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Systemic adiponectin levels in colorectal cancer and adenoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Obesity is a well-established risk factor in the development of colorectal cancer; however, the mechanism mediating this relationship is not well understood. The adipokine, adiponectin, has an inverse relation...
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General anesthesia versus regional anesthesia in patients undergoing obliterative vaginal procedures for pelvic organ prolapse
The objective was to compare outcomes in patients receiving general versus regional anesthesia when undergoing obliterative vaginal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse.
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Predictive Ability of Comorbidity Indices for Surgical Morbidity and Mortality: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Several contemporary risk stratification tools are now being used since the development of the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) in 1987. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare t...
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A meta-analysis and systematic review of the comparison of laparoscopic ablation to percutaneous ablation for hepatic malignancies
The optimal access for thermal ablation of the liver has not been evaluated in the literature for the laparoscopic versus percutaneous techniques. The aim of this manuscript was to determine the optimal ablati...
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[S156] Comparing outcomes of per-oral pyloromyotomy and robotic pyloroplasty for the treatment of gastroparesis
Gastroparesis is characterized by delayed gastric emptying without a significant obstructive pathology and is estimated to effect more than 5 million adults in the United States. Therapies for this condition a...
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Comparative analyses of attitude, knowledge, and recollection of preoperative counseling regarding pelvic mesh among women with or without a mesh-related complication
Our objective was to compare the recollection of preoperative counseling regarding mesh for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and/or stress urinary incontinence (SUI) among women with or without a mesh-related compl...
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Use of an iPad™ application in preoperative counseling for pelvic reconstructive surgery: a randomized trial
The goal of this study was to evaluate whether the addition of an iPad™ application to the informed consent process for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery improves patient understanding and retention of infor...
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Current practice patterns and knowledge among gynecologic surgeons of InterStim® programming after implantation
The objective of this study was to describe surgeons’ current practices in InterStim® programming after initial implantation and their knowledge of programming parameters. We hypothesized that surgeons perform...
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The relationship between age and pelvic organ prolapse bother
A variety of factors affect the amount of bother experienced by different women with equivalent pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The goal of this study was to describe the relationship between age and bother exper...
