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Latest Full Text Articles (45)641 The Changing Pattern of Pediatric Burns Journal of Burn Care & Research, January 14, 2011
642 Oral Electrical Burns in Children-A Model of Multidisciplinary Care Journal of Burn Care & Research, January 13, 2011
643 Simultaneous Endovascular Repair of Traumatic Rupture of the Right Subclavian Artery and Thoracic Aorta Full Text Annals of Thoracic Surgery, January 13, 2011
644 Surgical Repair of Rupture of the Membranous Septum After Blunt Chest Trauma Full Text Annals of Thoracic Surgery, January 12, 2011
645 Prediction of Neurological Recovery Using Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Cases of Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Neurosurgery, January 12, 2011
646 Combined Injury of the Accessory Nerve and Brachial Plexus Neurosurgery, January 12, 2011
647 Cerebrovascular Dissections: A Review. Part II: Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury Neurosurgery, January 12, 2011 Review Article
648 Impact of Low-dose Vasopressin on Trauma Outcome: Prospective Randomized Study World Journal of Surgery, January 10, 2011
649 Percutaneous management of a saphenous vein graft perforation using a covered stent and final coil embolization technique Archives of Medical Science, January 10, 2011
650 Flexion contractures of fingers: Contracture elimination with trapeze-flap plasty Burns, January 7, 2011 Clinical Article
651 Marjolin's warty ulcer Journal of Surgical Oncology, January 7, 2011 Review Article
652 Refinement in the technique of perihepatic packing: a safe and effective surgical hemostasis and multidisciplinary approach can improve the outcome in severe liver trauma The American Journal of Surgery, January 7, 2011
653 Late outcomes following open and endovascular repair of blunt thoracic aortic injury Journal of Vascular Surgery, January 7, 2011
654 Use of the lateral intercostal artery perforator-based pedicled reverse thoraco-abdominal flap for treatment of antecubital burn contractures Burns, January 6, 2011 Clinical Article
655 The demographics of modern burn care: should most burns be cared for by non-burn surgeons The American Journal of Surgery, January 6, 2011
656 Early excision and skin grafting versus delayed skin grafting in deep hand burns (a randomised clinical controlled trial) Burns, January 5, 2011
657 New Dermagraft Coding to Streamline Reimbursement Process for Medicare Providers Wounds, January 4, 2011
658 Retrospective analysis of photographic evaluation of burn depth Burns, January 4, 2011
659 Early results from a randomized trial of saphenous surgery with or without subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery in patients with a venous ulcer British Journal of Surgery, January 3, 2011
660 Unstable Patients With Retroperitoneal Vascular Trauma: An Endovascular Approach Annals of Vascular Surgery, January 3, 2011
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Epidural anesthesia reduces post-CABG pain
As published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) plus general anesthesia (GA) is superior to GA alone in managing post-operative CABG pain. Forty patients undergoing elective CABG were randomized to receive TEA (0.25% bipivacaine [10-20 mg/h]) intra-operatively and for 24 h post-operatively plus GA or GA alone. Post-operative pain at rest and with coughing was significantly less for up to 1 month post-operatively in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group. Furthermore, analgesic use, mechanical ventilation time, ICU stay time, and hospital stay time were reduced in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group.
Read the article summaryNT-proBNP predicts outcome following emergent surgery
As published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, measurement of N-terminal pro B-type natruiretic peptide (NT-proBNP) pre- and post-operatively predicts outcome in patients > 50 years of age (n=297) undergoing emergent non-cardiac surgery. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 725 pg/ml was associated with a 4.8-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. Similarly, a post-operative NT-proBNP > 1600 pg/ml was associated with a 4.0-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 1740 pg/ml was associated with a 6.9 RR for major adverse cardiac events during the post-operative hospital stay.
Read the article summaryIncreased risk of skin cancer in RCC treated with multikinase inhibitors
As published in Dermatologic Surgery, RCC patients (n=69) treated with multikinase inhibitors are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. After a median treatment of 13.5 months, 13.5% and 6.3% of patients treated with sorafenib and sunitinib developed skin cancer, respectively.
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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Implementing acute care surgery at a level I trauma center: 1-year prospective evaluation of the impact of this shift on trauma volumes and outcomes The American Journal of Surgery, May 20, 2013
2 Non-operative management of high-grade pancreatic trauma: Is it worth the wait? Journal of Pediatric Surgery, May 29, 2013 Review Article
3 Barriers to trauma patient care associated with ct scanning Journal of the American College of Surgeons, May 29, 2013
4 Comparing clinical predictors of deep venous thrombosis versus pulmonary embolus after severe injury: A new paradigm for posttraumatic venous thromboembolism? The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, April 30, 2013
5 Damage control surgery for abdominal trauma Cochrane Reviews, April 12, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
6 Logistics of Building a Laser Practice for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Burn Scars Annals of Plastic Surgery, May 2, 2013
7 Predictors of Failed Primary Abdominal Closure in the Trauma Patient with an Open Abdomen Southern Medical Journal, May 7, 2013 Review Article
8 Video-assisted thoracoscopy as an important tool for trauma surgeons: a systematic review Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, April 12, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
9 Iatrogenic Vascular Injuries With Lethal Outcome World Journal of Surgery, May 7, 2013
10 Usefulness of fibrin degradation products and d-dimer levels as biomarkers that reflect the severity of trauma The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, May 6, 2013 Review Article
11 Diffuse traumatic brain injury and the sensory brain Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, May 10, 2013 Review Article
12 Thromboprophylaxis for trauma patients Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013 Review Article
13 Macrophages are essential for the early wound healing response and the formation of a fibrovascular scar American Journal of Pathology, May 29, 2013 Review Article
14 A principal component analysis of coagulation after trauma The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, May 3, 2013
15 Conservative Therapeutic Approach to Corrosive Poisonings in Adults Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, May 15, 2013
16 Trauma in Canada: A Spirit of Equity & Collaboration World Journal of Surgery, May 15, 2013 Review Article
17 Early management of pediatric vascular injuries through humanitarian surgical care during U.S. military operations Journal of Vascular Surgery, May 21, 2013
18 The impact of major operative fractures in blunt abdominal injury The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, April 29, 2013
19 Current Methods of Burn Reconstruction Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, May 3, 2013 Review Article
20 Correlation of conventional thrombelastography and rapid thrombelastography in trauma The American Journal of Surgery, April 2, 2013
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