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Perioperative Considerations in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.
The pre-operative assessment is used to clarify issues prior to surgery that can change management provided by a multidisciplinary team. A high proportion of rheumatoid arthritis patients are elderly requiring orthopaedic...
Enhancing Preoperative Planning in Orthopedic Trauma Surgery Using a Presentation Software.
Preoperative planning (PP) is critical to ensure a successful outcome in orthopaedic trauma surgery. Since it was first described thirty years ago, no modifications have been made to the original preoperative planning (OPP)...
The use of oral antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation in elective colorectal resection for the reduction of surgical site infection.
SE Duff, CLF Battersby, RJ Davies, L Hancock, J Pipe, S Buczacki, J Kinross, AG Acheson, CJ Walsh
Jan 09, 2020
Performance of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for the prediction of post-operative complications in non cardiopulmonary surgery
Sequential PET/CT with [18F]-FDG Predicts Pathological Tumor Response to Preoperative Short Course Radiotherapy with Delayed Surgery in Patients with Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Using Logistic Regression Analysis.
Biagio Pecori, Secondo Lastoria, Corradina Caracò, Marco Celentani, Fabiana Tatangelo, Antonio Avallone, Daniela Rega, Giampaolo De Palma, Maria Mormile, Alfredo Budillon, Paolo Muto, Francesco Bianco, Luigi Aloj, Antonella Petrillo, Paolo Delrio
Dec 18, 2018
UNLABELLED: Previous studies indicate that FDG PET/CT may predict pathological response in patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Aim of the current study is evaluate if...
Response to mTOR inhibition
Sampoorna Satheesha, Victoria J Cookson, Louise J Coleman, Nicola Ingram, Brijesh Madhok, Andrew M Hanby, Charlotte AB Suleman, Vicky S Sabine, E Jane Macaskill, John MS Bartlett, J Michael Dixon, Jim N McElwaine, Thomas A Hughes
Jun 14, 2011
5' Untranslated Regions Adaptor Proteins Signal Transducing Breast Neoplasms Cell Cycle Proteins Cell Line Tumor Cell Proliferation Drug Screening Assays Antitumor Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E Everolimus Female Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic Genes Reporter Humans Phosphoproteins Phosphorylation Preoperative Care Protein Biosynthesis Sirolimus TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases Tissue Culture Techniques
Axillary tumour burden in women with one abnormal node on ultrasound compared to women with multiple abnormal nodes.
S Puri, N Sharma, RG Newcombe, M Kaushik, M Al-Attar, S Pascaline, M Hajaj, MG Wallis, B Elsberger, A Goyal
Mar 23, 2018
AIM: To determine if the number of abnormal nodes seen on preoperative axillary ultrasound (AUS) is a predictor of the number of positive nodes at histology for women with needle-biopsy-proven positive nodes. MATERIALS AND...
State-of-the-art imaging for glioma surgery.
Diffuse gliomas are infiltrative primary brain tumors with a poor prognosis despite multimodal treatment. Maximum safe resection is recommended whenever feasible. The extent of resection (EOR) is positively correlated with...
Solving the preoperative breast MRI conundrum
Francesco Sardanelli, Rubina M Trimboli, Nehmat Houssami, Fiona J Gilbert, Thomas H Helbich, Marina Alvarez Benito, Corinne Balleyguier, Massimo Bazzocchi, Peter Bult, Massimo Calabrese, Julia Camps Herrero, Francesco Cartia, Enrico Cassano, Paola Clauser, Danubia A de Andrade, Marcos F de Lima Docema, Catherine Depretto, Gabor Forrai, Rossano Girometti, Steven E Harms, Sarah Hilborne, Raffaele Ienzi, Marc BI Lobbes, Claudio Losio, Ritse M Mann, Stefania Montemezzi, Inge-Marie Obdeijn, Umit Aksoy Ozcan, Federica Pediconi, Heike Preibsch, José L Raya-Povedano, Daniela Sacchetto, Gianfranco P Scaperrotta, Margrethe Schlooz, Botond K Szabo, Ozden S Ulus, Donna B Taylor, Mireille Van Goethem, Jeroen Veltman, Stefanie Weigel, Evelyn Wenkel, Chiara Zuiani, Giovanni Di Leo
Feb 19, 2020
Magnetic resonance imaging before breast cancer surgery
Francesco Sardanelli, Rubina M Trimboli, Nehmat Houssami, Fiona J Gilbert, Thomas H Helbich, Marina Álvarez Benito, Corinne Balleyguier, Massimo Bazzocchi, Peter Bult, Massimo Calabrese, Julia Camps Herrero, Francesco Cartia, Enrico Cassano, Paola Clauser, Andrea Cozzi, Danúbia A de Andrade, Marcos F de Lima Docema, Catherine Depretto, Valeria Dominelli, Gábor Forrai, Rossano Girometti, Steven E Harms, Sarah Hilborne, Raffaele Ienzi, Marc BI Lobbes, Claudio Losio, Ritse M Mann, Stefania Montemezzi, Inge-Marie Obdeijn, Umit A Ozcan, Federica Pediconi, Katja Pinker, Heike Preibsch, José L Raya Povedano, Daniela Sacchetto, Gianfranco P Scaperrotta, Simone Schiaffino, Margrethe Schlooz, Botond K Szabó, Donna B Taylor, Özden S Ulus, Mireille Van Goethem, Jeroen Veltman, Stefanie Weigel, Evelyn Wenkel, Chiara Zuiani, Giovanni Di Leo
Feb 22, 2022
Pre-operative oral nutritional supplementation with dietary advice versus dietary advice alone in weight-losing patients with colorectal cancer
Sorrel T Burden, Debra J Gibson, Simon Lal, James Hill, Mark Pilling, Mattias Soop, Aswatha Ramesh, Chris Todd
May 30, 2018
BACKGROUND: Pre-operative weight loss has been consistently associated with increased post-operative morbidity. The study aims to determine if pre-operative oral nutritional supplements (ONSs) with dietary advice reduce...
