BACKGROUND Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of obstetricians and gynecologists regarding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for prevention of healthcare-associated group A streptococcal (GAS) infections as well as general management of pregnancy-related and postpartum infections are unknown. METHODS Questionnaires were sent to 1300 members of the American ...

BACKGROUND Attempts to relate patellar cartilage involvement to anterior knee pain (AKP) have yielded conflicting results. We determined whether the condition of the cartilage of the patella at the time of knee replacement, as assessed by the OARSI score, correlates with postsurgical AKP. PATIENTS AND METHODS We prospectively studied 100 patients undergoing knee arthroplasty. At surgery, we p...

Chronic postsurgical pain has a global incidence of 30 %, while surgery is the second commonest cause of neuropathic pain. The operations most commonly implicated in chronic postsurgical pain are inguinal hernia repair, breast surgery, amputation, cholecystectomy and thoracotomy. Possible risk factors are the existence of preoperative pain, psychological characteristics of the patient, certain ...

Identification of postsurgical complications is the first step towards improving patient safety and health care quality as well as reducing heath care cost. Existing NLP-based approaches for retrieving postsurgical complications are based on search strategies. Here, we conduct a sublanguage analysis study using free text reports available for a cohort of patients with postsurgical complications...

Persistent postsurgical pain is a serious issue in public health, which has received increased interest in recent years. Previous studies have reported that psychological factors promote the development of chronic postsurgical pain. However, it is unclear how chronification of postsurgical pain occurs. The α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid receptor (AMPA) phosphorylation in ...

BACKGROUND Intra-abdominal surgical intervention can cause the development of intra-peritoneal adhesions. To reduce this problem, different agents have been tested to minimize abdominal adhesions; however, the optimal adhesion prophylaxis has not been found so far. Therefore, the A-Part(®) Gel was developed as a barrier to diminish postsurgical adhesions; the aim of this randomized controlled s...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is technically more challenging in patients with postsurgical anatomy such as Roux-en-Y anastomosis, frequently mandating an operative intervention. Although limited, there is growing evidence that ERCP can be performed using the balloon-overtube-assisted enteroscopy (BOAE) in patients with complex postoperative anatomy. We present the techn...

Changes in tumor cell proliferation in local and distant residual tumor were studied after subtotal surgical cytoreduction in three experimental tumor models varying in corticosteroid receptor content, cell proliferation, and animal host. In residual s.c. RIF-1 anf R3230AC tumors, proliferation was inhibited within 24 hr after 75% resection. Subsequently, intervals of increased proliferation, c...

OBJECTIVE The present study was designed to test the hypotheses that response expectancies and emotional distress mediate the effects of an empirically validated presurgical hypnosis intervention on postsurgical side effects (i.e., pain, nausea, and fatigue). METHOD Women (n = 200) undergoing breast-conserving surgery (mean age = 48.50 years; 63% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% African American, and...