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Cost-effectiveness of alternative methods of surgical repair of inguinal hernia [PDF]

, 2004
Objectives: To assess the relative cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic methods of inguinal hernia repair compared with open flat mesh and open non-mesh repair.
Aitola, P., Go, P., Bringman, S., Bay-Nielsen, M., Bittner, R., Payne, J., Vale, L., Merello, J., Castoro, C., O'Dwyer, P., Barkun, J., McCormack, K., Anderberg, B., Scott, N., Fingerhut, A., Grant, A., Kingsnorth, A., Ross, S., Beets, G., Arvidsson, D., et al.   +20 more
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A Markov decision analysis model to aid the vascular surgeon in the management of a patient with an asymptomatic infra-renal abdominal aortic aneurysm [PDF]

, 2010
Introduction Despite increasing evidence regarding the safety and efficacy of endovascular (EVAR) and open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, it is often unclear which technique is most appropriate for an individual patient.
Drury, Duncan
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Elective Open Suprarenal Aneurysm Repair in England from 2000 to 2010 an Observational Study of Hospital Episode Statistics [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Open surgery is widely used as a benchmark for the results of fenestrated endovascular repair of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
Hinchliffe, RJ, Jan D Poloniecki, Thompson, MM, Holt Peter J. E., Sollazzo Giuseppe, Hinchliffe Robert J., Alan Karthikesalingam, Robert J Hinchliffe, Matthew M Thompson, Peter J E Holt, Poloniecki, JD, Karthikesalingam, A, Patterson Benjamin O., Thompson Matthew M., Benjamin O Patterson, Giuseppe Sollazzo, Holt, PJ, Vidal-Diez, A, Sollazzo, G, Vidal-Diez Alberto, Karthikesalingam Alan, Patterson, BO, Alberto Vidal-Diez, Poloniecki Jan D.   +23 more
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High-intensity interval exercise training before abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (HIT-AAA): protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility trial [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction: In patients with large abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), open surgical or endovascular aneurysm repair procedures are often used to minimise the risk of aneurysm-related rupture and death; however, aneurysm repair itself carries a high risk.
Kerr, K., Kerr, Karen, Weston, Matthew; id_orcid, Tew, G.A., Tew, Garry A, Tew, Garry, Danjoux, Gerard, Batterham, A.M., Batterham, Alan M, Alan M Batterham, Gray, Joanne, Martin, D., Danjoux, Gerard R., Nawaz, Shah, Matthew Weston, Yates, David, Weston, M., Elke Kothmann, Tew, G. A. (Garry), Gerard Danjoux, Gray, J., Weston, Matthew, Yates, D., Garry A Tew, Kothmann, Elke, Martin, Denis, Denis Martin, Martin, Denis; id_orcid, Nawaz, S., Batterham, Alan, Shah Nawaz, Kothmann, E., Joanne Gray, Danjoux, G., David Yates, Karen Kerr   +35 more
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Surgical Management of Inguinal Hernias at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: Our Experiences in a Resource-Limited Setting. [PDF]

, 2012
Inguinal hernia repair remains the commonest operation performed by general surgeons all over the world. There is paucity of published data on surgical management of inguinal hernias in our environment.
Joseph B Mabula, Chalya, Phillipo L, Phillipo L Chalya, Mabula, Joseph B, Mabula Joseph B, Chalya Phillipo L   +5 more
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Three-dimensional cephalometric evaluation of maxillary growth following in utero repair of cleft lip and alveolar-like defects in the mid-gestational sheep model [PDF]

, 2006
Objective: To evaluate maxillary growth following in utero repair of surgically created cleft lip and alveolar (CLA)-like defects by means of three-dimensional (3D) computer tomographic (CT) cephalometric analysis in the mid-gestational sheep model ...
Kovacs, Laszlo, Papadopoulos, Moschos A., Boettcher, Peter, Stolla, Rudolf, Papadopulos, Nikolaos A., Jannowitz, Christina, Biemer, Edgar, Henke, Julia, Zeilhofer, Hans-Florian, Papadopoulos, Moschos A.;Papadopulos, Nikolaos A.;Jannowitz, Christina;Boettcher, Peter;Henke, Julia;Stolla, Rudolf;Zeilhofer, Hans-Florian;Kovacs, Laszlo;Biemer, Edgar, Papadopoulos, MA;Papadopulos, NA;Jannowitz, C;Boettcher, P;Henke, J;Stolla, R;Zeilhofer, HF;Kovacs, L;Biemer, E   +10 more
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The challenges faced in the design, conduct and analysis of surgical randomised trials [PDF]

, 2009
Randomised evaluations of surgical interventions are rare; some interventions have been widely adopted without rigorous evaluation. Unlike other medical areas, the randomised controlled trial (RCT) design has not become the default study design for the ...
Cook, Jonathan Alistair
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Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation [PDF]

, 2009
Research on surgical interventions is associated with several methodological and practical challenges of which few, if any, apply only to surgery. However, surgical evaluation is especially demanding because many of these challenges coincide.
Ergina, Patrick L, Seiler, Christoph M, Boutron, Isabelle, Blazeby, Jane M, Cook, Jonathan Alistair, Clavein, Pierre-Alain, Reeves, Barnaby C   +6 more
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Microinvasive mitral valve surgery: Current status and status quo

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
Surgical mitral valve repair, performed either through median sternotomy or minimal invasive approach, presents the gold standard treatment for degenerative mitral valve disease.
Anton Tomšič, Robert J. M. Klautz, Michael A. Borger, Meindert Palmen   +3 more
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Proximal Hamstring Repair - Surgical Pearls for the Novice

, 2021
Introduction: Proximal hamstring injuries are rarely encountered sport injuries which cause great functional impairment in the activities of performance.
Samantray, Sikta, Erian, Chris, Connon, Frank, Bajwa, Supreet, Rodda, Daevyd   +4 more
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