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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/breast-diseases
February 13, 2012 - invasive breast cancer
Research Report
September 13, 2012
Core Needle and Open Surgical … 2009 Report
Systematic Review
Archived
September 10, 2014
Core Needle and Open Surgical … Protocol
Archived
June 28, 2010
Comparative Effectiveness of Core-Needle and Open Surgical
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/hernia-0
August 17, 2012 - Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia: Comparative Effectiveness Review
Systematic Review
Archived … August 17, 2012
Comparative Effectiveness of Surgical Options for Inguinal Hernia
Research
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/for-adult-female-patients-what-is-the-comparative-effective-of-non-surgical-and-surgical-treatment-of-chronic-pelvic-pain
July 21, 2009 - For adult female patients, what is the comparative effective of non-surgical and surgical treatment of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/cervical-degenerative-disease
June 11, 2021 - Description
Topic Suggestion Description
Date submitted: June 11, 2021
Surgical … The authors want to assess the most current and clinically relevant evidence for the surgical management … Does surgical treatment compared to non-operative treatment improve neurologic outcomes in patients with … Do preoperative MRI findings predict likelihood of neurologic recovery
after surgical treatment for … Surgical treatment
1.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/fetal-surgery
April 06, 2011 - Maternal-Fetal Surgical Procedures
Timeline
January 01, 2005
Topic Initiated … April 06, 2011
Technical Brief
Archived
Maternal-Fetal Surgical Procedures
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-surgical-report-cards.pdf
July 01, 2023 - What measures or indicators have been used in surgical report cards used to
examine the safety of surgical … The use of surgical report cards and outcome measurements to improve the safety of
surgical care was … e.g.,
surgical site infections, post-operative venous thromboembolism) related to surgical
care. … Hospital costs associated with surgical complications:
a report from the private-sector National Surgical … to surgical care.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tethered-spinal-cord-executive-summary.pdf
December 01, 2023 - cord with delayed presentation or when patients
develop recurrent tethered cord syndrome after prior surgical … However, prophylactic surgery was associated with post operative
complications such as surgical site … Across studies, surgical
detethering improves neurological status (moderate strength of evidence). … Surgical detethering may improve urinary function
(low strength of evidence). … Surgical detethering or spine shortening surgery may improve
pain (low strength of evidence).
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-biopsy_overview.pdf
December 19, 2012 - CER 19 Update Core Needle_Open Surgical Biopsy Breast Lesions NSD FINAL … § Comparative Effectiveness of Core Needle Biopsy and Open Surgical … Comparative Effectiveness Review (CER) entitled, Comparative Effectiveness of Core Needle
Biopsy and Open Surgical … Topic Description
Title: Comparative Effectiveness of Core Needle Biopsy and Open Surgical Biopsy … publication of the 2010 systematic review entitled Comparative Effectiveness of Core Needle Biopsy
and Open Surgical
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/tethered-spinal-cord-key-questions.pdf
January 01, 2019 - KQ3: What are the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness and harms of surgical and non-
surgical treatments … Treatment generally involves surgical intervention. … What are the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, and
harms of surgical and non-surgical tethered … Surgical detethering alone, surgical detethering with complete
lipoma resection, spinal column shortening … What are the effectiveness, comparative effectiveness, and harms of surgical and non-surgical tethered
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/get-involved/nominated-topics/management-vestibular-schwannomas
June 11, 2021 - There are several treatment options in terms of simple observation by imaging alone, surgical approaches … Surgical Resection for the Treatment of Patients with Vestibular Schwannomas
Question 1: What surgical … Question 6: When should surgical resection be the initial treatment in patients with NF2? … Question 8: Does a subtotal surgical resection of a VS followed by stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to … Question 9: Does surgical resection of VSs treat preoperative balance problems more effectively than
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-252-infantile-epilepsies-executive-summary.pdf
October 01, 2022 - • Both hemispherectomy/hemispherotomy and non-hemispheric surgical procedures
may cause seizure freedom … Surgical mortality for functional
hemispherectomy/hemispherotomy and non-hemispheric procedures is rare … Both hemispherectomy/hemispherotomy and
non-hemispheric surgical procedures cause seizure freedom in … patient outcomes after
different surgical procedures. … This issue is
especially true for surgical interventions; all of the articles included for surgical
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/lumbar-spinal-fusion-key-question.pdf
January 01, 2023 - One systematic review
assessing surgical fusion and decompression compared with decompression alone … procedure (KQ5)
• Other harms (KQ1-4, 6)
Interventions:
• Surgical treatment with
diskectomy … procedure
(1B) Within the 12
months after surgical
procedure
Outcomes
measured at least
12 … Outcomes measured at
least 12 months after
surgical procedure
Outcomes measured at
any time … Inpatient care followed
by care in specialty and
primary care clinics for
surgical procedure.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/peripheral-artery-disease-treatment/research
May 29, 2013 - comparative effectiveness of antiplatelet therapy, medical therapy, exercise, and endovascular and surgical … showed a significant improvement from cilostazol, exercise training, endovascular intervention, and surgical … 10 observational) in IC or CLI patients evaluated the comparative effectiveness of endovascular or surgical … The comparisons of endovascular and surgical revascularization in CLI are primarily from observational … Comparative effectiveness of endovascular and surgical revascularization for patients with peripheral
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gerd-2005_executive.pdf
January 01, 2005 - What is the evidence of the comparative
effectiveness of medical, surgical, and endoscopic
treatments … Comparison of surgical techniques
Laparoscopic fundoplication was as effective as
open fundoplication … Adverse events associated with medical,
surgical, and endoscopic treatments
The quality of reporting … Baseline characteristics
surgical of populations varied across studies. … Surgical vs.
