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  2. Despite the introduction of the Universal Protocol, patient safety in surgery remains a daily challenge in the operating room. This present study describes one community health system's efforts to improve oper...

    Authors: Scott N Hurlbert and Jill Garrett
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:25
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  3. For patients' safety reasons, current American Heart Association and European Resuscitation Council guidelines recommend intraosseous (IO) vascular access as an alternative in cases of emergency, if prompt ven...

    Authors: Bernd A Leidel, Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Viktoria Bogner, Julia Stegmaier, Wolf Mutschler, Karl-Georg Kanz and Volker Braunstein
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:24
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. We report herein a case of a synchronous presentation of an adenocarcinoma of esophagago-gastric junction type II and an ampullary tumor that was treated by combined Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy, total ga...

    Authors: Namita Jayaprakash, Fardod O'Kelly, Kheng Tian Lim and John Vincent Reynolds
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:23
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  5. Combined iatrogenic vascular and biliary injury during cholecystectomy resulting in ischemic hepatic necrosis is a very rare cause of acute liver failure. We describe a patient who developed fulminant liver fa...

    Authors: Lucas McCormack, Emilio G Quiñonez, Pablo Capitanich, Sara Chao, Victor Serafini, Nicolas Goldaracena and Ricardo C Mastai
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:22
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  6. Until recently, only bovine-derived thrombin was available for use as a stand-alone topical hemostat or as a component of other hemostatic devices. Concerns over a number of case reports of immune-mediated coa...

    Authors: Christopher Lomax
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:21
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  7. We have read the letter by Bhoyrul et al. in response to our recently published article "Safety and effectiveness of bariatric surgery: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is superior to gastric banding in the management of...

    Authors: Ulrich Guller, Lazar V Klein and John A Hagen
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:20
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  8. Esophageal perforation is associated with a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. We report herein a case of lye-induced esophageal perforation managed successfully by employing endoscopic T-tube placem...

    Authors: Mary Aisling McMahon, Fardod O'Kelly, Kheng Tian Lim, Narayanasamy Ravi and John Vincent Reynolds
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:19
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  9. Given the complexity of surgical care, perioperative patients are at high risk of opioid-related adverse drug events. Existing methods of detection, such as trigger tools and manual chart review, are time-inte...

    Authors: Julie A Eckstrand, Ashraf S Habib, Abbie Williamson, Monica M Horvath, Katherine G Gattis, Heidi Cozart and Jeffrey Ferranti
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. The recent article by Guller, Klein, Hagen was reviewed and discussed by the authors of this response to critically analyze the validity of the conclusions, at a time when patients and providers depend on peer...

    Authors: Sunil Bhoyrul, John Dixon, George Fielding, Christine Ren Fielding, Emma Patterson, Lee Grossbard, Vafa Shayani, Marc Bessler, David Voellinger, Helmuth Billy, Robert Cywes, Timothy B Ehrlich, Daniel B Jones, Brad M Watkins, Jaime Ponce, Matthew Brengman…
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:17
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  14. Topical haemostatic agents are used to help achieve haemostasis during surgery when standard surgical techniques are insufficient. The objective of this study was to confirm the safety profile of an equine col...

    Authors: Mathias Birth, Joan Figueras, Stéphane Bernardini, Tine Troen, Klaus Günther, Darius Mirza and Frank Viborg Mortensen
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

  16. Prompt diagnosis and decompression of acute lower extremity compartment syndrome (LECS) in the multisystem injured patient is essential to avoid the devastating complications of progressive tissue necrosis and...

    Authors: Jeffry L Kashuk, Ernest E Moore, Sarah Pinski, Jeffrey L Johnson, John B Moore, Steven Morgan, Clay C Cothren and Wade Smith
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:11
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. The use of bariatric surgery in the management of morbid obesity is rapidly increasing. The two most frequently performed procedures are laparoscopic Roux-en-Y bypass and laparoscopic gastric banding. The obje...

    Authors: Ulrich Guller, Lazar V Klein and John A Hagen
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:10
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  18. In this article, we welcome the adoption of the WHO surgical checklist to prevent errors in surgical practice. We highlight the scale of the problem and discuss the adoption of this tool in the UK.

    Authors: Sukhmeet S Panesar, Kevin Cleary, Aziz Sheikh and Liam Donaldson
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:9
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  19. Topical hemostats, fibrin sealants, and surgical adhesives are regularly used in a variety of surgical procedures involving multiple disciplines. Generally, these adjuncts to surgical hemostasis are valuable m...

    Authors: Paul Ness, Michael Creer, George M Rodgers, Joseph J Naoum, Kenneth Renkens, Stacy A Voils and W Allan Alexander
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:8
    Content type: Review Published on:

  20. Over the past decade several studies have questioned current standards of patient safety in health care delivery. In response, our institution started a clinical pathway for total hip replacement in 1996. Pros...

    Authors: Philipp N Streubel, Marcela Pachón, Carlos A Kerguelén, José Navas, Julio Portocarrero, Rodrigo F Pesantez, Gamal Zayed, Germán Carrillo and Adolfo M Llinás
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:7
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Infection of a peripheral joint following arthroscopic surgery presents with an incidence of approximately 0.42% an extremely rare entity. However, septic arthritis is a serious situation possibly leading to a...

    Authors: Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Volker Braunstein, Jochen Paul, Andreas B Imhoff and Stefan Hinterwimmer
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:6
    Content type: Review Published on:

  22. The predictive value of trauma impact for the severity of whiplash injuries has mainly been investigated in sled- and crash-test studies. However, very little data exist for real-life accidents. Therefore, the...

    Authors: Martin Elbel, Michael Kramer, Markus Huber-Lang, Erich Hartwig and Christoph Dehner
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

  23. Pyogenic spondylodiscitis represents a potentially life-threatening condition. Due to the low incidence, evidence-based surgical recommendations in the literature are equivocal, and the treatment modalities re...

    Authors: Michael A Flierl, Kathryn M Beauchamp, Gene E Bolles, Ernest E Moore and Philip F Stahel
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:4
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  24. Work-hour limitations have been implemented by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in July 2003 in order to minimize fatigue related medical adverse events. The effects of this reg...

    Authors: Hans-Christoph Pape and Roman Pfeifer
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:3
    Content type: Review Published on:

  25. In a majority of cases, whiplash injuries are a domain of conservative therapy. Nevertheless it remains unclear whether physical therapy is of medical or economic benefit in patients with whiplash injuries.

    Authors: Christoph Dehner, Martin Elbel, Philipp Strobel, Matthias Scheich, Florian Schneider, Gert Krischak and Michael Kramer
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:2
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. System analyses of incidents that occur in the process of health care delivery are rare. A case study of a series of incidents that one of the authors experienced after routine urologic surgery is presented. W...

    Authors: Robert C Lee, David L Cooke and Michael Richards
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2009 3:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

  27. Proximal humerus fractures are one of the most common fractures. Intramedullary locked nailing is becoming a popular alternative treatment, especially for easier fracture patterns. Although axillary nerve inju...

    Authors: Stefaan Nijs, An Sermon and Paul Broos
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:33
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. Complications arising from accidental intraarterial drug injections have been described in the past. However, given the multitude of injected substances and complex pathophysiology, guidelines regarding diagno...

    Authors: Kyros Ipaktchi, Ramin Ipaktchi, Andreas D Niederbichler, Peter M Vogt and Karsten Knobloch
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:32
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  29. Using crude mortality and morbidity rates for comparing outcomes can be misleading. The aim of the present study was to compare the outcome of various surgical modalities without and with risk adjustment using...

    Authors: Ravindra Singh Mohil, Tanveer Singh, Satyavrat Arya and Dinesh Bhatnagar
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:31
    Content type: Research Published on:

  30. Totally implanted vascular access devices are frequently used in children for repeated blood samples or intravenous treatments. This prospective study aims at identifying the risk factors associated with infec...

    Authors: Stéphane Tercier, Christophe Gapany, Manuel Diezi, Chantal Clément, Katy Lemay and Jean-Marc Joseph
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:30
    Content type: Research Published on:

  31. The vast majority of pediatric lumbosacral spondylolisthesis have developmental etiology. Of the very rare type of pediatric lumbosacral facet dislocations, there are only three reported cases of a pediatric u...

    Authors: Oszkar Szentirmai, Joshua Seinfeld, Kathryn Beauchamp and Vikas Patel
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:29
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  33. Traumatic injuries of the inferior gluteal artery are rare, the majority of which are aneurysms due to sharp or blunt trauma. We report the rare case of a "near miss" event of a patient with an acute hemorrhag...

    Authors: Qi Zhang, Huaijun Liu, Wade R Smith, Jinshe Pan, Wei Chen and Yingze Zhang
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:27
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  34. Anterior pelvic ring disruptions are often associated with injuries to the genitourinary structures with the potential for considerable resultant morbidity. Herniation of the bladder into the symphyseal region...

