WAFER trial: a study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial comparing wide-awake local anaesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) to general and regional anaesthesia with tourniquet for flexor tendon repairMuholan Kanapathy, Ryan Faderani, Juliette Bray, Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, Monica Panca, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, Anjana Prasad, Nicola Burr, Norman R Williams, Yazan Al-Ajam, Waseem Bhat, Jason Wong, Afshin Mosahebi, Dariush Nikkhah
28 August 2023
Comparison of BioLIFT versus LIFT for the treatment of trans-sphincteric anal fistula: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysisHilalion (San) Ahn, Richard Hu, Richard Gilbert, Terry Zwiep, Husein Moloo, Lara Williams, Isabelle Raiche, Robin P Boushey, Martin Friedlich, Reilly P Musselman
23 August 2023
Effect of aqueous olanexidine versus alcohol-based chlorhexidine for surgical skin antisepsis on incidence of surgical site infections in gastrointestinal surgery: multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial (OEDO trial) protocolMasashi Takeuchi, Hideaki Obara, Tasuku Furube, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Minoru Kitago, Koji Okabayashi, Junya Aoyama, Ryusuke Amemiya, Hiroto Fujisaki, Junichi Sano, Rei Goto, Yasunori Sato, Yuko Kitagawa
21 August 2023
Effect of single versus multiple prophylactic antibiotic doses on prosthetic joint infections following primary total hip arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis at public and private hospitals in Denmark: protocol for a nationwide cross-over, cluster randomised, non-inferiority trial [The Pro-Hip-Quality Trial]Armita Armina Abedi, Claus Varnum, Alma Becic Pedersen, Kirill Gromov, Jesper Hallas, Pernille Iversen, Thomas Jakobsen, Espen Jimenez-Solem, Kristian Kidholm, Anne Kjerulf, Jeppe Lange, Anders Odgaard, Flemming S Rosenvinge, Søren Solgaard, Kim SperlingSee the full list of authors
21 August 2023
Comparison of surgical strategies in patients with chronic subdural haematoma: a protocol for a network meta-analysisYujian Li, Xiang Yang, Huiqing Zhou, Xuhui Hui, Hao Li, Jun Zheng
18 August 2023
Biomodulating healing after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: the protocol of a randomised proof of concept trial (BIOHACK)Laurens Jan Houterman Allaart, James Lech, Arno Alexander Macken, Agathe Kling, Laurent Lafosse, Thibault Lafosse, Michel P J van den Bekerom, Geert Alexander Buijze
16 August 2023
Effects of early enteral nutrition on pancreatic fistula and long-term prognosis after distal pancreatectomy or enucleation of pancreatic tumours in a major academic university hospital in China: protocol for a single-centre randomised controlled trialJingya Yuan, Dianrong Xiu
10 August 2023
Is socioeconomic deprivation associated with worse quality of life, anxiety and depression in liver transplant recipients? A cross-sectional study in a national transplantation programmeAlessandro Sgrò, William A Cambridge, Kenneth A McLean, Thomas M Drake, Julian Camilleri-Brennan, Stephen R Knight, Riinu Pius, Diana A Wu, Stephen J Wigmore, Ewen M Harrison
9 August 2023
Feasibility of comparing medical management and surgery (with neurosurgery or stereotactic radiosurgery) with medical management alone in people with symptomatic brain cavernoma – protocol for the Cavernomas: A Randomised Effectiveness (CARE) pilot trialJames J M Loan, Andrew Bacon, Janneke van Beijnum, Pragnesh Bhatt, Anna Bjornson, Nicole Broomes, Alistair Bullen, Diederik Bulters, Julian Cahill, Emmanuel Chavredakis, Francesca Colombo, Mihai Danciut, Ronneil Digpal, Richard J Edwards, Lucie FergusonSee the full list of authors
9 August 2023
Using Days Alive and Out of Hospital to measure inequities and possible pathways for them after cardiovascular surgery in Aotearoa New Zealand: study protocol for a secondary data analysisLuke Boyle, Elana Curtis, Sarah-Jane Paine, Jade Tamatea, Thomas Lumley, Alan Forbes Merry
30 July 2023
