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The relation between acute changes in the systemic inflammatory response and plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations after elective knee arthroplasty.

Anesthetic management of delayed pressure urticaria: a case report.

A meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials on elective neck dissection versus therapeutic neck dissection in oral cavity cancers with clinically node-negative neck

[Effect of postoperative complications on late recurrence and distant metastasis in patients previously treated with elective, curative resection of colorectal carcinoma].

Incidence of small bowel obstruction after laparoscopic and open colon resection

An evaluation of whether neoadjuvant therapy delays closure of defunctioning loop ileostomy following anterior resection for rectal cancer.

Blood transfusion and cardiac surgery.

Reducing anxiety in elective surgical patients.

An algorithm for difficult airway management, modified for modern optical devices (Airtraq laryngoscope; LMA CTrach™): a 2-year prospective validation in patients for elective abdominal, gynecologic, and thyroid surgery.

Early and late troponin T determination after elective cardiac surgery. Two different meanings.

[Elective simultaneous operations in presenile and senile urological patients].

Impact of neck dissection in early tongue and buccal cancer without neck extension.

CD4 count is predictive of outcome in HIV-positive patients undergoing abdominal operations.

Preoperative bowel preparation for patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery: a clinical practice guideline endorsed by the Canadian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

Postoperative sepsis in the United States.

Patterns of rehabilitation after hip arthroplasty and the association with outcomes: an episode of care view.

Spinal hypotension during elective cesarean delivery: closer to a solution.

The accuracy of the anesthetic conserving device (AnaConDa©) as an alternative to the classical vaporizer in anesthesia.

The case against more privatisation of health care--private care costs more.

The early days of splenectomy.