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Abstract Background Balloon gastrostomy tube (BGT) placements are increasing due to their ability to facilitate care of medically complex children. Management for routine and nonroutine tube replacement, including verification of proper replacement, lacks standardization, varying widely among different institutions and settings.
Beth Lyman +15 more
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Multidisciplinary team meetings in cancer care: is there a psychologist in the house?
Introduction: Multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) are considered best practice in the management and decision-making for cancer patients. The team typically consists of surgeons, medical oncologists, organ specialists, radiologists, pathologists and ...
Melissa Horlait +3 more
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Abstract Childhood abuse and neglect worsen physical and mental health through adulthood. This study examined how childhood adversity affected physical and psychological symptoms associated with breast cancer treatment and survivorship at three points within the cancer trajectory. Breast cancer survivors (N = 209) were recruited following diagnosis and
Sonal K. Johal +7 more
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Psychosocial Oncology: Optimizing Outcomes through Interdisciplinary Care in Head and Neck Oncology. [PDF]
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Although patients with head and neck cancer (HND) commonly experience mental health disease (MHD) at rates equal to or greater than those of patients with other types of cancer, HNC patients with MHD are often underdiagnosed and untreated. Thus, validated surveys should be used to screen for MHD, as subjective clinical judgement may underdiagnose MHD ...
Matthew E. Lin +4 more
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Outcomes and Innervation of Gracilis for Pediatric Facial Paralysis: A Systematic Review
This systematic review compares innervation techniques for gracilis free muscle transfer in pediatric facial paralysis. Masseteric innervation produced the greatest commissure excursion, cross‐facial nerve grafting enabled spontaneous smiles, and dual innervation balanced both with high satisfaction and low complication rates across techniques ...
Kaiwen Chen +6 more
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Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Communication
Cancer is a multi-system disorder that influences all aspects of the life of affected individuals and their caregivers. Aside from the magnitude of the physical aspect of the disease and treatment there are complex sequalea that must be dealt with.
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Gender‐Affirming Feminization Voice Surgery: A Scoping Review of Preoperative Assessments
PRISMA flowchart. ABSTRACT Objective To identify the preoperative assessments and criteria surgeons use to assess the suitability of transfeminine patients for voice feminization surgery. Data Sources Electronic search of Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid Embase, APA PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and PubMed excluding MEDLINE records was performed on February 11,
Jadin Chahade +4 more
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Head and neck cancer patients suffer from high levels of psychological comorbidity and often do not receive adequate psychological assistance. Therefore, speech therapists are frequently confronted with specific psychosocial challenges beyond the scope ...
Peter Ullrich +5 more
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Guoqing Yang1 ,* Chenchang Xiao2 ,* Shiyue Li,3 Ningxi Yang1 1College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, People’s Republic of China; 2City College, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People ...
Yang G, Xiao C, Li S, Yang N
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