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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/carotid-artery-stenosis-screeningNovember 14, 2019 - Does surgical repair provide incremental benefit beyond current medical treatment for asymptomatic persons … What are the harms associated with surgical repair of asymptomatic CAS? … restenosis Interventions KQs 1, 2: Screening with carotid duplex ultrasonography KQs 3, 4: Surgical … Based on public comment, the USPSTF modified the Research Plan to indicate that all types of surgical
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0306 AHRQ AAA_provider F.indd (pdf file)
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Qww2ewWQGpBxkza9UkSXJAApril 01, 2009 - There is good evidence that screening and surgical repair of large aneurysms (5.5 cm or greater) in … This group stands to benefit the most from early detection and reparative surgical treatment due to … Studies have documented benefit from surgical repair of aneurysms 5.5 cm and larger. … Two randomized trials have shown no mortality benefit from immediate surgical repair of aneurysms 4.0 … Surgical mortality from elective, open AAA repair is 4–5% and about one-third of patients experience -
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/lung-cancer-screeningAugust 16, 2018 - What is the effectiveness of surgical resection or stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for the treatment … Does the effectiveness of surgical resection or SBRT differ for subgroups defined by age, sex, race/ethnicity … What are the harms associated with surgical resection or SBRT for the treatment of early (stage I) non-small … Do the harms of surgical resection or SBRT differ for subgroups defined by age, sex, race/ethnicity, … incidental findings leading to additional tests and subsequent harms, unnecessary treatment (e.g., surgical
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-february-2005February 15, 2005 - Rating: B Recommendation Rationale : The USPSTF found good evidence that screening for AAA and surgical … A first-degree family history of AAA requiring surgical repair also elevates a man's risk for AAA; this … Endovascular repair of AAAs (EVAR) is currently being used as an alternative to open surgical repair. … The conversion to open surgical repair is associated with a peri-operative mortality of about 24 percent …
- Open surgical repair for an AAA of at least 5.5 cm leads to an estimated 43-percent reduction in
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/p8bwnFstpfy9KoDSJhT7m5February 01, 2005 - The USPSTF found good evidence that screening for AAA and surgical repair of large AAAs (5.5 cm or more … A first-degree family history of AAA requiring surgical repair also elevates a man’s risk for AAA; this … • Operative mortality for open surgical repair of an AAA is 4% to 5%, and nearly one-third of patients … • Endovascular repair of AAAs (EVAR) is currently being used as an alternative to open surgical repair … The conversion to open surgical repair is associated with a peri-operative mortality of about 24%.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/ovarian-cancer-screeningFebruary 13, 2018 - Screening harms included surgery (with major surgical complications) in women found to not have cancer … Evidence on false-positive rates and surgical harms of screening were included from the 3 trials 21 , … In addition, surgical complication rates were lower in the UKCTOCS trial than in the PLCO trial. … Without Cancer (%) Women Without Cancer With Surgical Complications, No. Wth Complication/No. … One smaller trial (n = 21,935) reported no surgical complications.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/EWdKKL983qWHgW4zCjWtRVTreatments Treatment of ovarian carcinoma includes surgical treatment (debulking) and intraperitoneal … Screening for ovarian cancer can lead to important harms, including major surgical interventions in women
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/carotid-artery-stenosis-screeningFebruary 02, 2021 - small long-term benefits compared with best medical therapy alone in historic trials but can result in surgical … benefit of surgery compared with medical therapy in older trials, and the potential for small to moderate surgical … The most recent comprehensive publication from each US national database or surgical registry reporting … The 2 trials, 2 national data sets, and 3 surgical registries reported procedural harms associated with … New evidence related to procedural harms from contemporary national databases and surgical registries
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Evidence Summary: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screeningDecember 10, 2019 - Four trials (n = 3314) of small aneurysm surgical treatment demonstrated no significant difference in … procedures (RR, 0.76 [95% CI, 0.40-1.45]; 83 RR, 0.82 [95% CI, 0.43-1.57] 5 ) and emergency surgical … Four trials evaluated the effectiveness of immediate surgical repair of small aneurysms (4-5.4 cm) vs … Overall, there were more surgical interventions in the early surgery groups than in the surveillance … groups undergoing mostly elective surgical procedures ( Table 2 ). -
