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181. 08 Functional Limitations Potential High Impact 2012-12-10 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2012 - Experts saw a potential shift from inpatient surgical management to outpatient management. … Ezogabine could displace some of the need for surgical resection or vagus nerve stimulation and is … small surgical candidate population, thus highlighting the importance of the unmet need for new, … Experts stated that the drug may obviate the need for surgical resection or electrical stimulation, … Experts thought a potential shift from inpatient surgical management to outpatient setting would be

182. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2017 - site or wound bleeding, other major bleeding (specific), surgical site or wound infection, surgical … site or wound bleeding, other major bleeding (specific), surgical site or wound infection, surgical … site or wound bleeding, other major bleeding (specific), surgical site or wound infection, surgical … site or wound bleeding, other major bleeding (specific), surgical site or wound infection, surgical … site or wound bleeding, other major bleeding (specific), surgical site or wound infection, surgical

183. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2017 - site or wound bleeding, other major bleeding (specific), surgical site or wound infection, surgical … site or wound bleeding, other major bleeding (specific), surgical site or wound infection, surgical … site or wound bleeding, other major bleeding (specific), surgical site or wound infection, surgical … site or wound bleeding, other major bleeding (specific), surgical site or wound infection, surgical … site or wound bleeding, other major bleeding (specific), surgical site or wound infection, surgical

184. Microsoft Word - finbody.doc (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - For angioplasty, surgical, or natural history studies, we included only those in which at least some … Medical versus surgical management of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. … Management of ischemic nephropathy: dialysis- free survival after surgical repair. … Dialysis-free survival after surgical repair of ischemic nephropathy. … Surgical revascularization of atherosclerotic renovascular disease: State of the art.

185. Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - may include patients who previously received endoscopic therapy or surgery, patients who are non-surgical … (e.g., ipilimumab, nivolimumab) • Targeted therapy (e.g., anti-HER2 monoclonal antibodies) • Surgical … The search start date for 2006 was selected given the 2006 MAGIC trial, which established that surgical … reduce clinical heterogeneity, we will analyze studies of patients with resectable tumors or who are surgical … candidates separately from those with non-resectable tumors or who are non-surgical candidates.

186. Fecal-Incontinence Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2014 - chronic diarrhea, nerve damage (such as from injury, multiple sclerosis, or chronic diabetes), post-surgical … factors such as severe constipation (stool impaction).4,5 Treatments for FI may be nonsurgical or surgical … tissue-bulking agents into the anal canal walls are a newer, more invasive nonsurgical procedure.11 Surgical … For example, surgical treatments that do not achieve the desired level of continence may be augmented … o Difficulty evacuating bowels o Headache o Nausea o Change in appetite o Local dermatitis o Surgical

187. Disposition of Comments Report for Local Therapies for Unresectable Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pdf file)
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     May 24, 2013 - in this review that would be clinically meaningful include a comparison of ablative strategies and surgical … We excluded a priori surgical interventions (resection, hepatectomy) in our PICOTS and, therefore, did … not include comparisons between local therapies and surgical resection. … HCC patients with class B are not surgical candidates and are typically offered transarterial therapy … HCC patients with class B are not surgical candidates and are typically offered transarterial therapy

188. Ch 4-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - This could represent a surgical procedure and is a situation in which the measurement of exposure … If the exposure of interest is a surgical procedure, for example, is there a single code that is used … The recall of information on a surgical procedure may be much more accurate than the recall of the … This may be the case for surgical procedures or other interventions that occur at a single point in … For example, an individual either had or did not have a surgical procedure.

189. Disposition of Comments Report for Local Hepatic Therapies for Metastases to the Liver From Unresectable Colorectal Cancer (pdf file)
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     December 11, 2012 - 11/164, line 20, under “Surgery”, it would be helpful to mention at some point that at the time of surgical … pg 34: substantial # of RFA procedures performed by surgeons and typically by laparoscopic or open surgical … The MSKCC clinical risk score applies to candidates for surgical resection, and can be extrapolated … intended as an example of how a composite measure of risk could be created, in this instance for surgical … size of metastases, performance status) and variations in the delivery of the interventions(e.g. surgical

190. Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Major Orthopedic Surgery: Systematic Review Update (pdf file)
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     June 22, 2017 - The National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP) 2015 expected rate for orthopaedic VTE within … We made explicit in the Methods that different surgical techniques were all eligible and searched … We made explicit in the Methods that different surgical techniques were all eligible and searched for … site bleeding, the ES does not reference a single citation on the clinical consequences of surgical … However, the relative risks of surgical site bleeding are 6.38 (95% CI 4.56-8.92) for LMWH vs ASA,

