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First patented by American engineer Charles Hull in 1984, three-dimensional (3D) printing is based on an additive technology by which materials are gr
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Spinal and epidural anesthesia are both forms of local anesthesia injected near the spinal cord.1 Both block pain from an entire region of the lower b
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Traditionally, the scientific model of anesthetic action on neural activity has proposed a “wet blanket” effect, which assumes the effects of anesthes
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Fears of contracting COVID-19 in health care settings have resulted in many individuals avoiding emergency care despite potentially life-threatening i
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Postoperative pain has been associated with a number of adverse outcomes, including emotional/psychological trauma, opioid addiction, and chronic pain
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Since its founding in 1994, Amazon has grown from an online bookseller to a multinational tech company that supports digital streaming, e-commerce, an
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Blood vessels often undergo trauma during surgery, promoting the formation of coagulated platelets and fibrin colloquially known as a blood clot. If a
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Administering anesthesia outside of the operating room is becoming more of a common practice, particularly in gastroenterology endoscopy suites2. In t
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Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most frequent cause of hospital-acquired infections in surgical patients [1]. Such infections are among the le
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