Sentence examples for criteria staging from inspiring English sources

These cases highlight our patient selection criteria, staging protocol when cellulitis or abscess is present, rotational flap design, surgical technique pearls, and the typical postoperative healing progress.

Significant heterogeneity remains in the initial inclusion criteria, staging and restaging methods, study design, timing of assessment, duration and rigour of follow-up of the trials reviewed — all of which obscure the validity of the results.

Inclusion/exclusion criteria, staging, and follow-up procedures were standardized and tumor tissues were processed as previously reported [ 33].

A time span of four decades is both strength as well as a limitation of our study as the diagnostic criteria, staging, and treatment recommendations have evolved over time.

Univariate outcome analysis was performed concerning the following criteria: staging by PET, complete tumour resection, UICC stage, N stage, T stage, histological tumour type, age and gender.

The present study shows that the mean EQ-5D index decreased as the GOLD criteria stages II IV (based on FEV1% predicted) and extent of breathlessness increased.

Importantly there is substantial overlap between all four selection criteria (stage, orientation, immunophenotype, and genotype), suggesting these criteria can be used in concert to provide corroborating evidence for selection.

Necrotizing enterocolitis was defined according to Bell's criteria (stage 2 or higher) [ 20].

The 18 patients who underwent initial surgical resection were staged according to 2002 UICC criteria: Stage II-2, Stage IIIA-10, Stage IIIB-4 and Stage IV-2.

Disease progression was defined as a composite outcome of WHO clinical staging criteria stages 3 and 4 or CD4 count of < 350 cells/mm350

Neonatal sepsis was defined as culture positive; necrotizing enterocolitis was defined using Bell's staging criteria, stage II or greater [ 23].