Type of treatment was categorized into surgery alone, surgery & chemotherapy, surgery & radiation, surgery, chemotherapy & radiation, and other types for the same reason.
In our analytical procedure, subjects were categorized into surgery and non-surgery therapy, and survival rates of these two groups compared.
Primary treatment was categorized as surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, with only therapeutic (i.e., not diagnostic) surgeries being considered as treatment.
The ICUs are categorized under surgery, medicine, and pediatrics.
We categorized CRC surgery into groups according to type of the first recorded procedure.
Treatment was categorized as surgery, radiotherapy, including both external and interstitial (brachytherapy) radiation sources, with doses up to 68 Gray, or chemoradiotherapy.
32 Whether the falls caused by extrinsic factors, such as slippery surfaces and closing doors, should be categorized as surgery-related falls can be debated as postoperative balance impairment could make these patients more vulnerable to falling.
Breast surgery was categorized as mastectomy, breast conserving surgery, or no surgery.
Within the category of severe CD, patients requiring immunosuppressive therapy or surgery were categorized under the phenotype "need for surgery" or "need for immunosuppressive".
We also analyzed the effect of sodium bicarbonate in subgroups, categorized by the surgery procedure and low or high AKI risk (Thakar score).
