Integration of the social determinants of health into quality indicators for colorectal cancer surgery: a scoping review protocolAdom Bondzi-Simpson, Tiago Ribeiro, Harsukh Benipal, Victoria Barabash, Aisha Lofters, Rinku Sutradhar, Rebecca A Snyder, Callisia Clarke, Natalie G Coburn, Julie Hallet
26 September 2023
Associations between future health expectations and patient satisfaction after lumbar spine surgery: a longitudinal observational study of 9929 lumbar spine surgery proceduresAnders Joelson, Lilla Szigethy, Peter Wildeman, Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson, Jan Karlsson
25 September 2023
Efficacy and optimal dose of acetic acid to treat colonised burns wounds: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trialRizwana Imran, Tarek Hassouna, Gurneet Sur, Anna Casey, Victoria Homer, Darren Barton, Kristian Brock, Khaled Altarrah, Naiem Moiemen
25 September 2023
Comparing the accuracy of positive and negative indocyanine green staining in guiding laparoscopic anatomical liver resection: protocol for a randomised controlled trialMalek Abdallah Muflih Alomari, Taiga Wakabayashi, Marco Colella, Kohei Mishima, Yoshiki Fujiyama, Ebaa Ababneh, Go Wakabayashi
20 September 2023
Protocol of a randomised controlled phase II clinical trial investigating PREoperative endoscopic injection of BOTulinum toxin into the sphincter of Oddi to reduce bile leakage after hepatic resection: the PREBOT-II trialClaudia Eva Mack, Ulla Klaiber, Peter Sauer, Laura Kohlhas, Lukas Baumann, Eike Martin, Arianeb Mehrabi, Markus W Buchler, Thilo Hackert
20 September 2023
Protocol for a double-blinded randomised controlled trial investigating the use of adjunct bicarbonate in carpal tunnel release: a single-centre studyMikael Hytönen, Yrjänä Nietosvaara, Aleksi Reito, Joonas Sirola, Noora Heikkinen, Aukusti Savolainen, Mikko P Räisänen
18 September 2023
Frequency of postoperative cognitive dysfunction after non-cardiac surgery and its impact on functional outcomes: protocol for a systematic reviewYetiani Roldan, Shahzaib Khattak, Saif Samari, Olsen Chan, Meghan Pancucci, Praveen Sritharan, Yasser Jamil, Maura Marcucci
18 September 2023
Use of virtual reality in port implantation to reduce perioperative anxiety and pain: protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial at a single German university hospital (VIP-trial; DRKS00028508)Sandra Graf, Hannah Feldmann, Lisa S Hunold, Kira C Steinkraus, Nadir Nasir, Christoph W Michalski, Colette Dörr-Harim, Felix J Hüttner
13 September 2023
Effect of melatonin in patients with low anterior resection syndrome (MELLARS): a study protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled, crossover trialJawad Ahmad Zahid, Michael Tvilling Madsen, Orhan Bulut, Peter Christensen, Ismail Gögenur
11 September 2023
Development and validation of a multimodal feature fusion prognostic model for lumbar degenerative disease based on machine learning: a study protocolZhipeng Wang, Xiyun Zhao, Yuanzhen Li, Hongwei Zhang, Daping Qin, Xin Qi, Yixin Chen, Xiaogang Zhang
5 September 2023