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101. Diabetic Eye Problems | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     Trouble seeing things out of the corners of your eyes Treatment often includes laser treatment or surgery … Surgery helps you see clearly again. … Eye drops or surgery can help.

102. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 266_Cervical Degenerative Disease Treatment: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - There were no differences between cervical arthroplasty and ACDF in pain or function with 1- level surgery … Radiographic spinal cord compression, no myelopathy Surgery vs. … Radiographic spinal cord compression, mild to severe myelopathy Surgery vs. … CDD Surgery vs. … Pseudarthrosis prior anterior fusion surgery Posterior approach vs.

103. Comparative Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease – an Update to the 2005 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - and in some cases superior) in controlling GERD-related symptoms for the first 1 to 3 years following surgery … Limitations Studies directly comparing surgery to medical therapy generally had high dropout rates … symptoms were already well controlled by medical therapy for at least the first 1 to 3 years following surgery … Serious adverse events were more common after surgery. … May 17, 2024 Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery

104. Body Weight | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     April 19, 2022 - Effectiveness Review and Meta-Analysis Systematic Review Archived June 5, 2013 Bariatric Surgery … Research Report Archived November 30, 2012 Data Points #17: Trends in bariatric surgery … Medicare beneficiaries Research Report November 29, 2012 Health Outcomes of Bariatric Surgery … Research Protocol Archived December 14, 2010 Comparative Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery … July 30, 2010 Prompt Reduction in Use of Medications for Comorbid Conditions After Bariatric Surgery

105. Refining Key Questions: Interactive Case Study Quiz
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     May 01, 2010 - Bleeding and surgery in acquired hemophilia (October 13, 2006). … , such as liver transplantation or cardiac surgery. … , pediatric cardiac surgery, liver transplantation, or prostatectomy? … Usual Care Evidence of rFVIIa Use for Adult Cardiac Surgery vs. … and various causes of coagulopathy triggered by the surgery itself.

106. Refining Key Questions: Interactive Case Study Quiz
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     May 01, 2010 - Bleeding and surgery in acquired hemophilia (October 13, 2006). … , such as liver transplantation or cardiac surgery. … , pediatric cardiac surgery, liver transplantation, or prostatectomy? … Usual Care Evidence of rFVIIa Use for Adult Cardiac Surgery vs. … and various causes of coagulopathy triggered by the surgery itself.

107. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - Staff-Generated PICO Population(s): Patients undergoing elective surgery who have had a thorough history … from unnecessary follow-up of abnormal tests, improved system efficiency, decreased postponement of surgery … such as surgical complications, other morbidity, and mortality) among patients undergoing elective surgery … which may cause unnecessary psychological and economic burdens and may result in a postponement of surgery …  No recent comprehensive review related to preoperative testing in ambulatory surgery patients

108. Cesarean Section | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 27, 2016 - Topics Cesarean Section Description A Cesarean section (C-section) is surgery … position of the baby The baby's health is in danger Labor is not moving along as it should The surgery … Still, it is major surgery and carries risks.

109. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery: Systematic Review Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     June 01, 2022 - SHARE: Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery … Internet Citation: Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery

110. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - Coronary bypass surgery and coronary angioplasty (with or without stents) are alternative approaches … The comparative effectiveness of bypass surgery and angioplasty is an open question primarily for those … Comparison of coronary bypass surgery with angioplasty in patients with multivessel disease. … A randomized trial comparing coronary angioplasty with coronary bypass surgery. … Emory Angioplasty versus Surgery Trial (EAST). N Engl J Med 1994 Oct 20;331(16):1044-50.

111. Prostate-Cancer-Therapies-Update Consumer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - � Common treatment options for localized prostate cancer (watchful waiting, active surveillance, surgery … Surgery To Remove the Prostate Gland In this type of surgery, the surgeon removes the prostate gland … It is also sometimes given before surgery to remove the prostate gland. … You may need surgery to fix the hernia. … � If I have surgery to remove my prostate gland, how long might it take to recover?

112. Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     August 01, 2023 - Key Question 4: Among individuals who experience retethering after spinal detethering surgery, what … are the benefits, harms and long-term outcomes of another surgery compared with no treatment? … , sham surgery, no treatment, or alternative treatments for effectiveness outcomes; no comparator is … For KQ4 (repeat surgery), we will document the sequence of events in terms of timing of the surgeries … Is surgery necessary for asymptomatic tethered cord in anorectal malformation patients?

113. Comparative Effectiveness of Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - , and bariatric surgery, for eligible candidates. … However, life-threatening complications have been associated with sleep apnea surgery. … , tongue surgery, genioglossohyoid surgery, maxillomandibular surgery, mandibular surgery, rapid maxillary … Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation/ or exp Ventilators, Mechanical/ or exp Masks/ 16688 33 general … surgery/ or neurosurgery/ or otolaryngology/ or surgery, plastic/ or thoracic surgery/ 80977

114. Research Protocol: Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy (pdf file)
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     April 09, 2020 - new breast cancer diagnoses and 41,760 cancer-related deaths in the U.S. were estimated for 2019.2 Surgery … also cover breast reconstruction.5 Two main considerations must be made once breast reconstruction surgery … AR can have several advantages, including requiring only a single surgery (in contrast with the more … This includes the initial choice to undergo reconstruction, as well as the type and timing of surgery … American Society of Plastic Surgeons. 2018 Plastic Surgery Statistics Report. 2018.

115. Topic 0613 Tympanostomy Tubes NSD FINAL (pdf file)
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     November 03, 2014 - Improvement in indications for tympanostomy; patient satisfaction with the change in hearing following surgery … to avoid TTO or bacterial infection. § Tympanostomy tube insertion is the most common ambulatory surgery … However, the appropriateness and efficacy of tympanostomy tube surgery has been questioned due to limited … Most criticism has centered on surgery in children with OME of less than three months duration determined … American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Retrieved from www.entnet.org 2.

116. Data Points #13: Use of preoperative MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Overview Rates of MRI use prior to surgery increased dramatically from 2002 to 2007 for both women … groups, preoperative MRI use was higher for women treated with mastectomy than with breast-conserving surgery … and early invasive breast cancer is surgical removal of the tumor by mastectomy or breast- conserving surgery … risk DCIS (larger tumor size, higher grade disease, or ER-negative tumors) received more MRIs prior to surgery … May 17, 2024 Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery

117. Comparative Effectiveness of Coronary Bypass Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Multivessel Disease: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data from Ten Randomized Trials (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2010 - Comparative Effectiveness of Coronary Bypass Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Multivessel … Eight-year mortality in the Emory Angioplasty Versus Surgery Trial (EAST). … Five- year follow-up of the Medicine, Angioplasty, or Surgery Study (MASS II). … Meta-analysis of randomised trials comparing coronary angioplasty with bypass surgery. … Comparison of coronary bypass surgery with angioplasty in patients with multivessel disease.

118. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - The second individual nominator questions the comparative effectiveness of medication versus laser surgery … are the health risks and benefits of trabeculectomy as compared to alternatives, including laser surgery … What types of individuals continue to require ocular or glaucoma medications after surgery? 3. … patients with open-angle glaucoma, what is the comparative effectiveness of medication versus laser surgery

119. Uterine Diseases | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     May 14, 2019 - If you have cancer or hyperplasia, an overgrowth of normal cells in the uterus, you may need surgery. … Other treatments include hormones and surgery.

120. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - comparative effectiveness of antiplatelet agents, exercise, endovascular intervention, and bypass surgery … interventions (endovascular intervention [percutaneous transluminal arterial angioplasty and stenting], bypass surgery … therapies; KQ3: exercise therapy, endovascular intervention; KQ4: endovascular intervention, bypass surgery … Is endovascular intervention as effective as bypass surgery in maintaining amputation-free survival