Patients' operative reports were reviewed by the investigators with regard to type of surgical procedure or procedures performed and the extent and complexity of surgery.
Patients scheduled for off-pump CABG, emergency procedures, or procedures with anticipated deep hypothermic circulatory arrest were excluded.
We used as our initial search terms: 'Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical' OR 'Orthopedic Procedures' OR 'Specialties, Surgical' OR 'Surgical Procedures, Operative' OR 'surgery' (Subheading) or surgery) AND ('Placebos' OR 'Placebo Effect' or sham surg* or placebo surg* or mock surg* or simulated surg* or placebo proc* or sham proc* or mock proc* or simulated proc*).
Histological tissue type of mesothelioma (epithelioid only or other); IPC or other pleural procedure; Surgical procedure (ie, open pleural biopsy, thoracotomy or VATS) or non-surgical procedure.
The minimisation factors are: Histological tissue type of mesothelioma (epithelioid only or other); IPC or other pleural procedure; Surgical procedure (ie, open pleural biopsy, thoracotomy or VATS) or non-surgical procedure.
As the project involved only behavioural data collection, no U.K. Home Office licensed procedures, transgenic procedures or cloning were involved in the experimentation and the animals were not subjected to any pain, stress or direct handling.
These children were identified from diagnoses alone, combinations of diagnoses and surgical procedure codes, combinations of diagnoses, or procedure codes alone.
It is important that a separate administrative procedure, or internal due process procedure, be established within an organization to deal with concerns about aberrant behavior".
The Utah statute similarly provides that its prohibition "does not include the dilation and evacuation procedure involving dismemberment prior to removal, the suction curettage procedure, or the suction aspiration procedure for abortion".
Haematoma was unlikely as there was no active bleeding during the procedure or after the procedure.
