Vascular Clips Are Safe and a Great Cost-Effective Technique for Arterial and Venous Control in Laparoscopic Nephrectomy: Single-Center Experience with 1834 Laparoscopic Nephrectomies

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 1009-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser Simforoosh ◽  
Reza Sarhangnejad ◽  
Abbas Basiri ◽  
Seyed Amir Mohsen Ziaee ◽  
Farzaneh Sharifiaghdas ◽  
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HPB ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. S186-S187
Author(s):  
J. Hawksworth ◽  
N.P. Llore ◽  
M.L. Holzner ◽  
P. Radkani ◽  
E. Mesler ◽  
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Author(s):  
Allicia Ostoposides Imada ◽  
James J. O’Hara ◽  
Ignacio L. Proumen ◽  
Pablo S. Molinari ◽  
Daniel C. Wascher ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 58 (2B) ◽  
pp. 424-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAULO R. M. DE BITTENCOURT ◽  
MARCOS C. SANDMANN ◽  
MARLUS S. MORO ◽  
JOÃO C. DE ARAÚJO

We revised 16 patients submitted to epilepsy surgery using a new method of digital, real-time, portable electrocorticography. Patients were operated upon over a period of 28 months. There were no complications. The exam was useful in 13 cases. The low installation and operational costs, the reliability and simplicity of the method, indicate it may be useful for defining the epileptogenic regions in a variety of circumnstances, including surgery for tumors, vascular malformations, and other cortical lesions associated with seizure disorders.


2010 ◽  
Vol 97-101 ◽  
pp. 3803-3806
Author(s):  
Yong Xiang Hu ◽  
Heng Zhang ◽  
Zheng Qiang Yao

Laser interference micro-structuring is a relatively efficient and cost-effective technique for fabricating periodical micro-nano-structuring surfaces. The direct fabrication of sub-micron sized dot array on silicon was performed by four interfering nanosecond laser beams with a diffractive beam splitter. The mechanism to form the dot array was analyzed and it was found that the obtained conical dot array had a negative shape of the interference pattern of four laser beams. A second-order peak between two first-order peaks also occurred due to the liquid-solid expansion.


2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 126-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Michelson ◽  
W Striebel ◽  
W Prihoda ◽  
Volker Schmidt

Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of blindness in the Western world and a major risk factor is increased intra-ocular pressure. We therefore used telemedicine in its control. Patients measured their intra-ocular pressure several times a day with a portable instrument and the values were then entered into a portable digital assistant. These data were transmitted by a modem to a central server. If the intra-ocular pressure was pathologically high, an email message was automatically sent to the ophthalmologist. The pressure curve, including a statistical analysis, was displayed in an easily readable chart format. Ten patients with glaucoma participated in a trial. Self-tonometry with telemedicine enabled continuous evaluation of the patient by the ophthalmologist. This approach offered the advantage of controlling the treatment remotely. Advantages for the patient were that the measurements were easily done at home under normal conditions, and the patient could control when the measurement and data transmission would be performed. Telemedicine is a cost-effective technique enabling the early diagnosis of pathologically increased intra-ocular pressure.


2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uirá Fernandes TEIXEIRA ◽  
Marcos Bertozzi GOLDONI ◽  
Mayara Christ MACHRY ◽  
Pedro Ney CECCON ◽  
Paulo Roberto Ott FONTES ◽  
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ABSTRACT Background - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice for gallstone disease, and has been perfomed as an outpatient surgery in many Institutions over the last few years. Objective - This is a retrospective study of a single center in Brazil, that aims to analyze the outcomes of 200 cases of ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed by the same Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary team, evaluating the safety and cost-effectiveness of the method. Methods - Two hundred consecutive patients who underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy were retrospectively analyzed; some of them underwent additional procedures, as liver biopsies and abdominal hernias repair. Results - From a total of 200 cases, the outpatient surgery protocol could not be carried out in 22 (11%). Twenty one (95.5%) patients remained hospitalized for 1 day and 1 (4.5%) patient remained hospitalized for 2 days. From the 178 patients who underwent ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 3 (1.7 %) patients returned to the emergency room before the review appointment. Hospital cost was on average 35% lower for the ambulatory group. Conclusion - With appropriate selection criteria, ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy is feasible, safe and effective; readmission rate is low, as well as complications related to the method. Cost savings and patient satisfaction support its adoption. Other studies are necessary to recommend this procedure as standard practice in Brazil.


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