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ZgcL6cF6JsFzwRRhaSnqc9December 01, 2022 - long- term benefits compared with best medical therapy alone in historic trials but can result in surgical … benefit of surgery compared with medical therapy in older trials, and the potential for small to moderate surgical … The most recent comprehensive publi- cation from each US national database or surgical registry re- porting … The 2 trials, 2 national data sets, and 3 surgical regis- tries reported procedural harms associated … New evi- dence related to procedural harms from contemporary na- tional databases and surgical registries
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/qns4u8H9_JgDHNje6by4dZTreatment Patients with large AAAs (≥5.5 cm) are referred for open surgical repair or endovascular … Surgical referral of smaller AAAs is typically reserved for rapid growth (>1.0 cm per year) or once
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/ovarian-cancer-screeningFebruary 13, 2018 - Treatments Treatment of ovarian cancer typically includes surgical treatment (staging or debulking) … can result in important harms, including many false-positive results, which can lead to unnecessary surgical … Diagnostic guidelines recommend surgical removal of the complete ovary or ovaries, rather than tissue … Treatment Treatment of ovarian cancer typically includes surgical treatment (staging or debulking) … Serious surgical complications can also result.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/zHvENvrSUeZh6gFPUK_37cFebruary 13, 2018 - can result in important harms, including many false-positive re- sults, which can lead to unnecessary surgical … Treatment of ovarian cancer typically includes surgical treatment (staging or debulking) and intraperitoneal … Diagnos- tic guidelines recommend surgical removal of the complete ovary or ovaries, rather than tissue … Treatment Treatment of ovarian cancer typically includes surgical treatment (staging or debulking) and … Serious surgical complications can also re- sult.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003December 15, 2003 - Selected surgical patients lost substantial weight (10-159 kg over 1-5 years). … Surgical Approaches Surgical obesity treatment is limited to patients with BMIs exceeding 40 kg/m 2 … techniques (e.g., no non-surgical controls). … RCT data, we evaluated surgical adverse effects in case series reports. … Surgical intervention as a strategy for treatment of obesity.
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Zyao53-Sqrb6Ozzkzdmjjt (pdf file)
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ZYao53-sqRb6oZzKzDmjjtDecember 01, 2003 - Surgical Approaches Surgical obesity treatment is limited to patients with BMIs exceeding 40 kg/m2 or … techniques (eg, no non- surgical controls). … RCT data, we evaluated surgical adverse effects in case series reports. … Surgical options can promote substantial weight loss (10–159 kg over 1–5 yrs). … Surgical intervention as a strategy for treatment of obesity. -
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-1996January 01, 1996 - screening, may make it difficult to conduct definitive controlled trials of AAA screening. 8 , 20 Surgical … Among 13 large case-series of surgery for nonruptured aneurysms published since 1980, overall surgical … screening, may make it difficult to conduct definitive controlled trials of AAA screening. 8 , 20 Surgical … Among 13 large case-series of surgery for nonruptured aneurysms published since 1980, overall surgical … Harris P Screening for aortic aneurysm: the surgical perspective.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-1996January 01, 1996 - endarterectomy alone 31 enrolled only 71 patients before it was terminated due to excess MI in the surgical … The power of the study, however, was insufficient to exclude a clinically important benefit in the surgical … The estimated 5-year risk for ipsilateral stroke or perioperative stroke or death was 5.1% for surgical … care is available (surgical morbidity and mortality less than 3%). … Current medical and surgical therapy for cerebrovascular disease.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-adults-screening-and-counseling-2003November 03, 2003 - There is fair to good evidence to suggest that surgical interventions such as gastric bypass, vertical … Nonetheless, the degree of weight reduction obtained with surgical intervention is consistently dramatic … Surgical cohort studies suggest that large amounts of weight loss may be linked with dramatic improvements … There may be harms related to pharmacological and surgical interventions. … Surgical procedures are followed by procedure-specific complications (e.g., wound infection, staple failure
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-screeningOctober 08, 2020 - Testing used for disease monitoring or management, pulmonary imaging KQs 2, 3: Oxygen therapy; surgical … patients will not be considered in this evidence review (i.e., pulmonary rehabilitation, oxygen therapy, surgical
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Vc8Slesu493Dfqmmkadxgl (pdf file)
www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Vc8SLesU493dFQmMKadxGLDecember 01, 2003 - • There is fair to good evidence to suggest that surgical interventions such as gastric bypass, vertical … Nonetheless, the degree of weight reduction obtained with surgical intervention is consistently dramatic … Surgical cohort studies suggest that large amounts of weight loss may be linked with dramatic improvements … There may be harms related to pharmacological and surgical interventions. … Surgical procedures are followed by procedure-specific complications (eg, wound infection, staple failure
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