Articles: operative.
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Journal of neurosurgery · Apr 2019
The economic consequences of neurosurgical disease in low- and middle-income countries.
The objective of this study was to estimate the economic consequences of neurosurgical disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). ⋯ The economic impact of neurosurgical diseases in LMICs is significant. The magnitude of economic losses due to neurosurgical diseases in LMICs provides further motivation beyond already compelling humanitarian reasons for action.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2019
Correction to: Is the new ASNM intraoperative neuromonitoring supervision "guideline" a trustworthy guideline? A commentary.
The article Is the new ASNM intraoperative neuromonitoring supervision "guideline" a trustworthy guideline? A commentary, written by Stanley A. Skinner, Elif Ilgaz Aydinlar, Lawrence F. Borges, Bob S. ⋯ Strommen, Andrea Szelenyi, Armando Tello, Sedat Ulkatan, Javier Urriza and Marshall Wilkinson, was originally published electronically on the publisher's internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on 05 January 2019 without open access. With the author(s)' decision to opt for Open Choice the copyright of the article changed on 30 January 2019 to © The Author(s) 2019 and the article is forthwith distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The original article has been corrected.
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J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci · Apr 2019
Acute kidney injury after hepatectomy can be reasonably predicted after surgery.
Hepatectomy presents unique challenges potentially heightening acute kidney injury (AKI) risk, but the full spectrum of risk factors has not been identified. ⋯ Postoperative AKI affects one in six hepatectomy patients; preoperative and intraoperative factors can predict the risk of postoperative AKI.