Browsing pre-2014 RD&E publications by Title

Assessment and comparison of recovery after open and minimally invasive esophagectomy for cancer: an exploratory study in two centers.

Parameswaran, R; Titcomb, D R; Blencowe, N S; Berrisford, Richard G.; Wajed, Shahjehan A.; Streets, C G; Hollowood, A D; Krysztopik, R; Barham, C P; Blazeby, J M (Springer, 2013-06)

Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) may lead to early restoration of health-related quality of life, but few prospective comparative studies have been performed. This exploratory study compared recovery between totally ...

Assessment of a condition-specific quality-of-life measure for patients with developmentally absent teeth: validity and reliability testing.

Akram, Ansa J.; Ireland, A J; Postlethwaite, K C; Sandy, J R; Jerreat, Amelia S. (Wiley, 2013-11)

This article describes the process of validity and reliability testing of a condition-specific quality-of-life measure for patients with hypodontia presenting for orthodontic treatment. The development of the instrument ...

Assessment of endogenous insulin secretion in insulin treated diabetes predicts postprandial glucose and treatment response to prandial insulin.

Jones, Angus G.; Besser, R.; Shields, Beverley; McDonald, Timothy J.; Hope, Suzy; Knight, Bridget A.; Hattersley, Andrew T. (BioMed Central, 2012)

In patients with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes endogenous insulin secretion falls with time which changes treatment requirements, however direct measurement of endogenous insulin secretion is rarely performed. We aimed ...

Assessment of interferon-related biomarkers in Aicardi-Goutières syndrome associated with mutations in TREX1, RNASEH2A, RNASEH2B, RNASEH2C, SAMHD1, and ADAR: a case-control study

Rice, G. I.; Forte, G. M. A.; Szynkiewicz, M.; Chase, D. S.; Aeby, A.; Abdel-Hamid, M. S.; Ackroyd, S.; Allcock, R.; Bailey, K. M.; Balottin, U.; Barnerias, C.; Bernard, G.; Bodemer, C.; Botella, M. P.; Cereda, C.; Chandler, K. E.; Dabydeen, L.; Dale, R. C.; De Laet, C.; De Goede, C. G E L; del Toro, M.; Effat, L.; Enamorado, N. N.; Fazzi, E.; Gener, B.; Haldre, M.; Lin, J.-P. S-M; Livingston, J. H.; Lourenco, C. M.; Marques, W.; Oades, Patrick; Peterson, P.; Rasmussen, M.; Roubertie, A.; Schmidt, J. L.; Shalev, S. A.; Simon, R.; Spiegel, R.; Swoboda, K. J.; Temtamy, S.A.; Vassallo, G.; Vilain, C.N.; Vogt, J.; Wermenbol, V.; Whitehouse, W. P.; Soler, D.; Olivieri, I.; Orcesi, S.; Aglan, M. S.; Zaki, M. S.; Abdel-Salam, G. M. H.; Vanderver, A.; Kisand, K.; Rozenberg, F.; Lebon, P.; Crow, Y. J. (Elsevier, 2013-12)

Assessment of Trabeculectomy Operation in a South West England Hospital With Comparison to the National Survey of Trabeculectomy (NST)

Mitra, M.; Claridge, K.G.; Powell, R. (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2006-05-01)

Assessment Of Trabeculectomy Operation In A South West England Hospital With Comparison To The National Survey Of Trabeculectomy (NST). A retrospective study of 56 consecutive trabeculectomies done in this hospital was ...

Attitudes to long-term care in multiple sclerosis.

Jarrett, Louise; Bradford, A.; Brown, C.; Colhoun, S.; Cox, A.; Gush, H.; Kaliczak, M.; McCaffrey, A.; Mullan, F.; Norris, L.; Rossi, B.; Russell, A.; Vernon, K. (Nursing Standard, 2003-01)

At a recent conference workshop, a group of specialist nurses examined their attitudes towards individuals with multiple sclerosis moving into long-term care. This article summarises how the group members examined their ...

