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Spinal cord stimulation alleviates intractable pain due to malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case report

JA Clinical Reports, 2020
Background Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) frequently complain of intractable pain that is resistant to conservative treatments. Although spinal cord stimulation (SCS) may be promising in the alleviation of such devastating pain, the ...
Aiko Maeda, Masatsugu Watanabe, Chiaki Saigano, Shoko Nakayama, Ken Yamaura   +4 more
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Extent and consequences of lymphadenectomy in oesophageal cancer surgery: case vignette survey

BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies, 2020
Objectives Lymph node dissection (LND) is part of the standard operating procedure in patients with resectable oesophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy regardless of lymph node (LN) status.
Maroeska M Rovers, Didi JJM de Gouw, Mirre Scholte, Suzanne S Gisbertz, Bas P L Wijnhoven, Bastiaan R Klarenbeek, Camiel Rosman   +6 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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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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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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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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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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Operating Room Fires [PDF]

Anesthesiology, 2019
Abstract Operating room fires are rare but devastating events. Guidelines are available for the prevention and management of surgical fires; however, these recommendations are based on expert opinion and case series. The three components of an operating room fire are present in virtually all surgical procedures: an oxidizer (oxygen, nitrous ...
Ian H. Black, Teresa S. Jones, Edward L. Jones, Thomas N. Robinson   +3 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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Assignment of Medical Staff to Operating Rooms in Disaster Preparedness: A Novel Stochastic Approach

IEEE transactions on engineering management, 2020
Following a large-scale disaster in a highly populated city, one can expect a large number of injured people to need urgent operation. If it can be assumed that the city in question is likely to experience a disaster (although the time of its occurrence ...
Seyed Mahdi Shavarani, Mahmoud Golabi, B. Vizvári   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source