Efficacy of synovectomy in the treatment of femoral head osteonecrosis with vascularised fibular grafting in Shanghai: a protocol for SYNERGY-VGF trialKai Fu, Wei Zheng, Qianying Cai, Hao Peng, Haiyan He, Daoyu Zhu, Chenyi Jiang, Zehao Wang, Peng Ding, Jimin Yin, Dongxu Jin, Changqing Zhang, Youshui Gao
26 February 2025
Scoping review for pain mitigation during intralesional injections of corticosteroid for hypertrophic scar and keloid treatmentJeffrey, Mardhiah, Ahmad Sukari Halim, Sophia Heng, Ainna Qistina Saipolamin
26 February 2025
Evidence map of liver surgery: study protocol of a living systematic reviewSidney Heersche, Héloïse Giron, Emilie Uldry, Gaëtan-Romain Joliat, Felix Hüttner, Pascal Probst, Emmanuel Melloul, Ismail Labgaa
25 February 2025
Single-stage surgery with antibiotic-loaded hydrogel-coated implants versus two-stage surgery for chronic periprosthetic hip joint infection in French tertiary referral hospitals: the SINBIOSE-H non-inferiority, randomised, controlled trial study protocolBertrand Boyer, Celine Cazorla, Anne Carricajo, Carine Labruyere, Céline Chapelle, Emilie Presles, Paul Zufferey, Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers
25 February 2025
Medication adherence of patients with peripheral arterial disease to antithrombotic therapy: a systematic reviewEmilien CJ Wegerif, Barend M Mol, Çağdaş Ünlü, Gert J de Borst
22 February 2025
Evaluating a digital prehabilitation tool in patients with colorectal surgery: protocol for a multisite randomised controlled trialKelsey Ogomori, Jeanette Broering, Camille Rogine, Cindy Kin, George J Chang, Emily Finlayson
18 February 2025
The LYMPH trial: comparing microsurgical with conservative treatment for chronic breast cancer-associated lymphoedema – study protocol of a pragmatic randomised international multicentre superiority trialElisabeth A Kappos, Yvonne Haas, Alexandra Schulz, Florian Peters, Shakuntala Savanthrapadian, Julia Stoffel, Maria C Katapodi, Rosine Mucklow, Benedict Kaiser, Alexander Haumer, Stephanie Etter, Marco Cattaneo, Daniel Staub, Karin Ribi, Jane ShawSee the full list of authors
17 February 2025
Study protocol of a pilot randomised controlled trial assessing the feasibility and acceptability of RecoverEsupport: a digital health intervention to enhance recovery in women undergoing surgery for breast cancerEmma Sansalone, Alison Zucca, Mitch J Duncan, Owen Morris, Stephen Ridley Smith, Sancha Robinson, Rebecca Chenery, Helen Moore, Priscilla Viana da Silva, Lara Riley, Anna Palazzi-Parsons, Penny Reeves, Christopher Oldmeadow, Rebecca Wyse
7 February 2025
Phase I trial on the safety of olprinone for low central venous pressure management aimed at haemorrhage control during open and laparoscopic hepatectomy: a study protocolYuya Miura, Teiichi Sugiura, Ryo Ashida, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Mihoko Yamada, Shimpei Otsuka, Yoshiyasu Kato, Takuya Oyakawa, Eiji Ando, Sunao Tamai, Katsuhiko Uesaka
7 February 2025
Pathway Of Low Anterior Resection syndrome (LARS) relief after Surgery (POLARiS): protocol for an international, open-label, multi-arm, phase 3 randomised superiority trial within a cohort, with economic evaluation, process evaluation and qualitative sub-study, to explore the natural history of LARS and compare transanal irrigation and sacral neuromodulation to optimised conservative management for people with major LARS following a high or low anterior resection for colorectal cancerJulie Croft, Emily Farrow, Alexandra Harriet Coxon-Meggy, Katie Gordon, Neil Corrigan, Hannah Mather, Deborah D Stocken, Megan Dale, Huey Yi Chong, Judith White, Laura Knight, Alun Meggy, Christina Lloydwin, Betty Tan, Ashley DouglasSee the full list of authors
3 February 2025