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Surgical Clinics of North America, 2006
The study of outcomes has become essential for guiding quality of-care assessment and for clinical research. In this article, the properties and process of patient outcomes measurement are described. The limitations of traditional outcomes are discussed and contrasted with the emerging concept of "patient-centered"outcomes, measured by validated ...
Simon, Bergman +2 more
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The study of outcomes has become essential for guiding quality of-care assessment and for clinical research. In this article, the properties and process of patient outcomes measurement are described. The limitations of traditional outcomes are discussed and contrasted with the emerging concept of "patient-centered"outcomes, measured by validated ...
Simon, Bergman +2 more
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Outcome after surgical treatment
Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 2002Approximately 50% of patients will become seizure free following surgery for intractable epilepsy caused by malformations of cortical development. Another 20% have only rare seizures. The outcome is dependent on the completeness of the resection as determined by MR imaging and electroencephalography.
Katherine D, Holland, Elaine, Wyllie
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Surgical outcomes in sensory exotropia
Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 2023To determine success rates over time for strabismus surgery for sensory exotropia and to determine factors associated with successful outcomes.We retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients with sensory exotropia (best-corrected visual acuity ≤20/200 in the affected eye) who underwent strabismus surgery between May 2009 and December 2019 ...
Emilia Varrone +4 more
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Towards optimal surgical outcomes
Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 2005Until relatively recently, quality in healthcare was difficult both to define and measure. Now that this is possible, healthcare providers must quickly adopt information technology to facilitate both the assessment of performance and improvement. Such improvements require recognition of the role of systems of care and the need to change these systems ...
Robert S, Rhodes, Andrew, Resnick
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Risk-Adjusted Surgical Outcomes
Annual Review of Medicine, 2001▪ Abstract Measures of risk-adjusted outcome are particularly suited for the assessment of the quality of surgical care. The reliability of measures of quality that use surgical outcomes is enhanced by prospective data acquisition and should be adjusted for the preoperative severity of illness.
J, Daley, W G, Henderson, S F, Khuri
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Predictors of surgical outcomes
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2002AbstractThe foundation of surgical decision‐making has always been the risk‐to‐benefit ratio. Traditionally, the risks of complications and death, predicted by comorbid conditions, have been balanced against the benefits of disease management; that is, relief of symptoms or prevention of disease‐related complications.
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Surgical Infections, 2018
Discussion of outcomes of surgical sepsis is no longer straightforward. Definitions of sepsis have changed recently and updated data are scant. Surgical patient populations are often heterogeneous; the patient population being considered must be described with precision.
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Discussion of outcomes of surgical sepsis is no longer straightforward. Definitions of sepsis have changed recently and updated data are scant. Surgical patient populations are often heterogeneous; the patient population being considered must be described with precision.
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Psychological factors and surgical outcomes
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2023Several psychological factors, including anxiety and depression, are associated with poor surgical outcomes, likely as a result of chronic dysfunction of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. However, despite some encouraging results, a lack of high-quality studies means that there is limited evidence to support the use of psychological ...
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Onychomatricomas: Assessing Surgical Outcomes
Dermatologic SurgeryBACKGROUND Onychomatricoma (OM) is a rare benign tumor of the nail matrix. Treatment is surgical, but data are currently limited. OBJECTIVE To review all cases of OM operated in their department and to assess the link between the location on the nail plate, the thickness and width ...
Laura, van de Borne +3 more
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Urachal Carcinoma: Contemporary Surgical Outcomes
Journal of Urology, 2007We determined surgical outcomes in a contemporary series of patients who underwent surgery for urachal carcinoma.A cohort of 50 patients with clinically staged localized urachal carcinoma underwent extended partial cystectomy, including the urachal tumor mass and entire urachus.
Harry W, Herr +4 more
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