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Surgeon-led 7-VINCut antibiotic stewardship intervention decreases duration of treatment and carbapenem use in a general surgery service
(MDPI, 2021)
Antibiotic stewardship programs optimize the use of antimicrobials to prevent the development of resistance and improve patient outcomes. In this prospective interventional study, a multidisciplinary ...
Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study
(John Wiley & Sons, 2021)
Peri-operative SARS-CoV-2 infection increases postoperative mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal duration of planned delay before surgery in patients who have had SARS-CoV-2 ...
Validation of the spanish version of the low vision quality of life questionnaire
(Elsevier, 2021-04-18)
Purpose: To validate the Spanish Low Vision Qualify of Life (SLVQOL) questionnaire, a quality of life instrument specifically designed for patients with visual impairment, and evaluate its psychometric ...
Oral antibiotic prophylaxis lowers surgical site infection in elective colorectal surgery: results of a pragmatic cohort study in Catalonia
(MDPI, 2021)
Background: The role of oral antibiotic prophylaxis (OAP) and mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) in the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) after colorectal surgery is still controversial. The ...
Long-term anatomical and functional outcomes after autokeratoplasty
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
Background: To evaluate the anatomical and functional outcomes of autologous contralateral penetrating keratoplasty (autokeratoplasty). Methods: Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were retrospectively ...
Incidence and reasons for intrastromal corneal ring segment explantation
(Elsevier, 2021)
Purpose: To determine the main causes of intrastromal corneal ring segment (ICRS) explantation and define the incidence rate. Design: Multicenter, observational consecutive case series. Methods: Consecutive ...
Deformations and ruptures in human lenses with cortical cataract subjected to ex vivo simulated accommodation
(Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2021)
Purpose: Human cortical opacities are most commonly accompanied by changes in lens fiber structure in the equatorial region at the lens nucleus–cortex interface. Cortex and nucleus have different elastic ...
Refractive changes of a new asymmetric intracorneal ring segment with variable thickness and base width: a 2D finite-element model
(Public Library of Science, 2021)
Purpose: To evaluate the local geometric effects of a unilateral intrastromal ring segment with a combined variation of ring thickness and base width in a finite element simulation, and to compare it ...