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101. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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102. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - CPAP), oral appliances, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), radiofrequency ablation (RFA), bariatric surgery … What other modalities of treatment, including weight loss, surgery, and oral appliances, would be better … What is the evidence to support alternate treatment modalities including CPAP, surgery, and oral appliances

103. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2005 - While surgery has been considered to provide an alternative to permanent use of antisecretory medications … , long-term followup of a landmark randomized controlled trial comparing medications with surgery found … Furthermore, while advocates of surgery continue to suggest that it might be more effective than medical … Conclusions Comparison of medical treatments with surgery Medical therapy with PPIs and surgery (fundoplication … Comparison of surgery with endoscopic procedures Of the three nonrandomized studies that compared an

104. Obesity (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - invasive surgery or who need to lose weight to become eligible for bariatric surgery. … , or even as a pre-surgery intervention. … Also, it has less serious side effects than surgery. … Bariatric surgery. Policy number: CLPD-0423-018. … Bariatric surgery. Policy number: 2014T0362T.

105. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2011 - The second study found that general surgery patients willing to undergo preoperative PSG were more likely … with no or sham surgery. … to no treatment, to CPAP, to MAD, or to alternative types of surgery. … Surgery vs. control • No study evaluated clinical outcomes. … OSA treatments • There were 2 retrospective studies that evaluated mortality in Surgery vs.

106. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - over the long term and revisional surgery might be difficult. … (known as NOTES) if it can demonstrate better outcomes than laparoscopic surgery … No specific complications related to the surgery were experienced. … as the primary therapy in patients with a low risk of complications from undergoing surgery. … Achalasia: my experience with the surgery POEM for fighting against achalasia. [internet].

107. Suppl-1-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - for those that received surgery (objective 2), the average benefit of surgery over all AMI patients … (objective 1), or the average benefit of surgery for all those patients not receiving surgery (objective … in the late 1980s through the early 1990s reflected proper sorting of surgery across patients—that … for each AMI patient when making surgery recommendations and that the AMI patients most likely to … benefit from surgery were those that received surgery.

108. EHC Research Protocol: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - The rationale for subsequent surgery was to prevent future complications, but recent studies have found … Of note, this review will not evaluate the need for, or the choice of, surgery for the patient with … The Scientific Committee of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery. … Surgery. 2011 May;149(5):606-13. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.10.005. PMID: 21145569. 29. … Outcomes of percutaneous drainage without surgery for patients with diverticular abscess.

109. Data Points 13: Use of Preoperative Breast MRI among older women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - women with ductal carcinoma in situ and locally invasive breast cancer Rates of MRI use prior to surgery … early invasive breast cancer is surgical removal of the tumor by mastectomy or breast- conserving surgery … We defined surgery type as the surgery identified after breast cancer diagnosis date. … Rates of MRI use prior to surgery increased dramatically from 2002 to 2007 for both DCIS (<1% to 15.8% … Use of MRI prior to surgery decreased with age.

110. Glaucoma-Treatment Surveillance (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Combined cataract and trabeculectomy surgery in eyes with pseudoexfoliation glaucoma. … Delayed-onset symptomatic hyphema after ab interno trabeculotomy surgery. … Surgery significantly lowered VFQ scores among patients with early glaucoma. … Type of surgery did not affect score. … Do Not Know cataract and glaucoma surgery (systematic review).

111. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2008 - Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps  Multimodal pain management for post-hip surgery … nominator that narrowed the scope of the nomination to multi-modal pain management for post-hip fracture surgery … Multimodal Pain Management for Post-hip Surgery Nomination Summary Document http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov

112. CER 22 Rotator Cuff Tears NSD clean (pdf file)
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     March 20, 2014 - early surgical repair compared to late surgical repair (i.e., non- operative intervention followed by surgery … Surgical repair § Early surgical repair vs. late surgical repair (i.e., non-operative i followed by surgery … What is the comparative effectiveness of operative approaches (e.g., open surgery, mini-open surgery

113. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2009 - For the diagnosis of breast cancer, the “gold standard” reference test is open surgery and pathological … Subjecting women with lesions that are probably benign to open surgery does not meet the principle of … was determined by comparing the results of the breast biopsy to the results of a combination of open surgery … effect of the following factors on the results: needle size, method of verification of biopsy (open surgery … , open surgery and at least 6 months’ followup, or open surgery and at least 2 years’ followup), whether

114. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 252: Management of Infantile Epilepsies (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2022 - The three primary categories of treatment are pharmacotherapy, dietary treatments, and surgery. … Twenty-four studies (2 RCTs of diet, 6 pre/post studies of diet, and 16 pre/post studies of surgery) … inclusion criteria for the effectiveness of non-pharmacologic treatments (e.g., dietary therapies, surgery … Twelve studies of pharmacologic interventions, four studies of dietary treatments, and 12 studies of surgery

115. Appendix C: Fiber Intake and Laxation in People With Normal Bowel Function Report (xls file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Reported (No COI) Community 18–50 y; BMI 20–30kg/m2; good general health. physical or mental disease; surgery … habits, antibiotic use 3 mo before study, medication or supplements that affect GI tract, abdominal surgery … intake 13–18 g/d ongoing disease; gastrointestinal, bladder and pancreatic diseases; abdominal/gut surgery … , abdominal surgery interfering with GI function, self-reported HIV 4 wk NA 28/28 d Days 1-28 Wilms … , abdominal surgery interfering with GI function, self-reported HIV 4 wk NA 28/28 d Days 1-28 Wilms

116. Fiber-Intake-Final-Appendix-C (xls file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Reported (No COI) Community 18–50 y; BMI 20–30kg/m2; good general health. physical or mental disease; surgery … habits, antibiotic use 3 mo before study, medication or supplements that affect GI tract, abdominal surgery … intake 13–18 g/d ongoing disease; gastrointestinal, bladder and pancreatic diseases; abdominal/gut surgery … , abdominal surgery interfering with GI function, self-reported HIV 4 wk NA 28/28 d Days 1-28 Wilms … , abdominal surgery interfering with GI function, self-reported HIV 4 wk NA 28/28 d Days 1-28 Wilms

117. Disposition of Comments for Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2013 - Surgery is compared only to endovascular intervention but no data regarding the treatment effect of … surgery on intermittent claudication. … The authors are also dismissive of results of studies that suggest a benefit of surgery. … vs. surgery studies that did not meet our definition of between-treatment comparisons. … The authors continue to be dismissive of surgery.

118. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - DDD in adjacent discs after surgery. … Complications from ACDF often require additional surgery, one clinical expert noted. … and the total out-of-pocket cost of surgery indicate that only wealthy patients would be expected … Overall, experts stated that effective OA therapies that can prevent joint- replacement surgery are … Issues to consider before having artificial disc surgery. [internet].

119. Data Points 14: Use of Endocrine Therapy (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2012 - Receipt of surgery and RT: The use of BCS or mastectomy was determined using the “Rx Summ-Surgery of … BCS: Breast-conserving surgery. HMO: Health maintenance organization (Medicare managed care). … BCS: Breast-conserving surgery. HMO: Health maintenance organization (Medicare managed care). … BCS: Breast-conserving surgery. HMO: Health maintenance organization (Medicare managed care). … BCS: Breast-conserving surgery. HMO: Health maintenance organization (Medicare managed care).

120. Development of Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Patient Registries and Clinical Practice: Methods and Lessons Learned (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2019 - In 2012, approximately 400,000 robotic surgeries were performed across all types of surgery in the … found that, on average across 20 types of robotic surgery, the additional variable cost of using … The FDA has cleared robotically- assisted surgery (RAS) devices for use by trained physicians in an … operating room environment for laparoscopic surgical procedures in general surgery cardiac, colorectal … Surgery in High Risk Patients with Early Stage Lung Cancer Clifford Robinson Society of Thoracic