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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/blood-clots-hip-knee-surgery_executive.pdf
March 01, 2012 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 49
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
in Orthopedic Surgery
Executive Summary
Background
Major orthopedic surgery describes three
surgical procedures including total hip
replacement (THR), total knee
replacement (TKR), and hip fracture
surgery (HFS). As a whole, maj…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cerebral-palsy-feeding_executive.pdf
March 01, 2013 - based on the likely time span needed for
tube supplementation, the availability of an experienced
surgeon … A gastric fundoplication may be
included to reduce GER, if needed in the judgment of the
surgeon. … The surgeon can then see
the stomach wall through which the PEG tube will pass.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/worker-safety-wellness-protocol.pdf
October 26, 2024 - Depression and Suicide Among American Surgeons-A Grave
Threat to the Surgeon Workforce.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2012 - If endometriosis is not found at surgery, the surgeon often
assumes that the pain is not gynecologic
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rapid-response-cardio-dental.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Rapid Response: Efficacy of Dental Services for Reducing Adverse Events in Those Undergoing Insertion of Implantable Cardiovascular Devices
Rapid Response
July 2023
Efficacy of Dental Services for Reducing
Adverse Events in Those Undergoing
Insertion of Implantable Cardiovascular
Devices
Main Points …
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Obesity
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential High
Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 10: Obesity
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
www.ahrq.gov
Contract N…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/tethered-spinal-cord/research
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/functional-limitations-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
June 01, 2013 - Appropriate use of the device
requires surgeon and technician training in patient selection, device … An ophthalmologic surgeon performs the procedure in the outpatient setting while the patient is
under … Additionally because of the additional patient learning, the surgeon may
have to spend time educating
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/05_depression_potential_high_impact_2012-12-10.pdf
January 01, 2012 - DBS therapy uses a battery-operated, pacemaker-like neurostimulator, which a surgeon implants
subcutaneously … When the battery is depleted, a
surgeon must perform a minor surgical procedure to replace the neurostimulator
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/bladder-cancer-non-muscle-invasive_disposition-comments.pdf
October 27, 2015 - Then the
applicability of this to clinical practice is
potentially biased, as this two surgeon
scenario
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bundled-payments-quality-effects_research-protocol.pdf
June 23, 2011 - hospital for the facility portion of all services
during the inpatient stay and a single payment to the surgeon
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rotator-cuff-tear-surveillance-140925.pdf
February 01, 2014 - AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness Review
Surveillance Program
CER # 22:
Comparative Effectiveness of Nonoperative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Tears
Original release date:
July 5, 2010
Surveillance Report (1st Assessment/cycle 1):
February 2012
Surveillance Report (2nd Assessment/cycle 2):
Novem…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/atrial-fibrillation_executive.pdf
June 01, 2013 - 1
Comparative Effectiveness Review
Number 119
Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Executive Summary
Background
Definition and Impact of Atrial
Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a supraventricular
tachyarrhythmia (any tachycardic rhythm
originating above the ventricular tissue)
and is characterized by unc…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-243-prehospital-airway-management-disposition-comments.pdf
June 14, 2021 - Is There
a Minimum Number of Thyroidectomies a Surgeon
Should Perform to Optimize Patient Outcomes?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rapid-response-chemotherapy-dental.pdf
July 01, 2023 - Revisiting Oral Health in
America: A Report of the Surgeon General.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_executive.pdf
December 01, 2014 - of diagnosis, life expectancy, and estimated
likelihood of cancer progression without treatment;
surgeon … discussed in this report suggest that
outcomes of surgery and radiation are influenced by center
and surgeon
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dcis-mri-utilization_research.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Data Points 13: Use of Preoperative Breast MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer
Use of Preoperative Breast MRI Data Points # 13
Use of preoperative MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in
situ and locally invasive breast cancer
Rates of MRI use prior to surg…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_2012-12-11.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Obesity
AHRQ Healthcare Horizon Scanning System – Potential
High-Impact Interventions Report
Priority Area 10: Obesity
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
540 Gaither Road
Rockville, MD 20850
www.ahrq.gov
Contract No. HHSA290…
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/arthritis-horizon-scan-high-impact-13121.pdf
December 05, 2013 - The surgeon makes an incision in a skin fold of the neck over the
anterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid … carefully dissected.4 Radiotransparent retractors are placed under the two
longus colli muscles and the surgeon
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lumbar-fusion-protocol.pdf
June 20, 2024 - The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative Disease of teh Lumbar Spine
Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol
Project Title: The Performance of Fusion Procedures for Degenerative
Disease of the Lumbar Spine
I. Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Nature …