The British journal of surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Randomized clinical trial of fibrin sealant versus titanium tacks for mesh fixation in laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair.
The use of tacks for mesh fixation may induce pain after surgery for ventral hernia. The aim of this study was to compare postoperative pain after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) with conventional mesh fixation using titanium tacks versus fibrin sealant (FS). ⋯ NCT00842842 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov).
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This study examined the interaction between natural history, current practice patterns in diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of oesophageal cancer, and associated health resource utilization and costs. ⋯ Overall costs for managing oesophageal cancer were high and dominated by surgery costs in patients treated surgically and by chemotherapy costs in patients treated without surgery. Radiotherapy, treatment location and cancer subtype were also important. Monitoring for Barrett's oesophagus and earlier-stage detection were associated with lower management costs, but the potential net benefit from surveillance strategies needs further investigation.
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Adverse events occur in 3·8-17 per cent of hospital admissions. The purpose of this study was to analyse the incidence of medical errors and assess the feasibility of an error registry for quality improvement programmes. ⋯ This study shows that errors are common in surgery, and that near misses are more frequent than errors with serious consequences. It is hypothesized that registration of near misses might prevent errors with serious consequences and thus improve quality of care.