Fournier’s gangrene: 15-year retrospective study at a tertiary hospital
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Fournier’s gangrene is a life-threatening surgical emergency necessitating immediate surgical debridement, ideally within 12 h of presentation. This study demonstrates that every

Cachexia index for prognostication in surgical patients with locally advanced #oesophageal or #gastriccancer : multicentre cohort study
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Cachexia index represents a valuable marker of ‘host stage’, and a potential adjunct to routine tumour staging.
This

Use of artificial intelligence for the prediction of lymph node metastases in early-stage colorectal cancer: systematic review
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A comprehensive search was performed of papers that evaluated the potential of artificial intelligence in predicting lymph

Did you catch part 4 of our AI series?
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'The development of medical AI systems must continue to be driven by economic benefits and meaningful healthcare outcomes...'

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Assessing the utility of natural language processing for detecting postoperative complications from free medical text
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This study investigates how natural language processing can capture postoperative complications from free medical text data. This

Current postoperative nutritional practice after pancreatoduodenectomy in the UK: national survey and snapshot audit 📸
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This study reported the results of a national survey and snapshot audit of current perioperative nutritional practice after PD at UK

Local recurrence in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours: multicentre cohort study
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This study analyses treatment and risk factors for first and second local recurrences (LR1 and LR2) in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours (MPNSTs) using a

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Reoperation risk and cumulative burden of complications higher in low-volume hospitals↗️, whereas failure to rescue (FTR) remained similar 🟰 in elective colorectal surgery

Impact of hospital volume on failure to rescue for complications requiring reoperation after elective colorectal surgery: multicentre propensity score–matched cohort study
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This population-based retrospective multicentre cohort study compared results

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Hepatic arterial infusion pump chemotherapy combined with systemic #chemotherapy for borderline resectable and unresectable #colorectal liver metastases: phase II feasibility study
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Treatment of unresectable or borderline-resectable CRLMs with hepatic

#polltime How do failure-to-rescue (FTR = mortality for any cause within 90 days after a reoperation) and reoperation rates differ in low-volume (LVHs) vs high-volume hospitals (HVHs) following elective colorectal surgery?

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Non-pharmacological interventions to improve sleep quality and quantity for hospitalized adult patients—co-produced study with surgical patient partners: systematic review
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💤🤨Hospitalized patients experience sleep disruption with consequential

Could end-of-shift handover be safer? Mixed methods approach finds room for #improvement The MPS Foundation RCSI_StAR MD Bon Secours RCSI RCSI PG Research Jessica Ryan #Quality2024

End-of-shift surgical handover: mixed-methods, multicentre evaluation and recommendations for improvement ⁦BJS Open⁩ academic.oup.com/bjsopen/articl…

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