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141. Nonoperative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Tears: Future Research Needs | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - that compared patient outcomes after various operative approaches and techniques, early versus late surgical … quality, disparate treatments and outcomes, small sample sizes, incomplete followup, and a heavy focus on surgical … for providers and patients on the important choice of initial nonoperative management or immediate surgical

142. Management of Acute Diverticulitis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     January 01, 2019 - Key Question 4: What are the benefits and harms of interventional versus surgical management of recurrent … In addition, those with complicated acute diverticulitis have variations in care ranging from surgical … duration of antibiotic treatment for diverticulitis criteria for initial interventional radiology vs surgical

143. VTE Surveillance Assessment_49_low_SPI (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2012 - In patients requiring knee arthroscopy, surgical repair of a lower extremity injury distal to the hip … In patients requiring knee arthroscopy, surgical repair of a lower extremity injury distal to the hip … Several RCTs identified through our literature search evaluated different surgical characteristics … In base case analyses, prolonged prophylaxis increases the occurrence of minor bleeding and surgical … Key question 11: In patients requiring knee arthroscopy, surgical repair of a lower extremity injury

144. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2017 - Introduction Tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy (“tonsillectomy”) represent more than 15 percent of all surgical … • Different surgical techniques had little effect on either outcomes or bleeding risk. … Do benefits and harms differ by surgical technique (e.g., cautery, coblation)? KQ5. … , and 1 prospective cohort study) comparing surgical techniques for tonsillectomy. … Most studies evaluated partial vs. total tonsillectomy using differing surgical techniques.

145. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - )  Although surgical resection is the preferred first-line treatment for HCC, approximately 80 … percent of patients are not surgical candidates because of advanced stage disease, inadequate hepatic … tolerate resection, tumors in unresectable locations, or medical co-morbidities resulting in poor surgical

146. Layout 1 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2010 - Does early surgical repair compared to late surgical repair (i.e., nonoperative intervention followed … Which (if any) demographic and clinical factors account for potential differences in surgical outcomes … between patients who undergo early versus delayed surgical treatment? … Key Question 1: Early versus late surgical repair. … One study compared early surgical repair versus late surgical repair after failed nonoperative treatment

147. Tonsillectomy for Recurrent Infection and Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     March 01, 2020 - The entities together represent more than 15% of all surgical procedures in children under the age of … . 4 Variation in rates continues despite improved evidence about indications. 5 Table 1 outlines surgical … Commonly used surgical techniques or tools for tonsillectomy Surgical Technique or Tool Description … Do benefits and harms differ by surgical technique (e.g., cautery, coblation)? … Ear, nose, and throat surgical devices include a variety of devices for surgical procedures to examine

148. Colorectal-Surgery-Preparation Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     March 26, 2013 - Because adverse events are commonly not well reported in surgical trials, including studies of OMBP … However, data collected in the colonoscopy setting may not be directly transferable to surgical settings … : it is likely that the surgical procedure itself interacts with the OMBP to affect at least some of … A statewide assessment of surgical site infection following colectomy: the role of oral antibiotics. … Surgical Site Infection: Prevention and Treatment of Surgical Site Infection.

149. Developmental Disabilities Issues Exploration Forum: Cerebral Palsy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - with CP included screening for secondary and related conditions, rehabilitation treatments following surgical … interventions, surgical interventions versus nonsurgical interventions for spasticity, surgical interventions

150. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment-Future Research (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - For patients with chronic venous leg ulcers, what are the benefits and harms of surgical procedures … Insufficient 3c What are the relative benefits and harms of different surgical interventions? … And More Invasive Surgical Treatments The only comparative evidence between surgical treatments is … Issues around selection bias are even more prominent when comparing surgical interventions to non-surgical … Patients and their providers may have strong opinions about surgical versus non-surgical interventions

151. Otitis Media With Effusion: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - Table 1 lists the various surgical and non-surgical treatments and overall strategies for treating OME … Interventions and treatment strategies for otitis media with effusion Surgical Interventions … A growing body of literature examines variations in tympanostomy tube-related surgical techniques and … Surgical Management of Otitis Media With Effusion in Children. … Myringotomy: A surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the tympanic membrane.

