They investigated transposition of the ulnar nerve or not, age, gender, presence of multiple procedures, use of olecranon osteotomy, poly-trauma, and open versus closed injury.
With respect to important bleeding parameters (percentage of redo surgery, cross-clamp and CPB time, single and multiple procedures, use of anticoagulants, EUROSCORES) no significant differences were found between the groups.
Considering multiple procedures, 157 of 315 patients with CRS who reported having undergone a nasal polypectomy previously (50%) had received more than one operation with a mean number of 3.3 polypectomies (range 2 30; figure 3).
The intensive care unit (ICU) often is called the epicenter of infections, due to its extremely vulnerable population (reduced host defences deregulating the immune responses) and increased risk of becoming infected through multiple procedures and use of invasive devices distorting the anatomical integrity-protective barriers of patients (intubation, mechanical ventilation, vascular access, etc).
The intensive care unit (ICU) often is called the epicenter of infections, due to its extremely vulnerable population (reduced host defences deregulating the immune responses) and increased risk of becoming infected through multiple procedures and use of invasive devices distorting the anatomical integrity-protective barriers of patients (intubation, mechanical ventilation, vascular access, etc).
On the other hand, analysis of the efficacy of individual surgical interventions is thwarted by the frequent practice of reporting on the application of multiple procedures in combination with evaluation of the composite effect.
All of the patients were satisfied with the procedure, and none expressed a preference for amputation despite the multiple procedures or length of treatment.
The greatest functional effect of multiple procedures seems to be a reduction in the quality and function of the extensor mechanism [12].
In case of multiple procedures with the same hierarchy value, the one listed first in the medical record is used for grouping.
Usually, this analysis is used as a clustering method for the creation of phenograms, but it can also be used as a classification method to identify the best methods from a set of multiple procedures involving multiple variables [36].