    Authors: Ryan P Finnan, Michael A Herbenick, Michael J Prayson and Mary C McCarthy
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:26
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  35. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) represents a rare condition with a potentially detrimental impact on young patients. Despite vast clinical research and published treatment guidelines and algorithms, the ...

    Authors: Hans-Rudolf Weiss, Shay Bess, Man Sang Wong, Vikas Patel, Deborah Goodall and Evalina Burger
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:25
    Content type: Debate Published on:

  37. A recent review has suggested that bovine thrombin is not associated with an increased risk of bleeding in surgical populations. In spite of extremely limited evidence available, many valuable resources (e.g. ...

    Authors: Aryeh Shander and Mazyar Javidroozi
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:23
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  38. Dissection during laparoscopic surgery produces smoke containing potentially toxic substances. The aim of the present study was to analyze smoke samples produced during laparoscopic colon surgery using a bipol...

    Authors: Martin Hübner, Markus W Sigrist, Nicolas Demartines, Michele Gianella, Pierre A Clavien and Dieter Hahnloser
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:22
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. Overlooked injuries and delayed diagnoses are still common problems in the treatment of polytrauma patients. Therefore, ongoing documentation describing the incidence rates of missed injuries, clinically signi...

    Authors: Roman Pfeifer and Hans-Christoph Pape
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:20
    Content type: Review Published on:

  41. Three-dimensional (3D) visualization is thought to improve the anatomical understanding of clinicians, thus improving patient safety.

    Authors: Lars Fischer, Max Schoebinger, Jan-Oliver Neumann, Sascha Müller, Hans-Peter Meinzer, Markus W Büchler and Bruno M Schmied
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:19
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  42. The American College of Surgeons delineates 108 requirements for level I trauma centers. Some of these requirements include: minimum of 1,200 trauma admissions per year; an average of 35 major trauma patients ...

    Authors: Bruce H Ziran, Mary-Kate Barrette-Grischow and Barbara Hileman
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. Avulsion of cystic duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is not a common intraoperative complication, but may be encountered by any laparoscopic surgeon. Surgeons are rarely familiar with management of...

    Authors: Faramarz Karimian, Ali Aminian, Rasoul Mirsharifi and Farhad Mehrkhani
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:17
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. The use of virtual reality (VR) has gained increasing interest to acquire laparoscopic skills outside the operating theatre and thus increasing patients' safety. The aim of this study was to evaluate trainees'...

    Authors: Rachel Rosenthal, Walter A Gantert, Christian Hamel, Jürg Metzger, Thomas Kocher, Peter Vogelbach, Nicolas Demartines and Dieter Hahnloser
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:16
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. Patients with ankylosing spondylitis are at significant risk for sustaining cervical spine injuries following trauma predisposed by kyphosis, stiffness and osteoporotic bone quality of the spine. The risk of s...

    Authors: Christoph-E Heyde, Johannes K Fakler, Erik Hasenboehler, Philip F Stahel, Thilo John, Yohan Robinson, Sven K Tschoeke and Ralph Kayser
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:15
    Content type: Review Published on:

  46. The oral cavity may exhibit a vast number of pathologic conditions, often dealt with by different medical disciplines. Combined with a substantial variation in clinical appearance, an accurate diagnosis may pr...

    Authors: Sigbjørn Løes and Knut Tornes
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:14
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  47. Incremental doses of intravenous labetalol are safe and effective and, at times, such therapy may need to be augmented by a continuous infusion of labetalol to control severe hypertension. Continuous infusions...

    Authors: Samir Fahed, Daniel F Grum and Thomas J Papadimos
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:13
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  48. We report a geriatric case with a full-thickness skin avulsion injury during extubation due to a tube securing tape used to fixate the endotracheal tube. The avulsed skin was sutured back to its original place...

    Authors: Berkhan Yilmaz, Kutay Colakoglu and Raffi Gurunluoglu
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:12
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  49. Catheter-related blood stream infections (CRBSI) cause significant morbidity and mortality. A retrospective study of a performance improvement project in our teaching hospital's surgical intensive care unit (S...

    Authors: Thomas J Papadimos, Sandra J Hensely, Joan M Duggan, James P Hofmann, Sadik A Khuder, Marilyn J Borst and John J Fath
    Citation: Patient Safety in Surgery 2008 2:11
    Content type: Short report Published on:

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