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Total knee arthroplasty (TKA), one of the most commonly performed operations in orthopaedic department, has been a successful intervention for patients with end-stage knee arthritis.
Rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) routinely starts immediately after surgery on the postoperative
After a pilot study regarding opioid use for patient after THR, the sample size for either treatment or control arm is calculated to be 35 patients per group to achieve adequate power to detect such a difference.
Sealed opaque envelopes with allocation inside is prepared forehand and is subsequently
The growing presence on the North American as well as European market of food products enriched with fish oil as a source of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) omega-3 in the diet requires evaluation and comment. Research exploring health influence of the consumption of fish oil started in 1990
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To evaluate if routine pre-medication with the anti-emetic ondansetron reduces methotrexate intolerance and increases the proportion of children with JIA able to continue taking methotrexate, resulting in a better quality of life and more cost-effective medication use.
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1. INTRODUCTION
Erector spinae plane block (ESP block) was first described by Forero et al for the treatment of neuropathic chest pain, in which anesthetic is injected between the spinal erector muscle and the transverse vertebral process in the thoracic region, and in theory, it tends to spread to
Total knee arthroplasty has been identified as one of the most effective surgeries for knee arthritis. Many patients experience moderate to severe pain during the early postoperative period, as the surgery involves extensive bone resection and postsurgical serum levels of cytokine interleukin-6 and
Dry eye is a multi-factorial disease that is frequently encountered in ophthalmological practice. Common dry eye symptoms include eye irritation, heaviness of the eyelids, blurred vision and light sensitivity. The worldwide prevalence of dry eye is generally high. In Asia, dry eye may affect up to
Hip surgery is a common type of orthopedic surgery. The pathologies are complex, including chronic conditions such as femoral head necrosis, primary hip dysplasia, hip joint osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as acute diseases such as femoral neck fractures and intertrochanteric
Participants This study was performed with 71 patients diagnosed as tension type headache. The study was conducted with patients at the Florence Nightingale Hospital between the ages of 30-45 who applied to the Neurology clinic. Patients were randomly divided into 2 groups. A randomized list is
COPE (Cannabinoids to Obviate Pain Experiment after knee replacement) will be a single-centre, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, superiority trial, with two parallel groups designed to investigate the effect of cannabis as postoperative pain treatment compared to placebo on total opioid
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE Pain is a common symptom in PD and is reported in up to 50 % of patients. Pain in PD has been classified as musculoskeletal, dystonic (particularly in OFF-periods), radicular and central pain, and is frequently associated with muscle rigidity, postural abnormalities and
1. Sponsor Name (PI): Carole Bitar, MD
2. Sub-PI: Erin Boh, MD, PhD; Brittany Stumpf, MD; Collaborator: Nakhle Saba, MD
3. # of Participants Sites: 1, Tulane University 4: Participant Countries: United States
II. PRODUCT INFORMATION
1. Study Title: A phase 2, open label single arm study for
Eligibility and type of the study: This prospective randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study will be conducted after approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee and obtaining written informed consent from patients scheduled for elective adult sinuscopic procedures under general
PARTICIPANTS
Participants will be recruited from local communities, including but not limited to Texas Woman's University (TWU) via flyers. The flyers will be posted at the TWU - Dallas campus, and Texas Physical Therapy Specialist - Dallas where one of the principal investigators, Zach Couch,
The rate of cartilage and joint damage in RA is correlated with plasma elevations in inflammatory acute phase reactants, such as C- reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate, rheumatoid factor positivity and the synovial concentrations of matrix metalloproteinases(MMP), a matrix digesting