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181. Arthritis and Nontraumatic Joint Disease (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - or delay the need for surgery. … Overall, experts stated that effective OA therapies that can prevent joint replacement surgery are … articlekey=9521 7 replacement surgery. … If the procedure can eliminate the need for joint replacement surgery in some patients, PRP injections … After long-term RA treatment, joint replacement surgery may be suggested for some patients whose RA

182. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2017 - Government Bilateral OME over 12-week watchful waiting period; excluded History of ear or adenoid surgery … , otic or systemic antibacterial drug use for any reason any time post-surgery, as well as patients … Adjuvant adenoidectomy in persistent bilateral otitis media with effusion: hearing and revision surgery … Quality of life after surgery for recurrent otitis media in a randomized controlled trial. … Comparison of randomized controlled trial registry entries and content of reports in surgery journals

183. Amended Protocol: Management of Infantile Epilepsy (pdf file)
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     March 07, 2021 - 1, 3: Pharmacologic interventions • KQ 2, 3: Non-pharmacologic intervention: dietary therapies, surgery … Infants (age 1 month to <3 years) with epilepsy Interventions: • Pharmacologic • Dietary therapies • Surgery … Low glycemic index Medium-chain triglyceride diet Modified Atkins Modified ketogenic diet Surgery … Corpus callosotomy Hemispherectomy/ Hemispherotomy Resective surgery Laser ablation Multiple … AANS/CNS) Joint Guidelines Review Committee (JGRC) sent the protocol to its Pediatric Neurological Surgery

184. Politi (pdf file)
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     May 29, 2025 - Department of Surgery, Division of  Public Health Sciences Washington University in St. … Stochastic Uncertainty • Ambiguity • Informational Uncertainty Slide  6: Ambiguity Evidence: • Surgery

185. Lung-Cancer-Nonsurgical-Therapies Executive (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2013 - Comparisons of ablation versus surgery or systemic chemotherapy versus local nonsurgical therapy are … Surgery is the standard of care for eligible patients with stage I NSCLC. … However, a substantial subset of stage I NSCLC patients exists for whom surgery is contraindicated … or were suitable for surgery but declined it … Alternatives to surgery for early stage non-small cell lung cancer-ready for prime time?

186. Mastectomy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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187. Chronic-Urinary-Retention Research (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2014 - As many as 25 percent of men who undergo prostate surgery for benign prostatic enlargement have CUR … Most approaches (including surgery, minimally invasive procedures, and drugs) address the underlying … for incontinence surgery (surgical complication to incontinence surgery, pelvic organ prolapse repair … Harms did not differ between surgery versus microwave therapy or between surgery (TURP or prostate enucleation … These harms did not differ between groups in the surgery versus microwave therapy or in surgery versus

188. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 259: Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - number of patients who participated in clinical trials that led to the adoption of breast-conserving surgery … Effect of radiotherapy after breast- conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer … Radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in small breast carcinoma: long-term results of a randomized … Breast recurrence following conservative surgery and radiation: patterns of failure, prognosis, and

189. Disposition of Comments for Local Nonsurgical Therapies for Stage I and Symptomatic Obstructive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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     June 12, 2013 - ...for inoperable or operable patients with stage I NSCLC”, yet there is substantial evidence that surgery … This is not a correct use of the term since surgery is also a “local intervention”. … , not as a general reference about surgery outcomes. 2. … Surgery is considered a local therapy. … We moved the text citing reference 50 from the background on surgery to the next section introducing

190. Disposition of comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 242: Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases (pdf file)
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     June 09, 2021 - There are scores of studies that show an overall benefit of radiation after surgery versus surgery … Postoperative radiation refers to any radiation after surgery (WBRT or SRS). … Compared to surgery alone. We made this clarification in the report. … Peer Reviewer #1 Results Page 40 of 280, SRS after Surgery "The findings favored the observation … after surgery arm"- Please specific the endpoints.

