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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Surgical Outcome"”.
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Psychological predictors of surgical outcome: anxiety and active coping
… purpose of this study was to identify presurgical predictors of surgical recovery. The psychological variables of interest were trait and state anxiety and active coping style. An examination was made of a multifactor trait anxiety scale, the S-R Inventory of General Trait Anxiousness. …
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Diabetes. Surgical outcome and nerve pathology
… 6, 12 and 52 week’s post-surgery, clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life (HRQL) were registered. Nerve conduction studies were performed, preoperatively, and after 52 weeks. At time of surgical carpal tunnel release, punch skin biopsies as well as a posterior interosseous nerve …
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Intra-Oral Three Dimensional Scanning for Assessment of Surgical Outcome in Patients with Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate
… an evidence base for best treatment protocol. Surgical outcome indices can be scored from audit records. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends study models to be taken pre-surgery and at 5, 10 and 18 years of age. The impression-taking process can be upsetting to the child and result …
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Evaluation of the use of the modified Huddart Bodenham & EUROCRAN yardstick for the assessment of surgical outcome for unilateral cleft lip and palate
… lip and /or palate for assessment of treatment outcome is a well accepted concept. In order to improve surgical outcome, it is essential to have a valid and reliable tool to assess results. Ongoing, international, multi-centre, randomised clinical trials are likely to produce subtle, but …
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The evaluation of fibrin tissue adhesive for skin closure following eyelid surgery
… has been increased use of adhesives in different surgical subspecialties. Conventional suture closure of periorbital tissues is effective however may result in complications, which has led to the search for other techniques and innovations. Although tissue adhesives have been used in clinical …
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Aspects of teamwork and intraoperative factors in the operating room
… and non-technical skills may affect the surgical outcome. The aim of this thesis was to explore some of the factors that may influence safe surgery. Study I evaluated the operating team’s perceptions of an implemented intraoperative pause routine. The operating team felt positive about …
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Software development for the automatic calculation of dental arch relationships on digital models in cleft lip and palate
… dental arch relationships in the evaluation of surgical outcome in orofacial clefting is essential for quality assurance and optimisation of surgical protocols. Valid, reliable and standardised tools are required for multicentre comparison, evidence-based research and audit. Limitations with …
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Klinische und funktionelle Langzeitergebnisse nach offener chirurgischer Therapie der gastro-oesophagealen Refluxkrankheit
… reflux disease. In this study, the outcomes in 115 patients treated with antireflux Surgery between 16.01.1986 - 15.12.1998 was evaluated for up to 11 Years after surgery to ascertain whether similar positive results could be obtained. To ensure surgical success, patients were …
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Three-dimensional assessment of dentofacial deformity in children with clefts
… with a view to early appraisal of primary surgical outcome. Results: Significant differences in upper lip morphology were found between the cleft children and their unaffected peers; nasal asymmetry that became more obvious in function was noted in cleft children; the maxillary dental …
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Patient demographics, and outcome of striate keratotomy versus diamond burr debridement for treatment of spontaneous chronic corneal epithelial defects in dogs in South Africa
… is well described, and various topical and surgical treatments have been used to treat SCCED lesions. Patient demographics for referral cases treated at a specialist veterinary ophthalmology hospital in South Africa, and the surgical outcome between striate keratotomy (SK) and diamond burr …
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Surgical Outcomes for Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of Pancreas
… potential. This study was designed to evaluate surgical outcome of solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN). Methodology: From Between January 1994 to November 2013, 41 patients were diagnosed with SPN of the pancreas at Ajou University Medical Center and underwent surgical resection. Results: Of …
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Paired Pulse Electrical Stimulation In Human Intractable Focal Epilepsy
… with intracranial recordings during presurgical assessment.<br/><br/>HYPOTHESIS: The following hypotheses were tested:<br/>1. Suppression, depression or facilitation is related to seizure onset area.<br/>2. The removal of the cortex showing suppression, depression or facilitation is …
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Living with an augmented bladder: the experiences of young people following their surgery
Background: Bladder augmentation (BA) is the surgical enlargement of the bladder. In childhood, BA is carried out after other conservative methods have failed in the treatment of neuropathic bladder to manage incontinence and other symptoms. The literature mainly focuses on the surgical outcome of …
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The Changing Face of Craniopharyngioma Treatment in Young Children and its Challenges at a Single Centre in a Developing World Context
… evolution in management and influence on patient outcomes. Patients and Methods: A retrospective review from January 1995 to December 2015 of children age <14 treated at a single institution. Data collected included admission clinical features, endocrine function, surgery performed, surgical …
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Surgical outcomes for the ambulatory child with cerebral palsy
… the most common goal of treatment. Orthopedic surgical intervention can improve the gait of children with spastic CP that have difficulty with walking. Finding which surgical procedures or combination of procedures are the most effective for improving the walking ability of these children is a …
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Analyzing the Effect of Neoadjuvant Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy on Pancreatic Tumour Perfusion Using Computed Tomography Perfusion
Surgical resection is currently the primary curative treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). However, surgery is only feasible for patients who have resectable pancreatic cancer (RPC), which is nonmetastatic, well-localized, and has minimal involvement of the critical vessel …
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Perioperative experience of adolescents
… stress is associated with poorer health outcomes in adults and young children, but there is little in the literature about the stress experienced by adolescents. Clinical experience, however, has shown that adolescents behave differently throughout the perioperative experience than either …
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A deep learning approach to focal cortical dysplasia segmentation in children with medically intractable epilepsy
… intractable epilepsy. FCD may be amenable to surgical resection to achieve seizure freedom. By improving the detection of lesions such as FCD, the surgical outcome of these patients can be improved. The MRI features of FCD can be subtle and may not be detected by visual inspection. Patients …
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Tissue specific genetic regulation of Interleukin 6
… arterial disease development, progression and surgical outcome. Raised levels of IL6 may play a causal role in disease development or may be the effect of pathology. An IL6 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) G- 174C has been identified and reported to associate with IL6 expression. However, …
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Cyst morphology and serological variation in cystic echinococcosis patients from Turkana, Kenya
… dose to two was ineffective in inactive cysts. Surgical outcome was improved with chemotherapy from 85% to 91% cure. The project also sought to undertake a detailed analysis of serum antibody responses of individual patients and correlate them to gross ultrasound pathologies. Five recombinant …
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