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Lessons learnt from the construction and implementation of a prospective ventral hernia database
The New England VA Hernia Registry was created in 2011 to prospectively collect relevant details of ventral hernia repairs, with the intention to assess and improve long term outcomes. The goal of this study i...
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Topic: Recent Innovations in Hernia Surgery
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The cost of surgical training: analysis of operative time for laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Duration of surgery is a main cost factor of surgical training. The purpose of this analysis of operative times for laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LC) was to quantify the extra time and related costs in regar...
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Phase characterization in as-cast F-75 Co–Cr–Mo–C alloy
Microstructural characterization of a cast acetabulum of ASTM F-75 alloy has been carried out in order to clarify conflicting reports from the literature. The present investigation revealed that although sigma...
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Randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of music on the virtual reality laparoscopic learning performance of novice surgeons
Findings have shown that music affects cognitive performance, but little is known about its influence on surgical performance. The hypothesis of this randomized controlled trial was that arousing (activating) ...
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Esophageal motility disorders in the morbidly obese population
Most studies investigating esophageal motility among the morbidly obese have focused on the relationship between lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Very few s...
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Stricture rates after circular stapled vs. linear stapled gastro-jejunostomy for laparoscopic gastric bypass
GRUNDLAGEN: Strikturraten der Gastrojejunostomie (GJA) bei laparoskopischem Magenbypass (LGBP) werden 1,6%–40% für zirkulären und 3%–14,6% für linearen Stapler angegeben. Diese Studie hat beide Anastomosentech...
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Laparoscopic gastric bypass for morbid obesity
GRUNDLAGEN: Die morbide Adipositas trifft in den Vereinigten Staaten bei mehr als 60 % der Erwachsenen mit Übergewicht zu und hat somit ein epidemisches Ausmaß eingenommen. Die konservativmedizinischen Therapi...
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Can skills assessment on a virtual reality trainer predict a surgical trainee’s talent in laparoscopic surgery?
A number of studies have investigated several aspects of feasibility and validity of performance assessments with virtual reality surgical simulators. However, the validity of performance assessments is limite...
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Funktion des Bestrophins
Es ist grundlegend für das Verständnis der Pathomechanismen des Morbus Best, die Funktion des Bestrophin-1 zu verstehen, welches das Produkt des VMD2-Gens darstellt. In heterologen Expressionsstudien hat sich ...
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Laparoscopic repair of an internal strangulated supravesical hernia
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Technical considerations in laparoscopic resection of gastric neoplasms
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the use of different laparoscopic approaches in the management of gastric neoplasms based on tumor type and location. Methods: We re...
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Laparoscopic total mesorectal excision
After total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer was introduced in 1982, local recurrence rates decreased to 5%. These results were found to be reproducible; therefore, the technique became standard for the t...
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Cervical Lymphadenitis – A Rare Case of Focal Listeriosis
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A prospective randomized trial of different laparoscopic gastric banding techniques for morbid obesity
Slippage of the stomach is the most common postoperative complication after laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding (LASGB) for morbid obesity. Retrogastric placement (RGP) of the band through the les...
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One hundred consecutive laparoscopic cholangiograms
Background: In 100 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the feasibility, reliability, and cost of routine laparoscopic cholangiography were prospectively studied.
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Teachers’ Bloomers
In 1963, Rosenthal and Fode demonstrated that the behaviour of experimental subjects can be influenced inadvertently, yet powerfully, by the expectations of the experimenter (see the previous study). Experimen...
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Laparoscopic colectomy vs traditional colectomy for diverticulitis
The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy for diverticulitis.
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Dull Rats and Bright Rats
One of the most important effects to control against in psychological experimentation is the effect of experimenter bias. Experimenters can all too easily find what they are looking for (support for their own ...
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Reasons for early recurrence following laparoscopic hernioplasty
The incidence and reasons for early recurrences following laparoscopic hernioplasty have not been studied. Because the incidence is small and the follow up is short, a multi-institutional study was performed a...