191. S16 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2007 - should take daily low-dose aspirin, and whether a hospital network should implement carotid artery surgery … Answering Questions for Clinical Policy Makers: How Should Carotid Artery Surgery for Asymptomatic Patients … (ACAS) study, indicating that surgery re- duced combined risk of stroke and death over 5 years, led … Having established that the surgery can work, the important question is whether it will work in the specific … medical therapy.15 In addition, benefits may go down with age; elderly people have higher risks with surgery

192. Topic-Brief3-Sud (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - Acute pain, usually defined as pain lasting for less than 30 days, is ubiquitous following surgery. … All studies were conducted in patients undergoing surgery. … , those who received their opioid use disorder medication the day after surgery used lower doses of … Effectiveness of full agonist opioids in patients stabilized on buprenorphine undergoing major surgery … (in patients taking them prior to surgery) may reduce analgesic requirements and that pain may be

193. Topic-Brief3-Sud (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - Acute pain, usually defined as pain lasting for less than 30 days, is ubiquitous following surgery. … All studies were conducted in patients undergoing surgery. … , those who received their opioid use disorder medication the day after surgery used lower doses of … Effectiveness of full agonist opioids in patients stabilized on buprenorphine undergoing major surgery … (in patients taking them prior to surgery) may reduce analgesic requirements and that pain may be

194. Template for Draft Reports (pdf file)
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     October 06, 2006 - Bypass surgery or stenting for multivessel coronary artery disease? … Multivessel angioplasty versus bypass surgery. A case for PTCA. … Outcomes of noncardiac surgery after coronary bypass surgery or coronary angioplasty in the Bypass Angioplasty … Stents or surgery: The case for stents. Tex Heart Inst J. 2005;32(3):331-8. … Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Pennsylvania Hospital

195. Topic Brief: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local … Partial-breast radiotherapy after breast conservation surgery for patients with early breast cancer … Survival after Breast-Conserving Surgery with Whole Breast or Partial Breast Irradiation in Women with … Long-term primary results of accelerated partial breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery … irradiation with interstitial brachytherapy versus whole-breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery

196. Treating Infantile Hemangiomas in Children (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2016 - In some cases, surgery to remove the IH may be needed. … Usually, health care professionals only suggest surgery if the IH is likely to cause serious problems … � Might my child need surgery? � What are the possible benefits and risks of surgery?

197. Obesity (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - Only one surgical treatment (gastric bypass surgery) has definitively demonstrated long-term efficacy … Surgery carries significant risks of morbidity and mortality, and drug therapy can have undesired side … However, some patients who are super-morbidly obese are ineligible for surgery because of surgical … or to offer an option to patients who are obese and do ES-5 not want to undergo bypass surgery … But several opined that antiobesity pharmacotherapies might reduce the need for bariatric surgery in

198. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     February 22, 2012 - Comparing interventional ablative and external beam radiotherapy (RT) procedures to surgery in this … treatment of patients with stage-I NSCLC who are deemed medically inoperable and in those who decline surgery … with stage-I NSCLC who elect nonsurgical treatment.12 SBRT is used in patients considered unfit for surgery … is contraindicated secondary to comorbidities or those who are deemed operable but who decline surgery … Alternatives to surgery for early stage non- small cell lung cancer-ready for prime time?

199. Disposition of Comments for CER 195 Management of Uterine Fibroids (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2017 - .; Ulipristal acetate versus placebo for fibroid treatment before surgery. … of phrases like "before surgery" and "before planned surgery". … Public Reviewer (Allergen) Background Only subjects who were eligible for surgery were enrolled in … Impact of Surgery on the Evolution of Uterine Sarcomas. … If so what percent of these had proven malignancy at time of surgery?

200. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2011 - The long term results of open antireflux surgery in a community-based health care center. … Antireflux surgery – The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) medical position statement … on the management of GERD outlines the appropriate indications for antireflux surgery. … .5 However, recommendations for antireflux surgery must include a thorough discussion of the potential … Bariatric surgery should be considered in morbid obese patients as the first line treatment option