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Male patients who are greater than 6 months of age will be enrolled in the study prior to elective outpatient hypospadias repair with ASA class 1-2. For a male who meets the inclusion criteria, after informed consent is obtained, he will be randomized at a 1:1 basis to standard penile block with

The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility and safety of a 23-hour accelerated ERAS 2.0 protocol for patients undergoing colorectal surgery compared to a retrospective cohort of patients who followed ERAS 1.0 for colorectal surgery. In this ERAS 2.0 protocol, patients undergoing

Between 30 and 50% of patients who contract COVID 19 will be asymptomatic or oligosymptomatic. This fact will not give rise to the consult, and will directly affect a notorious sub-registration of the cases. The second, even more disturbing, premise is that these patients are as contagious as the

The postoperative delirium picture is a serious and common complication seen after any major surgery, including hepatic resection. Delirium is an acute state of confusion characterized by impaired consciousness, reduced ability to focus on attention, changes in cognitive functions, a perceptual

•Rationale: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is defined as illness caused by a novel coronavirus now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2; formerly called 2019-nCoV), which was first identified amid an outbreak of respiratory illness cases in Wuhan City, Hubei

Introduction:Thoracic epidural analgesia is still considered the gold standard for postoperative analgesia in abdominal surgery; however, concerns regarding side effects such as hypotension and motor blockade, as well as the risk of major complications such as epidural hematoma and abscess, have led

RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND: Major strides in surgical care for traumatic injuries and burns over recent decades have enabled survival for wounds that would have previously been fatal. In the wake of these advancements, new challenges have emerged in managing the chronic aspects of these injuries.

Participants This study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the National Cheng Kung University Hospital (IRB: B-BR-107-046-T). This single center study was performed between May 2018 and April 2019. All the 60 patients who were treated with a PFNA system (Depuy Synthes®,

Intrapleural Fibrinolysis and DNase versus VATS for the treatment of pleural empyema: a randomized, controlled trial BACKGROUND Pleural empyema is a disease with an infection inside the chest cavity, often as a result of a pneumonia. In Denmark there are approximately 500 new cases per year.

The main objective of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy of the antibiotic after tooth extraction in preventing infections and to evaluate the effect of probiotic in reducing the possible antibiotic side effects. In order to analyze the effect of the antibiotic in terms of patient's general

1. Background In the case of acute cholecystitis, in which acute inflammation was manifested in patients with gallstones and was accompanied by pain and fever, cholecystectomy through surgery was the standard treatment, and the use of empirical antibiotics to treat inflammation and prevent

Study design: This will be a randomized, fully-blind, placebo-controlled trial, with allocation 1:1. Study population: Children aged 13- 120 months, hospitalized or requiring a visit to the emergency department due to acute gastroenteritis (AGE) lasting at least 24 h, but no longer than 72 h at the

Decision to perform this observational study was made due to the lack of information on the local incidence and risk factors for the development of immediate postoperative delirium (IPD). A literature review was done to study the already implicated perioperative causative factors as well as other

Erysipelas-like erythema (ELE) is the pathognomonic cutaneous manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). It typically presents with painful, well-demarcated, and unilateral erythema overlying the ankle, and resolves spontaneously within 24 to 72 hours. Its incidence varies from 1% to 48%