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Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice
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Post-Operative Outcome of Desarda Repair of Inguinal Hernia in Emergency Case in Bangladesh
S.M. Iftekhar Uddeen Sagar,SM Nazrul Islam,Abul Kalam Azad,Mohammad Khaleduzzaman Khan,Muhammad Mofazzal Hossain,Abdullah Yusuf +5 more
TL;DR: It was revealed that Desarda repair was associated with less post-operative complications, lessPost-operative pain, zero recurrence rate, no chronic groin pain and performed in emergency cases.
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Occupational chemical burns: a 2-year experience in the emergency department
Panagiotis Touzopoulos,Paul Zarogoulidis,Alexandros Mitrakas,Michael Karanikas,Panagiotis Milothridis,Dimitrios Matthaios,Ioannis Kouroumichakis,Stella Proikaki,Paschalis Pavlioglou,Nikolaos Katsikogiannis,Theodoros C. Constantinidis +10 more
TL;DR: Proper surgical treatment at the emergency room decreases the length of hospital stay for patients who suffer chemically induced burns, and the majority of burns were due to exposure to acid.
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Small bowel gastrointestinal stromal tumor disguised as an adnexal mass: a source for midgut volvulus.
Kayla Humenansky,Raj Gulati +1 more
TL;DR: A 74-year-old female believed to have an adnexal mass presented with small bowel obstruction, which failed to resolve with non-operative management, and was found to have a large, extraluminal mass on her small intestines.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of using Food Grate Stainless Steel Rods for Internal Fixation of Femoral Transverse Fractures in Rabbits (Review Study)
TL;DR: There are many advantages with minor or very little disadvantages for using the FGSR as internal fixation of the induced transverse fractures in the mid shift of the femoral bones and for natural and synthetics bony implantation in rabbits.
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Outcome of thymectomy in patients with Myasthenia Gravis.
TL;DR: Early thymectomy carries the best results in Myasthenia Gravis and every effort should be made to shorten the preoperative duration for both thymomatous and nonthymom atous patients.
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Frequency of abdominal wall hernias: is classical teaching out of date?
TL;DR: The epidemiology of hernia repair (retrospective review) over 30 years is investigated to determine whether the relative frequencies of hernias are evolving and contrasts with hernia incidence figures quoted in common reference books.
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