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81. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 266_Cervical Degenerative Disease Treatment: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2023 - low (+), moderate (++), high (+++) Conclusions There were few differences in benefits between surgical … Introduction and methodology: guidelines for the surgical management of cervical degenerative disease … Surgical management of cervical degenerative disease: the evidence related to indications, impact, … Guideline for the Surgical Management of Cervical Degenerative Disease. … Surgical Management of Cervical Degenerative Disease.

82. Venous-Ulcers-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - Benefits and Harms of Surgical Interventions Compared With Other Surgical Interventions We divided … Three studies compared two surgical techniques.54-56 We also included 11 studies that evaluated a surgical … Summary of the comparative benefits of surgical interventions compared with other surgical interventions … Benefits and Harms of Surgical Interventions Compared With Other Surgical Interventions The evidence … Benefits and Harms of Surgical Interventions Compared With Compression, and Benefits and Harms of Surgical

83. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    September 02, 2011 - vs. hormonal, orchiopexy, different surgical techniques). … Need for further surgical intervention 3. … Need for further surgical intervention 6. Emotional/psychosocial response 7. … therapy or surgical therapy versus surgical therapy. … Abnormalities of the testes and scrotum and their surgical management.

84. Disposition of Comments for Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia: Comparative Effectiveness Review (pdf file)
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    August 17, 2012 - Disposition of Comments for Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia: Comparative Effectiveness Review … Comparative Effectiveness Research Review Disposition of Comments Report Research Review Title: Surgical … Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia: Comparative Effectiveness Review. … The findings and conclusions of this report are in agreement with my own surgical practice (23 years … Typically the authors just wanted to compare patient outcomes after two surgical options.

85. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - In addition, they question whether the benefits and harms of these tests vary by the risk of the surgical … pregnancy test Comparator(s): No routine preoperative testing or alternative testing Outcome(s): Surgical … preoperative testing compared to no testing or alternative testing strategies improve outcomes (such as surgical … Do the benefits or harms of routine preoperative tests vary by the risk of the surgical procedure (low

86. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2008 - in 40-60% of cases in the 7-14 days following surgery compared to 10-40% among medical or general surgical … Since surgical technique and post-operative management of patients who have undergone a total joint … /post-surgical characteristics predict or differentiate patient risk of VTE and bleeding outcomes in … We added an additional category of surgical site bleeding and explicit inclusion criteria for which … /post-surgical characteristics and VTE [asymptomatic or symptomatic, proximal or distal DVT detected

87. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2008 - in 40-60% of cases in the 7-14 days following surgery compared to 10-40% among medical or general surgical … Since surgical technique and post-operative management of patients who have undergone a total joint … /post-surgical characteristics predict or differentiate patient risk of VTE and bleeding outcomes in … We added an additional category of surgical site bleeding and explicit inclusion criteria for which … /post-surgical characteristics and VTE [asymptomatic or symptomatic, proximal or distal DVT detected

88. Peripheral-Artery-Disease-Treatment Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    January 31, 2013 - Crossover between surgical and endovascular therapies: Patients often undergo both surgical and endovascular … another endovascular approach; surgical approach vs. another surgical approach ) Source: … surgical revascularization o Usual care vs. … another endovascular approach; surgical approach vs. … another endovascular approach; surgical approach vs.

89. Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections (pdf file)
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    January 16, 2025 - Notably, non-surgical/non-sterile gowns such as isolation gowns are regulated as Class I, however surgical … included surgical gowns. … Drew et al.42 included the 3 studies of surgical gowns. … Does the type of surgical drape (disposable versus non-disposable) affect the risk of subsequent surgical … caps 4.1.2.2.1 Surgical caps - economic costs 4.1.2.2.2 Surgical caps - environmental impact measures

90. Ankyloglossia-protocol-140630 (pdf file)
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    June 30, 2014 - The review notes insufficient evidence related to choice of procedure, timing of procedure, or surgical … This review did not evaluate non-surgical management or broader outcomes. … interventions • Immediate breastfeeding benefits of surgical interventions • Differentiating … Surgical treatments include Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov Published online: June 30, 2014 … for non-surgical interventions, etc.

91. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    August 15, 2011 - Surgical repair of inguinal hernia Surgical repair of hernias is the most commonly performed general … surgical procedure in the United States. 12 In 2003, an estimated 770,000 surgical repairs of … One of the Key Questions in the evidence review will be a comparison between surgical and non-surgical … must provide data on the relation between surgical experience and outcomes. … Number of enrolled patients, age, sex, hernia type(s), pre-surgical pain level, pre-surgical quality-of-life

92. Preoperative-Testing Executive (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - Effective Health Care the cost of surgical care,2 nonselective preoperative testing may result in … Again, individual clinicians, different specialties, and different surgical settings are likely to … • Any category of risk for surgical or anesthetic complications. … and to control for cluster effects for individual surgeons or based on surgical experience. … Effective strategy to guide pathology test ordering in surgical patients.

93. Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment for Open-Angle Glaucoma | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - Do medical, laser, and other surgical treatments for open-angle glaucoma reduce visual impairment? … Do medical, laser, and other surgical treatments for open-angle glaucoma lower intraocular pressure ( … Do medical, laser, and other surgical treatments for open-angle glaucoma prevent or slow the progression … What are the harms associated with medical, laser, and other surgical treatments for open-angle glaucoma … Laser and incisional surgical treatments Studies of the following surgical treatments and the use of

94. Effectiveness of Medical Therapy, Endovascular Therapy, and Surgery for Peripheral Arterial Disease | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - registry of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) will assess the comparative effectiveness of surgical … A retrospective cohort of patients undergoing surgical or endovascular therapy for lower extremity PAD … Comparative effectiveness analyses comparing surgical versus endovascular approaches will focus on the … scores (six months minus baseline) for the treatment groups of interest (endovascular revascularization, surgical

95. Untitled (pdf file)
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    July 10, 2015 - Non-surgical interventions for the management of chronic pelvic pain. … surgical approach. … No surgical technique was superior, and the evidence to conclude that surgical intervention is either … Non-surgical interventions for the management of chronic pelvic pain. … No surgical technique was superior, and the evidence to conclude that surgical intervention is either

96. Future Research Needs for Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2015 - CER P: Women with noncyclic CPP I: Surgical C: Surgical or nonsurgical O: Symptom resolution; … Stakeholders P: Women with noncyclic CPP I: Surgical C: Surgical or nonsurgical O: Symptom resolution … No surgical technique was superior, and the evidence to conclude that surgical intervention is either … CER P: Women with noncyclic CPP I: Surgical C: Surgical or nonsurgical O: Symptom resolution; … Surgical treatment a. Determine the optimal timing of surgical intervention b.

97. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    July 19, 2023 - cord with delayed presentation or when patients develop recurrent tethered cord syndrome after prior surgical … Surgical treatment may prevent additional motor or sensory loss associated with tethered cord syndrome … Key Question 3: What are the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness and harms of surgical and non-surgical … Are effects modified by use of special surgical equipment or techniques? … or non-surgical treatment or management interventions such as surgical detethering, or other surgery

98. Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiothoracic Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    May 01, 2024 - Timing: We received requests to better define the surgical time period we will be examining, and one … In adult intrathoracic surgical patients, what are the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, and … Trends in US Surgical Procedures and Health Care System Response to Policies Curtailing Elective Surgical … Opioids Prescribed After Low-Risk Surgical Procedures in the United States, 2004-2012. … New Persistent Opioid Use After Minor and Major Surgical Procedures in US Adults.

99. Disposition of Comments for Treatment Strategies for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (pdf file)
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    May 29, 2013 - The authors should include their analysis of the ability to conduct randomized surgical trials. … Thus, by the complete absence of information regarding surgical intervention, the document implies … Our review identified four surgical studies in the intermittent claudication population. … We did not find any surgical vs. usual care studies in the CLI population that were published since … We agree with the reviewer that surgical revascularization has been underemphasized in this report,

100. FRN 39 - Nonoperative and Operative Treatments for Rotator Cuff Tears: Future Research Needs (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - Effect of surgical timing on outcomes 2. … of surgical care: Surgical approach Trials by various aspects of surgical care: Surgical approach … comparisons are warranted, regardless of surgical approach? … Does early surgical repair compared with late surgical repair (i.e., nonoperative intervention followed … • Surgical decisions: 1.