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The INVEST trial: Limited added utility of vertebroplasty versus sham surgery [Classics Series]
1. Vertebroplasty does not reduce pain or pain-related disability in patients with osteoporotic compression vertebral body fractures when compared to...
Surgery Classics
Landmark studies in surgery, organized using 2 Minute Medicine’s The Classics table of contents.
Anal sphincter disruption common with forceps-assisted vaginal delivery [Classics Series]
1. The anal sphincter was disrupted in 80% of forceps-assisted vaginal deliveries and 35% of spontaneous vaginal deliveries. 2. Sphincter...
Ultrasound sensitive for appendicitis, improves outcomes [Classics Series]
1. Among patients with signs and symptoms consistent with acute appendicitis (AA), ultrasound demonstrated a sensitivity and specificity of 80%...
POISE Trial: Perioperative Metoprolol Reduces MI but Increases Stroke & Mortality [Classics Series]
1. In adults undergoing noncardiac surgery, perioperative β-blocker therapy with extended-release metoprolol significantly reduced nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) risk but...
The OVIVA trial: Oral versus intravenous antibiotics for bone and joint infection [Classics Series]
This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark...
The ISAT trial: endovascular coiling superior to neurosurgical clipping in selected patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage [Classics Series]
This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark...
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation effective in small, exophytic renal cell carcinoma [Classics Series]
This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark...
MRI effective for the assessment of acute appendicitis in pregnancy [Classics Series]
This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark...
The RAPTURE trial: Radiofrequency ablation effective and safe in lung cancer [Classics Series]
This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark...
Radiofrequency thermal ablation superior to percutaneous ethanol injection in hepatocellular carcinoma [Classics Series]
This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark...
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