1. Insurance incentives for ambulatory surgery.

This study is an attempt to address both the extent to which surgical procedures on an outpatient basis substitute cost-effectively for inpatient procedures, and whether or not an insurance policy's financial incentives increase the volume of outpatient surgical procedures. In particular, given an insurance product of a given composition: What is the probabi

2. Hemostatic changes and clinical sequelae after on-pump compared with off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: a prospective randomized study / Alterações hemostáticas e clínicas em cirurgias de revascularização miocárdica com e sem circulação extracorpórea: estudo prospectivo randomizado

Objective: To delineate the effects of extracorporeal bypass on biomarkers of hemostasis, fibrinolysis, and inflammation and clinical sequelae. Methods: Patients were assigned prospectively and randomly to either on-pump (n=41) or off-pump (n=51) coronary bypass surgery. The concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, D-dimer, and plasminogen act

Publicado em: 2010

3. Introduction of robotic surgery for endometrial cancer into a Brazilian cancer service: a randomized trial evaluating perioperative clinical outcomes and costs

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome and costs after the implementation of robotic surgery in the treatment of endometrial cancer, compared to the traditional laparoscopic approach. METHODS: In this prospective randomized study from 2015 to 2017, eighty-nine patients with endometrial carcinoma that was clinically restri

Clinics. Publicado em: 21/09/2018

4. Surgical risk tests related to cardiopulmonary postoperative complications: comparison between upper abdominal and thoracic surgery

PURPOSE: To investigate if tests used in the preoperative period of upper abdominal or thoracic surgeries are able to differentiate the patients that presented cardiopulmonary postoperative complications. METHODS: Seventy eight patients, 30 submitted to upper abdominal surgery and 48 to thoracic surgery were evaluated. Spirometry, respirometry, manovacuometr

Acta Cir. Bras.. Publicado em: 2013-06

5. Modelling of changes in the corneal endothelium after cataract surgery and penetrating keratoplasty.

Long term changes in endothelial cell density were monitored in three groups of patients after surgery. One group underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery, one group complicated cataract surgery which eventually progressed to corneal decompensation, and one group penetrating keratoplasty. A mathematical model is presented which describes endothelial cell los

6. Mortality data in adult cardiac surgery for named surgeons: retrospective examination of prospectively collected data on coronary artery surgery and aortic valve replacement

Objectives To present named surgeon mortality for isolated first time coronary artery surgery and aortic valve surgery.

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7. Variaveis pre-operatorias preditivas de risco para complicações pulmonares no pos-operatorio imediato de cirurgias de torax e abdomen alto

To identifY risk variables leading to early postoperative puImonary complications (POPC) in thoracic and upper abdominal surgery. 297 patients undergoing elective surgery were c1assified as low, moderate and high risk for POPC using the PORT scale, as proposed by Torrington &Henderson (1988). The patients were followed for 72 hours afier the operation. POPC

Publicado em: 2000

8. Do-not-admit versus inpatient surgery in an HMO: determinants of choice and the implications for medical care costs.

We develop a model for investigating the implications of policies that have encouraged a shift from inpatient to do-not-admit (DNA) surgery. We use discriminant function analysis on date for two surgical procedures from the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Portland, Oregon. Case attributes found to be significantly associated with the choice of surg

9. New trends in minimally invasive urological surgery

Purpose: The perceived benefits of minimally-invasive surgery include less postoperative pain, shorter hospitalization, reduced morbidity and better cosmesis while maintaining diagnostic accuracy and therapeutic outcome. We review the new trends in minimally-invasive urological surgery. Materials and method: We reviewed the English language literature using

International braz j urol. Publicado em: 2009-10

10. Delayed gastric emptying after Billroth I pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy: effect of postoperative time and cisapride.

OBJECTIVE: To study the recovery course of gastric emptying after Billroth I pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (PPPD) and therapeutic effects of cisapride. METHODS: To examine gastric emptying, acetaminophen was given, admixed in a pasty liquid meal, to 16 patients undergoing PPPD before surgery and at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after surgery. Cisaprid

11. Robotic Cardiac Surgery in Colombia: Overcoming the Challenges of a Middle-income Setting

Abstract In developing countries, limited resources and low health budgets result in slow developments in the field of cardiac surgery. As a consequence, advances in surgery become a challenging process. In Colombia, most institutions do not have the capacity or infrastructure for minimally invasive and video-assisted cardiac surgery, let alone robotic assis

Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg.. Publicado em: 2020-12

12. Changes in bacterial number at different sites of oral cavity during perioperative oral care management in gastrointestinal cancer patients: preliminary study

Abstract Objective The objective of this study was to clarify differences in bacterial accumulation between gastrointestinal cancer patients who underwent severely invasive surgery and those who underwent minimally invasive surgery. Material and Methods We performed a preliminary investigation of gastrointestinal cancer patients who were treated at the D

J. Appl. Oral Sci.. Publicado em: 18/06/2018