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Preoperative Mechanical Preparation Of The Colon: The Patient's Experience

Background: Preoperative mechanical bowel preparation can be questioned as standard procedure in colon surgery, based on the result from several randomised trials. Methods: As part of a large ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Preoperative Radiotherapy Remains Standard of Care for Soft Tissue Sarcoma, New ESTRO-ASTRO Guideline Confirms

Preoperative conventionally fractionated radiotherapy (50–50.4 Gy in 1.8–2 Gy fractions over 5–6 weeks) before surgery is preferred, reducing late fibrosis, lymphedema, and stiffness. Avoid ...
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Preoperative dislocations do not influence recurrence rates after Latarjet procedures

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The number of preoperative episodes of dislocation did not influence postoperative instability rates or ...
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Building a Better Pre-Op Visit

It should never just be about checking a box ...
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Planning for Surgery? You Might Not Need All Those Tests Beforehand.

Cardiac stress tests, X-rays and other medical tests may not provide useful information before operations, and they could cause harm. By Jane E. Brody Let’s say you’re scheduled for a common and ...
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Preoperative Planning for Mitral Valve-in-Valve/Ring Procedures: Integrating Imaging and the Mitral App

TCT 19: Two-Year Clinical Outcomes and Chest Pain in 1,811 All-Comer Patients, Treated for Bifurcated Versus Nonbifurcated Lesions With Highly Deliverable Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents Receive the the ...
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Preoperative Mechanical Preparation Of The Colon: The Patient's Experience

In this study we have shown that patients prefer not to have MBP, that the time to first postoperative bowel movement is shorter without MBP, and that patients not receiving MBP experienced more ...