[PDF] Top 20 Operative versus conservative treatment for patellar dislocation: a meta-analysis of 7 randomized controlled trials

... Proper treatment is essential in order to minimize se- quelae such as recurrent dislocation, painful subluxation, and osteoarthritis ...associated patellar displacement or osteochondral fractures of ... See full document

... the treatment of gliomas than RT alone. The aim of our meta-analysis is to compare the efficacy of RT plus PCV versus RT alone for the treatment of glioma patients after ...the ... See full document

... and meta- analysis to compare the efficacy and safety of Mobi-C cervical artificial disc versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) in symptomatic degenerative disc ...for ... See full document

... non-specific treatment effects [4]. The Lancet meta-analysis of 1997 concluded that “the clinical effects of homeopathy are not completely due to placebo” [2], while another ... See full document

... muscle during surgery. The quadriceps-sparing approach was first introduced by Tria et al. [7] from the minimally invasive unicondylar knee replacement. This technique used a more curvilinear medial incision ... See full document

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... quality of the studies analysed. Of the 14 studies included all of them were of Level 4 evidence and according to the results of the Coleman Methology Score the methological quality of the included studies was generally ... See full document

... Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common, sustained tachyarrhythmia, associated with an increased risk of mortality and thromboembolic events. We performed this meta-analysis to compare the clinical efficacy of ... See full document

... and treatment which involves appropri- ate antimicrobial therapy directing to the residual infect- ing ...antimicrobial treatment of the complicated infection requires parenteral coverage of a broad ... See full document

... Early return to full activity is accepted as an obvious advantage of LA, which was supported by a large scale meta-analysis conducted by the Cochrane Colorectal Cancer Group [65]. The trocar incisions of LA ... See full document

... intervention is well-established and recommended as first line therapy for urinary incontinence (UI) in form of behavioral (e.g. pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation) and pharmacological therapy (e.g. tricyclic ... See full document

... data from the secukinumab trials is close to 4,000 patients. The safety data available will increase with the completion and publications of the Phase III trial data for the other IL-17 inhibitors, brodalumab and ... See full document

... combination treatment using teriparatide and bisphospho- nates showed no additive effects on improving the BMD of patients with osteoporosis [15, 16, 25], but combination therapy of teriparatide and denosumab was ... See full document

... European trials compared the OS and LR. Al- though the sensitivity analysis did not change the sig- nificance of the results, the outcomes of the European trials are still ...some trials did ... See full document

... With better control of GERD, LNF was previously regarded as the standard treatment for GERD. However, this concept has been challenged owing to postoperative functional disorders. We have shown that LNF is ... See full document

... We used a predesigned data abstraction form to extract relevant information. The extracted information included sample size, study design, location, participants’ age, trial duration, number of participants in control ... See full document

... outcomes meta-analysis to fur- ther evaluate the cardiovascular effect in patients receiving clopidogrel, with and without concomitant treatment with proton pump ...This meta-analysis ... See full document

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