Примери за arthroscopy

• The majority of operative procedures were arthroscopies (90.1% of all procedures), most of which were undertaken on a day-case basis.

• Table 1 shows the postoperative diagnoses and procedures performed in the 110 patients who underwent arthroscopy.

• One study (7) estimated that for an experienced sports surgeon, 4% of the arthroscopies could have been averted compared with 14% for the other physicians.

• A source of variation among studies estimating the proportion of potentially avoidable arthroscopies is the criteria used to consider that the procedure would be averted.

• An economic evaluation was performed based on cost-effectiveness ratios (per averted arthroscopy), including direct and indirect costs.

• Unfortunately, there is no scientific evidence to substantiate the efficacy of arthroscopy for "gray areas" such as the ones considered here.

• However, diagnostic arthroscopy sometimes reveals no abnormality or only minor lesions.

• One hundred sixteen patients (48%) were scheduled for arthroscopy.

• Quality of life and complications from arthroscopy were not included in our analysis.

• We used data from a cohort of patients undergoing arthroscopy of the knee.

• Influence of magnetic resonance imaging on a knee arthroscopy waiting list.

• The decision analysis hinged on the estimate of the probability of potentially avoidable arthroscopies.

• The cost-effectiveness ratio was calculated by comparing the incremental cost in dollars to the incremental effectiveness, measured as the number of arthroscopies prevented.

• For most studies, however, the threshold was approximately 20% to 30% of averted arthroscopies.

• From a patient's perspective, diagnostic or therapeutic arthroscopies are virtually identical: both are typically day-case procedures involving similar recovery periods.