152. Disposition of Comments for Treatment of Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2012 - Surgical in Table A seems inappropriate. … Of these four trials, only the CIGTS uses current medicines and surgical techniques. … once the adjustment was made for the incidence of cataract surgery in the surgical group. … More research on timing of surgical procedures relative to visual field changes is needed. … More research on timing of surgical procedures relative to visual field changes is needed.

153. PEPTIC ULCER #11 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - Frequently, SBS arises from the surgical removal of diseased bowel portions. … The standard surgical treatment for GERD includes Nissen fundoplication. … option with shorter recovery time and less pain than current surgical options for achalasia. … Surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. … Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) surgical procedures. Policy number: CLPD-0335-007.

154. Disposition of Comments for CER 167 Renal Masses (pdf file)
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     February 24, 2016 - and non- surgical) as part of the ‘key questions’, and c) A similar analysis on utility of serum … For accuracy measures, only cases with surgical pathology were used. … The fact that surgical reduction of nephrons then sets a new baseline GFR, and where that GFR is, in … However benign or nondiagnostic biopsies do not necessarily proceed to surgical extirpation limiting … Furthermore, we could not pool the data in ROC curves given the lack of surgical pathology for most

155. Local Nonsurgical Therapies for Stage I and Symptomatic Obstructive Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     December 01, 2019 - lung cancer (NSCLC) in three distinct patient populations: (1) patients with stage I NSCLC who are not surgical … Surgical resection of any type is not considered as a comparator for any of the Key Questions. … Conclusions Evidence on localized nonsurgical therapies for patients with stage I NSCLC who are not surgical

156. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Management of Infertility (pdf file)
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     September 02, 2016 - including procedures (e.g., in vitro fertilization), fertility-enhancing drugs (e.g., clomiphene), and surgical … pay particular attention to whether conclusions change by intervention type (e.g., procedure, drug, surgical … • Interventions: o Surgical excision of endometriotic implants, alternative surgical approaches … • Interventions: o Surgical repair, ART (IVF and ICSI) with patient and donor oocytes • Comparators … do not donate semen • Outcomes (women): o Short-term adverse effects of treatments § OHSS § Surgical

157. Renal-Cancer Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     April 20, 2015 - Patients with surgical chronic kidney disease (defined as chronic kidney disease as a result of surgical … Demirjian, S., et al., Chronic Kidney Disease Due to Surgical Removal of Nephrons: Relative Rates of … -Surgical intervention vs. … It’s not a surgical treatment. … System Intuitive Surgical Archived: This report is greater than 3 years old.

158. skin-cancer-protocol-160810 (pdf file)
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     August 10, 2016 - excision without intraoperative evaluation of the margins, (2) surgical excision with intraoperative … Surgical management is used most commonly, and specific techniques include simple surgical excision … There is general agreement that surgical removal is the gold standard, but it is not clear how other … excision without intraoperative evaluation of the margins o Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) plus surgical … Surgical excision versus curettage plus cryosurgery in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma.

159. Infantile-Hemangioma Executive (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - Studies of Surgical Treatment Few comparative studies addressed surgical approaches. … In terms of surgical interventions, only laser has been adequately studied. … Surgical approaches. … Surgical harms included wound dehiscence. … Surgical Cryotherapy vs.

160. Description of a question or questions about a health care test or treatment: o In women with leiomyomas who are candidates for surgery, does the use of adjunctive medical treatment result in better outcomes? (Preoperative adjuvants &… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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     November 01, 2017 - In women with leiomyomas who desire to become pregnant, does surgical removal of leiomyomas increase … In asymptomatic women with leiomyomas, does expectant management produce a better outcome than surgical … We are interested medical and surgical treatment alternatives to hysterectomy for leiomyomas. … When indicated, minimally invasive gynecologic surgical procedures, such as vaginal or laparoscopic hysterectomy