EAES Guidelines for Endoscopic Surgery
Twelve Years Evidence-Based Surgery in Europe
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Our objective was to evaluate the impact of routine use of double-J stents on the incidence of urinary tract infection after renal transplantation.
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Due to organ shortage, average waiting time for a kidney in Germany is about 4 years after start of dialysis. Number of kidney grafts recovered can only be maintained by accepting older and expanded criteria d...
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Incisional hernia is the most frequent postoperative complication following abdominal surgery and is a common and costly source of morbidity. Conventional mesh repair is the standard treatment today, but the u...
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Although laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) has become the standard approach for most splenectomy cases, some areas still remain controversial. To date, the indications that preclude laparoscopic splenectomy are no...
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Cytokine-mediated immunoresponses are consequences of isolated traumatic brain injury (TBI) and muskuloskeletal trauma but little is known when both impacts occur simulanteously in combined neurotrauma (CNT), ...
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The authors evaluated the impact of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) on obesity-associated diseases in a series at 3 to 8 years postoperatively, namely diabetes, pulmonary disease, hypertension a...
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This metaanalysis aimed to compare endoscopic linear stapling and loop ligatures used to secure the base of the appendix.
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The use of the terms evidence-based medicine (EBM) and healthcare (EBHC) has become commonplace in the medical as well as in the surgical literature. Using the best available evidence, however, is not yet a wo...
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Emergency laparoscopic exploration can be used to identify the causative pathology of acute abdominal pain. Laparoscopic surgery also allows treatment of many intraabdominal disorders. This report was prepared...
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We performed a scientific evaluation of the efficacy of different surgical techniques for inginual hernia repair and supported our findings by conducting a systematic review of randomized studies comparing end...
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The increasing prevalence of morbid obesity together with the development of laparoscopic approaches has led to a steep rise in the number of bariatric operations. These guidelines intend to define the compara...
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For the scientific evaluation of the endoscopic and open mesh techniques for the repair of inguinal hernia, meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCT) are necessary. The Lichtenstein repair is one of ...
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Measuring health-related quality of life (QoL) after surgery is essential for decision making by patients, surgeons, and payers. The aim of this consensus conference was twofold. First, it was to determine for...
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Background: Any individualisation of incisional hernia repair requires a profound knowledge of risk factors for recurrence. Methods: A series of 160 patients underwent incisional hernia repair and were prospec...
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Background: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LGB) has gained wide popularity, but information on port function is limited. Methods: In a prospective nonrandomized study, we analyz...