... (65.9%) underwent non- NSRP Only recently (in the last years) we used structured procedures, with inclusion/exclusion criteria and scheduled treatment protocols either of profilaxis and treatment of ... incontinence (assessed by medical history, at time of hospitalization), those who received neoadjuvant or adjuvant radiotherapy, those with incomplete pre or postoperative data, those who underwent ... between 1995-2002 Patients included underwent RP with either a bilateral nerve (NS) or non- nerve sparing (non- NS) approach as primary therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer (cT1-cT2,...
... http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/9/1/121 Introduction Prostate cancer remains the most common non- dermatological malignancy in men in the Western world [1] As our knowledge of prostate cancer ... procedure Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) has become the most widespread treatment for organ-confined prostate cancer, currently accounting for more than 75% of all radical ... obtained in November 2006 for the collection of prostate samples after robotic prostatectomy for the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer Consent was obtained from each patient prior to...
... http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/9/1/121 Introduction Prostate cancer remains the most common non- dermatological malignancy in men in the Western world [1] As our knowledge of prostate cancer ... procedure Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) has become the most widespread treatment for organ-confined prostate cancer, currently accounting for more than 75% of all radical ... obtained in November 2006 for the collection of prostate samples after robotic prostatectomy for the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer Consent was obtained from each patient prior to...
... after the initial treatment, although no therapy was available without dexamethasone when the peritoneal metastasis was detected Thus the standard strategy should be considered as a treatment for ... Zagouri et al [4] Present case Initial TNM Treatment before PSA at the detection of the peritoneal diagnosis of metastasis peritoneal metastasis (ng/ mL) Treatment after the diagnosis of peritoneal ... (CT) and bone scintigraphy showed no metastasis He was referred to our Department of Urology for treatment of cT2bN0M0 prostate cancer, and underwent LRP The operation was performed with a transperitoneal...
... Outcomes at 24-Month Follow-up Outcome MACE Death Myocardial infarction Q-wave Non Q-wave Revascularization Target vessel Non target vessel CABG surgery Sirolimusa [No (%)] 10 (9.7)d (1.9) Paclitaxelb ... prematurely taken off klopidogrel in PES group PES treatment still was associated with poor overall clinical outcomes compared with outcomes associated with SES treatment Also, in the multivariate analysis, ... coronary artery bypass graft procedures (1.9% vs 6.9%; P:.001), TVR (1.9% vs 4.9%; P: 002), and non Q-wave MI (1.9% vs 5.9%; P:.002) was significantly higher in the PES cohort There were no major...
... educational training, were presented with different treatment combinations of the types of GPM and BPI manipulated according to the experimental treatment and assessment strategy (see Section 3.5) ... that tests GPM user comprehension 88 Figure 3-1 Experimental strategy for each experimental treatment group 105 Figure 4-1 The mean accuracy for UML diagram users was lower than Metagraph ... and, most importantly, my life-long friend In terms of life-long friends and mentors, there are none more important to me than my Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Dr Steven E Markham For a decade,...
... explored as complementary treatments Recent advances in immunology and molecular biology have opened new fronts against cancer Early strategies used for treatment of CRC included non- specific immunotherapies, ... results to nonspecific immunotherapies in patients with CRC, but most of studies revealed no improvement in the response rate, progression-free survival, or overall survival [7-9] In general, nonspecific ... population of 256 patients (CBR = 20.3%) Fifteen further substances were used as adjuvants, Ten studies were done without adjuvants Vaccines were administrated by different routes of injection: s c...
... EuroQoL Visual Analog Scale [10] Self-reported treatment satisfaction treatment satisfaction scores were calculated based on the responses to the "Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication" ... possible that patients with higher BMI did not optimally use antihyperglycemic treatments, including SU or TZD, as these treatments are often associated with further weight gain [16,17] Patients not ... Severity None (%) †Mild resulting into no or little interruption in activities (%) †Moderate resulting into interruption in daily activities (%) *†Severe requiring some kind of medical or non- medical...
... degrees of stenosis deserve greater attention Checking EMG/NCT's to rule out neuropathy, checking non- invasive arterial studies to rule out vascular disease, re-reviewing hip x-rays and lateral flexion ... worse than those in whom more severe stenosis is present Competing interests None of the authors has any financial or non- financial competing interest in this study Authors' contributions NP and ... microscope and working under the midline structures to perform similar decompression It is a minimally invasive technique affording outcomes commensurate with open laminectomy in propspective outcome...
