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Is robot-assisted pedicle screw placement really superior to conventional surgery? An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

EFORT Open Reviews
Background: Over the past two decades, modern spine surgery has become increasingly intellectualized and minimally invasive. However, whether using robots in spine surgery results in more accurate pedicle screw placement remains a topic of debate.
Wen-Xi Sun, Ming-Wang Qiu, Ze-hui Gao, Hong-Shen Wang, Bo-Lai Chen, Yong-Peng Lin   +5 more
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Mapping Childhood Cancer Care Services in Oceania: Methodological Lessons From the SIOP Global Mapping Programme

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The International Paediatric Oncology Society Global Mapping Programme aims to collect data on global paediatric oncology services by continent, with Africa and Latin America completed. This study reports on the methodology and lessons learned for Oceania, a unique continent with resource disparity across countries, multiple small island ...
Trisha Soosay Raj, Christy Noble, Amy Gray, Daniel C. Moreira, Jennifer Lowe, Maite Gorostegui, Gwenda Anga, Andrew Soma, Milena Lay Dos Santos, Siobhan Cross, Erin Luttrell, Michael Sullivan, Julie Cayrol, Julia Challinor, Neil Ranasinghe, Jordana McLoone, Claire E. Wakefield   +16 more
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Replacing target setting by value models in the ‘house of quality’ for value-based requirements specifications [PDF]

, 2014
Setting targets for engineering characteristics (ECs) is common practice in the ‘house of quality’ for establishing requirements specifications. However, if deployed arbitrarily, this practice is prone to errors and can often yield irrational results ...
Eres, Hakki, Zhang, Xinwei, Kossmann, Mario, Baron, Claude, Auriol, Guillaume   +4 more
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The Effectiveness of Tai Chi for Knee Osteoarthritis: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

International Journal of General Medicine, 2023
Yuntian Ye,1,2 Aifeng Liu1,2 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300381, People’s Republic of China; 2National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine ...
Ye Y, Liu A
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Animal‐Assisted Activities With Therapy Dogs in Pediatric Oncology: A Multicenter Survey of the Current Status, Implementation, and Challenges in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Animal‐assisted activities (AAAs) with therapy dogs have shown positive effects on patient well‐being and quality of life in various areas of medicine, including pediatric oncology. However, research on this topic is limited. The aim of this study is to present the current status of AAA in pediatric oncology in Germany, Austria, and
Jan‐Marius Wedig, Birgit Burkhardt, Christof M. Kramm, Kira Ostermann, Sarah C. Goretzki, Uta Dirksen, Nico Kurpiers, Michael M. Schündeln   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological Quality of Interventions in Psychology [PDF]

, 2017
Evaluations of intervention programs seek to present high-quality design, measures and data to assess their merit and worth. While evaluations differ in their purpose, theoretical framework and methodology, their collective aim is to obtain relevant and ...
Jason C. Immekus, Salvador Chacon-Moscoso, Susana Sanduvete-Chaves   +2 more
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Economic evaluations of occupational health interventions from a corporate perspective – a systematic review of methodological quality

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2010
OBJECTIVE: Using a standardized quality criteria list, we appraised the methodological quality of economic evaluations of occupational safety and health (OSH) interventions conducted from a corporate perspective.
Kimi Uegaki, Martine C de Bruijne, Ludeke Lambeek, Johannes R Anema, Allard J van der Beek, Willem van Mechelen, Maurits W van Tulder   +6 more
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Conditions of The Life Quality – Methodological Remarks [PDF]

Economic and Environmental Studies, 2017
The life quality results from the degree of needs satisfaction, what comes among other from goods and services consumption. The aim of the work is to widespread the outcomes from author's research attempting to find the determinants of the life quality, using more advanced statistical methods.
openaire   +2 more sources

On Hierarchical Composite Endpoints in Pediatric Cancer Supportive Care: Illustrative Examples From Two Multi‐Center Phase‐III Randomized Clinical Trials

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric supportive care clinical trials often involve multiple clinically important outcomes, complicating trial interpretation. Hierarchical composite endpoints (HCEs) provide a framework to integrate key outcomes according to clinical importance.
Willem H. Collier, Mark Zobeck, Adam J. Esbenshade, Christopher C. Dvorak, Lillian Sung, David Freyer, Sarah Alexander, Etan Orgel, Nicole J. Ullrich, Zach Prudowsky, Brian Fisher, Caitlin W. Elgarten   +11 more
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[¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT Radiomics in Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review

Diagnostics
Background/Objectives: Cervical cancer is a significant global health concern, with high incidence and mortality rates, especially in less-developed regions.
Judicael Hotton, Arnaud Beddok, Abdenasser Moubtakir, Dimitri Papathanassiou, David Morland   +4 more
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