Traditionally patients would stay in hospital after surgery until their first postoperative bowel motion. |
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This is clearly a measure of last resort and its application is handicapped by the postoperative development of bronchiolitis obliterans. |
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Table 1 shows the patients' demographic characteristics, 30 day postoperative mortality, unifactorial and multifactorial analysis. |
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Causes of intestinal obstruction include volvulus, intussusception, incarcerated hernia, and postoperative adhesions. |
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Only a few patients experienced postoperative nausea, so any statistical evaluation would be meaningless. |
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They are predisposed to preoperative airway colonization and altered host defenses, thus creating a nidus for postoperative infection. |
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As a result, many patients who have had a mastectomy will now also receive postoperative radiotherapy. |
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He was readmitted to the hospital and treated with an arthroscopic debridement of the knee on the 11th postoperative day. |
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However, the rats needed more trials to reattain the learning criteria during the postoperative training. |
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We hypothesized that patients would recover more quickly from surgery if postoperative pain was decreased or eliminated. |
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As this procedure avoids a cutaneous incision it was assumed to cause less postoperative pain and a faster recovery than conventional excision. |
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The patient is discharged from the hospital on approximately the fourth postoperative day if there are no complications. |
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The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged after a brief hospital stay. |
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This drug is often used initially to treat postoperative pain in France, before a switch to oral analgesic drugs. |
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A nurse provides the patient with written and verbal postoperative instructions before the patient is discharged from the hospital. |
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As a responsible surgeon, you provide your patients with postoperative instructions at their pre-op appointment. |
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He covers the gamut of aesthetic surgery, from the initial consultation through postoperative recovery. |
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It may be assumed that the postoperative isokinetic deficit is caused by neuromuscular dysfunction. |
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On the first postoperative day, the patient was able to pass flatus and tolerate a regular diet. |
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The use of postoperative adjuvant irradiation in breast conservation and after mastectomy is increasing. |
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Of the 21 patients alive at the end of the follow-up, 17 had received postoperative irradiation. |
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Detailed postoperative instructions were given, and the patient was sent home. |
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Indications for postoperative mechanical ventilation are respiratory acidosis, severe hypoxemia, atelectasis, and pneumonia. |
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This fenestration appears to ameliorate the postoperative course and diminish the incidence of postoperative effusions. |
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These patients were newly quadriplegic patients and had sustained new postoperative root injuries. |
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Loss of vitreous gel can occur, predisposing the patient to postoperative inflammation, macular oedema, or retinal detachment. |
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Two developed postoperative infection one of which required bilateral antral washout, the other settled with medical treatment. |
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Repeated chemoembolization can be prescribed for postoperative patients with compensative liver function. |
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The figure shows the unadjusted mortality curve over the first 30 postoperative days. |
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Pseudohole disappears inconstantly after surgery, but its persistence does not preclude good postoperative visual recovery. |
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Pre-and postoperative ballistocardiograms were analyzed in approximately 100 patients with surgically amenable cardiovascular diseases. |
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Uncontrolled postoperative pain can affect a person's life long alter the surgical incision is healed. |
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Italian surgeons have perfected a novel way of snaring large colorectal polyps which minimises the risk of postoperative bleeding. |
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The main cause of surgical failure is postoperative scarring of the drainage channel and drainage bleb. |
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Respiratory toilet is encouraged hourly throughout the postoperative period with the aid of an incentive spirometer. |
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Despite postoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, he arrested several times and eventually died of multiorgan failure. |
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On the first postoperative day, the sonographer and the perinatologist evaluate the status of the fetuses by ultrasound. |
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The initial data collection demonstrated our institution has poor postoperative CABG hyperglycemic management. |
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The surgeon performs a capsulorrhaphy by suturing the anterior capsule to decrease the occurrence of postoperative hip dislocation. |
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Patients were mobilized with crutches under the guidance of a physiotherapist in the immediate postoperative period. |
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The Palliator may be too complex a psychomotor task to be effectively mastered in the immediate postoperative period. |
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Working together, you and your medical team can make your postoperative recuperation as pain-free as possible. |
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In addition, the transcervical approach has fewer associated side effects, decreased operative time and minimal postoperative hospitalization. |
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The small incision induces minimal postoperative astigmatism. |
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The literature on limb replantation shows that restoration of function depends largely on nerve repair and postoperative use of the flexor tendon. |
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Although improvements were reported, there were insufficient pre and post-operative audiometric data to fully evaluate postoperative changes in hearing levels. |
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Complications of this procedure include depigmentation of the skin, eyelid notching, madarosis, severe postoperative pain, edema, symblepharon, necrosis, and regrowth. |
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Patients are restricted to bed rest the first postoperative night. |
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Surgical excision via tonsillectomy provides definitive management for these lesions, with patients undergoing an uncomplicated postoperative recovery. |
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Most, if not all, postoperative organ dysfunction and morbidity associated with major operative procedures may be related to changes induced by stress caused by the operation. |
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She had a smooth postoperative recovery and maintained her hematocrit postoperatively without any hematinics when reviewed in the outpatient clinic after two weeks. |
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Jane, a registered nurse on a busy surgical unit, completes an assessment of one of her assigned postoperative patients but charts minimal information on the patient record. |
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Patients with full range of motion in the early postoperative period may be immobilized for a longer period, because they are less likely to develop a stiff shoulder. |
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Patients whose postoperative courses were worse than expected cited reasons such as unanticipated pain, fatigue, and more incapacitation than expected. |
