Exact data simulation was used by Dolan et al. (2005) to evaluate the effects of missing data on the power in structural equation modeling, and by Van der Sluis et al. (Under revision) to evaluate the power to detect gene by environment interaction in sib-pair association studies.
Only the first (i.e., unsuccessful) endoscopic procedure of patient with failure is counted in the success rate since there is a short time from revision surgery to evaluate it correctly.
Accurate analysis of these errors is essential to plan the revision correctly and to evaluate the expected benefits.
The revised tool was subject to several rounds of testing and revisions with PHO staff to evaluate the Risk Screening Tool and comment on its comprehensiveness, user-friendliness, clarity, and scope.
However, the staging system revision was not designed to evaluate treatment, and attempts to make parallel adjustments in treatment plans may not be justified.
The goal of this study was to evaluate: revision-free survival of these implants after a minimum follow-up of 5 years; clinical and radiographic results; and the potential complications associated with the use of modular titanium neck components.
To describe a surgical method of bleb revision for hypotony maculopathy, to evaluate its long-term efficacy, and to define the relationship between the duration of hypotony maculopathy and visual acuity (VA) outcomes.
However, to date only one Asian study has used national databases to evaluate revision TKA use [ 23].
We therefore conducted a retrospective case control study of prosthetic joint infection cases managed by two-stage revision at our unit, to evaluate the role of plain film imaging post first-stage.
To help achieve the objective of the revision, the specific aims of this study are to examine the rationale behind the major revisions of the standard and to evaluate the major technical aspects of the revised method through an experiment.
