Micaela Piccoli,Barbara Mullineris,Daniele Santi et al.
Micaela Piccoli et al.
Purpose of review: The robotic surgical approach for minimally invasive thyroid surgery has been well described from the Korean surgeons and shows a wide spread diffusion in Asian area. This paper gives a systematic revie...
Zabecca Brinson,Victoria L Tang,Emily Finlayson
Zabecca Brinson
As the world's aging population grows, the surgical population is increasingly made up of older adults. Due to changes in physiologic function and increasing comorbidity burden, older adults are at increased risk of morbidity, mortality, an...
Michele Salati,Alessandro Brunelli
Michele Salati
Purpose of review: Surgery is considered the best treatment option for patients with early stage lung cancer. Nevertheless, lung resection may cause a variable functional impairment that could influence the whole cardio-r...
S Salminger,A D Roche,A Sturma et al.
S Salminger et al.
Composite tissue transplantation and new developments in the field of prosthetics have opened new frontiers in the restoration of function among upper limb amputees. It is now possible to restore hand function in affected patients; however,...
Grace E Boynton,Maria A Woodward
Grace E Boynton
Corneal transplantation is one of the most common types of human transplant surgery. By removing a scarred or damaged host cornea and replacing it with a clear and healthy donor transplant, this procedure helps to restore vision in a variet...
Jason A Castellanos,Nipun B Merchant
Jason A Castellanos
The management of synchronous presentation of colorectal cancer and liver metastases has long been a topic of debate and discussion for surgeons due to the unique dilemma of balancing operative timing along with treatment strategy. Operativ...
Kwok-Chuen Wong,Shekhar-Madhukar Kumta
Kwok-Chuen Wong
The use of computer navigation was first described in the surgical resection of pelvic tumors in 2004. It was developed to improve surgical accuracy with the goal of achieving clear resection margins and better oncologic results. During the...
Vidit Munshi,Pamela McMahon
Vidit Munshi
Early detection of lung cancer and smoking cessation interventions can decrease lung cancer mortality, but information on the effectiveness and interaction between smoking cessation and lung cancer screening is sparse and inconsistent. This...
Current Status of Drug-Eluting Stents and Drug-Eluting Balloons for the Superficial Femoral Artery [0.03%]
药物洗脱支架和药物洗脱球囊治疗股浅动脉病变的现状
Joy P Walker,Christopher D Owens
Joy P Walker
The endovascular management of symptomatic atherosclerotic superficial femoral artery disease is challenging and requires consideration of unique anatomic, hemodynamic, and biomechanical factors. For innovative local drug delivery technolog...