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Does a 30-minute introductory visit to the operating room reduce patients’ anxiety before elective surgery? A prospective controlled observational study
Does a 30-minute introductory visit to the operating room reduce patients’ anxiety before elective surgery? A prospective controlled observational study
Patients scheduled for elective surgery typically suffer from preoperative anxiety related to the unknown environment and ...
Prevalence of hospital-acquired pressure injuries in intensive care units of the Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Prevalence of hospital-acquired pressure injuries in intensive care units of the Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hospital-acquired pressure injuries are a major patient safety concern in intensive care units that are considered largely...
Patient knowledge of surgical informed consent and shared decision-making process among surgical patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Patient knowledge of surgical informed consent and shared decision-making process among surgical patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Informed consent is one of the safeguarding of the patient in medical practice at different standards such as ethical, leg...
Augmented reality-based surgical navigation of pelvic screw placement: an ex-vivo experimental feasibility study
Augmented reality-based surgical navigation of pelvic screw placement: an ex-vivo experimental feasibility study
Minimally invasive surgical treatment of pelvic trauma requires a significant level of surgical training and technical exp...
Patterns of surgical complications after delayed fixation of peripartum pubic symphysis rupture: a report of 5 cases
Patterns of surgical complications after delayed fixation of peripartum pubic symphysis rupture: a report of 5 cases
The disruption of the pubic symphysis during the peripartum period is a rare injury to the pelvic ring. In most cases, con...
Prevalence and risk factors of preoperative anemia in patients undergoing elective orthopedic procedures in Northwest Ethiopia: a multicenter prospective observational cohort study
Prevalence and risk factors of preoperative anemia in patients undergoing elective orthopedic procedures in Northwest Ethiopia: a multicenter prospective observational cohort study
Preoperative anemia is a common hematologic problem in major orthopedic surgery in developing countries. It is a condition...
Safe surgical corridor for iliosacral screw placement in unstable pelvic fractures: a computed-tomography-guided validation study of the “triangulation method”
Safe surgical corridor for iliosacral screw placement in unstable pelvic fractures: a computed-tomography-guided validation study of the “triangulation method”
The percutaneous iliosacral screw technique represents a global standard fixation method for unstable fractures of the pos...
Laparoscopic salvage procedures for adnexal torsion in pediatric and adolescent patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study
Laparoscopic salvage procedures for adnexal torsion in pediatric and adolescent patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study
Early management for adnexal torsion increases likelihood of ovarian/tubal salvage. The Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID...
Early postoperative parastomal evisceration after explorative laparotomy: case report of a rare and potentially life-threatening surgical complication
Early postoperative parastomal evisceration after explorative laparotomy: case report of a rare and potentially life-threatening surgical complication
Parastomal evisceration represents a preventable surgical complication that should not occur with appropriate technical di...
Prevalence of malpractice claims after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: analysis of 69,097 procedures from a national registry in Norway
Prevalence of malpractice claims after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: analysis of 69,097 procedures from a national registry in Norway
Systematic analysis of compensation claims following patient injuries is helpful in improving patient safety. The objectiv...
Incidence and root causes of surgery cancellations at an academic medical center in Iran: a retrospective cohort study on 29,978 elective surgical cases
Incidence and root causes of surgery cancellations at an academic medical center in Iran: a retrospective cohort study on 29,978 elective surgical cases
Canceling scheduled surgeries on the day of surgery places a heavy burden on healthcare providers and has psychological, s...
Patient Safety in Surgery – announcing the journal’s first impact factor (3.7)
Patient Safety in Surgery – announcing the journal’s first impact factor (3.7)
On occasion of the journal’s 5th anniversary in 2012, we published an editorial that included the following historic state...
The safety of telemedicine clinics as an alternative to in-person preoperative assessment for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with benign gallbladder disease: a retrospective cohort study
The safety of telemedicine clinics as an alternative to in-person preoperative assessment for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with benign gallbladder disease: a retrospective cohort study
The telemedicine clinic for follow up after minor surgical procedures in general surgery is now ubiquitously considered a ...
Management strategies and root causes of missed iatrogenic intraoperative ureteral injuries with delayed diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study of 40 cases
Management strategies and root causes of missed iatrogenic intraoperative ureteral injuries with delayed diagnosis: a retrospective cohort study of 40 cases
Intraoperative iatrogenic ureteral injuries represent rare technical surgical complications with the potential for adverse...
The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events in Iranian hospitals: a survey among 360 nurses
The relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events in Iranian hospitals: a survey among 360 nurses
Adverse events have become a global problem and are an important indicator of patient safety. Patient safety culture is es...
