19 papers
This single-center retrospective review of 34 jejunal diverticulitis patients reveals a significantly higher perforation rate (71%) and frequent need for operative intervention compared to prior literature, underscoring the condition's severity and the urgent need for standardized management guidelines.
This prospective longitudinal study of 288 patients undergoing facial skin cancer surgery reveals that while facial appearance and psychosocial distress initially worsen postoperatively, most patients recover to baseline or show significant improvement in appearance, cancer worry, scar satisfaction, and adverse effects by three months, with notable gender differences in appearance recovery.
This study developed and internally validated a multivariable prediction model using preoperative baseline appearance satisfaction and female sex to forecast postoperative appearance satisfaction three months after facial skin cancer reconstruction, though external validation is still required before clinical implementation.
This prospective pilot study suggests that while higher baseline levels of specific perfluoroalkyl substances (PFNA and PFOS) are associated with reduced lean mass in bariatric surgery candidates, only PFNA burden appears to modestly correlate with attenuated postoperative metabolic and body composition recovery, though larger studies are needed to confirm these findings.
This study demonstrates that a sex-specific computational framework integrating 3D left ventricular geometry from pre-TAVR CT scans significantly outperforms conventional clinical metrics in predicting one-year left ventricular mass regression, offering improved risk stratification particularly for women with severe aortic stenosis.
This paper argues that despite the availability of vast surgical video data and the use of massive Vision Language Models, current AI systems still struggle with fundamental surgical tasks like tool detection due to diminishing returns from scaling and persistent barriers related to data complexity and professional expertise, suggesting that simply increasing compute and model size is insufficient to achieve Medical Artificial General Intelligence.
This 21-year retrospective study at a Moroccan referral hospital evaluates the incidence and risk factors of anastomotic leakage in rectal cancer surgery, revealing a significant reduction in leak rates following the implementation of minimally invasive techniques after 2014.
This study demonstrates that faster preoperative peak alpha frequency (PAF) serves as a stable, trait-like neural marker capable of predicting meaningful long-term pain reduction and identifying treatment responders three months after spinal fusion surgery, suggesting its potential utility for preoperative risk profiling and personalized pain management.
This retrospective study of 330 popliteal artery aneurysms found that major adverse limb events occurred at comparable rates regardless of whether open or endovascular repair was performed, suggesting that aneurysm size and thrombus burden alone should not dictate the choice of operative strategy.
This experimental and computational study demonstrates that variations in left common carotid cannula design significantly alter cerebral perfusion pressure and flow distribution during bilateral selective antegrade cerebral perfusion, posing potential risks for patients with limited collateral circulation.
This study demonstrates that near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF), driven by secretory granules, can effectively distinguish normal pituitary tissue from tumors during surgery, offering a promising label-free method for enhancing gland preservation.
The P5 study demonstrates that remote perioperative symptom monitoring via smartphone is feasible for a large cohort of 2,500 surgical patients, achieving high participation rates despite variable compliance influenced by surgical site and demographic factors, thereby highlighting the need for careful handling of missing data to ensure model generalizability.
This retrospective cohort study utilizing the MIMIC-IV database demonstrates that preoperative blood test results, specifically minimum platelet counts and maximum sodium levels, alongside established factors like age and comorbidities, can effectively predict the risk of postoperative delirium in abdominal surgery patients.
This study presents a first-in-human demonstration of 4D ultrasound localization microscopy (4D-ULM) enabling sub-millimeter resolution volumetric mapping of deep cerebral perforating arteries and their hemodynamics during neurosurgery, thereby overcoming previous imaging limitations to enhance intraoperative guidance and decision-making.
This retrospective study of 198 patients undergoing early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis identifies preoperative serum cholinesterase and C-reactive protein levels as independent predictors of difficult surgery, while C-reactive protein and male sex predict disease severity.
This prospective randomized multicenter study demonstrates that while one-stage bilateral thoracic sympathectomy offers superior symptom control and quality-of-life improvements for primary palmar hyperhidrosis compared to unilateral surgery, it carries a significantly higher risk of severe compensatory sweating, supporting a staged approach where unilateral surgery may suffice for some patients.
This study demonstrates that a noncontact, dye-free speckle contrast diffuse correlation tomography (scDCT) system effectively monitors blood flow and distinguishes viable from necrotic tissue in a porcine skin flap model, offering a promising perioperative tool for assessing flap viability and guiding surgical decisions.
This study utilizing the MIMIC-IV database demonstrates that while the Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidity indices are significant predictors of postoperative delirium in abdominal surgery patients, their predictive accuracy is substantially enhanced when combined with other known delirium-associated risk factors.
This study establishes normative reference values for the FACE-Q Skin Cancer Module by demonstrating that preoperative scores of facial skin cancer patients are statistically equivalent to those of demographically matched healthy partners, thereby validating the module's utility for clinical interpretation while highlighting a specific sex-based difference in appearance scores.