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The effect of patients’ preference on outcome in the EVerT cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of plantar warts (verruca) trial [PDF]

, 2012
Background Randomised controlled trials are widely accepted as the gold standard method to evaluate medical interventions, but they are still open to bias. One such bias is the effect of patient’s preference on outcome measures.
Brierley, Gwen, Cockayne, Sarah, Concannon, Michael, Hashmi, Farina, Hewitt, Catherine, Hicks, Kate, Kangombe, Arthur R., McIntosh, Caroline, Thomas, Kim, Torgerson, David, Watt, Ian   +10 more
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Effect of cryotherapy on pain management at the puncture site of arteriovenous fistula among children undergoing hemodialysis

International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2017
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of cryotherapy in managing the pain at the puncture site of Arterio-Venous Fistula (AVF) among children undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD). Methods: A one-group pre-post quasi-experiment was performed in two
Azza Abdel Moghny Attia, Asmaa Mahfouz Hassan   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Cryotherapy on Sensory, Motor, and Autonomic Neuropathy in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Paclitaxel: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Introduction: We conducted a randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and tolerability of cryotherapy in preventing chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) in patients with early breast cancer receiving neo/adjuvant weekly paclitaxel.
Ding Quan Ng, Ding Quan Ng, Chia Jie Tan, Boon Chua Soh, Mabel May Leng Tan, Soon Yue Loh, Yam Eng Tan, Hui Hui Ong, Peggy Pei Chee Teng, Jack Junjie Chan, Wen Yee Chay, Joycelyn Lee, Gillianne Lai, Sok Yuen Beh, Tira Jing Ying Tan, Yoon Sim Yap, Guek Eng Lee, Mabel Wong, Rebecca Dent, Rebecca Dent, Yew Long Lo, Yew Long Lo, Yew Long Lo, Alexandre Chan, Alexandre Chan, Alexandre Chan, Kiley Wei-Jen Loh, Kiley Wei-Jen Loh   +27 more
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New and emerging therapeutic options for malignant pleural mesothelioma: review of early clinical trials. [PDF]

, 2015
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare tumor that is challenging to control. Despite some benefit from using the multimodality-approach (surgery, combination chemotherapy and radiation), survival remains poor. However, current research produced a
Cameron, Robert B, Kotova, Svetlana, Wong, Raymond M   +2 more
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Comparison of cryotherapy session intervals in the treatment of external genital warts

Dermatologica Sinica, 2014
A review of the literature found that the cryotherapy method used to treat external genital warts (EGWs) has been applied with varying intervals between sessions. However, no study has compared the intervals between sessions.
Belkız Uyar, Handan Sacar
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Opthalmic impairment at 7 years of age in children born very preterm [PDF]

, 2004
Aims: To determine the prevalence of ophthalmic impairments in very preterm compared with term infants, the relation between impairments and cerebral ultrasound appearances and retinopathy, and the correlation with visual perception and motor and ...
Clarke, D., Cooke, R.W.I., Foulder-Hughes, Lynda A., Newsham, D.   +3 more
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Thermal Characterization and Preclinical Feasibility Verification of an Accessible, Carbon Dioxide-Based Cryotherapy System

Bioengineering
To investigate the potential of an affordable cryotherapy device for the accessible treatment of breast cancer, the performance of a novel carbon dioxide-based device was evaluated through both benchtop testing and an in vivo canine model.
Yixin Hu, Naomi Gordon, Katherine Ogg, Dara L. Kraitchman, Nicholas J. Durr, Bailey Surtees   +5 more
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I.S.Mu.L.T - Rotator cuff tears guidelines [PDF]

, 2015
Despite the high level achieved in the field of shoulder surgery, a global consensus on rotator cuff tears management is lacking. This work is divided into two main sessions: in the first, we set questions about hot topics involved in the rotator cuff ...
Bossa, Michela, Brancaccio, Paola, Castagna, Alex, Chillemi, Claudio, Colombo, Alessandra, Creta, Domenico, del Buono, Angelo, Foti, Calogero, Franceschetti, Edoardo, Franceschi, Francesco, Frizziero, Antonio, Garofalo, Raffaele, Gasparre, Giuseppe, Giai Via, Alessio, Maffulli, Nicola, Mahmoud, Asmaa, Masiero, Stefano, Merolla, Giovanni, Nicoletti, Simone, Oliva, Francesco, Osti, Leonardo, Padulo, Johnny, Pellicciari, Leonardo, Piccirilli, Eleonora, Porcellini, Giuseppe, Portinaro, Nicola, Rugiero, Clelia, Scialdoni, Alessandro, Spoliti, Marco, Tajana, Gianfranco, Tarantino, Umberto, Vittadini, Filippo   +31 more
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Cryotherapy for oral precancers and cancers

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2014
Previous studies have used cryotherapy for the treatment of oral precancers including oral leukoplakia (OL) and oral verrucous hyperplasia (OVH) as well as oral cancers including oral verrucous carcinoma (OVC) and oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC ...
Chuan-Hang Yu, Hung-Pin Lin, Shih-Jung Cheng, Andy Sun, Hsin-Ming Chen   +4 more
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Histopathological analysis of the therapeutic response to cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen in patients with multiple actinic keratosis [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
Actinic keratoses are premalignant lesions of the skin caused by excessive sun exposure. Lesions may become mainly squamous cell carcinoma. Cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen is one of the main treatments.
Marina Câmara de Oliveira, Flávia Trevisan, Clovis Antônio Lopes Pinto, Célia Antônia Xavier, Jaqueline Campoi Calvo Lopes Pinto   +4 more
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