Articles: surgery.
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Although tranexamic acid (TXA) has occasionally been used to prevent postoperative recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) after burr hole craniotomy (BC), robust evidence of its efficacy has been lacking. ⋯ Oral administration of TXA reduced the occurrence of repeat surgery after BC for CSDH.
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Nov 2023
Surgical outcomes and stoma-related complications in inflammatory bowel disease in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study.
The prevalence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Crohn's (C) and ulcerative colitis (UC) has increased in Saudi Arabia during the past decade. Even though medical treatment is first-line therapy, most patients require surgery during the course of the disease. Stoma creation complications in IBD are underreported in the literature of the Middle East and especially in Saudi Arabia. ⋯ Retrospective and conducted in one academic institution with a small sample size.
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General large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT (GPT-3.5), have demonstrated the capability to pass multiple-choice medical board examinations. However, comparative accuracy of different LLMs and LLM performance on assessments of predominantly higher-order management questions is poorly understood. We aimed to assess the performance of 3 LLMs (GPT-3.5, GPT-4, and Google Bard) on a question bank designed specifically for neurosurgery oral boards examination preparation. ⋯ On a question bank of predominantly higher-order management case scenarios for neurosurgery oral boards preparation, GPT-4 achieved a score of 82.6%, outperforming ChatGPT and Google Bard.