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The Use of Interlocking Polyetheretherketone Patient-Specific Facial Implants in the Treatment of Facial Deformities. A Retrospective Review of Ten Patients
(2020-12)Purpose: Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a versatile biocompatible material with a wide variety of clinical applications. Multiple-piece 3-dimensionally milled interlocking PEEK patient-specific implants are used in cases ... -
Use of online conductivity monitoring to study sodium mass balance in chronic haemodialysis patients: prospects for treatment individualisation.
(2011-07)BACKGROUND: Failure to achieve isonatric haemodialysis (HD) drives an expansion of extracellular volume leading to increased interdialytic weight gain (IDWG). This may be a causative factor in the development of HD-induced ... -
The use of platelet-rich plasma in the treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a systematic literature review.
(2018)This review aims to determine whether platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has any role in improving clinical outcomes in patients with symptomatic greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS). A search of NICE healthcare database ... -
Use of real time mortality risk assessment to inform standards of surgical care in a District General Hospital
(2014-07)The Royal College of Surgeons of England recently published guidance in the 'Higher Risk General Surgical Patient' with standards linked to the patients' predicted mortality. Where predicted mortality exceeds 5%, there ... -
Use of stem cells and growth factors in rotator cuff tendon repair.
(2019-01)The management of rotator cuff tears continues to prove challenging for orthopaedic surgeons. Such tears affect most age groups and can lead to significant morbidity in patients. The aetiology of these tears is likely to ... -
Using a campaign to promote safer medicines practice among healthcare professionals
(2010)The Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has a work plan to improve the safe administration of medicines throughout the hospital. This includes measures to raise nurses' awareness of the risks associated with the ... -
Using a venous thromboembolism checklist significantly improves VTE prevention: a junior doctor led intervention.
(2013-02)Aims: Given that venous thromboembolic disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, the aim of this study was to increase the rate of VTE risk assessment performed by junior doctors in the acute setting. We ... -
Using long term mortality to determine which perioperative risk factors of mortality following hip and knee replacement may be causal.
(2018-10)Observational studies have identified surgical factors that are associated with a reduced risk of mortality after joint replacement. It is not clear whether these are causal or reflect patient selection. Data on the first ... -
Using systemic approaches, methods and techniques in rehabilitation medicine
(2011-01)This series of articles for rehabilitation in practice aims to cover a knowledge element of the rehabilitation medicine curriculum. Nevertheless they are intended to be of interest to a multidisciplinary audience. The ... -
Vacuum assisted closure therapy in the treatment of mesh infection after hernia repair
(2009)BACKGROUND: Mesh related infection after prosthetic abdominal wall hernia repair is a difficult clinical problem, particularly in an era of evolving microbial resistance. Commonly advocated treatment for such infection ... -
Vaginoscopy Against Standard Treatment: a randomised controlled trial.
(2019-06)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether vaginoscopy or standard hysteroscopy was more successful in the outpatient setting. DESIGN: Randomised controlled multicentre trial. SETTING: Outpatient hysteroscopy clinics at two UK hospitals. ... -
Validation of a Core Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Fatigue in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: The SONG-HD Fatigue Instrument
(2020-11)Background and objectives: Fatigue is a very common and debilitating symptom and identified by patients as a critically important core outcome to be included in all trials involving patients receiving hemodialysis. A valid, ... -
Validation of the Lyon classification for GORD diagnosis: acid exposure time assessed by prolonged wireless pH monitoring in healthy controls and patients with erosive oesophagitis
(2021-02)Objective: Acid exposure time (AET) from ambulatory pH studies and reflux oesophagitis are independent measurements used by the Lyon classification to diagnose GORD. This study aimed to validate AET reference ranges and ... -
Validity and truth in assessment
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Validity of the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand patient-reported outcome measure (DASH) and the Quickdash when used in Dupuytren's disease.
(2015-08)This study investigated aspects of the validity and reliability of the 30-item Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand patient-reported outcome measure (DASH) and its relationship with the shorter 11-item QuickDASH in ... -
Value of patient-reported symptoms in the diagnosis of transient loss of consciousness
(2016)Objective: Epileptic seizures, syncope, and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) account for over 90% of presentations with transient loss of consciousness (TLOC). The patient's history is crucial for the diagnosis, ... -
Value of witness observations in the differential diagnosis of transient loss of consciousness
(2019)OBJECTIVE: This retrospective study explores to what extent additional information from event witnesses provided using the novel 31-item Paroxysmal Event Observer (PEO) Questionnaire improves the differentiation among ...
