Preoperative percutaneous or transvascular marking for curative resection of small liver tumours with potential for missing during hepatectomy: a study protocol for an open-label, single-arm phase II studySotaro Fukuhara, Shintaro Kuroda, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Daisuke Takei, Yosuke Namba, Ko Oshita, Keiso Matsubara, Naruhiko Honmyo, Ryosuke Nakano, Hiroshi Sakai, Hiroyuki Tahara, Masahiro Ohira, Tomokazu Kawaoka, Masataka Tsuge, Keigo ChosaSee the full list of authors
27 October 2023
Developing a machine learning algorithm to predict the probability of aseptic loosening of the glenoid component after anatomical total shoulder arthroplasty: protocol for a retrospective, multicentre studyArno Alexander Macken, Loïc C Macken, Jacobien H F Oosterhoff, Pascal Boileau, George S Athwal, Job N Doornberg, Laurent Lafosse, Thibault Lafosse, Michel P J van den Bekerom, Geert Alexander Buijze
18 October 2023
UK robotic arthroplasty clinical and cost effectiveness randomised controlled trial for hips (RACER-Hip): a study protocolJames Griffin, Edward T Davis, Helen Parsons, Siobhan Stevens, Helen Bradley, Julie Bruce, David R Ellard, Fares Haddad, Charles E Hutchinson, James Mason, Henry Nwankwo, Andrew Metcalfe, Toby Smith, Jennifer Smith, Jane WarwickSee the full list of authors
18 October 2023
Epidemiology of revision hip replacement surgery in the UK over the past 15 years—an analysis from the National Joint RegistryShiraz A. Sabah, Ruth Knight, Philippa J. A. Nicolson, Adrian Taylor, Benjamin Kendrick, Abtin Alvand, Stavros Petrou, David J. Beard, Andrew J. Price, Antony J. R. Palmer
17 October 2023
PAllidal versus SubThalamic deep brain Stimulation for Cervical Dystonia (PASTS-CD): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trialBin Liu, Junpeng Xu, Haonan Yang, Xinguang Yu, Zhiqi Mao
13 October 2023
Patient-led home-based follow-up after surgery for colorectal cancer: the protocol of the prospective, multicentre FUTURE-primary implementation studyKelly Raquel Voigt, Lissa Wullaert, Diederik J Höppener, Jennifer M J Schreinemakers, Pascal G Doornebosch, Maria Verseveld, Koen Peeters, Cornelis Verhoef, Olga Husson, Dirk Grünhagen
12 October 2023
Colon CApsule endoscopy compared to conventional COlonoscopy in patients with colonic DIverticulitis: the study protocol for a randomised controlled superiority trial (CACODI trial)Benedicte Schelde-Olesen, Lasse Kaalby, Ulrik Deding, Maja M I Thygesen, Per Vadgaard Andersen, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Gunnar Baatrup, Thomas Bjørsum-Meyer
6 October 2023
Hepatectomy combined with apatinib and camrelizumab for CNLC stage IIIb hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase II trial protocolJun Tao Huang, Jian-Hong Zhong, Jie Zhang, Wen Feng Gong, Liang Ma, Le Qun Li, Bang-De Xiang
28 September 2023
Robotic and laparoscopic gynaecological surgery: a prospective multicentre observational cohort study and economic evaluation in EnglandAndrew McCarthy, Dilupa Samarakoon, Joanne Gray, Peter Mcmeekin, Stephen McCarthy, Claire Newton, Marielle Nobbenhuis, Jonathan Lippiatt, Jeremy Twigg
28 September 2023
Exploring the safety and efficacy of stomach-partitioning gastrojejunostomy with distal selective vagotomy versus conventional gastrojejunostomy with highly selective vagotomy for treating benign gastric outlet obstruction: study protocol for a randomised controlled trialHaiqiao Zhang, Xiaoye Liu, Zhi Zheng, Yasheng Xue, Jie Yin, Jun Zhang
28 September 2023