History and evolution of the use of oral mucosa for urethral reconstruction/ Історія та еволюція застосування слизової рота для уретральної реконструкції
The first surgeon to use oral mucosa as urethral replacement was Kirill Sapezhko, a surgeon from Ukraine [3,4]. Kirill M. Sapezhko (1857-1928), before beginning to use oral mucosa in his patients, performed experimental studies on animals and described five sequential phases relating to changes in the transplanted oral mucosa: imbibition, inosculation, mucosa dimness, graft cleansing, and complete engraftment [4]. Sapezhko performed the first […]
Antibiotic Prophylaxis to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study/ Антибіотикопрофілактика для попередження інфекції області хірургічного втручання у дітей
Antibiotic Prophylaxis to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study Khoshbin, Amir MD, MSc*; So, Jeannette P. MSc†; Aleem, Ilyas S. MD‡; Stephens, Derek MSc§; Matlow, Anne G. MD, MSc, FRCSC¶; Wright, James G. MD, MPH, FRCSC*,†,§for The SickKids Surgical Site Infection Task Force Annals of Surgery: August 2015 – Volume 262 – […]
Optimal timing of appendectomy in the pediatric population/ Оптимальний час апендектомії в дитячій популяції
Optimal timing of appendectomy in the pediatric population Lori A. Gurien, MD, MPH, Deidre L. Wyrick, MD, Samuel D. Smith, MD, Melvin S. Dassinger, MD DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2015.12.045 Abstract Background No consensus has been reached on optimal timing for performing appendectomies. We compared immediate and delayed appendectomies in pediatric patients presenting with suspected acute appendicitis to determine differences […]