Articles: postoperative-complications.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Significance of endoleaks after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: The EUROSTAR experience.
The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence, risk factors, and consequences of endoleaks after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. ⋯ The presence of device-related endoleaks correlated with a higher risk of aneurysmal rupture and conversion compared with patients without type I or III endoleaks. Type II endoleak was not associated more often with these events. Consequently, intervention in type II endoleak should only be performed in case of increase of aneurysm size.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Effect of preoperative smoking intervention on postoperative complications: a randomised clinical trial.
Smokers are at higher risk of cardiopulmonary and wound-related postoperative complications than non-smokers. Our aim was to investigate the effect of preoperative smoking intervention on the frequency of postoperative complications in patients undergoing hip and knee replacement. ⋯ An effective smoking intervention programme 6-8 weeks before surgery reduces postoperative morbidity, and we recommend, on the basis of our results, this programme be adopted.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Randomized clinical trial of suture repair, polypropylene mesh or autodermal hernioplasty for incisional hernia.
Since conventional suture repair for incisional hernia is associated with high recurrence rates, alloplastic and autoplastic prosthetic techniques have been suggested. ⋯ Suture repair was safe for small incisional hernias. Both autoplastic and alloplastic hernia repair yielded comparably low recurrence rates, but led to a high rate of wound infection.
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2001
Multicenter StudyPrevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill surgery patients: a cross-sectional study.
The risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the risk for bleeding among critically ill surgical patients are both important in the early postoperative period. ⋯ VTE prevention for surgical ICU patients within the first postoperative week appear to be individualized, and influenced by current and future risks of thrombosis and bleeding.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Fondaparinux compared with enoxaparin for the prevention of venous thromboembolism after elective major knee surgery.
Despite thromboprophylaxis, major knee surgery carries a high risk of venous thromboembolism. Fondaparinux, the first of a new class of synthetic antithrombotic agents, may reduce this risk. ⋯ In patients undergoing elective major knee surgery, postoperative treatment with 2.5 mg of fondaparinux once daily was significantly more effective in preventing deep-vein thrombosis than 30 mg of enoxaparin twice daily.