... fixation and the remaining (32.6%) were treated by total or hemi arthroplasty None of the patients were treated non- operatively At months 76.7% of patients were living in their own home and 23.3% ... with a hemi or total arthroplasty and 26.9% had internal fixation 4.5% of patients were treated non- operatively By four months, 48.3% of patients were living in their own home and 7.7% were able ... operation rate within months Mortality rate at four months was 20% with 56.2% of the patients treated non operatively In Group C (n = 385), hip fractures were seen more commonly in females (87%) 44.2%...
... anchors into the humeral head defect Additional common surgical findings are presented in Table None of the patients had a rotator interval closure Overall, the average number of positive responses ... significant cause of recurrent shoulder dislocations and of arthroscopic reconstruction failure [5] The treatment of osseous defects as part of shoulder stabilization surgery was recently reviewed by ... most patients had an internal rotation deficit and there is a considerable risk of malunion or nonunion Other options are to seal the defect with structural allograft [8] or transhumeral impaction...
... anchors into the humeral head defect Additional common surgical findings are presented in Table None of the patients had a rotator interval closure Overall, the average number of positive responses ... significant cause of recurrent shoulder dislocations and of arthroscopic reconstruction failure [5] The treatment of osseous defects as part of shoulder stabilization surgery was recently reviewed by ... most patients had an internal rotation deficit and there is a considerable risk of malunion or nonunion Other options are to seal the defect with structural allograft [8] or transhumeral impaction...
... antiretroviral treatment in subSaharan Africa BMC Infect Dis 2006, 6:59 Lawn SD, Myer L, Harling G, Orrell C, Bekker LG, Wood R: Determinants of mortality and nondeath losses from an antiretroviral treatment ... disease (lower CD4 counts, lower BMI, anemia and WHO III and IV disease) compared to non- pregnant women, and non- pregnant women presented with more advanced disease compared to pregnant women Survival, ... Initial HAART regimen d4T-3TC-EFV d4T-3TC-NVP d4T-3TC-LPVr Other Female, non- pregnant (n = 4437) Male (n = 2525) p value (non- pregnant female vs male) 34.0 (29.4-40.2) 34.9 (30.1-41.2) 37.2 (32.8-43.3)...
... Africa from 2006 to 2008, and to identify factors associated with nutrition treatment failure Methods HIV care and treatment programme The Arua Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda serves as ... receiving nutritional treatment for a median of four months and achieved an average weight gain of 1.6 g/kg/day HIVpositive adults have higher energy requirements than healthy non- HIV-infected individuals ... defaulted from care during the first three months of treatment, and it is likely that many of the defaulting patients died shortly after treatment initiation Similarly, a previous study reported...
... malignant lesion being non- comedo ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (Table 1) Of the borderline lesions identified by VALCS biopsy, malignancy was found in 31% of cases None of the lesions identified ... compared to results of surgical biopsy Needle Biopsy Diagnosis* N= Surgical Biopsy Diagnosis Non- malignant‡ DCIS Invasive Malignancy 13(36%) 4(11%) 1(20%) (20%) 1(20%) (20%) ADH 36 19(53%) § 4(100%) ... surgical biopsy were found to have an invasive breast malignancy or DCIS which can be compared to reported malignancy rates for borderline lesions as high as 35% in nonscreening populations [3] ADH...
... and oncological treatment alone (non- resection group) and patients receiving symptomatic treatment only (supportive group) Advice regarding surgical resection versus non- resection treatment was ... three treatment options for discussion with the patient were: resection of http://www.wjso.com/content/7/1/28 the primary lesion (resection group), non- resectional treatment which included non- resectional ... active non- surgical treatment (p = 0.21) Patients treated with supportive treatment alone only were observed to have significantly worse survival than those treated by primary resection and non- resection...
... upper urinary tract TCCtreatment Patients and methods From April 2001 to January 2007, 60 patients underwent total nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision for upper tract TCC at Faculty of ... used to treat upper urinary tract TCC, with reduced morbidity [2] Although the many other benefits of LNU are clear, the application of these techniques to the treatment of cancer raises issues ... despite adjuvant systemic chemotherapy Another patient, with large persisting lymph node at resection site, died of to tumor progression after months It was noted that this patient had no adjuvant...
... Abbreviations: NSCLC = non- small cell lung cancer Baba et al Radiation Oncology 2010, 5:81 http://www.ro-journal.com/content/5/1/81 photons The treatment was performed twice a week The median treatment period ... radiotherapy of non- small-cell lung cancer Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002, 52:382-389 Qiao X, Tullgren O, Lax I, Sirzén F, Lewensohn R: The role of radiotherapy in treatment of stage I non- small ... histologically proven The patient characteristics are summarized in Table Treatment methods Our methods for immobilization and treatment planning were described in detail previously [11] We used the...