Evaluating pharmacological THRomboprophylaxis in Individuals undergoing superficial endoVEnous treatment across NHS and private clinics in the UK: a multi-centre, assessor-blind, randomised controlled trial—THRIVE trialMatthew Machin, Sarah Whittley, John Norrie, Laura Burgess, Beverley J Hunt, Layla Bolton, Joseph Shalhoub, Tamara Everington, Manjit Gohel, Mark S Whiteley, Steven Rogers, Sarah Onida, Benedict Turner, Sandip Nandhra, Rebecca LawtonSee the full list of authors
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Changes in surgical mortality during COVID-19 pandemic by patients’ race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status among US older adults: a quasi-experimental event study modelMariah B Blegen, Jordan M Rook, Nicholas J Jackson, Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, Ruixin Li, Marcia M Russell, Tara A Russell, Christian de Virgilio, Yusuke Tsugawa
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Impact of intraosseous regional administration of tranexamic acid in total knee arthroplasty on perioperative blood loss: a protocol for a randomised controlled trialZhanqi Wei, Muyang Yu, Yiming Xu, Xisheng Weng, Bin Feng
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Left atrial appendage occlusion for patients with valvular diseases without atrial fibrillation (the OPINION Study): study protocol for a multicentre, randomised controlled trialFan Ju, Xin Yuan, Hansong Sun
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Beating the empty pelvis syndrome: the PelvEx Collaborative core outcome set study protocolPelvEx Collaborative, CT West, MA West, I Drami, A Denys, T Glyn, PA Sutton, J Tiernan, C Behrenbruch, G Guerra, PS Waters, N Woodward, S Applin, SJ Charles, SA RoseSee the full list of authors
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Perioperative treatment with tranexamic acid in melanoma (PRIME): protocol for a Danish multicentre randomised controlled trial investigating the prognostic and treatment-related impact of the plasminogen–plasmin pathwayKaroline Assifuah Kristjansen, Andreas Engel Krag, Henrik Schmidt, Lisbet Rosenkrantz Hölmich, Marie Louise Bønnelykke-Behrndtz
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Effects of 6 weeks of cryotherapy plus compression therapy after total or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: protocol for a single-centre, single-blind randomised controlled trialAstrid J de Vries, Haci K Aksakal, Reinoud W Brouwer
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Observational cohort investigating health outcomes and healthcare costs after metabolic and bariatric surgery: a study protocolVictoria Gershuni, Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Yuki Liu, Feibi Zheng, Maria S Altieri
25 January 2024
What are the observed procedural costs of vascular access surgery? Protocol for a systematic reviewBen Edgar, Catrin Jones, Emma Aitken, Karen Stevenson, Andrew Jackson, Lucian Gaianu, Peter Thomson, Ram Kasthuri, Callum Stove, David Kingsmore
25 January 2024
Robotic beyond total mesorectal excision (TME) for locally advanced or recurrent rectal cancer: a systematic review protocolIoanna Georgiou Panagiotopoulou, Anna Przedlacka, Guglielmo Niccolò Piozzi, Graham A Mills, Mick Harper, Jim S Khan
25 January 2024