Surgical Sciences
Recent Deposits
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Bridging the gap between evidence and what people value from osteoarthritis care in New Zealand using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)
International clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for osteoarthritis (OA) consistently recommend core management strategies of exercise, weight-loss and self-management education. However, these interventions are not routinely ... -
The Management of Osteoarthritis | Maimoatanga Kaikōiwi Research Programme, 2007-present
The research outputs featured in this abridged selection provide evidence regarding the burdent of osteoarthritis in the NZ adult population, and the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and stakeholder acceptability of ... -
Management of Osteoarthritis in the NZ Public Health System
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of health losses and costs in NZ. The burden of OA is rising as a result of population ageing, rising obesity, increasing injury rates, and earlier onset of disease. The New Zealand ... -
Improving pain assessment, management, and research in low-income countries: An example of Nepal
Pain is a global public health problem resulting from complex interactions of multiple biopsychosocial factors. Most published pain research comes from developed countries using samples from western countries; developing ... -
Advanced Meta-analysis in Surgical Research
The continuous development and refinement of techniques is a key attribute of the discipline of surgery. Robust evidence derived from randomised clinical trials and subsequent synthesis using meta-analysis methods is ... -
Atherogenic Index In Plasma and Risk of Cardiovascular Events
As dyslipidaemia is a prominent CVD risk factor, improvements in its management are crucial, as dyslipidaemia (quantified by hypercholesterolemia and treated with statins), incompletely addresses the residual CVD risk ... -
Effects of Infraslow Neurofeedback on Alterations in the Cardiovascular Autonomic Nervous System in Healthy Men - A Double Blind Randomised Exploratory Study
Normal functioning of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) is essential for daily life and many clinical populations present with the characteristic of cardiovascular dysregulation. A recent study by our laboratory group ... -
Advanced Meta-Analysis and Bariatric Surgery
Background: Obesity is one the most important public health concerns worldwide. Randomised clinical trials (RCT) have compared the various bariatric techniques and these have been incorporated in several meta-analyses and ... -
PLUTO PiLoting a Universal Tonsillectomy Outcomes questionnaire study
Purpose Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and recurrent sore throats (RST) are two common childhood problems, often associated with adenotonsillar hypertrophy. Untreated SDB and RST can have severe consequences, which may ... -
Anatomy of microvenous valves of normal and venous ulcerated lower limbs
Venous disease is a very common disease that affects millions of people worldwide. While some of the factors that cause the development of varicose veins are well understood, the aetiology of venous ulceration is poorly ... -
The Epigenetics of Coronary Artery Disease: A Study of DNA Methylation
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a complex condition, the development of which involves interaction between both genetic and environmental factors. Epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation, may contribute significantly ... -
Prospective validation of the APPEND clinical prediction rule within a pathway dedicated to right iliac fossa pain
Background Right iliac fossa (RIF) pain is one of the most common reasons for acute presentation to general surgical services, and acute appendicitis is one of the most common underlying diagnoses. The clinical diagnosis ... -
Management of Osteoarthritis: A guide to non-surgical intervention
The MOA trial (Management of Osteoarthritis, or Maimoatanga Mate Köiwi) was a randomised clinical trial that aimed to investigate the long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of both a multi-modal, individualised, ... -
Stress Conditioning for Peripheral Arterial Disease
Exercise is important for maintaining health, and for the prevention and treatment of many cardiovascular diseases. Unfortunately, some individuals face significant barriers to exercise. Patients with peripheral arterial ... -
Access to elective and acute orthopaedic surgery in Dunedin: an analysis of surgical delay
Background: Delay in surgical intervention may lead to significant personal, medical and economical consequences. For individuals undergoing treatment in the public health system, there is inevitably a delay in access to ... -
The Role of Gabapentin in Postoperative Pain Following Tonsillectomy
Background Despite the many different surgical techniques and medical therapies, tonsillectomy continues to cause significant discomfort to patients. The literature has shown that gabapentin has been beneficial in painful ... -
Time to Safe Driving after Total Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery
Introduction: Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the western world. With its increasing prevalence, total joint replacement is in high demand. After total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement ... -
The microRNA profile of aortic stenosis
Background Valvular heart disease (VHD), especially aortic stenosis (AS), is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, but no medical therapies currently exist for most forms of VHD. The only treatment available for ... -
Biomarkers for abdominal aortic aneurysm
i Abstract Background Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) represents a significant health burden, affecting approximately 4% of men over the age of 65 years in western countries. To date, no clinically useful circulating ... -
Rib Fractures in Infants: Retrospective Survey of Fractures and Biomechanical Study.
Literature suggests that rib fractures are highly associated with abuse and the present understanding is that antero-posterior compression associated with the ‘shaken baby syndrome’ is their cause. However, this mechanism ...