endoscopic Weak There was no head-to-head comparison for the 2 treatments.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/weight-loss-surgery/research-protocol
December 14, 2010 - Are certain surgical procedures more effective than others (LAGB, gastric bypass, or sleeve gastrectomy … The comparators that will be used are alternative surgical procedures including LAGB, RYGB, BPD/DS, and … Outcomes:
All outcomes for surgical procedures: as described for KQ1
The outcomes for nonsurgical … procedures, and then comparing surgical procedures with conventional nonsurgical therapies. … of its original size by surgical removal of a large portion of the stomach.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/breast-reconstruction-mastectomy-protocol-appendix-a.pdf
June 16, 2020 - Tissue Expansion Devices”[Mesh] OR acellular OR dermal
OR peritoneal) AND (matrices OR matrix)) OR “Surgical … “Adipose
Tissue/transplantation”[Mesh] OR “Tissue Transplantation”[Mesh] OR ((flap OR flaps) AND
(surgical … Tissue Expansion Devices”[Mesh] OR
acellular OR dermal OR peritoneal) AND (matrices OR matrix)) OR “Surgical … “Adipose Tissue/transplantation”[Mesh] OR “Tissue Transplantation”[Mesh] OR ((flap OR
flaps) AND (surgical … 9869
#26 matrices OR matrix 7748
#27 #25 AND #26 521
#28 #27 OR #21 51994
#29 MeSH descriptor: [Surgical
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/breast-biopsy-executive.pdf
December 01, 2009 - Open surgical biopsy involves removing a sample of
tissue from the suspicious area through a surgical … The included studies assumed that open surgical biopsy
was 100-percent accurate. … Open surgical estimate based on other literature reviews. … Open surgical estimate based on other literature reviews. … Open surgical estimate based on other literature reviews.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/inguinal-hernia/research
August 17, 2012 - 2011 Research Protocol Aug. 17, 2012 Systematic Review Dec. 5, 2012 Disposition of Comments Report Surgical … controlled trials (RCTs), 2 were registries, and 26 had other designs (included only for the laparoscopic surgical … Many studies reported that surgical experience lowers the risk of recurrence after laparoscopic repair … For pediatric hernia, no studies have compared surgical exploration for a contralateral hernia with watchful
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0136_07-21-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Date: 1-12-10
1
Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps
Nonsurgical and surgical … comparative effectiveness of nonsurgical (including
pharmacologic and behavioral treatments) versus surgical … with chronic pelvic pain due to
adenomyosis, endometriosis, or unspecified etiology
Intervention: Surgical … For female adult patients, what is the comparative effectiveness of nonsurgical and
surgical treatment … There are a number of surgical and nonsurgical treatments
available for the treatment of chronic pelvic
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pelvic-pain_executive.pdf
January 01, 2012 - KQ2: Outcomes of Surgical Interventions for
CPP
We located seven unique studies addressing surgical … Although no surgical technique emerged as a superior
method for surgical intervention, the evidence is … • No surgical approach was superior to a
nonsurgical approach or comparative surgical
approach. … studies compared a
surgical approach with diagnostic laparoscopy or
compared surgical with nonsurgical … No surgical technique was superior, and the
evidence to conclude that surgical intervention is either