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1. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Thyroid Cancer (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/ovarian-cancer-draft-rs-news-bulletin.pdf
   July 18, 2017 - These false-positive tests can lead to unnecessary major surgeries to remove one or both ovaries and … ovarian cancer does not decrease the number of deaths from the disease and may lead to unnecessary surgeries

2. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-2014
   June 23, 2014 - groups to have any AAA surgery within 3 to 5 years, predominantly driven by an increase in elective surgeries … , largely driven by an increase in elective surgeries. … at 3 to 5 years, driven primarily by an increase in elective surgeries. … This overall increase in surgeries persisted at 13 to 15 years, although the magnitude of difference … Similarly, two fair-quality trials found that early EVAR doubled the rate of AAA-associated surgeries

3. Ym2Epescwzwnpaamr78Shp (pdf file)
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   August 01, 2014 - Four RCTs (primarily done in men) showed that screening doubled the rate of AAA-associated surgeries, … largely driven by an increase in elective surgeries. … The Chichester and Western Australia trials found no differences in the rate of emergency surgeries ( … at 3 to 5 years, driven primarily by an increase in elective surgeries. … This overall increase in surgeries persisted at 13 to 15 years, although the magnitude of difference

4. Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis (pdf file)
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   July 01, 2014 - However, this screening often leads to a cascade of follow-up testing and surgeries that can cause serious … False-positive results lead to unneeded tests and surgeries.

5. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommends Against Screening Healthy Adults for Carotid Artery Stenosis (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/casfinalrsbulletin.pdf
   July 08, 2014 - “Screening for carotid artery stenosis often leads to follow-up testing and surgeries that can cause

6. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
   August 31, 2020 - Therefore, screening for CAS often leads to unnecessary follow-up testing and surgeries that can cause

7. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
   February 02, 2021 - Therefore, screening for CAS often leads to unnecessary followup testing and surgeries that can cause

8. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/aaa-draft-rec-statement-bulletin.pdf
   July 15, 2019 - Treatment can lead to surgeries that may be unnecessary, be harmful, and potentially cause death.

9. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (pdf file)
   www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/aaa-final-rec-statement-bulletin.pdf
   December 10, 2019 - Treatment can lead to major surgeries that may be unnecessary, harmful, and potentially cause death.

10. Final Evidence Review: Glaucoma: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review38/glaucoma-screening
    February 15, 2013 - provide high-level evidence that trabeculectomy decreases IOP more than do so-called nonpenetrating surgeries … 40 concluded that adverse effects were more frequent with trabeculectomy than with nonpenetrating surgeries … One additional review addressed the comparative effectiveness of glaucoma surgeries versus one another … as well as surgeries versus medical treatments for open-angle glaucoma. * Total may exceed number in … in participants randomly assigned to trabeculectomy than to those assigned to other nonpenetrating surgeries

11. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Glaucoma: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review38/glaucoma-screening-2013
    February 15, 2013 - provide high-level evidence that trabeculectomy decreases IOP more than do so-called nonpenetrating surgeries … 40 concluded that adverse effects were more frequent with trabeculectomy than with nonpenetrating surgeries … One additional review addressed the comparative effectiveness of glaucoma surgeries versus one another … as well as surgeries versus medical treatments for open-angle glaucoma. * Total may exceed number in … in participants randomly assigned to trabeculectomy than to those assigned to other nonpenetrating surgeries

12. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: An Updated Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/2sssC_CV4u5DY_rgjC-FMd
    February 01, 2018 - False positive surgeries occurred in 0.2% to 1% of those screened with CA-125. … False positive surgeries occurred in 3.2% of those screened with TVU. … Complications occurred in 3.5% of false positive surgeries. … False positive surgeries occurred in 3.17% of those screened. … Complications occurred in 15.09% of false positive surgeries.

13. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis (pdf file)
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    August 31, 2020 - These false positive results often lead to unnecessary follow-up testing and surgeries that can cause

14. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2005 - good evidence of important harms of screening and early treatment, including an increased number of surgeries … : uspstf@ahrq.gov. 2 Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: USPSTF Recommendations number of surgeries … evidence that screening and early treatment result in important harms, including an increased number of surgeries

15. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005
    February 15, 2005 - good evidence of important harms of screening and early treatment, including an increased number of surgeries … evidence that screening and early treatment leads to important harms, including an increased number of surgeries … evidence that screening and early treatment result in important harms, including an increased number of surgeries

16. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: An Updated Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFile/1/16768/ovarian-cancer-final-evid-review/pdf
    February 01, 2018 - False positive surgeries occurred in 0.2% to 1% of those screened with CA-125. … False positive surgeries occurred in 3.2% of those screened with TVU. … Complications occurred in 3.5% of false positive surgeries. … False positive surgeries occurred in 3.17% of those screened. … Complications occurred in 15.09% of false positive surgeries.

17. Archived: Evidence Summary: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary8/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-2014
    January 15, 2014 - Screening was associated with more overall and elective surgeries but fewer emergency operations and … Two of the 4 trials (Viborg and MASS) showed fewer emergency surgeries in the invited group up to 10 … Chichester showed a nonsignificant tendency toward fewer emergency surgeries in the invited group up … All 4 large population-based screening RCTs reported results on operative death and number of AAA surgeries … hazard ratio of 1.70 and 1.87 in Chichester and western Australian), which was driven by more elective surgeries

18. Archived: Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan11/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
    December 15, 2012 - positive, such as intensive early detection efforts like MRI or mammography or prophylactic medications or surgeries

19. Evidence Summary: Thyroid Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/thyroid-cancer-screening
    May 09, 2017 - Is robotic surgery superior to endoscopic and open surgeries in thyroid cancer? … node dissection (15 study arms): the 95% CI of the pooled estimate ranges from 2 to 6 events per 100 surgeries … , with the 95% CI for unilateral neck dissection (10 study arms) ranging from 1 to 4 events per 100 surgeries … and the 95% CI for bilateral neck dissection (9 study arms) ranging from 1 to 10 events per 100 surgeries … and the 95% CI for bilateral neck dissection (7 study arms) ranged from 1 to 2 events per 100 surgeries

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    March 01, 2014 - Screen- ing was associated with more overall and elective surgeries but fewer emergency operations and … Two of the 4 trials (Viborg and MASS) showed fewer emergency surgeries in the invited group up to 10 … Chichester showed a nonsignificant tendency to- ward fewer emergency surgeries in the invited group up … All 4 large population-based screening RCTs reported results on operative death and number of AAA surgeries … hazard ratio of 1.70 and 1.87 in Chichester and western Australian), which was driven by more elective surgeries