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Research question(s). There are two specific questions to be addressed:1) Is percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) no worse in effectiveness than conventional unilateral open microdiscectomy for patients with symptomatic…
The primary objective of this study is to study the effects of intraoperative dexamethasone administration on postoperative recovery following cardiac surgery.
The aim of this study is to compare health status, quality of life outcomes and subjective postoperative pain for patients with severe aortic stenosis treated either with a limited access aortic valve replacement or with a conventional aortic valve…
Our primary objective is to compare the effects of cyclic DBS with continuous DBS in OCD patients on 1) symptom severity. Secondary, we will compare the effects on 1) battery life 2) adverse events 3) cognitive performance 4) cortical EEG…
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of a new breast reconstruction technique: Autologous fat transfer (AFT). This technique combines the advantages of using the patients* own tissue (fat cells), while being minimally invasive compared to…
To determine cost-effectiveness of hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG)-guided nonselective beta-blocker therapy as compared to standard heart rate-guided beta-blocker therapy in the primary prevention of esophageal variceal bleeding in cirrhotic…
The main objectives of this study are to investigate to what extent:1) VRT and MT can contribute to pain reduction compared to patients who receive no VRT and MT intervention during complex wound care; and2) VRT can contribute to pain reduction…
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic sutured gastroplasty with the endomina device (EndoTools Therapeutics S.A.) on glycemic control (reduction in insulin dose), in obese insulin treated type 2 diabetes…
The primary objective of this study is to assess wall shear stress in the left ventricle outflow tract using 4D flow CMR in healthy controls, asymptomatic HCM and before and after surgical myectomy in patients with HOCM,
Primary objective: To assess the effect-of initial DXM therapy versus primary surgery on functional outcome (as expressed by the mRS) and costs in patients with a newly diagnosed CSDH respectively after 3 and 12 months.Secondary objectives are:…
The main objective is to determine if the application of a patient-specific guidance system improves the accuracy of the genioplasty. The secondary objective is to assess the effect of the application of patient-specific guidance system on the…
Primary Objective: The aim of this pilot study is to determine the willingness of patients to participate in a RCT regarding de-escalation of treatment of PTC and to observe adherence to this less aggressive approach. This will be accomplished by…
There is a high degree of diversity in attributed risk on thrombosis in the neurosurgical patient cohort. Due to this diversity, insufficient power of performed studies and lack of careful phenotyping and description of risk factors in previous…
The aim of the study is to determine the accuracy of pedicle screw placement when using the iNav navigation tool compared with the established computertomography based navigation.
Primary Objective: To asses health-related quality of life and functional outcome after long-term follow up, in patients treated with a rotationplasty for primary malignant bone tumours or PFFD compared to above-knee amputation means.Secondary…
The aim of the proposed study is to examine whether ACDA compared to ACDF is preferable in terms of costs, effectiveness and utility from a hospital and a societal perspective.
To assess the effect of a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on the pharmacokinetics of a single oral dose of 1000 mg paracetamol before the surgery. within one month after the surgery and 6 months after the surgery.
The primary goal of this study is to provide an estimate of treatment effects and patient inclusion rate to assess the feasibility of conducting a future randomised controlled non-inferiority trial to assess whether the effect of conventional RF…
To compare implant loss between single-stage BAHI surgery (test group) and two-stage BAHI surgery (control group) in children. Furthermore, to compare soft tissue status, time to loading and duration of surgery between groups.
To compare the oncologic outcomes of PCa patients with an estimated risk of lymph node invasion of 5-20% according to the Briganti nomogram without metastases on PSMA PET/CT undergoing a radical prostatectomy (RP) with or without an ePLND.