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Browsing Surgery by Subject "Patients"
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(South African Medical Association, 2018-12)BACKGROUND : Significant mortality and morbidity occur after major lower limb amputation for diabetes-related foot complications and peripheral arterial disease. Risk factors for atherosclerosis and medical comorbidities ...
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(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)BACKGROUND : People infected with HIV are prone to venous thrombosis. Treatment of thrombosis is primarily with warfarin. No studies have addressed the effects of HIV infection on warfarin dose. The aims of this ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-05)BACKGROUND. Appropriate critical care admissions are an important component of surgical care. However, there are few data describing postoperative critical care admission in resource-limited low- and middle-income ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-06)Since the introduction of a national state of disaster at the end of March 2020 we have moved through levels of “lockdown” and as of 1 June 2020 it has been de-escalated to level 3. It is unclear as to how long this ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-03)BACKGROUND. There are few studies that look at the influence of diabetes mellitus on early outcome following carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Those available have reported conflicting results, with some showing poor outcome ...
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(Elsevier, 2020-01)Hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is a common endocrine disorder. The most common causes of primary HPT are parathyroid gland hyperplasia and adenoma. HPT results in hypercalcaemia which can result in serious complications including ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-02)BACKGROUND. Diverticular disease was previously thought to be non-existent in the black African population. Studies over the past four decades, however, have shown a steady increase in the prevalence of the disease. OBJECTIVE. ...
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(Elsevier, 2024-04)BACKGROUND : Diabetes foot sepsis (DFS) is the leading cause of amputation of lower extremities. Over 50 % of patients who have had major lower extremity amputation due to DFS are dead within 4 years following the ...
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(Elsevier, 2024)A 56-year-old woman presented with a 2-year history of chronic persistent right upper quadrant abdominal pain that was associated with intermittent nausea, vomiting, and unintentional weight loss. She had been on ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2014-10)Lower limb varicose veins are a common complication of bipedal human movement and deep-vein thrombosis. However, they may have unusual causes, e.g. forming as collaterals around an obstruction or resulting from vascular ...
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