Annals of surgery
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To select parameters that can predict which patients should receive abdominal computed tomography (CT) after high-energy blunt trauma. ⋯ Based on parameters from physical examination, laboratory, FAST, and CR, we created a prediction model with a high sensitivity to select patients for abdominal CT after blunt trauma. A diagnostic algorithm was proposed.
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To improve understanding of what is adequate in local treatment of extremity soft tissue sarcomas (ESTS), to maximize the ratio between local control, limb preservation and prognosis. ⋯ Quality of surgical margins independently predicted local control and survival. The effect on survival was directly mediated by local recurrence to proximal sites invading the abdomen/thorax, and this may indeed be the main way by which quality of surgery directly impacts the final prognosis of ESTS patients.