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Long term evaluation of operating theater planning policies [PDF]

, 2012
This paper addresses Operating Room (OR) planning policies in elective surgery. In particular, we investigate long-term policies for determining the Master Surgical Schedule (MSS) throughout the year, analyzing the tradeoff between organizational ...
Meloni C., Agnetis, Alessandro, Dellino, Gabriella, Corsini M., Pranzo, Marco, Coppi A., Meloni, Carlo, Corsini M, Coppi, Alberto, Corsini, Matteo, Dellino G., Coppi A, Agnetis A, Pranzo M., Dellino G, Agnetis A.   +15 more
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Regional heterogeneity in the business environment: the case of Italy [PDF]

, 2022
How do we evaluate the business environment of regional economies? This paper makes use of primary data from the World Bank’s Subnational Doing Business studies to analyze the capacity of Italian regions to facilitate entrepre- neurs in setting up and ...
Luca Bettarelli, Tommaso Rooms
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Ergonomics in the operating room [PDF]

Surgical Endoscopy, 2016
Since the introduction of minimally invasive surgery, surgeons appear to be experiencing more occupational musculoskeletal injuries. The aim of this study is to investigate the current frequency and effects of occupational musculoskeletal injuries on work absence.An online questionnaire was conducted among all surgeons affiliated to the Dutch Society ...
Janki, S, Mulder, Evalyn, IJzermans, J.N.M., Tran, Khe   +3 more
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Increased failure rates after the introduction of the TFNA proximal femoral nail for trochanteric fractures: implant related or learning curve effect?

Acta Orthopaedica, 2022
Background and purpose — Trochanteric fractures are often treated using intramedullary fixation. In our institution, the TFN-Advanced Proximal Femoral Nailing System (TFNA) was introduced as replacement for the Gamma Trochanteric Nail (GTN3) for the ...
Peter P Schmitz, Gerjon Hannink, Joey Reijmer, Matthijs P Somford, Job L C van Susante   +4 more
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Anesthetic management of cesarean section in a patient with Takayasu’s arteritis: a case report

JA Clinical Reports, 2022
Background Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory arteritis. We presented the case of cesarean section in a patient with TA.
Taichi Ando, Makoto Sumie, Shoichi Sasaki, Miho Yoshimura, Keiko Nobukuni, Jun Maki, Katsuyuki Matsushita, Kazuhiro Shirozu, Midoriko Higashi, Ken Yamaura   +9 more
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Identifying the Conditions for Cost-Effective Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery in Spontaneous Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
BackgroundIn patients with spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), open craniotomy has failed to improve a functional outcome. Innovative minimally invasive neurosurgery (MIS) may improve a health outcome and reduce healthcare costs ...
Floris H. B. M. Schreuder, Mirre Scholte, Marike J. Ulehake, Lotte Sondag, Maroeska M. Rovers, Maroeska M. Rovers, Ruben Dammers, Catharina J. M. Klijn, Janneke P. C. Grutters, Janneke P. C. Grutters   +9 more
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Arthroscopic meniscectomy versus non-surgical or sham treatment in patients with MRI confirmed degenerative meniscus lesions: a protocol for an individual participant data meta-analysis

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) after degenerative meniscus tears is one of the most frequently performed surgeries in orthopaedics.
Ewa M Roos, Martin Englund, Victor A van de Graaf, Rudolf W Poolman, Maroeska M Rovers, Stan R W Wijn, Jan J Rongen, Håvard Østerås, May A Risberg, Kristoffer B Hare, Gerjon Hannink   +10 more
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Early Health Economic Modeling of Novel Therapeutics in Age-Related Hearing Loss

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
BackgroundHealth systems face challenges to accelerate access to innovations that add value and avoid those unlikely to do so. This is very timely to the field of age-related sensorineural hearing loss (ARHL), where a significant unmet market need has ...
Evie C. Landry, Evie C. Landry, Evie C. Landry, Mirre Scholte, Matthew P. Su, Matthew P. Su, Yvette Horstink, Rishi Mandavia, Rishi Mandavia, Maroeska M. Rovers, Anne G. M. Schilder, Anne G. M. Schilder   +11 more
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Functional outcomes and complications of intramedullary fixation devices for Midshaft clavicle fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020
Background An alternative to the current gold standard in operative treatment of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures (DMCF) using plate osteosynthesis, is internal fixation by means of intramedullary fixation devices.
Paul Hoogervorst, Tess van Dam, Nico Verdonschot, Gerjon Hannink   +3 more
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Robot assisted radical cystectomy versus open radical cystectomy in bladder cancer (RACE): study protocol of a non-randomized comparative effectiveness study

BMC Cancer, 2018
Background Despite the fact that the cost-effectiveness of robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC) is not yet proven, and open radical (ORC) cystectomy is recommended as the standard of care in patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive and muscle ...
C. J. Wijburg, C. T. J. Michels, J. R. Oddens, J. P. C. Grutters, J. A. Witjes, M. M. Rovers   +5 more
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