OBJECT Whether routine intraoperative angiography is necessary for cerebral aneurysm surgery is currently under debate. In this study the authors prospectively assessed the cerebrovascular surgeon's accuracy in predicting the need for intraoperative angiography. METHODS Between January 2002 and January 2003, 200 consecutive patients (141 female and 59 male patients, mean age 52.8 years) with ...

Main aim of our study was to evaluate economic costs associated with the elimination of complications of endoscopic treatment of nephrolithiasis. We retrospectively analyzed medical reports of the 1027 patients (597 men 58.1% and 430 women 41.9%), at age (mean±SD) 38.9±15.6. There were 22 (2.1%) intraoperative complications observed in 14 (1.4%) patients. These patients got into amount of 180 (...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the learning curve of robotic hysterectomy using objective, patient-centered outcomes and analytic methods proposed in the literature. METHODS All cases of robotic hysterectomy performed at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, from January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2009, were collected. Experience was analyzed in 6-month periods. Operative time, complications, and leng...

OBJECTIVES To describe the incidence, identification and management of common intraoperative complications, including vascular, urological, bowel and visceral complications, of laparoscopic urological surgery. METHODS We searched the databases of PubMed and Medline for relevant English language reports, using the keywords 'laparoscopy', 'urologic' and 'complication'. RESULTS The search yiel...

Study Objective. To compare the clinical outcomes of robotic retropubic urethropexy versus open retropubic urethropexy. Design. Retrospective case-control study (II-2). Setting. University Hospital. Patients. All patients who underwent robotic retropubic urethropexy from 1/1/12 to 6/1/12 by a single gynecologic surgeon were included in the case series. The control cases consisted of the last fi...

Received for publication August’ 2006 .................................. Purpose: To find out complications of phacoemulsification in our first 300 cases. Material and Methods: Retrospective analysis of our first 300 cases of phacoemulsification was done. Operations were performed in different hospitals of city. After thorough examination and investigations, patients were operated. Most were op...

PURPOSE To assess the literature on accuracy and clinical performance of computer technology applications in surgical implant dentistry. MATERIALS AND METHODS Electronic and manual literature searches were conducted to collect information about (1) the accuracy and (2) clinical performance of computer-assisted implant systems. Meta-regression analysis was performed for summarizing the accurac...

AIM To identify whether the risk of an intraoperative complication of phakoemulsification cataract surgery increases with age. METHODS 1441 consecutive patients undergoing phakoemulsification cataract surgery were assessed preoperatively, and data on the occurrence of intraoperative complications were collected prospectively. Data were entered into a computerised database, and logistic regres...

OBJECTIVE To determine the intraoperative and early postoperative complications of manual sutureless cataract extraction. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Redo Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from January 2009 to December 2010. METHODOLOGY Three hundred patients of cataract through purposive non-probability sampling were selected. The patients underwent manual sut...

Background: The aim of this study is to adapt the two most common grading systems of surgical complications; the Satava system for perioperative complications, and the modified Clavien grading system for the postoperative complications on the surgical complications of penile prosthesis surgery. Methods and Findings: Between Oct 1990 and Dec 2011, 422 patients were treated with penile prosthesis...