Patient safety in surgery

· 3 papers in corpus
2023
Laparoscopic salvage procedures for adnexal torsion in pediatric and adolescent patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study.
doi:10.1186/s13037-023-00376-7 ·PMID:37875992

BackgroundEarly management for adnexal torsion increases likelihood of ovarian/tubal salvage. The Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses delays from symptom-onset to intervention. The primary objective was to evaluate rates o…

2022
Introducing the "Twilight" operating room concept: a feasibility study to improve operating room utilization.
doi:10.1186/s13037-022-00335-8 ·PMID:35897019

BackgroundThe efficient use of operating room is important to ensure optimum cost-benefit for the hospital and to reduce elective surgery waiting times. We introduced a concept of non-commissioned "Twilight" operating room to reduce patient…

2022
Safety and efficacy of manual vacuum aspiration under local anesthesia compared to general anesthesia in the surgical management of miscarriage: a retrospective cohort study.
doi:10.1186/s13037-022-00328-7 ·PMID:35614492

BackgroundIn Japan, dilatation & curettage (D&C) has been performed under general anesthesia as a surgery for an early pregnancy miscarriage for a long time. In 2016, manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) under general anesthesia was introduced at…