Safety and efficacy of intravenous or topical tranexamic acid administration in surgery: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysisXinyan Wang, Xinxin Wang, Fa Liang, Yun Yu, Ruquan Han
9 May 2022
Has a change in established care pathways during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic led to an excess death rate in the fragility fracture population? A longitudinal cohort study of 1846 patientsAdeel Ikram, Alan Norrish, Luke Ollivere, Jessica Nightingale, Ana Valdes, Benjamin J Ollivere
6 May 2022
ASSERT (Acute Sacral inSufficiEncy fractuRe augmenTation): randomised controlled, feasibility trial in older peopleTerence Ong, Ana Suazo Di Paola, Cassandra Brookes, Avril Drummond, Paul Hendrick, Paul Leighton, Matthew Jones, Khalid Salem, Nasir Quraishi, Opinder Sahota
3 May 2022
BioFACTS: biomarkers of rhabdomyolysis in the diagnosis of acute compartment syndrome – protocol for a prospective multinational, multicentre study involving patients with tibial fracturesAbraham Nilsson, Thomas Ibounig, Johan Lyth, Björn Alkner, Ferdinand von Walden, Lotta Fornander, Lasse Rämö, Andrew Schmidt, Jörg Schilcher
2 May 2022
Oncological outcome of single-port insufflation endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy versus open mastectomy in early breast cancer patients: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trialZi-han Wang, Guoqian Ding, Shanshan Wu, Jian-ning Song, Zhi-cheng Ge, Huiming Zhang, Zhu Yuan, Yin-guang Gao, Tian-ran Gang, Zhongtao Zhang, Xiang Qu
2 May 2022
Safety and feasibility study of non-invasive robot-assisted high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for the treatment of atherosclerotic plaques in the femoral artery: protocol for a pilot studyMichelle V Simons, Marijn H A Groen, Gert J de Borst, Tim Leiner, Pieter A F Doevendans, Emad Ebbini, Fons J B Slieker, René van Es, Constantijn E V B Hazenberg
2 May 2022
Identification of outcomes to inform the development of a core outcome set for surgical innovation: a targeted review of case studies of novel surgical devicesNicholas Wilson, Rhiannon C Macefield, Christin Hoffmann, Matthew J Edmondson, Rachael L Miller, Emily N Kirkham, Natalie S Blencowe, Angus G K McNair, Barry G Main, Jane M Blazeby, Kerry N L Avery, Shelley Potter
29 April 2022
Protocol for a scoping review on transition-related surgery procedures, outcome measures and access to careMarudan Sivagurunathan, Janice Du Mont, Kathleen Armstrong, Marina Englesakis, Yonah Krakowsky, Gianni R Lorello, Emery Potter, Amelia Smith, David R Urbach
28 April 2022
Risk factors, risk stratification and risk-specific surveillance strategies after endovascular aneurysm repair: study protocol for a Delphi study by the International RIsk Stratification in EVAR (IRIS-EVAR) working groupGeorge A Antoniou, Marc L Schermerhorn, Thomas L Forbes, Vincent Cheng, Stavros A Antoniou, Jonathan Golledge, Hence J M Verhagen, Francesco Torella
25 April 2022
Effect of partial preservation versus complete preservation of Denonvilliers’ fascia on postoperative urogenital function in male patients with low rectal cancer (PREDICTION): protocol of a multicentre, prospective, randomised controlled clinical trialZhifang Zheng, Daoxiong Ye, Xiaojie Wang, Xingrong Lu, Ying Huang, Pan Chi
25 April 2022