Routine preoperative brain CT in resectable non-small cell lung cancer - Ten years experience from a tertiary UK thoracic center.
Tomasz Matys, Rosalyn Drury, Sarojini David, Doris M Rassl, Wendi Qian, Robert C Rintoul, Nicholas J Screaton
Oct 10, 2018
brain metastasis Computed tomography Non-small cell lung carcinoma staging Adult Aged Aged 80 and over Brain Brain Neoplasms Carcinoma Non-Small-Cell Lung Diagnostic Tests Routine Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Lung Neoplasms Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Middle Aged Neoplasm Metastasis Neoplasm Staging Positron-Emission Tomography Preoperative Care prevalence Tertiary Care Centers Tomography X-Ray Computed United Kingdom
Multi- and univariate analyses of the weekend effect for elective lower-limb joint replacements.
Introduction The weekend effect is a perceived difference in outcome between medical care provided at the weekend when compared to that of a weekday. Clearly multifactorial, this effect remains incompletely understood and...
Effectiveness of prehabilitation for patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery
INTRODUCTION: Undergoing major surgery can induce physical and functional decline. Prehabilitation programmes aim to improve physical fitness and function preoperatively and could enhance postoperative recovery and outcomes....
The Early Effects of Rapid Androgen Deprivation on Human Prostate Cancer.
Greg L Shaw, Hayley Whitaker, Marie Corcoran, Mark J Dunning, Hayley Luxton, Jonathan Kay, Charlie E Massie, Jodi L Miller, Alastair D Lamb, Helen Ross-Adams, Roslin Russell, Adam W Nelson, Matthew D Eldridge, Andrew G Lynch, Antonio Ramos-Montoya, Ian G Mills, Angela E Taylor, Wiebke Arlt, Nimish Shah, Anne Y Warren, David E Neal
Nov 04, 2015
Androgen receptor Castration clinical trial Gene transcription Immunohistochemistry prostate cancer Estrogen Receptor alpha Gene Expression Profiling Gene Expression Regulation Neoplastic Hormone Antagonists Humans Immunohistochemistry Male Oligopeptides Preoperative Care Prostate Prostatectomy Prostatic Neoplasms Receptors Androgen Spectrum Analysis
Phase 1/2 study of valproic acid and short-course radiotherapy plus capecitabine as preoperative treatment in low-moderate risk rectal cancer-V-shoRT-R3 (Valproic acid--short Radiotherapy--rectum 3rd trial).
Antonio Avallone, Maria Carmela Piccirillo, Paolo Delrio, Biagio Pecori, Elena Di Gennaro, Luigi Aloj, Fabiana Tatangelo, Valentina D'Angelo, Cinzia Granata, Ernesta Cavalcanti, Nicola Maurea, Piera Maiolino, Franco Bianco, Massimo Montano, Lucrezia Silvestro, Manuela Terranova Barberio, Maria Serena Roca, Massimo Di Maio, Pietro Marone, Gerardo Botti, Antonella Petrillo, Gennaro Daniele, Secondo Lastoria, Vincenzo R Iaffaioli, Giovanni Romano, Corradina Caracò, Paolo Muto, Ciro Gallo, Francesco Perrone, Alfredo Budillon
Dec 18, 2018
BACKGROUND: Locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) is a heterogeneous group of tumors where a risk-adapted therapeutic strategy is needed. Short-course radiotherapy (SCRT) is a more convenient option for LARC patients than...
Influence of Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Drug Use on Outcomes after Chronic Subdural Hematoma Drainage.
Michael TC Poon, Catherine Rea, Angelos G Kolias, Paul M Brennan, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC)
Jan 02, 2019
We aim to describe the outcomes after chronic subdural hematoma drainage (CSDH) management in a large cohort of patients on antithrombotic drugs, either antiplatelets or anticoagulants, at presentation and to inform clinical...
anticoagulant antiplatelet chronic subdural hematoma Functional outcome Recurrence Aged Aged 80 and over Anticoagulants Cohort Studies drainage Female Hematoma Subdural Chronic Humans Male Middle Aged Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors Postoperative Complications Preoperative Care Prospective Studies Risk Factors Treatment Outcome Trephining
Enhanced pre-operative axillary staging using intradermal microbubbles and contrast-enhanced ultrasound to detect and biopsy sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer
Karina Cox, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Nisha Sharma, Jennifer Weeks, Philippa Mills, Ali Sever, Adrian Lim, Isobel Haigh, Mohamed Hashem, Tania de Silva, Keshthra Satchithananda, Mengxing Tang, Matthew Wallis
Feb 12, 2018
OBJECTIVE: To compare the experience of four UK Centres in the use of intradermal microbubbles and contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to pre-operatively identify and biopsy sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) in patients with breast...