Articles: surgery.
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Comparative Study
Evaluation of oral or rectal midazolam as conscious sedation for pediatric patients in oral surgery.
This study was undertaken with a view to determine the acceptance and treatment possibilities of midazolam, depending upon its oral and rectal application for pediatric patients requiring an oral surgery procedure (tooth extraction) and having a pretreatment behavioral score of 1 or 2 according to the Frankl Scale. Oral (0.5 mg/kg) and rectal (0.35 mg/kg) midazolam was compared in view of acceptance of the mode of treatment and local anesthesia, level of amnesia, and adverse effects. Although oral or rectal midazolam application has similar characteristics in respect to ease of working, the oral midazolam application should generally be preferred because it is more easily accepted by pediatric patients.
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is the most common fungal pulmonary infection in severely immunocompromised patients. Aspergillus species are commonly isolated from the soil, plant debris, and the indoor environment, including the hospital. Phagocytosis is the main host defense against Aspergillus conidia and hyphae. ⋯ The improved survival observed with voriconazole makes it a new reference for the first-line therapy of IA. Lipid formulations of amphotericin B, caspofungin, micafungin, and posaconazole are other therapeutic options in the event of failure of or contraindication to voriconazole. The main indication for surgery is prevention of severe hemoptysis when the lesion is adjacent to a large vessel.
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Orthop. Clin. North Am. · Apr 2004
Computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery: minimally invasive hip and knee reconstruction.
Joint reconstructive surgery is experiencing new and important developments. Less and minimally invasive techniques for hip and knee replacement have been described recently by several investigators. ⋯ Accuracy and safety of the surgery could be increased, despite the smaller approaches, with navigation tools. Although promising,the initial clinical experience is limited and needs to be supported by further, prospective analysis.
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Ann Chir Plast Esthet · Apr 2004
Historical Article[From the French Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery to the French Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery].
(The) 3rd December 1952, 11 surgeons and other specialists found the French Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (SFCPR) which was officially published on (the) 28 September 1953. The first congress was during October 1953 and the first president as Maurice Aubry. The first secretary was Daniel Morel Fatio. ⋯ The French Society organized the International Congress of Plastic Surgery in 1975. The society SFCPR became the French Society of plastic reconstruction and Aesthetic Surgery (SFCPRE) in 1983 and the "logo" (front view) was in the 1994 SOF. CPRE.
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Surgical operations have developed in the method which skillful surgeon's hands and eyes are used. However, to realize a new surgical therapy in the 21st century, it is necessary to use various advanced technologies; surgical robots, three dimensional medical images, computer graphics, computer simulation technology and others. ⋯ Surgical robots provide surgeons with advanced hand, but it is not a machine to do the same action of a surgeon using scissors or a scalpel. The advanced vision and hands available to surgeons are creating new surgical fields which are minimally invasive surgery, non-invasive surgery, virtual reality micro-surgery, tele-surgery, fetus surgery, neuro-informatics surgery and others in the 21st century.