Delayed intestinal obstruction from an unintentionally retained surgical gauze in a 24-year old woman two years after caesarean section: a case report
Delayed intestinal obstruction from an unintentionally retained surgical gauze in a 24-year old woman two years after caesarean section: a case report
One of the most common surgical emergencies, intestinal obstruction is rarely the result of an inadvertently retained fore...
Surgical residents as “second victims” following exposure to medical errors in a tertiary health training facility in Nigeria: a phenomenology study
Surgical residents as “second victims” following exposure to medical errors in a tertiary health training facility in Nigeria: a phenomenology study
The “second victim” phenomenon refers to the distress and other negative consequences that physicians experien...
Lack of alignment between orthopaedic surgeon priorities and patient expectations in total joint arthroplasty
Lack of alignment between orthopaedic surgeon priorities and patient expectations in total joint arthroplasty
Healthcare systems are shifting toward “patient-centered” care often without assessing the values important to...
Incidence and root causes of medication errors by anesthetists: a multicenter web-based survey from 8 teaching hospitals in Ethiopia
Incidence and root causes of medication errors by anesthetists: a multicenter web-based survey from 8 teaching hospitals in Ethiopia
The operating room is a demanding and time-constrained setting, in comparison to primary care settings, where perioperativ...
Root causes and preventability of unintentionally retained foreign objects after surgery: a national expert survey from Switzerland
Root causes and preventability of unintentionally retained foreign objects after surgery: a national expert survey from Switzerland
Retained foreign objects (RFO) after surgery are rare, serious patient safety events. In international comparisons based o...
Panniculectomy as a surgical option for the management of a deep surgical site infection after C-section in a morbidly obese woman: a case report
Panniculectomy as a surgical option for the management of a deep surgical site infection after C-section in a morbidly obese woman: a case report
Obesity is an independent risk factor for the occurrence of surgical site infections (SSIs) following all types of surgeri...
A formula for survival in surgery
A formula for survival in surgery
Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort stud...
Utility of the Parkland Grading Scale to determine intraoperative challenges during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a validation study on 206 patients at an academic medical center in Nepal
Utility of the Parkland Grading Scale to determine intraoperative challenges during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a validation study on 206 patients at an academic medical center in Nepal
Most of the scoring systems to predict difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy are based on pre-operative clinical and radi...
Quality of anesthetist communication with surgical patients in the perioperative setting: a survey at an academic tertiary referral hospital in Ethiopia
Quality of anesthetist communication with surgical patients in the perioperative setting: a survey at an academic tertiary referral hospital in Ethiopia
Effective communication is a fundamental step in providing best medical care and recognized as vital component of clinical...
Multiphase preclinical assessment of a novel device to locate unintentionally retained surgical sharps: a proof-of-concept study
Multiphase preclinical assessment of a novel device to locate unintentionally retained surgical sharps: a proof-of-concept study
Retained surgical sharps (RSS) is a “never event” that is preventable but may still occur despite of correct c...
Compliance to perioperative anticoagulation protocols in elderly patients undergoing elective orthopedic procedures: a retrospective observational cohort study on 548 patients
Compliance to perioperative anticoagulation protocols in elderly patients undergoing elective orthopedic procedures: a retrospective observational cohort study on 548 patients
Compliance with perioperative anticoagulation guidelines is essential to minimize bleeding and thromboembolic risks in pat...
Evaluation of errors related to surgical pathology specimens of different hospital departments with a patient safety approach: a case study in Iran
Evaluation of errors related to surgical pathology specimens of different hospital departments with a patient safety approach: a case study in Iran
Most surgical specimen errors occur in the pre-analysis stage, which can be prevented. This study aims to identify errors ...
Investigational medications in 9,638 hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19: lessons from the “fail-and-learn” strategy during the first two waves of the pandemic in 2020
Investigational medications in 9,638 hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19: lessons from the “fail-and-learn” strategy during the first two waves of the pandemic in 2020
The early surge of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic introduced a significant clinical challenge due ...
Factors contributing to preventing operating room “never events”: a machine learning analysis
Factors contributing to preventing operating room “never events”: a machine learning analysis
A surgical “Never Event” is a preventable error occurring immediately before, during or immediately following ...
Are complications related to the perineal post on orthopaedic traction tables for surgical fracture fixation more common than we think? A systematic review
Are complications related to the perineal post on orthopaedic traction tables for surgical fracture fixation more common than we think? A systematic review
Traction tables have long been utilized in the management of fractures by orthopaedic surgeons. The purpose of this study ...
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