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As experience mounted the time taken for surgery fell, bigger fenestra were created and the propensity for iatrogenic trauma and hence postoperative scarring diminished. |
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Prevention of postoperative infection begins in the preoperative period. |
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We regard excision of any external component as unnecessary, especially if such excision is likely to be a major factor contributing to postoperative pain. |
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Patients need to discuss with their physician whether they need to premedicate past the two years postoperative date. |
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Traditional postoperative care of patients undergoing major gastro-intestinal surgery involves bowel rest and avoidance of enteral feeding. |
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All NSFs were well mucosalized on the sellar floor and there was no postoperative CSF leak. |
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A patient who develops subsequent postoperative metritis will not be at higher risk of harboring an abscess if ORC was applied. |
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One patient developed a bronchopleural fistula after a coughing episode on the first postoperative day. |
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Immediate postoperative wound dressing varied between participants from plaster cast to a semirigid dressing or wound or elastic bandage. |
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The air cells can be obliterated with bone wax to prevent postoperative CSF leakage through this route. |
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She was treated with a total wide-field laryngectomy, total thyroidectomy, and manubrial resection with postoperative radio therapy. |
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Later in the postoperative period he developed a loculated right pleural collection which was drained under computed tomography guidance. |
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They had similar distribution by postoperative staging, similar numbers of nodes removed, and equivalent resection margins. |
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A randomized trial of postoperative wound irrigation with local anesthetic for pain after cesarean delivery. |
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Pharyngocutaneous fistula is a common and troublesome postoperative complication of total laryngectomy. |
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Anaesthesia management was otherwise uneventful and there was no postoperative pharyngolaryngeal discomfort. |
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Comparative study between effects of intrathecal midazolam and fentanyl on early postoperative pain relief after inguinal herniorrhaphy. |
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Previous surgical history included a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication 16 years earlier complicated by a postoperative hiatal hernia. |
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Pericardiectomy was performed with a postoperative course complicated with A-fib with rapid ventricular response. |
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On the fifth postoperative day, he underwent the first routine endomyocardial biopsy, with no complication during the procedure. |
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A case study of a laminectomy patient who was taught hypnosis for the control of preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain is presented. |
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It is also used as a local anaesthetic agent for treatment of postoperative pain after gingivectomy. |
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The postoperative course was complicated by pericarditis and tachyarrhythmias during the first 48 hours and subsequently by a left pyothorax. |
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The recipient heart, however, fibrillated repeatedly in the postoperative period and eventually would not respond to electrical defibrillation. |
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Patients in Group 1 received preoperative replacement therapy and postoperative fibrin sealant applied to the surgical site. |
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These postoperative alterations have been attributed to pulmonary insufficiency, pre-operative hypoxia and ventriculotomy. |
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None of the patients had acute postoperative azotemia or statistically significant elevation of serum creatinine. |
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The objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the osteosynthesis after screw fixation and postoperative bracing. |
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Incidence of postoperative hyponatremia and complications in critically-ill children treated with hypotonic and normotonic solutions. |
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This same study also showed that preoperative normocalcemia is an independent predictor of late postoperative hypocalcemia. |
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Two subjects underwent revision for immediate postoperative radiculopathy due to implant malposition. |
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A postoperative troponin leak following noncardiac surgery is independently associated with 30-day mortality. |
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Double-blind randomized controlled study of coblation tonsillotomy versus coblation tonsillectomy on postoperative pain in children. |
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On postoperative day 5, a lateral canthopexy was performed to resuspend the lower lid, and the patient was sent home. |
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However ferrous sulphate does minimise the fall in haemoglobin over the first postoperative week, implying a beneficial effect on postoperative erythropoeisis. |
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However, it was noted that for six out of the twelve patients, catheter removal was delayed to the fifth or sixth postoperative day due to a prolonged prothrombin time. |
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In their study, there were significant associations between fistula development and T4 category, alcohol consumption, postoperative anemia, and hypoproteinemia. |
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We describe the benefit of closure of a PFO for postoperative hypoxia. |
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Intraoperative and postoperative intravenous cefotaxime was given. |
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A caudal approach to the extradural space is used for intra-and postoperative analgesia in a variety of operations, as well as the management of chronic pain. |
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A small fluid collection at the site of left L5 was determined to suggest a small, postoperative seroma or CSF collection in this clinical setting. |
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Silastic splints, which are normally used to prevent the occurrence or recurrence of postoperative adhesions, are readily available and easily insertable. |
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Postoperatively, he developed a left subphrenic biloma treated by CT-guided percutaneous drainage, and he was discharged on the 28th postoperative day. |
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An incremental change in overall postoperative, digestive, hemorrhage, seroma, wound complications, or in-hospital mortality was not demonstrated as hospital volume increased. |
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The patient was managed by a combination of preoperative and postoperative antihelminthic therapy along with laparotomy, cyst deroofing, toileting and omentoplasty. |
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Histopathology reports on cancer resections are fundamental for providing adequate postoperative patient care and data for the long-term evaluation of patient treatment. |
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Potential postoperative complications include subphrenic abcess, hemorrhage, duodenal or gastric fistula, atelectasis, pneumonia, wound infection, sepsis, and renal failure. |
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The utility of antiemetics in the prevention and treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. |
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We therefore aimed to compare the use of intraperitoneal dexamethasone, piroxicam and sterile aloe vera extract in the prevention of postoperative adhesion formation. |
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Terrible postoperative infectious complications, such as urosepsis showing varying degrees of severity and systemic inflammatory response syndrome. |
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