Relationship between lunar cycle and haemorrhagic complication rate in surgery

References

• Geller SH, Shannon HW. The moon, weather and mental hospital contacts: confirmation and explanation of the Transylvania effect. J Psychiatr Nurs Ment Health Serv. 1976;14:13–17.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Belleville G, Foldes-Busque G, Dixon M, et al. Impact of seasonal and lunar cycles on psychological symptoms in the ED: an empirical investigation of widely spread beliefs. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2013;35:192–194.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gutiérrez-García JM, Tusell F. Suicides and the lunar cycle. Psychol Rep. 1997;80:243–250.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gorvin JJ, Roberts MS. Lunar phases and psychiatric hospital admissions. Psychol Rep. 1994;75:1435–1440.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Coates W, Jehle D, Cottington E. Trauma and the full moon: a waning theory. Ann Emerg Med. 1989;18:763–765.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Amaddeo F, Bisoffi G, Micciolo R, et al. Frequency of contact with community-based psychiatric services and the lunar cycle: a 10-year case-register study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 1997;32:323–326.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilkinson G, Piccinelli M, Roberts S, et al. Lunar cycle and consultations for anxiety and depression in general practice. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 1997;43:29–34.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Núñez S, Pérez Méndez L, Aguirre-Jaime A. Moon cycles and violent behaviours: myth or fact? Eur J Emerg Med. 2002;9:127–130.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Oderda GM, Klein-Schwartz W. Lunar cycle and poison center calls. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1983;20:487–495.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Owen C, Tarantello C, Jones M, et al. Lunar cycles and violent behaviour. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1998;32:496–499.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nijsten MW, Willemsen SE. Accidents a matter of chance? The significance of lunar phases and biorhythms in trauma patients. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1991;135:2421–2424.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Laverty WH, Kelly IW. Cyclical calendar and lunar patterns in automobile property accidents and injury accidents. Percept Mot Skills. 1998;86:299–302.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Maldonado G, Kraus JF. Variation in suicide occurrence by time of day, day of the week, month, and lunar phase. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1991;21:174–187.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Waldhoer T, Haidinger G, Vutuc C. The lunar cycle and the number of deliveries in Austria between 1970 and 1999. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2002;53:88–89.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hicks-Caskey WE, Potter DR. Effect of the full moon on a sample of developmentally delayed, institutionalized women. Percept Mot Skills. 1991;72:1375–1380.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Raison CL, Klein HM, Steckler M. The moon and madness reconsidered. J Affect Disord. 1999;53:99–106.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Buckley NA, Whyte IM, Dawson AH. There are days and moons. Self-poisoning is not lunacy. Med J Aust. 1993;159:786–789.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lieber AR, Sherin CR. Homicides and the lunar cycle: toward a theory of lunar influence on human emotional disturbance. Am J Psychiatry. 1972;129:69–74.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thakur CP, Sharma D. Full moon and crime. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1984;289:1789–1791.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alonso Y. Geophysical variables and behavior: LXXII. Barometric pressure, lunar cycle, and traffic accidents. Percept Mot Skills. 1993;77:371–376.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Neal RD, Colledge M. The effect of the full moon on general practice consultation rates. Fam Pract. 2000;17:472–474.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barr W. Lunacy revisited. The influence of the moon on mental health and quality of life. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2000;38:28–35.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Benbadis SR, Chang S, Hunter J, et al. The influence of the full moon on seizure frequency: myth or reality? Epilepsy Behav. 2004;5:596–597.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mikulecký M, Rovenský J. Gout attacks and lunar cycle. Med Hypotheses. 2000;55:24–25.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mikulecky M, Valachova A. Lunar influence on atrial fibrillation? Braz J Med Biol Res. 1996;29:1073–1075.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sha LR, Xu NT, Song XH, et al. Lunar phases, myocardial infarction and hemorrheological character. A western medical study combined with appraisal of the related traditional Chinese medical theory. Chin Med J. 1989;102:722–725.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eisenburger P, Schreiber W, Vergreiner G, et al. Lunar phases are not related to the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. Resuscitation. 2003;56:187–189.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ghiandoni G, Secli R, Rocchi MB, et al. Does lunar position influence the time of delivery? A statistical analysis. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1998;77:47–50.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Román EM, Soriano G, Fuentes M, et al. The influence of the full moon on the number of admissions related to gastrointestinal bleeding. Int J Nurs Pract. 2004;10:292–296.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Takagi H, Umemoto T. Lunar cycles and abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture. J Vasc Surg. 2004;40:1261.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peters-Engl C, Frank W, Kerschbaum F, et al. Lunar phases and survival of breast cancer patients-a statistical analysis of 3757 cases. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2001;70:131–135.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marascuilo LA, Slaughter RE. Statistical procedures for identifying possible sources of item bias based on X2 statistics. J Exp Med. 1981;18:229–248.
   Google Scholar
• Andrews EJ. Moon talk: the cyclic periodicity of postoperative hemorrhage. J Fla Med Assoc. 1960;46:1362–1366.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• May M, Braun KP, Helke C, et al. Lunar phases and zodiac signs do not influence quality of radical cystectomy-a statistical analysis of 452 patients with invasive bladder cancer. Int Urol Nephrol. 2007;39:1023–1030.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kuehn A, Herzog M, Schmidt M, et al. The dark side of the moon: impact of moon phases on long-term survival, mortality and morbidity of surgery for lung cancer. Eur J Med Res. 2009;14:178–181.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Promberger R, Ott J, Mikola B, et al. Lunar phase does not influence the incidence of postoperative haemorrhage after thyroid surgery: an analysis of 26,852 operations. Eur Surg. 2010;42:72–76.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gerold L. Lunar phases and surgical outcome. Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb. 1998;136:8–10.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ficklscherer A, Angermann A, Weber P, et al. Lunar phase does not influence perioperative complications in total hip arthroplasty. Arch Med Sci. 2012;8:111–114.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holzheimer RG, Nitz C, Gresser U. Lunar phase does not influence surgical quality. Eur J Med Res. 2003;8:414–418.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Abell GO, Greenspan B. Human births and the phase of the moon. N Engl J Med. 1979;300:96.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Law SP. The regulation of menstrual cycle and its relationship to the moon. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1986;65:45–48.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jones PK, Jones SL. Lunar association with suicide. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 1977;7:31–39.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Oomman A, Ramachandran P, Shanmugapriya, et al. A novel trigger for acute coronary syndromes: the effect of lunar cycles on the incidence and in-hospital prognosis of acute coronary syndromes–a 3-year retrospective study. J Indian Med Assoc. 2003;101:227–228.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Staboulidou I, Soergel P, Vaske B, et al. The influence of lunar cycle on frequency of birth, birth complications, neonatal outcome and the gender: a retrospective analysis. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2008;87:875–879.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kredel M, Goepfert C, Bassi D, et al. The influence of the weather and the phase of the moon on post-operative nausea and vomiting. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2006;50:488–494.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar