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Filter by:Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) pulmonary lobectomy is currently widely employed as the first treatment option for surgical management of early stage (stage I-II) non-small-cell-lung-cancer (NSCLC). Thanks to recent technological advances in high definition display systems, three dimensional VATS (3D) has been developed in an attempt of overcoming some optical limits of two dimensional (2D) VATS. In this single center randomized trial our aim is to comparatively assess ergonomics of 3D versus 2D VATS lobectomy for early stage NSCLC.
The objective of the trial was to explore the effect of different infusion volume on perioperative bladder and blood volume in patients undergoing daytime surgery assisted by bladder and vascular ultrasound and transthoracic echocardiography.
The investigators are comparing health care utilization claims data of Medicaid beneficiaries who participated in a CHW program led by three Medicaid health plans' salaried CHWs in the Cody Rouge neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan with eligible beneficiaries who were not invited to participate in the program but received usual health plan services.
This study is to compare the clinical outcome between the biportal endoscopic discectomy and microdiscectomy in herniated intervertebral disc of lumbar spine
Adherence is a major problem for the approximately one-third of Americans over the age of 20 who suffer from Hypertension (HTN). Hypertension can be controlled through medication adherence and lifestyle modifications (diet and exercise). However, nearly 50% of those with HTN report poor adherence to their antihypertensive medications, lifestyle changes, or both as primary reasons for failing to control their blood pressure. Currently, behavioral interventions are limited to providing education or reminding individuals to take better care of themselves by starting and adhering to proper diet and exercise program. Given the lack of adherence reported, education and reminders alone may not be sufficient to promote health behavior change. Interventions that appeal to individual's internal drive may be more effective, given that behavior adoption and maintenance are usually associated with intrinsic motivation and volition. Mindfulness practice is an intervention that shows promise in changing lifestyle behaviors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of UCLA's Mindful Awareness Program (UCLAMAP) on promoting self-management behaviors, specifically adherence to medication, diet, and exercise for those individuals with HTN. We will randomize 52 individuals with HTN who have difficulty with adherence to antihypertensive medications and lifestyle changes to the intervention group or the attention-control group. The intervention includes six sessions of the mindfulness training through UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC).
Phenylketonuria is the most common inherited metabolic disease in France and is screened for neonatal exposure. Management consists of a strict and restrictive hypoproteic diet and the intake of amino acid substitutes and dietary supplements free of phenylalanine.One of the major difficulties, which is the source of many treatment failures, is the inappetence of the amino acid supplements required during a strict hypoproteic diet. New formulations, Glycomacropeptides (GMP), have recently appeared and are considered more palatable than conventional amino acid mixtures.
Integrating Intergenerational Cultural Knowledge Exchange with Zero Suicide is an innovative study in a Southwestern tribal nation that incorporates Zero Suicide into Indian Health Services (IHS) primary care settings. The goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness of Zero Suicide plus a cultural component (ZS+) (experimental group) compared to Zero Suicide (ZS) alone (control group) on suicidal ideation, behaviors, and resiliency in a randomized control trial of 138 AI youth ages 12-24 at two rural IHS clinics on the Pueblo of San Felipe. The long-term goal of this study is to determine which is more effective at reducing suicidal ideation and behaviors and increasing resiliency, ZS+ or ZS alone. Year 1 will focus on training providers on the Zero Suicide model and manualizing the Katishtya Intergenerational Culture Knowledge Seminars (KICKS) curriculum that was piloted and positively evaluated over the past three summers as a cultural module to improve the adoption and acceptability of Zero Suicide. Years 2-4 will focus on participant recruitment, assignment to experimental and control groups, and implementation. Year 5 will focus on data analysis and dissemination. Data will be collected from all experimental and control group participants at 4 time points: baseline, 12-weeks, 6-months and 9-months to explore the effects of the intervention over time. The central hypothesis is that ZS+ will be more effective then ZS alone. The investigators propose three aims: (1) Specific Aim 1: Using Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), partner with tribal stakeholders and researchers to formally manualize the KICKS cultural module for Zero Suicide (ZS+); (2) Specific Aim 2: To determine if adding a cultural component to the Zero Suicide model is more effective at reducing risk factors and increasing resiliency in AI youth than Zero Suicide alone; and (3) Specific Aim 3: Determine the essential features of the KICKS module for adaptation by other tribes and disseminate the model.
Oral cancer is the single largest cancer in males in India. 90-95% cases of oral cancer are Squamous cell carcinomas and many of them present at late stages (T3 and above). Treatment of OSCC includes single modality surgery, radiotherapy, or combinations of these modalities with or without systemic therapy. For unresectable cases, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy is the treatment modality. Efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for resectable stage IV tumors (late stage) needs to be evaluated to assess its benefit before surgery.
The investigators will prospectively evaluate for the presence of amyloid deposits in ligamentum flavum (yellow ligament) tissue samples obtained from patients undergoing spinal stenosis surgery. Patients who have tissue that stains positive for amyloid will be referred to an amyloidosis specialist.
The subjects will be enrolled and assigned to a single study group. They will be required to complete two treatment visits and come for a biopsy procedure.