Int Surg
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In this experimental study, the effects of mannitol and hydroxyethyl starch solution (HES) on bacterial translocation were evaluated in a rat model of simple mechanical bowel obstruction. The mechanical bowel obstruction was created by ligation of the ileum 1 cm proximal to the ileocecal valve. Excluding the control group (n = 7), the rats were given 2 ml of mannitol or 2 ml of 6% hydroxyethyl starch solution intraperitoneally during the procedure. ⋯ The bacterial population/g tissue obtained from intraluminal bacterial cultures of the ileum was also depressed in hydroxyethyl starch solution group when compared to the control (P<0.03). As a result, we confirmed that hydroxyethyl starch solution, a plasma volume expander, depressed the bacterial translocation to the mesenteric lymph nodes and liver and also reduced intraluminal bacterial overgrowth in the simple mechanical bowel obstruction model of rats. We believe that hydroxyethyl starch solution may be an alternative therapeutic agent for the pre-operative fluid resuscitation in simple mechanical bowel obstruction.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Randomized prospective study of local transdermic anesthetic in fine needle aspiration biopsy for breast lumps.
To evaluate the use of local transdermic anesthetics in fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in breast lesions. ⋯ Both the quantification and the type of pain referred to were similar in all three groups. However, there was a tendency of the patient to refer to less pain when the active substance or the placebo were used, when results were compared to the control group.
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A retrospective study of 46 patients who received bupivacaine local injections after hemorrhoidectomy were compared to a matching group of 46 patients of similar age and sex distribution who underwent the same operation. Pain medications requirement on the same day of operation and on subsequent days were measured and found to be the same in both groups. ⋯ However, the group receiving bupivacaine had a shorter hospital stay. In this respect, local injection of bupivacaine after hemorrhoidectomy may have a role in making patients more comfortable and shortening hospital stay.
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Laparoscopic surgery is estimated to produce a minor surgical injury in comparison with open and laparoscopic cholecystectomies. Studies in the past compare almost data of the first hours until day two. However, the surgical injury and the wound healing metabolism has to be detected. ⋯ Cytokine response after cholecystectomy demonstrates the lesser degree of surgical injury in the laparoscopic group, however, TNF-alpha demonstrates on day 4 a similar increase in both groups. This is a new result of studies working in this field. In conclusion, the benefit of laparoscopic surgery results only in the minimal access to the abdominal cavity, the wound healing metabolism is at last the same in both groups.
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Over 8 years, 1700 patients were referred from the Mohs' Surgery and Cutaneous Laser Unit after Mohs micrographic skin tumor excision to the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Preoperative coordination between the two divisions was emphasised in wound preparation and timing of reconstruction for maximized patient convenience and outcome. ⋯ Direct closure, skin grafts and flaps were used. Preference for aesthetic subunit reconstruction of the face and the use of particular flap techniques including the O-to-S, O-to-T, V-to-Y island advancement, islandized nasolabial flap for alar reconstruction and the forehead flap for nasal dorsum and tip repair are illustrated.