Despite the manifold recent efforts to improve patient outcomes, trauma still is a clinical and
socioeconomical issue of major relevance especially in younger people. The systemic …

Short-term dietary restriction has been proposed as an intriguing pre-operative conditioning
strategy designed to attenuate the surgical stress response and improve outcomes …

Objective Whereas chronic overnutrition is a risk factor for surgical complications, long-term
dietary restriction (reduced food intake without malnutrition) protects in preclinical models of …

The number of obese patients undergoing cardiac and noncardiac surgery is rapidly
increasing because they are more prone to concomitant diseases, such as diabetes …

(1) Background: Vascular surgery operations are hampered by high failure rates and
frequent occurrence of peri-operative cardiovascular complications. In pre-clinical studies …

Background: The clinical unpredictability of autologous fat grafting originates partially from
the unique characteristics of adipose tissue. Evidence of adipose remodeling toward …

Background Failure rates after revascularization surgery remain high, both in vein grafts
(VG) and arterial interventions. One promising approach to improve outcomes is …

The adipose organ, which comprises brown, white and beige adipocytes, possesses
remarkable plasticity in response to feeding and cold exposure. The development of beige …

Background We sought to investigate the efficacy of perioperative tight glycemic control
(TGC) in reducing of postoperative infectious complications (POICs) and study its impact on …

Background: Open vascular surgery interventions are not infrequently hampered by
complication rates and durability. Preclinical surgical models show promising beneficial …