Performance optimization of support vector machine with oppositional grasshopper optimization for acute appendicitis diagnosis

J Xia, Z Wang, D Yang, R Li, G Liang, H Chen… - Computers in Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Preoperative differentiation of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis is challenging.
The research goal was to construct a new intelligent diagnostic rule that is accurate, fast …

Delay in breast cancer treatments during the first COVID-19 lockdown. A multicentric analysis of 432 patients

G Vanni, G Tazzioli, M Pellicciaro… - Anticancer …, 2020 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: Extraordinary restrictions aimed to limit Sars-CoV-2 spreading; they
imposed a total reorganization of the health-system. Oncological treatments experienced a …

Effect of oral moxifloxacin vs intravenous ertapenem plus oral levofloxacin for treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: the APPAC II randomized clinical trial

S Sippola, J Haijanen, J Grönroos, T Rautio… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Antibiotics are an effective and safe alternative to appendectomy for managing
uncomplicated acute appendicitis, but the optimal antibiotic regimen is not known. Objective …

Long-term effects of appendectomy in humans: is it the optimal management of appendicitis?

MY Song, S Ullah, HY Yang, MR Ahmed… - Expert review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Appendectomy remains the gold standard for treating uncomplicated and
complicated appendicitis. However, the vermiform appendix may play a significant role in …

Advanced stages and increased need for adjuvant treatments in breast cancer patients: the effect of the one-year COVID-19 pandemic

G Vanni, M Pellicciaro, M Materazzo, D Pedini… - Anticancer …, 2021 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: The COVID-19 lockdown includes restrictive measures and temporary
health system reorganization. Resources were shifted to COVID-19 patients, screening …

Clearing the air on surgical plume

DA Watters, P Foran, S McKinley… - ANZ Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Surgical smoke or plume is produced by a variety of surgical coagulators and
dissectors. A number of jurisdictions have recently introduced policies to reduce the …

Increased incidence of perforated appendicitis in children during COVID-19 pandemic in a Bavarian multi-center study

FM Schäfer, J Meyer, S Kellnar, J Warmbrunn… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Since early 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic and statutory preventive
reorganization of treatment capacities with cancellation of elective surgery as well as curfew …

Paediatric appendicitis during the COVID‐19 pandemic

C Sheath, M Abdelrahman… - Journal of paediatrics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The repercussions of the pandemic on patients without COVID‐19 have been well
documented. Although there is evidence that adult patients present later with complicated …

A population-based analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on common abdominal and gynecological emergency department visits

D Gomez, AN Simpson, C Sue-Chue-Lam… - CMAJ, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Reduced use of the emergency department during the COVID-19
pandemic may result in increased disease acuity when patients do seek health care …

Changes in surgicaL behaviOrs dUring the CoviD-19 pandemic. The SICE CLOUD19 study

U Bracale, M Podda, S Castiglioni, R Peltrini… - Updates in Surgery, 2021 - Springer
Background The spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus, which causes COVID-19 disease,
profoundly impacted the surgical community. Recommendations have been published to …