191. Management of Infantile Hemangioma (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2016 - Surgical interventions such as resection, laser ablation, and radiofrequency ablation may be used as … evidence regarding the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and adverse effects of pharmacological and surgical

192. Obesity (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - Particularly for the low BMI category that may not be amenable to surgical options, being provided … Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. announces FDA approval of the Orbera intragastric balloon, a non-surgical … FDA approves non-surgical temporary balloon device to treat obesity. [internet]. … FDA approves the ReShape integrated dual balloon system, a first-of-its-kind non-surgical weight … Balloon in the belly: New weight- loss device offers non-surgical option. [internet].

193. Tinnitus Executive (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - Treatments for subjective idiopathic tinnitus are wide ranging in scope and may include medical/surgical … Analytic framework of intervention: pharmacological or food supplement, medical/surgical, sound technology … nonpulsatile) tinnitus, what is the comparative effectiveness (and/or potential harms) of medical/surgical … • • • Treatment/Intervention Medical/surgical interventions Sound treatment/ technologies … and symptoms Comparative e�ectiveness of treatment interventions Worsening of tinnitus Sedation Surgical

194. CARDIOVASCULAR (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2014 - The Watchman device may also compete with surgical exclusion of the LAA or percutaneous LAA occlusion … The high cost of this medication is comparable to the costly surgical interventions a patient can likely … Ventricular assist device implantation and cardiac transplantation are the only established surgical … A retrospective study of patients with degenerative MR at prohibitive surgical risk was performed ( … Appendage obliteration to reduce stroke in cardiac surgical patients with atrial fibrillation.

195. Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
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     February 07, 2025 - may include patients who previously received endoscopic therapy or surgery, patients who are non-surgical … (e.g., ipilimumab, nivolimumab) • Targeted therapy (e.g., anti-HER2 monoclonal antibodies) • Surgical … The search start date for 2006 was selected given the 2006 MAGIC trial, which established that surgical … reduce clinical heterogeneity, we will analyze studies of patients with resectable tumors or who are surgical … candidates separately from those with non-resectable tumors or who are non-surgical candidates.

196. Medical Therapies for Locally Advanced Gastric Adenocarcinoma (pdf file)
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     May 02, 2025 - may include patients who previously received endoscopic therapy or surgery, patients who are non-surgical … (e.g., ipilimumab, nivolimumab) • Targeted therapy (e.g., anti-HER2 monoclonal antibodies) • Surgical … The search start date for 2006 was selected given the 2006 MAGIC trial, which established that surgical … reduce clinical heterogeneity, we will analyze studies of patients with resectable tumors or who are surgical … candidates separately from those with non-resectable tumors or who are non-surgical candidates.

197. Geographic Variation in Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Stenting Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2003-2006 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2010 - stroke.13,14 Carotid stenting has been proposed as a therapeutic option for patients at high risk for surgical … fact that the CMS national coverage decision for carotid stenting was limited to patients at high surgical … First, Medicare claims data do not include information about symptom status, the presence of high surgical … Variation profiles of common surgical procedures. Surgery 1998;124:917-923. 9. … Protected carotid stenting in high-surgical- risk patients: the ARCHeR results.

198. PICO Population(s): Breastfeeding infants 6 months or less with ankyloglossia Intervention(s): Frenotomy, Frenectomy, or Frenulotomy Comparator(s): Breastfeeding management without surgical intervention Outcomes(s): Successful exclusive… | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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199. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 27, 2012 - Surgical resection is the treatment of choice in resectable colorectal metastases. … Patients who at diagnosis have limited liver metastases and are not candidates for surgical resection … Summary The standard of care of care for metastatic CRC confined to the liver is surgical resection … ; however, most patients are not surgical candidates due to patient and tumor characteristics. … Surgical therapies in metastatic colorectal cancer with a potential for cure.

200. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 274: Diagnosis and Treatment of Tethered Spinal Cord (pdf file)
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     October 25, 2024 - The lack of studies for treatments other than surgical detethering is noted in the limitations section … need for accurate and timely diagnosis, and the balance between the potential benefits and risks of surgical … strongest evidence, such as the accuracy of MRI in diagnosing tethered spinal cord and the benefits of surgical