DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Operative intervention
Sham surgery
Sham surgery (also placebo surgery) is a faked operative intervention that omits the step thought to be therapeutically necessary. In controlled studies sham surgery is performed in the control population to assess the effect of the intervention under study by neutralizing the placebo effect and reducing bias. Contrary however to a placebo, typically exemplified by the inert "sugar pill", sham surgery involves a real surgical intervention to compensate for the effect of anesthesia, the incisional trauma, and pre- and postoperative care and to maintain the illusion of a regular operation...
Operative intervention - List of case studies
- Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas
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is advised as most cystic neoplasms will require operative intervention for either definitive diagnosis or treatment. The decision to ...
- Metastatic non small cell lung Cancer
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scans, found two coronary arteries diseased. Underwent intervention with stent coated with medication on the far end of the right ... 8 mm. Slight pleural discharge bilaterally. Post operative state – metal pins in upper abdomen. On the left, well ...
- Metastatic, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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scans, found two coronary arteries diseased. Underwent intervention with stent coated with medication on the far end of the right ... 8 mm. Slight pleural discharge bilaterally. Post operative state – metal pins in upper abdomen. On the left, well ...
- Anterior chamber cleavage syndrome in right eye in a 2 months old infant
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an appointment was made for the following morning for an operative microscopic assessment in the ophthalmologic clinic of the same ... The syndrome generally requires little therapeutic intervention. Cycloplegic refraction should be done, glasses should be ...
- Metastatic, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer – further opinion
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scans, found two coronary arteries diseased. Underwent intervention with stent coated with medication on the far end of the right ... 8 mm. Slight pleural discharge bilaterally. Post operative state – metal pins in upper abdomen. On the left, well ...
- Cervical Disk Hernia_3
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multilevel stenosis, the expert recommends surgical intervention. Medical ... instrumentation may be done. This may be done in 1 operative day or staged. Given the CT scan revealing ...