Although outcomes have improved, there remains an unpredictable risk of early total cavopulmonary connection takedown.
Although outcomes research can utilize interventional study designs, insightful use of observational data is a defining feature of this field.
Although outcomes are the main focus here, it is worth noting that QoL can also be investigated as a process.
Although outcomes vary significantly among the three different ICUs, it was difficult to ascertain if this difference was due to variation in the disease process or variation in the location of the patient.
Although outcomes in women's health are not as spectacular as in conditions like cancer, the large number of women who present each year means that the overall impact of these conditions is enormous.
Although outcomes are clearly improving, intensive care remains a nascent specialty in which we are still learning how to harness a powerful ability to manipulate physiology, biochemistry, and immunology to achieve best outcomes for the patient.
Although outcomes following anterior cervical fusion for degenerative disease have been studied among older patients (aged 80 years and older), it is unknown if these results extend to octogenarian patients undergoing PCF for the surgical management of CSM.
Although outcomes of operations for advanced gastric cancer in the upper third of the stomach are said to be poorer, outcomes of operations for early gastric cancer in the upper third of the stomach have been less well studied.
Although outcomes of all these methods, in the case of both Poisson's ratio and stiffness, were in a good agreement with the confirmation tests, however the result of grey relational analysis had the minimum mean error percentage.
Although outcomes after surgery for severe endometriosis affecting the bowel have previously been studied and have shown improvement in generic quality of life indices and sexual function, few studies have evaluated bowel function or symptoms specific to endometriosis.
