Study selection Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that compared D2 plus para-aortic lymphadenectomy (including dissection of middle para-aortic lymph nodes, 16a2, 16b1) with standard D2 lymphadenectomy in patients with resectable, biopsydiagnosed, gastric adenocarcinoma were eligible for inclusion in the review. Studies had to report more than one of the specified outcome measures. The primar...

BACKGROUND Vitamin C has critical features relavant to postoperative pain management and functional improvement; however, no study has yet evaluated the effectiveness of vitamin C on improving the surgical outcomes for spine pathologies. Thus, this study aimed to explore the impact of vitamin C on postoperative outcomes after single-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) for lumbar spin...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the hypothesis that storage age of transfused red blood cells (RBCs) is associated with adverse outcome after cardiac surgery, and examined association between volume of RBC transfusions and outcome after cardiac surgery. METHODS Adult patients undergoing first time elective/urgent cardiac surgery who had received RBC transfusion perioperatively were include...

OBJECTIVES In the current classification of epilepsies two forms of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) were included: mesial and lateral (neocortical) TLE. We aimed at identifying prognostic factors for the surgical outcome of lesional neocortical TLE. METHODS We included consecutive patients who had undergone presurgical evaluation including ictal video-EEG and high-resolution MRI, who had TLE due...

Background Hyperbilirubinemia is a common postoperative complication. Elevated direct bilirubin (D-Bil) and indirect bilirubin (I-Bil) levels are related to different pathophysiologies; therefore, their associations with outcomes also differ. However, there have been few comparative studies of such associations in postoperative patients. Methods This retrospective study compared the associati...

BACKGROUND Postoperative outcome of spinal meningiomas is an important issue in surgery decision-making. There are limited and conflicting data in the literature about the prognostic factors influencing recovery, especially about the histopathologic subtypes. OBJECTIVES This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of some of these factors on postoperative outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Temperature is a well-known modulator of experimental cerebral injury. We hypothesized that hyperthermia would be associated with a worsened cognitive outcome after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). METHODS Three hundred consenting patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass for CABG had hourly postoperative temperatures recorded. The degree of postoperative h...

Delirium is a syndrome consisting of cloudiness of consciousness,attention deficit,and cognitive impairment,with quick onset,but varring paths in its progression .delirium is more common after major surgeries in the elderly and hospitalized patients,resuting in high morbidity and mortality rates.the incidence rate that has been reported  in previous studies varies from 1-3% in cataract surgery ...

abstract background: patient satisfaction with the cosmetic result of spinal fusion surgery was studied in 40 cases of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. neutral or dissatisfied patients were compared with satisfied patients in several physical and psychological characteristics. the aim of the study was to determine whether adolescents generally report satisfaction with the postoperative appearan...