Artificial intelligence in surgery

C Varghese, EM Harrison, G O'Grady, EJ Topol - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly emerging in healthcare, yet applications in surgery
remain relatively nascent. Here we review the integration of AI in the field of surgery …

Timing of elective surgery and risk assessment after SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an update: a multidisciplinary consensus statement on behalf of the Association of …

K El‐Boghdadly, TM Cook, T Goodacre, J Kua… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of vaccination and new SARS‐CoV‐2 variants on peri‐operative outcomes is
unclear. We aimed to update previously published consensus recommendations on timing …

Mitigating the impact of blood shortages in England

F Chowdhury, L Estcourt… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The supply of blood components and products in sufficient quantities is key to any effective
health care system. This report describes the challenges faced by the English blood service …

Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries

JC Glasbey, TEF Abbott, A Ademuyiwa, A Adisa… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and
anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 …

Development of a decision analytical framework to prioritise operating room capacity: lessons learnt from an empirical example on delayed elective surgeries during …

MM Rovers, SRW Wijn, JPC Grutters… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To develop a prioritisation framework to support priority setting for elective
surgeries after COVID-19 based on the impact on patient well-being and cost. Design We …

The disruption of elective procedures due to COVID-19 in Brazil in 2020

GS Frio, LX Russo, CP de Albuquerque… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Elective procedures were temporarily suspended several times over the course of the
pandemic of COVID-19. Monthly data from the Unified Health System (SUS) were used for …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 S and N protein peptides drive invasion abilities of colon cancer cells through TGF-β1 regulation

WM Ciszewski, LA Wozniak, K Sobierajska - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the delay of colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis, which
causes CRC to be treated at more advanced, often metastatic stages. Unfortunately, there is …

Large-scale real-life implementation of technology-enabled care to maximize hospitals' medical surge preparedness during future infectious disease outbreaks and …

T Sener, W Haenen, P Smits, GH Hans - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Hospitals can be overburdened with large numbers of patients with severe infectious
conditions during infectious disease outbreaks. Such outbreaks or epidemics put …

COVID-19 in the perioperative setting: A review of the literature and the clinical landscape

AY O'Glasser, KJ Schenning - Perioperative Care and Operating Room …, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected societies and healthcare systems around
the globe. The perioperative care continuum has also been under significant strain due to …

The snapshot audit methodology: design, implementation and analysis of prospective observational cohort studies in surgery

GA Bass, LJ Kaplan, ÉJ Ryan, Y Cao… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose For some surgical conditionns and scientific questions, the “real world”
effectiveness of surgical patient care may be better explored using a multi-institutional time …