Auricular reconstruction with the use of a modified rhomboid flap

Anesti, Katerina; Karoo, R.; Phipps, A. (2010-08-26)

Behavioural changes in the rat following infection with varicella-zoster virus

Wallace, Christopher G; Fleetwood-Walker, S. M.; Dalziel, R. G.; Kelly, B. G.; Blackburn-Munro, G.; Quinn, J. P.; Fiskerstrand, C. E.; Nash, A. A. (Microbiology Society, 1999-09-01)

Following the establishment of a chronic varicella-zoster virus infection in the rat, behavioural allodynia and hyperalgesia were observed in the injected, but not the contralateral hind limb up to 33 days post-infection. ...

Beta-cell dysfunction, insulin sensitivity, and glycosuria precede diabetes in hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha mutation carriers.

Stride, A.; Ellard, Sian; Clark, P.; Shakespeare, L.; Salzmann, Maurice B.; Shepherd, Maggie; Hattersley, Andrew T. (Highwire, 2005-07)

Patients with diabetes due to hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha mutations have beta-cell deficiency, insulin sensitivity, altered proinsulin levels, and a low renal threshold for glucose. It is uncertain how many of ...

beta-cell genes and diabetes: molecular and clinical characterization of mutations in transcription factors.

Frayling, Timothy M.; Evans, J. C.; Bulman, M. P.; Pearson, E. R.; Allen, Louisa; Owen, K.; Bingham, Coralie; Hannemann, Michael; Shepherd, Maggie; Ellard, Sian; Hattersley, Andrew T. (Highwire, 2001-02)

beta-Cell transcription factor genes are important in the pathophysiology of the beta-cell, with mutations in hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha, HNF-4alpha, insulin promoter factor (IPF)-1, HNF-1beta, and NeuroD1/BETA2, ...

Beyond enhanced recovery.

Smart, Neil J.; Daniels, Ian R. (Wiley, 2013-11)

Bilateral epiphyseal migration following fixation for slipped capital femoral epiphyses in a hypothyroid child.

Walter, Richard P; Jeffery, R S; Holroyd, B (2013-04)

Progression of slipped capital femoral epiphysis following in situ screw fixation typically occurs through loosening of the screw in the metaphysis. Epiphyseal migration off the screw due to physeal growth is rare. We ...

Biologic meshes in colorectal surgery.

Smart, Neil J.; Daniels, Ian R. (Wiley, 2012-12)

Biologic meshes in perineal reconstruction following extra-levator abdominoperineal excision (elAPE).

Marshall, Morwena J.; Smart, Neil J.; Daniels, Ian R. (Wiley, 2012-12)

Recent improvements in the outcome for low rectal cancer have focused on the reconstruction of the perineal defect following greater acceptance of the need for a wider perineal excision encompassing the levator ani complex. ...

Biological meshes: a review of their use in abdominal wall hernia repairs.

Smart, Neil J.; Marshall, Morwena J.; Daniels, Ian R. (Elsevier, 2012-06)

Biological meshes are mostly used in infected fields within complex abdominal wall hernia repairs. There is no consensus, however, on the most appropriate material to be used in a given situation.

BONE MARROW OEDEMA IN ASYMPTOMATIC KNEES OF ATHLETES

V, Mandalia; C, William; K, Brown; P, Schranz; D, Silver; A, Redfern; R, Powell (British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Journal, 2012-01-01)

The aim of this prospective study was to determine the prevalence of bone marrow oedema (BME) in asymptomatic knees of athletes and to investigate the factors associated with appearance of BME in this group.A total of 25 ...

Care pathway: the role of the health care professional in the management of spasticity

Keenan, L.; Stevenson, V.; Jarrett, Louise (Multiple Sclerosis Trust, 2010)

Cast and padding indices used for clinical decision making in forearm fractures in children.

Singh, Sarvpreet; Bhatia, M.; Housden, P. (Taylor & Francis, 2008-06)

We assessed the reliability and practicality of two radiographic measurements--cast index and padding index--of the quality of plaster cast in clinical decision making in forearm fractures in children.

Cervical metastases from maxillary squamous cell carcinoma: retrospective analysis and review of the literature.

Dalal, Ayesha J.; McLennan, Andrew S. (Elsevier, 2013-12)

The purpose of this study was to define the incidence of cervical metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the maxillary alveolus, hard palate and gingiva; to identify patterns of locoregional failure and to assess ...

Clinical management of spasticity.

Thompson, A. J.; Jarrett, Louise; Lockley, L.; Marsden, J.; Stevenson, V. L. (BMJ, 2005-04)