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Robotic inferior vena cava surgery.

Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders Nov 9, 2016
OBJECTIVE: Inferior vena cava (IVC) surgery is uncommon and has traditionally been performed through open surgical approaches. Renal cell carcinoma with IVC extension generally requires vena cavotomy and reconstruction. Open removal of malpositioned ...
Robotic Surgical Procedures Kidney Neoplasms Carcinoma, Renal Cell Nephrectomy Patient Positioning Vena Cava, Inferior Humans Ligation Patient Safety Vascular Neoplasms Retrospective Studies Middle Aged Treatment Outcome Blood Loss, Surgical Lymph Node Excision Operative Time Female Aged Young Adult Adult Male
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Patient-level meta-analysis of efficacy and hypoglycaemia in people with type 2 diabetes initiating insulin glargine 100U/mL or neutral protamine Hagedorn insulin analysed according to concomitant oral antidiabetes therapy.

Diabetes research and clinical practice Nov 9, 2016
AIMS: Evaluate efficacy and hypoglycaemia according to concomitant oral antidiabetes drug (OAD) in people with type 2 diabetes initiating insulin glargine 100U/mL (Gla-100) or neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin once daily.
Humans Female Male Glycated Hemoglobin Insulin Glargine Hypoglycemia Administration, Oral Drug Therapy, Combination Weight Gain Incidence Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Hypoglycemic Agents Treatment Outcome Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic Clinical Trials, Phase IV as Topic Insulin, Isophane Sulfonylurea Compounds
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Effect of Long-Term Hormonal Therapy (vs Short-Term Hormonal Therapy): A Secondary Analysis of Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Treated on NRG Oncology RTOG 9202.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics Nov 8, 2016
PURPOSE: NRG Oncology RTOG 9202 was a randomized trial testing long-term adjuvant androgen deprivation (LTAD) versus initial androgen deprivation only (STAD) with external beam radiation therapy (RT) in mostly high-risk and some intermediate-risk pro...
Kaplan-Meier Estimate Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal Combined Modality Therapy Disease-Free Survival Radiotherapy, Conformal Drug Administration Schedule Risk Humans Adenocarcinoma Retrospective Studies Prostatic Neoplasms Aged Prostate-Specific Antigen Neoplasm Grading Aged, 80 and over Androgen Antagonists Survival Rate Male Middle Aged Time Factors Treatment Outcome
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Assessing Hospital Performance After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Big Data.

Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes Nov 8, 2016
BACKGROUND: Although risk adjustment remains a cornerstone for comparing outcomes across hospitals, optimal strategies continue to evolve in the presence of many confounders. We compared conventional regression-based model to approaches particularly ...
Hospital Mortality Logistic Models Humans Treatment Outcome Likelihood Functions Aged, 80 and over Machine Learning Cause of Death Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Massachusetts Male Algorithms Data Mining Registries Process Assessment, Health Care Middle Aged Databases, Factual Quality Indicators, Health Care Hospitals Female Multivariate Analysis Time Factors Risk Factors Propensity Score Aged
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Adequate tacrolimus concentration for myasthenia gravis treatment.

European journal of neurology Nov 7, 2016
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: A single, oral dose of 3 mg/day tacrolimus, approved for myasthenia gravis (MG) treatment in Japan, was shown to reduce steroid dose and anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody titers as well as to improve MG symptoms. How...
Drug Therapy, Combination Prednisolone Myasthenia Gravis Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Immunosuppressive Agents Autoantibodies Tacrolimus Japan Humans Prognosis Retrospective Studies Female Aged Adult Male Middle Aged Treatment Outcome
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Comparison of inflammatory responses following robotic and open colorectal surgery: a prospective study.

International journal of colorectal disease Nov 4, 2016
PURPOSE: Robotic colorectal surgery continues to rise in popularity, but there remains little evidence on the stress response following the procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the inflammatory response to robotic colorectal surgery and c...
Humans Cytokines Prospective Studies C-Reactive Protein Robotics Female Calcitonin Aged Demography Male Perioperative Care Inflammation Colorectal Surgery Treatment Outcome
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Flex Robotic System in transoral robotic surgery: The first 40 patients.

Head & neck Oct 28, 2016
BACKGROUND: The Flex Robotic System is a new robotic device specifically developed for transoral robotic surgery (TORS).
Equipment Safety Male Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms Middle Aged Treatment Outcome Operative Time Robotics Equipment Design Robotic Surgical Procedures Immunohistochemistry Biopsy, Needle Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery Oropharyngeal Neoplasms Patient Safety Prospective Studies Female Aged Adult Humans
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Stress Echocardiographic Evaluation for D-Transposition of the Great Arteries after Atrial Redirection: Unmasking Early Signs of Myocardial Dysfunction and Baffle Stenosis.

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography Oct 26, 2016
BACKGROUND: The authors used semisupine cycle ergometry stress echocardiography to assess cardiac function and unmask baffle stenosis in patients with d-transposition of the great arteries after atrial redirection surgery.
Echocardiography, Stress Sensitivity and Specificity Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Male Transposition of Great Vessels Humans Treatment Outcome Ventricular Dysfunction Cardiac Surgical Procedures Retrospective Studies Early Diagnosis Female Reproducibility of Results Young Adult
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Hyaluronic Acid Versus Platelet-Rich Plasma: A Prospective, Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Clinical Outcomes and Effects on Intra-articular Biology for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis.

The American journal of sports medicine Oct 21, 2016
BACKGROUND: The use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) has demonstrated mixed clinical outcomes in randomized controlled trials when compared with hyaluronic acid (HA), an accepted nonsurgical treatment for symptom...
Humans Prospective Studies Female Lysholm Knee Score Pain Measurement Synovial Fluid Double-Blind Method Hyaluronic Acid Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections, Intra-Articular Osteoarthritis, Knee Aged Adult Male Middle Aged Treatment Outcome
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Editorial Comment from Dr Schwen and Dr Pierorazio to Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy confers excellent long-term outcomes for the treatment of complex cystic renal tumors: Median follow up of 58 months.

International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association Oct 17, 2016
Robotics Kidney Neoplasms Nephrectomy Humans Treatment Outcome Follow-Up Studies
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