Surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
A prospective, randomized, multicenter trial of Surgisis Gold, a biologic prosthetic, as a sublay reinforcement of the fascial closure after open bariatric surgery.
This prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial was performed to compare the effectiveness of the bioprosthesis Surgisis Gold (Cook Biotech, Inc, West Lafayette, IN) to suture closure alone in reinforcing the abdominal wall after open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). ⋯ In this challenging patient population, the use of Surgisis Gold for reinforcing the abdominal wall after open RYGB was not shown to be greatly different from a primary suture repair.
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Multicenter Study
A case-cohort study of postoperative myocardial infarction: impact of anemia and cardioprotective medications.
Postoperative myocardial infarction (poMI) is a serious and costly complication. Multiple risk factors for poMI are known, but the effect of anemia and cardioprotective medications have not been defined in real-world surgical practice. ⋯ In the current era, poMI patients have a markedly increased risk of death. This risk is decreased with preoperative use of acetylsalicylic acid and post MI β-blockade. Further study is warranted to explore the role of anemia and cardiac interventions after poMI.
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Clinical Trial
Borderline and locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma margin accentuation with intraoperative irreversible electroporation.
Complete tumor extirpation (R0 resection) remains the best possibility for long-term survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Unfortunately, approximately 80% of patients are not amenable to resection at diagnosis either because of metastatic (40%) or locally advanced disease (40%). Recent reports of irreversible electroporation (IRE), a high-voltage, short-pulse, cellular energy ablation device, have shown the modality to be safe and potentially beneficial to prognosis. IRE to augment/accentuate the margin during pancreatic resection for certain locally advanced pancreatic cancers has not been reported. ⋯ Simultaneous intraoperative IRE and pancreatectomy can provide an adjunct to resection in patients with locally advanced disease. Long-term follow-up has demonstrated a small local recurrence rate that is lower than expected. Continued optimization in multimodality therapy and consideration of appropriate patients could translate into a larger subset that could be treated effectively.
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Many institutions now use empiric full-body computed tomography (CT) as a standard step in the initial workup of stable trauma patients. Recent data suggest that these scans may reveal unexpected injuries and improve survival in patients with polytrauma. However, patients who are unstable on presentation are often taken to the operating room (OR) without CT. Many of these patients undergo empiric full-body CTs after being stabilized in the OR, yet few data exist regarding how often early postoperative CT reveals unexpected injuries within compartments that have been explored surgically. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine if empiric abdominal/pelvic (ABD) CT after emergent trauma laparotomies are likely to reveal missed injuries requiring urgent management and improve patient management compared with clinical judgment alone. ⋯ The use of ABD CT soon after trauma laparotomy did not provide meaningful improvements in patient care in the cohort studied. Further higher level research is needed to clarify what role empiric ABD CT should play in the early postoperative period.