Artificial urinary sphincter, Part II: patient teaching and perioperative...

Urologic Nursing;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......incontinence in select female patients. As the population continues to age, the number of patients presenting with questions...discussions with these patients. Awareness of the postoperative...will also help prepare patients for a positive outcome...function of the device. Preoperative ...

Secondary causes of intestinal obstruction: Rigorous preoperative...

The American Surgeon;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......similar to typical patients with adhesive...obstruction. Preoperative evaluation included frequent...per cent of patients required reoperation...requires rigorous preoperative evaluation with liberal...this group of patients had a unique...an extensive preoperative ...

Results of conventionally fractionated radiotherapy in supratentorial...

Turkish Journal of Cancer;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Sixty patients with the diagnosis of supratentorial...1997, were retrospectively analyzed. The patients had a median age of 47 years and a median...and glioblastoma multiforme in 39 (65%) patients. Median survival was 13 months for all...

Microscopic papillary thyroid cancer as an incidental finding in patients...

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......outcomes are discussed. Results A series of 27 patients (7.1% of the total number of patients, 19 females and eight males) with incidental PTMC is presented. These patients were treated surgically for presumably benign thyroid disease (multinodular goiter = 20 patients, follicular adenoma = 6 ...

Patients dissatisfied at two-tier GP funding

The Independent - London;  June 1, 1995 ;     499 words ...Patients of fundholding GPs are still getting to hospital faster...treatment, a new survey says. But the report says fundholders' patients are less satisfied than non- fundholders' with some of...There are 2,600 fundholding GPs covering 40 per cent of patients in England and Wales. They have budgets and buy ...

Problems in Anesthesia: Preoperative Evaluation in an Era of Cost...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  November 1, 1999 ;     455 words ......Anesthesia: Preoperative Evaluation in an Era...to treat patients by first...with the preoperative evaluation in patients who are suspect...active role in preoperative evaluation and treatment themselves. Patients at risk could...

Carotid endarterectomy based on duplex ultrasound in patients with and...

The American Surgeon;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......diagnostic study for preoperative evaluation of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients who underwent carotid...symptomatic and 139 patients were asymptomatic...performed only in selected patients. Preoperative duplex...renal failure. Five patients had a lesion in ...

Abdominal surgery in chronic hemodialysis patients

The American Surgeon;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...The number of patients with end-stage renal disease who benefit from...abdominal surgery in chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients. A 7-year retrospective study was conducted including all the patients on CHD who underwent abdominal surgery in...

Isolated small gallbladder polyps: An indication for cholecystectomy in...

The American Surgeon;  August 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......carcinoma in situ. During this same period, 17 patients had primary malignancy of the gallbladder...were found in polypoid lesions. In Group A patients there were significantly fewer preoperative tests than in typical acalculous patients [2.3 versus 3.8 (P < 0.03)], including ...

Lack of Complications in Minor Skin Lesion Excisions in Patients Taking...

The American Surgeon;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Many patients undergoing surgical procedures take medications...study the incidence of complications in patients receiving aspirin or warfarin and undergoing...Two thousand three hundred twenty-six patients, operated on by a single surgeon, were...

Patients urged to demand immediate artery-clearing

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 11, 2008 ;     538 words ...Patients with chest pain or mild heart attacks who are rushed to...American Heart Association's annual meeting found some patients are 35 percent less likely to have a heart attack, suffer...the weekend, the researchers said. Numerous studies show patients should get to the hospital as quickly as possible ...

Preoperative Evaluation: Still Crucial in a Changing Medical Landscape

AANA Journal;  October 1, 2006 ;     670 words ......we evaluate patients for anesthesia...reasons for a preoperative evaluation of the patient...The Interview Preoperative evaluation is usually divided...physical exam. Patients want to know...anesthesia. Preoperative evaluation is embedded...safety of our ...

Plan Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Angina.(Angina Plan)

American Family Physician;  May 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Patients with angina also have increased anxiety and depression...of York. General practitioners were asked to identify patients for whom nitrates had been prescribed for the first time within the previous year. Patients who agreed to participate in the study were screened for...

Ulcerative colitis patients benefit from...

Internal Medicine News;  November 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ...PHILADELPHIA -- Patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis treated...the first year of treatment, compared with control patients, according to a review of more than 600 patients enrolled in two pivotal studies. The results will...

Prevention of airway complications in thyroplasty patients requiring...

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Patients who have undergone silicone vocal cord medialization and...frequency of postintubation complications. We identified 82 patients who had undergone vocal cord medialization with silicone implants between 1991 and 1995. Seventeen of these patients underwent additional surgical procedures requiring ...