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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-240-acute-pain-evidence-summary.pdf
December 01, 2020 - review focused on outpatient management or therapy initiated shortly before
discharge (e.g., after surgery … Being prescribed an opioid for
elective or minor surgery might be associated with increased likelihood
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/improving-utility-evidence-synthesis-white-paper.pdf
April 01, 2021 - Wrong-site surgery,
retained surgical items,
and surgical fires: a
systematic review of
surgical … Most trials had few events,
not much evidence for knee
replacement or hip fracture
surgery
Systematic … Oral antibiotics for secondary
prophylaxis following two-stage revision
surgery for prosthetic joint … Wrong-site surgery, retained surgical
items, and surgical fires: a systematic review
of surgical never … Prolonged versus standard-duration venous
thromboprophylaxis in major orthopedic
surgery: a systematic
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-e-surv-rept-1-acute-pain.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - Netherlands Total knee arthroplasty Cryotherapy vs. usual care A: Cryotherapy: Cooling brace worn day of surgery … (6/29) day 6, p=0.14; 11% (3/27) vs. 21% (6/29) day 7, p=0.30 0 Infection: 1 vs. 0
Confused after surgery … B
Pain intensity (adjusted mean [SD NR], 0 to 10 NRS), 3.94 vs. 4.67 evening after surgery, p=0.02; 5.05
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/skin-lesions-evaluation_technical-brief.pdf
December 01, 2014 - Seminars
in Cutaneous Medicine & Surgery
2008;27(1):2-10.
24. … Journal of Cutaneous Medicine &
Surgery 2004;8(1):1-5.
31. … Seminars in
Cutaneous Medicine & Surgery
2008;27(1):37-43.
89. … Seminars in
Cutaneous Medicine & Surgery
2009;28(3):190-195.
124. … Seminars
in Cutaneous Medicine & Surgery
2009;28(3):196-202.
129.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pilot-projects-supplementing-white-paper.pdf
December 01, 2024 - • EPC researcher used SAS to create usable
demographic, fracture, surgery, comorbidity,
and admission … both
discontinued medications on the list and active
medications missing from the list at time of
surgery … The pilot project examining epilepsy
surgery in young children aimed to explore the feasibility of using … goals are to increase referrals for osteoporosis drug treatment after hospitalization for hip
fracture surgery
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colorectal-cancer-staging_research-protocol.pdf
May 20, 2013 - primary staging, were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy
or radiotherapy instead of by immediate surgery … Surgery is an option for some patients with stage IV colorectal cancer, but for these
patients, primary … In patients undergoing surgery, the nodal (N) stage and spread of the tumor to
nearby regional structures … Surgery
Imaging
techniques
for restaging
(primary)/
extent of
disease
(recurrent)
Clinical … outcome
Treatment with
surgery,
chemotherapy,
or radiotherapy
Staging
(primary)/
extent of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/anal-cancer-protocol.pdf
September 26, 2023 - Interventions
KQ1 Alone or in combination as neoadjuvant/adjuvant
or as induction/maintenance:
• Surgery … , radiation therapy, or chemotherapy
• Reconstructive surgery
• Palliative therapy (includes
chemotherapy … Comparison
KQ1 Alone or in combination as neoadjuvant/adjuvant
or as induction/maintenance:
• Surgery … , radiation therapy, or chemotherapy
• Reconstructive surgery
• Palliative therapy (includes
chemotherapy … Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 2020;55:36-46.
3. Miller KD, Siegel RL, Lin CC, et al.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-future-presentation-format_research.pdf
January 01, 2019 - artery disease who needs revascularization can choose between
percutaneous interventions and bypass surgery … statement would be: “What is the effectiveness of sirolimus
eluting stents versus on-pump bypass surgery … review and meta-analysis
2005 JAMA
18390914 Healing by primary closure versus open healing after surgery … 2006 Health Technol Assess
17887805 A comparison of the cost effectiveness of
pharmacotherapy or surgery … Epub
2007 Dec 17.
18796263 The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of minimal
access surgery amongst
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/structured-handoff-rapid-research.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Effectiveness of interventions to improve
patient handover in surgery: A systematic
review. … Surgery. 2015 Jul;158(1):85-95. doi:
10.1016/j.surg.2015.02.017. PMID: 25999255.
