A listing of surgery medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of a positive affect enhancing intervention designed to reduce pain and augment reward system function in knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The scientific premise is that patient use of a positive emotion generative practice - savoring …
This study evaluates the impact of hyaluronic acid (HA) injection for nipple projection following mastectomy, as a complement to areola micropigmentation. While micropigmentation is standard in nipple-areola complex (NAC) reconstruction, HA use remains novel, with limited data on psychosocial, sexual, and aesthetic outcomes. A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design will be …
The goal of this randomized interventional clinical trial is to learn if a standardized lung volume optimization maneuver (LVOM) is beneficial in study) children undergoing biventricular repair of their congenital heart disease (CHD) with cardiopulmonary bypass and study) in children with severe respiratory failure at risk for or need for …
There is significant, proven use of radiation for recurrent prostate cancer after surgical resection. This treatment typically is delivered over seven and a half weeks of daily treatments, presenting a burden to patients and the health care system. Stereotactic body radiation (SBRT) is a radiation technique in which large doses …
To compare treatment with preservative-free dexamethasone 0.1% (Monofree Dexamethason) and diclofenac 0.1% (Dicloabak) eye drops versus preserved dexamethasone 0.1% (Maxidex) and diclofenac 0.1% (Voltaren Ophtha) eye drops after cataract surgery in terms of postoperative inflammation, iatrogenic dry eye disease and cystoid macular edema.
This phase II trial studies the effect of pembrolizumab alone compared to the usual approach (chemotherapy \[cisplatin and carboplatin\] plus radiation therapy) after surgery in treating patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma that has come back (recurrent) or patients with a second head and neck cancer that is …
This study is a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the skin closure time, parents' satisfaction, post operative mental health, wound cosmesis and wound complication of skin closure using adhesive glue, adhesive tape and suture in paediatric surgery patients. Primary objective is to compare skin closure time required by using adhesive …
To evaluate the impact of Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy with "Sandwich" Technique of Total Urethral Reconstruction on early recovery of urinary continence (UC) compared to the conventional approach (anterior approach) and Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy for the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa).Purpose: The trial compares outcomes between three groups.
Video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has emerged as standard of care for majority of thoracic surgeries. It is less invasive compared to thoracotomy and is associated with improved perioperative outcomes \[1-3\]. Good perioperative analgesia after thoracic surgery will enable pulmonary toilet, early chest physiotherapy and mobilisation, \[4,5,6\]. Thirty-day hospital visits …
The goal of this study is to compare postamputation pain (phantom limb pain and residual limb pain) one year postoperatively in patients who received a lower extremity amputation (LEA) with standard nerve handling (neurectomy) versus those who received Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR). Patients between 18 and 75 years old, scheduled …
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