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41. Screening Older Adults for Impaired Visual Acuity: A Review of the Evidence for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2009 - Refractive Surgery. … Cataract Surgery. … No randomized trial evaluated visual out- comes associated with cataract surgery versus no surgery. … Photorefractive Surgery. … National study of cataract surgery outcomes.

42. Addendum to Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Evidence Update for the USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    December 31, 2014 - Additional data on harms (e.g., unnecessary surgery) associated with screening with a combination of … Approximately one-third of women (1,080 of 3,285) with false-positive results underwent surgery (32.9 … The most frequent complications associated with surgery were infection (40 percent of complications … Overall, 1.0 percent of women underwent surgery, and 2.9 percent of women who had surgery but not cancer … Surgeries varied significantly by group, with 0.2 percent of women undergoing surgery in the MMS group

43. Screening for Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2021 - smoked for 15 years or has a health problem that limits life expectancy or the ability to have lung surgery … smoked for 15 years or has a health problem that limits life expectancy or the ability to have lung surgery

44. Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 30, 2014 - much does treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), mandibular advancement devices, surgery … Does treatment with CPAP, mandibular advancement devices, surgery, or weight loss programs improve health …   Treatment/ management interventions CPAP, mandibular advancement devices, surgery … sham CPAP; mandibular advancement devices vs. no treatment or inactive mandibular advancement devices; surgery … (e.g., perioperative death, hemorrhage, nerve palsy, additional emergency surgery, cardiovascular events

45. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 30, 2014 - much does treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), mandibular advancement devices, surgery … Does treatment with CPAP, mandibular advancement devices, surgery, or weight loss programs improve health …   Treatment/ management interventions CPAP, mandibular advancement devices, surgery … sham CPAP; mandibular advancement devices vs. no treatment or inactive mandibular advancement devices; surgery … (e.g., perioperative death, hemorrhage, nerve palsy, additional emergency surgery, cardiovascular events

46. Archived: Evidence Summary: Glaucoma: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 07, 2005 - in primary care practice. 6 The USPSTF noted that although glaucoma treatment with medications or surgery … CNTGS was a fair-quality trial comparing surgery and topical medication with no treatment in one eye … In the treatment group, 6 of 125 (4.8%) of patients had cataract surgery compared with 2 of 122 (1.6% … No information was reported on the number of patients who underwent cataract surgery and the impact on … In another trial comparing medical with surgical treatment in patients who had early POAG, surgery was

47. Archived: Evidence Summary: Glaucoma: Screening, 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 07, 2005 - in primary care practice. 6 The USPSTF noted that although glaucoma treatment with medications or surgery … CNTGS was a fair-quality trial comparing surgery and topical medication with no treatment in one eye … In the treatment group, 6 of 125 (4.8%) of patients had cataract surgery compared with 2 of 122 (1.6% … No information was reported on the number of patients who underwent cataract surgery and the impact on … In another trial comparing medical with surgical treatment in patients who had early POAG, surgery was

48. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review78/ovarian-cancer-screening-2012
    April 15, 2012 - and cancer antigen-125 blood tests for screening suggests that abnormal test results may result in surgery … Screening asymptomatic women can result in unnecessary interventions, including surgery. … Of these 1,706 women, 541 (31.7 percent) had surgery without a diagnosis of cancer. … The authors note that this represents abdominal surgery in nearly 2 percent of the 28,816 women who were … Fewer than 1 percent of women in this screening study had surgery to investigate an abnormal screening

49. Screening for Thyroid Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    May 09, 2017 - .31 Only 8% (n = 94) who opted for observation ultimately had surgery. … With Permanent Hypoparathyroidism From Surgery/Total No. … With Permanent Hypoparathyroidism From Surgery/Total No. … Fair Fair: indication for type of surgery and case mix of patients going on to surgery have changed over … Surgery. 2010;148(3):526-531. 57. Spear SA, Theler J, Sorensen DM.

50. Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 01, 2016 - visual acuity improved after surgery in both studies. … vs no surgery. … Patient outcomes of refractive surgery: the refractive status and vision profile. … Effect of cataract surgery on cognitive function in older adults. … Impact of cataract surgery on health-related quality of life in nursing home residents.

51. Archived: Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 01, 2016 - visual acuity improved after surgery in both studies. … vs no surgery. … Patient outcomes of refractive surgery: the refractive status and vision profile. … Effect of cataract surgery on cognitive function in older adults. … Impact of cataract surgery on health-related quality of life in nursing home residents.

52. Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 08, 2014 - This would significantly reduce the potential benefits of surgery. … Risk of stroke from new carotid artery occlusion in the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-1. … The Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (ACST). Rationale and design. Steering Committee. … The asymptomatic carotid surgery trial (ACST). Int Angiol . 1995;14:18-20. … Carotid surgery versus medical therapy in asymptomatic carotid stenosis. The CASANOVA Study Group.

53. Archived: Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 08, 2014 - This would significantly reduce the potential benefits of surgery. … In theory, patients at greater risk for ipsilateral stroke may be more likely to benefit from surgery … Risk of stroke from new carotid artery occlusion in the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-1. … The Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (ACST). Rationale and design. Steering Committee. … The asymptomatic carotid surgery trial (ACST). Int Angiol . 1995;14:18-20.

54. Screening for Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2013 - Treatment involves surgery to remove the part of the lung that has cancer. … shouldn’t be screened because they are more likely to be harmed by the resulting treatment, including surgery … problem that significantly limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have curative lung surgery … If a person has a condition that prevents him or her from having treatment (such as surgery) that

55. Understanding Task Force Recommendations: Screening for Prostate Cancer (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - treated, at present, almost all men with prostate cancer found by the PSA test get treatment with surgery … found by the PSA test has important, often lasting harms: • Erectile dysfunction (impotence) from surgery … • Urinary incontinence from radiation therapy or surgery. … • A small risk of death and serious complications from surgery.

56. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - Harms of cataract surgery include posterior lens opacification and endophthalmitis. … Cataract surgery is consistently associated with improved visual acuity in observational studies. … No randomized trials were identified that evaluated clinical outcomes associated with cataract surgery … vs no surgery. … surgery for the correction of refractive error.

57. Screening for Testicular Cancer: An Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2010 - These inconclusive studies addressed testicular microlithiasis, XIST gene testing, and testis-sparing surgery … had a testicular tumor identified by ultrasonography Orchiectomy (12 men) vs. testis-sparing surgery … randomized No difference in short-term tumor recurrence between men who had testis-sparing surgery … One patient in the conservative surgery group devel­ oped a scrotal hematoma. … Although the study was not randomized, the authors concluded that conservative surgery did not seem

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    February 01, 2014 - Risk-Reducing Surgery Bilateral Mastectomy. … , 5.59; 6 months after surgery, 3.80; 1 year after surgery, 3.83; P � 0.001) (110, 111). … Women also reported less pleasure in sexual activity 1 year after surgery than 6 months after surgery … and before surgery (mean Sex- ual Activity Questionnaire scores: before surgery, 12.28; 6 months after … surgery, 12.21; 1 year after surgery, 11.18; P � 0.005).

59. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    December 10, 2019 - surgery. … As a result, guidelines from the Society for Vascular Surgery recommend repairing AAAs be- tween 5.0 … However, there was a reduction in rupture rate with early open surgery compared with surveillance for … for AAA is lower than that related to emergency surgery for aneurysm rup- ture. … Chaikof EL, Brewster DC, Dalman RL, et al; Society for Vascular Surgery.

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    November 01, 2014 - The Society for Vascular Surgery also released a guideline in 2011 stating that routine screening to … Carotid surgery versus medical therapy in asymptomatic carotid stenosis. The CASANOVA Study Group. … , Society for Vascular Medicine, and Society for Vascular Surgery. … Ricotta JJ, Aburahma A, Ascher E, Eskandari M, Faries P, Lal BK; Society for Vascular Surgery. … Updated Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines for man- agement of extracranial carotid disease.