Surgery - Clinical Pharmacology News & Articles

1 Intravenous Lornoxicam Is More Effective than Paracetamol as a Supplemental Analgesic After Lower Abdominal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial World Journal of Surgery, May 22, 2012    Clinical Article

2 Hyaluronic acid derivatives and their healing effect on burns, epithelial surgical wounds, and chronic wounds: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Wound Repair and Regeneration, May 22, 2012    Clinical Article

3 When the timing is right: Antibiotic timing and infection after cardiac surgery The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, May 21, 2012

4 Development of novel electrospun absorbable polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds for hernia repair applications Surgical Endoscopy, May 18, 2012

5 Antibiotics as First-line Therapy for Acute Appendicitis: Evidence for a Change in Clinical Practice World Journal of Surgery, May 17, 2012    Clinical Article

6 Hemodynamic changes during spinal anesthesia in premature infants with congenital heart disease undergoing inguinal hernia correction Paediatric Anaesthesia, May 16, 2012    Clinical Article

7 Effect of Chronic Anal Fissure Components on Isosorbide Dinitrate Treatment World Journal of Surgery, May 15, 2012    Clinical Article

8 Five-year results of a randomized clinical trial comparing a polypropylene mesh with a poliglecaprone and polypropylene composite mesh for inguinal hernioplasty Hernia, May 14, 2012    Clinical Article

9 Combination therapy with warfarin plus clopidogrel improves outcomes in femoropopliteal bypass surgery patients Journal of Vascular Surgery, May 10, 2012    Clinical Article

10 Preoperative statin therapy is not associated with a decrease in the incidence of delirium after cardiac operations Annals of Thoracic Surgery, May 9, 2012    Clinical Article

11 Impact of remifentanil use on early postoperative outcomes following brain tumor resection or rectal cancer surgery Journal of Anesthesia, May 8, 2012    Clinical Article

12 Effects of preoperative aspirin in coronary artery bypass grafting: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, May 8, 2012    Clinical Article

13 Thrombelastographic haemostatic status and antiplatelet therapy after coronary artery bypass surgery (TEG-CABG trial): assessing and monitoring the antithrombotic effect of clopidogrel and aspirin versus aspirin alone in hypercoagulable patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Full Text Trials, May 7, 2012    Clinical Article

14 Effect of bevacizumab added preoperatively to oxaliplatin on liver injury and complications after resection of colorectal liver metastases Journal of Surgical Oncology, May 4, 2012    Clinical Article

15 Portal vein infusion chemotherapy with gemcitabine after surgery for pancreatic cancer Surgery Today, May 4, 2012    Clinical Article

16 A randomized, placebo-controlled study of pregabalin for postoperative pain intensity after laparoscopic cholecystectomy Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, May 3, 2012    Clinical Article

17 The number of pathologic lymph nodes involved is still a significant prognostic factor even after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Journal of Surgical Oncology, May 2, 2012

18 Induction Therapy Followed by Surgery for T3-T4/N0 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Long-Term Results Annals of Thoracic Surgery, May 2, 2012

19 Chronic pretreatment of metformin is associated with the reduction of the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with diabetes mellitus after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction Cardiovascular Drug Reviews, April 30, 2012    Clinical Article

20 Safety and efficacy of extended-release bupivacaine local anaesthetic in open hernia repair: a randomized controlled trial Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, April 27, 2012

Prospective comparative study of single-layer versus double-layer closure of leg wounds after long saphenous vein harvest in coronary artery bypass graft operations Journal of Thoracic Disease, 08/05/2011

1 Protective effect of silymarin during coronary artery bypass grafting surgery Experimental and Clinical Cardiology, April 13, 2012

2 The clinical value of non-curative resection followed by chemotherapy for incurable gastric cancer World Journal of Surgery, April 2, 2012

3 Propranolol treatment of infantile hemangioma: clinical and radiologic evaluations Journal of Pediatric Surgery, April 26, 2012

4 Statins reduce short- and long-term mortality associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting: impact of postoperative atrial fibrillation and statin therapy on survival Clinical Cardiology, April 17, 2012    Free full text

5 Safety and efficacy of extended-release bupivacaine local anaesthetic in open hernia repair: a randomized controlled trial Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, April 27, 2012

6 Microsatellite instability in sporadic gastric cancer: its prognostic role and guidance for 5-FU based chemotherapy after R0 resection International Journal of Cancer, April 20, 2012

7 Short-term Results and Long-term Oncologic Outcomes between Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy and Adjuvant Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Stage III Rectal Cancer: A Case-matched Study Annals of Surgical Oncology, April 10, 2012

8 Cost-effectiveness analysis comparing epidural, patient-controlled intravenous morphine, and continuous wound infiltration for postoperative pain management after open abdominal surgery British Journal of Anesthesia, April 2, 2012

9 Clinical and biological features of patients suspected or confirmed to have heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in a cardiothoracic surgical ICU Chest, March 20, 2012