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Effect of multimodal opioid-sparing anesthesia on intestinal function and prognosis of elderly patients with hypertension after colorectal cancer surgery
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Comparison of 4.54% hypertonic saline and 20% mannitol for brain relaxation during auditory brainstem implantation in pediatric patients: a single-center retrospective observational cohort study
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Prognostic significance of early and multiple recurrences after curative resection for hepatocellular carcinoma
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Necrotizing fasciitis: treatment concepts & clinical outcomes – an institutional experience
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Furuncular myiasis of the breast caused by the larvae of the Tumbu fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga)
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Epiploic appendagitis – clinical characteristics of an uncommon surgical diagnosis
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Age and HPV type as risk factors for HPV persistence after loop excision in patients with high grade cervical lesions: an observational study
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Spigelian hernia in the right upper abdominal wall: a case report
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Surgical physiology of inguinal hernia repair - a study of 200 cases
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 1.6
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 1.9
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.019
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.520
Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 21
Submission to acceptance (median days): 131
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