Predictive factors of drainage volume and drain duration after the inframammary approach to nipple-areolar-complex sparing mastectomy and implant-based breast reconstruction

Background The placement of a closed suction drain is indispensable for preventing serious infections; however, closed suction drains are inevitably accompanied by increases in local infections, pain, and length of hospital stay, and delays in breast cancer treatment including postoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy.We analyzed predictive facto

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A study of agroforestry farming for tropical peatland conservation and rehabilitation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Current studies on tropical peatlands in Indonesia focus mostly on the environmental effects of management practices.Studies on the efforts of farmers to conserve and rehabilitate degraded tropical peatlands by operating agroforestry systems have been limited.We addressed this research gap by conducting a qualitative survey with semi-structured int

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A cross sectional study on domestic violence following alcohol consumption against women residing in rural area of Tamil Nadu

Introduction: Domestic violence is the wilful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and or other abusive behaviour as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another.From previous studies alcohol is most important cause for domestic violence among intimate partner.Women experi

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