ReviewAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2015
Gastrointestinal surgery and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Review in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of HIV infection on surgical gastrointestinal diseases at the Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- An Overview of Gastroduodenal Perforation.Frontiers in surgery · 2020Review
- Non-HPV Perianal and Anorectal Sexually Transmitted Viral Infections.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2019Review
- Otorhinolaryngological profile and surgical intervention in patients with HIV/AIDS.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Abdominal tuberculosis: Is there a role for surgery?World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2017Review
- A case of HIV ulcer.JRSM open · 2015Article
- Surgery for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.Oncology reviews · 2015Review
- Efficacy and postoperative outcomes of kidney stone surgery in HIV-positive patients: A retrospective cohort study.Therapeutic advances in urologyArticle
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Abstract
Acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is becoming an increasing problem to the surgeon. The impact of HIV/AIDS on surgical practice include the undoubted risk to which the surgeon will expose him or herself, the atypical conditions that may be encountered and the outcome and long term benefit of the surgical treatment in view of disease progression. The two factors most associated with surgical outcome and poor wound healing were AIDS and poor performance status (ASA score). This article questions whether gastrointestinal surgical procedures can be safe and effective therapeutic measures in HIV/AIDS patients and if surgical outcome is worthy of the surgeon's ethical responsibility to treat. As HIV/AIDS patients are not a homogeneous group, with careful patient selection, emergency laparotomy for peritonitis confers worthwhile palliation. However, aggressive surgical intervention must be undertaken with caution and adequate peri-operative care is required. Symptomatic improvement of anorectal pathology may make delayed wound healing an acceptable complication. Alternatives to surgery can be contemplated for diagnosis, prophylaxis or palliation.
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