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41. Archived: Final Research Plan: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan104/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
    July 17, 2014 - Finally, key question 6 addresses the harms that are associated with the treatment of skin cancer by surgical … What are the harms of surgical treatment of skin cancer?

42. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/GC9cvM3tps6UBntyWrXNF4
    February 23, 2016 - Treatment and Interventions Treatments include corrective lenses for refractive error; surgical removal

43. Screening for Lung Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/sN6DG_LdfFyf98hhVQjetB
    December 23, 2013 - Treatment Non–small cell lung cancer is treated with surgical resection when possible and also with radiation

44. Recommendation: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening
    December 10, 2019 - evidence is lacking on whether persons with family history experience a different natural history or surgical … 1.76 [95% CI, 1.35-2.30]). 1 , 34 Women also experience higher rates of other harms, such as major surgical … elective repair is that patients with an AAA of 5.5 cm or larger in diameter should be referred for surgical … The AAA size needed for surgical intervention in women may differ. … the number of emergency operations by 2 (95% CI, 2-2). 1 Treatment Four trials evaluated early surgical

45. USPSTF Recommends Against Hormone Therapy for Preventing Chronic Conditions in Postmenopausal Women (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/hormone-therapy-finalrs-bulletin.pdf
    December 12, 2017 - premature menopause or have had their ovaries surgically removed prior to menopause, commonly known as surgical

46. Clinical Summary: Screening for Ovarian Cancer (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/gGt88ZDJVoaNx_UZ-yMnyk
    February 06, 2018 - Treatments Treatment of ovarian cancer typically includes surgical treatment (staging or debulking)

47. Screening for Skin Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/3SeKj9o-FNNwFokLKKzN3f
    July 19, 2016 - There are a variety of treatments available for squamous and basal cell carcinoma, including surgical

48. Final Research Plan: Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/obesity-in-adults-interventions
    March 31, 2016 - nurses, exercise specialists, dietitians, nutritionists, and behavioral health specialists Surgical … A number of comments suggested including interventions with surgical and nonsurgical devices for the … The use of surgical and nonsurgical devices is considered part of disease management for persons with

49. Wanda K. Nicholson, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/wanda-k-nicholson-md-mph-mba
    March 01, 2024 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) funded study to assess the comparative effectiveness of surgical

50. Archived: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/adolescent-idiopathic-scoliosis-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - Selection of methodology in surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. … Changes in shape of the adolescent idiopathic scoliosis curve after surgical correction. … Surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a comparative analysis. … Part IV: Surgical correction and back pain. Spine . 1994;19:1582–1588. [ PubMed ] 84. … Surgical and clinical results of scoliosis surgery using Zielke instrumentation.

51. Wanda K. Nicholson, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/wanda-k-nicholson-md-mph-mba
    March 01, 2022 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) funded study to assess the comparative effectiveness of surgical

52. Primary Care Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/XAaYbGVD_xRoMfQ-huJkJq
    December 10, 2019 - Four trials (n = 3314) of small aneurysm surgical treatment demonstrated no significant difference in … For small aneurysm treatment, registry data (3 studies [n = 14 424]) showed that women had higher surgical … Four trials evaluated the effectiveness of immediate surgical re- pair of small aneurysms (4-5.4 cm) … Overall, there were more surgical interventions in the early surgery groups than in the surveillance … groups undergoing mostly elective surgical procedures (Table 2).

53. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/HyxpKaXv6BVDKBHQ74yWeL
    December 10, 2019 - evidence is lacking on whether persons with family history experience a different natural history or surgical … between 4.0 and 4.9 cm in diameter, and 11% for those with AAAs between 5.0 and 5.9 cm in diameter.1 Surgical … elective repair is that patients with an AAA of 5.5 cm or larger in diameter should be referred for surgical … The AAA size needed for surgical intervention in women may differ. … plex anatomy and smaller blood vessels, have led some to caution against lowering the threshold for surgical

54. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/cHbBWNok76hRWKDXXm3R2_
    February 13, 2018 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Ovarian cancer mortality, false-positive screening results and surgery, surgical … Screening harms included surgery (with major surgical complications) in women found to not have cancer … One smaller trial (n = 21 935) reported no surgical complications. … In addition, surgical complication rates were lower in the UKCTOCS trial than in the PLCO trial. … In addition, the defini- tion of false-positive surgery may underestimate surgical harms, given the

55. Archived: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/ovarian-cancer-screening-2012
    September 15, 2012 - Treatments 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 … Adequate evidence shows that screening for ovarian cancer can lead to important harms, including major surgical … Treatment Treatment of ovarian carcinoma includes surgical treatment (debulking) and intraperitoneal … Nearly 21 major complications occurred per 100 surgical procedures done on the basis of false-positive

56. Evidence Summary: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/adolescent-idiopathic-scoliosis-screening
    January 09, 2018 - Treatment No studies of surgical treatment in adolescents with a Cobb angle less than 50° at diagnosis … Surgical treatment remains the standard of care for curves that progress to greater than 40° to 50°; … however, there are no controlled studies of surgical vs nonsurgical treatment in individuals with lower … Surgical treatment: Spinal surgery to correct spinal curve is recommended for those with Cobb angles … e Reported in Danielsson 2001 article, 50 with n=248 (139 surgical therapy; 109 brace therapy).

57. Procedure Manual Appendix IX. Factors to Consider When Recommending Starting and Stopping Times for Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-ix-factors-consider-when-recommending-starting-and-stopping-times-screening
    July 01, 2017 - ethnicity, particular behaviors (e.g., not sexually active), and/or biological or physical factors (e.g., surgical

58. Screening for Coronary Heart Disease: Clinician Fact Sheet (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/cAs__BR8J4rgcZ4vQgfaTx
    April 01, 2009 - The diagnostic evaluation for CHD and medical and/or surgical treatment of CHD is often invasive and … unnecessary diagnostic evaluations, and may be subjected to overtreatment with medical/and or invasive surgical

59. Screening for Thyroid Cancer: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/VQKnqHbLuuLGeo2qTt9KZU
    May 09, 2017 - Random-effects meta-analyses were conducted to pool surgical harms. … studies were fair quality) or surgical expe- rience (because experience and surgical volume were not … The role of fine-needle aspiration cytology in the surgical management of thyroid cancer. … Surgical treatment of thyroid cancer: the Singapore General Hospital experience. … Complications after the surgical treatment of malignant thyroid disease.

60. Procedure Manual Appendix IX. Factors to Consider When Recommending Starting and Stopping Times for Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/procedure-manual/procedure-manual-appendix-ix-factors-consider-when-recommending-starting-and-stopping-times-screening
    July 01, 2017 - ethnicity, particular behaviors (e.g., not sexually active), and/or biological or physical factors (e.g., surgical