Excess rates of various procedures due to reported IPNs over 2 years of follow‐up (chest CT, positron emission tomography [PET]/PET‐CT, bronchoscopy, needle biopsy, and surgical procedures) were estimated using multivariable Poisson regression models comparing the cohorts adjusted for covariates. ...
Complications leading to surgical revision in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients: comparison of patients with single-chamber, dual-chamber, an... Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) technology has become more complex, particularly with respect to biventricular resynchronization devices. The...
Introduction When discussing initial surgical options for breast cancer, patients cite fear of having to endure the process of repeated breast biopsies and the associated stress related to the potential of another cancer diagnosis during follow-up for breast cancer as the reason for choosing mastectomy...
IL-1 beta, IL-6, and IL-10 levels before and 24 h after the surgical procedure were evaluated as predictors of pain and depression. Study design Twelve months after the surgical procedure, the blinded patients included in the previous study26 were interviewed, by a blinded experimenter, with...
Hazard ratio with ICD (5 – 8 y after implantation) 0.71 (0.52–0.96)⁎ [10] Increase in annual mortality By age [26] (data from 2006/08) Annual probability of hospitalization for HF By age and treatment group [21] Probability of lead problems requiring surgical intervention after ICD im...
Valvular heart disease (VHD) patients after prosthetic valve implantation are at risk of thromboembolic events. Follow-up care of patients with prosthetic
Silesian Medical University, Department of Pediatrics, Zabrze, Poland; (2) Silesian Medical University, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Zabrze, Poland Aim: Assessment of long-term Results of the surgical treatment of omphalocoele and gastroschisis in neonatal period and neurodevelopmental follow-up....
Briefly, all patients with stage I-III CRC having completed surgical treatment with curative intent, and having completed at least one-year follow-up in our hospital, were considered for remote follow-up. The new remote follow-up regimen was implemented in February 2019. From that moment on, ...
To investigate the influence of EHPM on HCC-specific survival, 140 surgical HCC-alone patients (four times of the target group) were randomly selected from 2841 patients as the control group. The definitions for synchronous and metachronous (interval > 6 months) have also been addressed ...
7-10 Mastectomy has subsequently been questioned as an equally valid surgical alternative. However, there are important confounders that may have biased these results. When deciding on 1 of the basic 2 surgical options (BCS vs Mx), many interacting contributory factors are taken into consideration:...