BACKGROUND Comanagement of surgical patients by medicine physicians (generalist physicians or internal medicine subspecialists) has been shown to improve efficiency and to reduce adverse outcomes. We examined the extent to which comanagement is used during hospitalizations for common surgical procedures in the United States. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of Medicare fee-fo...

This clinical study , carried out from 1996 to 1999, was aimed at assessing the effect of varicoceletomy on the spermogram of patients with subclinical varicocele. A total of 142 patients (mean age 28.1 ± 4.3) with varicocele (63 with subclinical) took part in the study. All individuals were informed and were satisfied to get involve in the study. Two spermograms were recorded one at the beginn...

The objective of this study is to develop a mortality prediction model for patients undergoing gastric cancer surgery based on body morphometry, nutritional, and surgical information. Using prospectively built registry from the Asan Medical Center (AMC), 621 patients, who were treated with no recurrence cancer, selected development model. Input features (i.e., surgical, clinicopathologic inform...

introduction for decades, acetabular fractures were treated conservatively. judet et al. in 1960s established the operative treatment of these fractures by continuous improvement of pre-operative evaluation and classification of fractures. several studies demonstrated that accurate fracture reduction decreases the incidence of post-traumatic arthritis and improves functional outcome. conclusion...

Background Surgical site infections (SSI) are the common nosocomial infection in surgical patients, and are a significant source of postoperative morbidity resulting in increased hospital stay, morbidity and cost. Objective The objective of this study was to obtain the incidence of SSI and determine various risks factors influencing the SSI rate with special reference to the National Nosocomial...