12. … Targeted solutions tool helps banish
communication barriers during surgery. … Surgery. 2015 Jul;158(1):85-95. doi:
10.1016/j.surg.2015.02.017. PMID:
25999255. … European Journal of Plastic
Surgery. 2014;37(1):37-42. doi:
10.1007/s00238-013-0892-6.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/colon-cancer-gene-profiling_research-protocol.pdf
March 13, 2012 - Most patients with stage II colon cancer are cured with surgery alone; however, 25 to
30 percent of … group, adjuvant chemotherapy may produce a small improvement in
overall survival when compared with surgery … obstruction or bowel perforation at initial diagnosis; an inadequately low number
of sampled lymph nodes at surgery … specificity, accuracy, etc.) of the GEP results to the risk of disease
recurrence and/or death after surgery … , accuracy, etc.) of the GEP results to the response to adjuvant
chemotherapy currently used after surgery
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/health-careassociated-infections_research-protocol.pdf
August 26, 2011 - Less information is available on HAIs in nonhospital health care settings, such as ambulatory
surgery … Setting
Hospitals (including ICU, surgical, and ventilator-dependent
patients)
Ambulatory surgery … the operative site (2007 report)
• specific technique for clinicians when washing hands prior to surgery … (CDC/HICPAC IB)
• treat infections prior to surgery (CDC/HICPAC IA)
• encourage tobacco cessation … (CDC/HICPAC IB)
• maintain positive pressure ventilation and minimal 15 air changes per hr during surgery
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-cancer-medications_executive.pdf
September 01, 2009 - Raloxifene does not increase risk
for cataracts or cataract surgery.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0572-140408.pdf
January 09, 2014 - pelvic floor
muscle training, sacral nerve stimulation, anal electrical stimulation, biofeedback, and
surgery
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/deliberative-methods-facilitation-transcript.pdf
May 29, 2025 - the new soda tax, or the
program to eradicate food deserts, or whether resources should be spent on surgery … Or, you could say actually at this point if
you’ve got questions about how bariatric surgery might be … And they’d heard about bariatric surgery and how
bariatric surgery was important, and they’d also head … Should we putting our resource towards helping just a few, as in the
case of bariatric surgery, or should … Should we be thinking
about the harms of bariatric surgery, the after affects?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/undescended-testicle_research-protocol.pdf
September 02, 2011 - hormonal
stimulation testing or inability to locate a testis with imaging should preclude the need for
surgery … and location of a testis is currently not
well understood, and their ability to prevent unnecessary surgery … with bilateral, nonpalpable testes, does the use of hormonal stimulation
testing reduce the need for surgery … definitions are taken from Campbell-Walsh Urology
8
:
Laparoscopy: minimally invasive diagnostic surgery
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/head-neck-cancer-update_research-protocol.pdf
February 04, 2014 - RT) may be an alternative for these
early-stage cases when functional concerns preclude the use of surgery … For patients with
stage III SCCHN, surgery is considered generally appropriate in the absence of clinical … In one approach, we would compile studies with multimodal
approaches such as surgery and chemotherapy … It has
a very limited role in very specific settings for which surgery is not indicated due to
resulting … Radiation therapy can be delivered as
primary (curative) intent therapy or as an adjunct to surgery.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_executive.pdf
December 01, 2014 - men with clinically localized prostate
cancer are most likely to benefit from interventions
such as surgery … The PIVOT investigators failed to accrue
their targeted enrollment of 2,000 patients to surgery or … For example, open surgery
was the main treatment technique for RP in the reviewed
RCTs. … This is of particular importance given the
potential morbidities associated with prostate surgery
and … Although limited evidence
appears to favor surgery over WW or EBRT and favors
radiotherapy plus ADT
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/crohns-disease-future_research.pdf
July 01, 2016 - • Outcomes other than
CDAI not routinely
assessed including
mucosal healing,
hospitalization,
surgery … • Outcomes other than
CDAI not routinely
assessed including
mucosal healing,
hospitalization,
surgery … to detect clinically meaningful differences between
medications
• Patient-reported outcomes after surgery … ‡
Patient reported outcomes 5 * ‡
Crohn’s Disease Activity Index 3 * ‡
Steroid reduction 3 * ‡
Surgery … * ‡
Patient reported outcomes 4 * ‡
Crohn’s Disease Activity Index 3 * ‡
Mucosal healing 3 * ‡
Surgery
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prostate-cancer-therapies-update_clinician.pdf
January 01, 2016 - of a multidisciplinary
health care team, the surgeon’s experience if the patient is
referred for surgery … age, general health status,
stage of tumor, PSA level, Gleason score, logistical factors
(timing of surgery
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/venous-ulcers-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
January 27, 2014 - of the report to review
the effectiveness of advanced
wound dressings, systemic
antibiotics and surgery … Journal of
Vascular Surgery. 2004;39(3):583-9.) also include
noncomparative studies. … British Journal
of Surgery. 2008;95:175-82 and (2) Falanga V, Sabolinski M. … TEP #3 Introduction ES-3 last line of adverse
effects of surgery: would insert
“of” after “recurrence … There is a recent
article in Jour Vasc Surgery
addressing this issue.