) surgeries are poor compared to those elective resections. SARS-Cov-2 ambience has added an additional risk on these patients during the course their perioperative journey. The impact peri-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection unique is still under scrutiny. We aimed analyse a cohort that underwent CRC pandemic in our s...

abstract background: today, the rate of surgeries is increasing, but surgeries are canceled due to various reasons. unexpected cancellation of surgeries not only results in disorder in the operating room schedule, but also causes stress for patients and their family and increases costs. we determined the number and causes of surgery cancellations and areas for improvement. materials and methods...

the aim of this study is to find causes of cardiac disrhytmias during ophthalmic surgeries in patients under general anesthesia with no history of heart disease in iran’s educational hospitals. this was a univarient study. a sample of 250 patients selected randomly. data were gathered by four resources: interview, patient’s documents, kind of treatment selected by anesthesiologist and monitorin...

Abstract Aim This was a re-audit of (ACPGBI) Association Coloproctology Great Britain and Ireland guidelines for the management colorectal cancers 3 rd Edition 2007. “Surgeons should expect to achieve an overall anastomotic leak rate below 8% anterior resections 4% other types resection. Surgeons operative mortality less than 7% elective cancer surgery.” To ensure that our Anastomotic Leak rate...