PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent advancements in minimally invasive approaches for prostate surgery have provided numerous options for surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). In the setting of a large prostate, an open simple prostatectom...
The American journal of emergency medicine
Jun 28, 2018
OBJECTIVE: The prediction of emergency department (ED) disposition at triage remains challenging. Machine learning approaches may enhance prediction. We compared the performance of several machine learning approaches for predicting two clinical outco...
We determine an optimal protocol for temozolomide using population variability and dynamic optimization techniques inspired by artificial intelligence. We use a Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) model based on Faivre and coauthors (Faivre, et...
BACKGROUND: Rehabilitation robots can provide intensive physical training after stroke. However, variations of the rehabilitation effects in translation from well-controlled research studies to clinical services have not been well evaluated yet. This...
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Jun 11, 2018
RATIONALE, AIMS, AND OBJECTIVES: Interrupted time series analysis (ITSA) is a popular evaluation methodology in which a single treatment unit's outcome is studied over time, and the intervention is expected to "interrupt" the level and/or trend of th...
Data from an experienced center that randomized patients to open vs robotic cystectomy for urothelial cancer demonstrated locational differences in recurrence. While the study was not powered to detect survival differences, overall, cancer-specific, ...
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Jun 7, 2018
Laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision (CME) for transverse colon cancer is technically challenging. Robotic technology has been developed to reduce technical limitations of laparoscopy. Yet, no data are available on the role of robotic approach f...
Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy
May 28, 2018
OBJECTIVE: To investigate combined effects of robot-assisted training (RAT) and physical therapy versus physical therapy only on balance and gait function of chronic stroke patients after botulinum toxin-A (BoNT-A) treatment.
Biometrical journal. Biometrische Zeitschrift
May 16, 2018
Cancers treated by transplantation are often curative, but immunosuppressive drugs are required to prevent and (if needed) to treat graft-versus-host disease. Estimation of an optimal adaptive treatment strategy when treatment at either one of two st...
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