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Surprisingly, our results demonstrated that the treatment in which we applied the combination of quercetin and metformin significantly reversed these changes and had a pronounced effect on the endometrial implant size and gene expression levels of mTOR and autophagy markers in ectopic endometrium. The findings of the present study suggest that quercetin, metformin, and their combination were of potential therapeutic effects on the rat model of endometriosis.
European Pharmacovigilance regulatory guidance recommends the evaluation of additional risk minimisation measures (aRMMs) with process indicators and outcomes. Evaluation of both measures within the same evaluation helps to establish the relationship between the implementation of aRMMs (across process indicators) and the impact on drug safety-related outcomes. The term risk minimisation evaluation (RMEv) was used to describe a study or group of studies that assesses the effectiveness of aRMMs for one specific product.
The objective of this systematic review was to describe the characteristics and results of RMEv that include both process indicators and outcomes as well as those of studies that conform the RMEv in Europe.
We conducted a systematic search in the European Union Register ofPost-Authorization Studies, PubMed and grey literature (Google and abstracts of the International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management) to identify studies that assessed the effectiveness of more comprehensively the implementation of aRMMs.
A minority of RMEv assessed both process indicators and outcomes. More RMEv require approaches that correlate process indicators and outcomes at the patient level to evaluate more comprehensively the implementation of aRMMs.
Safety and feasibility of robotic colorectal surgery has been reported as increasing over the last decade. However safe implementation and adaptation of such a programme with comparable morbidities and acceptable oncological outcomes remains a challenge in a busy tertiary unit. We present our experience of implementation and adaptation of a structured robotic colorectal programme in a high-volume center in the United Kingdom.
Two colorectal surgeons underwent a structured robotic colorectal training programme consisting of time on simulation console, dry and wet laboratory courses, case observation, and initial mentoring. Data were collected on consecutive robotic colorectal cancer resections over a period of 12months and compared with colorectal cancer resections data of the same surgeons’ record prior to the adaptation of the new technique. Patient demographics including age, gender, American Society of Anesthesiologist score (ASA), Clavien-Dindo grading, previous abdominal surgeries, and BMI were inclua busy tertiary center through a structured training programme with comparable short-term survival and oncological outcomes during learning curve.
Implementation and integration of robotic colorectal surgery is safe and effective in a busy tertiary center through a structured training programme with comparable short-term survival and oncological outcomes during learning curve.To describe OB/GYN fellowship directors’ (FDs) observations, expectations, and preferences of incoming fellow’s robotic surgery preparedness. Cross-sectional study. OB/GYN FDs in gynecologic oncology, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility in the United States. 60 FDs answered the questionnaire. Participants completed an online questionnaire about their preferences and expectations of robotic surgery experience for incoming fellows. FDs observed that many incoming first-year fellows had a baseline understanding of robotic technology (60%) and robotic bedside assist experience (53%). However, few could perform more advanced robotic tasks; with FDs indicating fellows could infrequently robotically suture (18%), or perform the entire hysterectomy (15%). FDs reported higher composite observation than expectation scores (34.3 versus 22.2, p less then 0.0001), and higher preference than expectation scores (34.0 versus 22.2, p less then 0.0001). The composite expectation score of high-volume divisions was greater than of low-volume divisions (23.7 versus 14.0, p = 0.04). Among the domains identified, FDs most strongly preferred their fellows be able to bedside assist, have a basic understanding of robotic technology, and have basic robotic operative skills. While incoming fellows have more robotic skill than their FDs expect, few are deemed competent to independently operate the robot. Higher volume robotic surgery divisions have higher expectations of the robotic skills of their incoming fellows compared to low-volume divisions; however, FDs neither expected nor preferred their incoming fellows to be fully competent in all aspects of robotic surgery.
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