Publications by authors named "I Rombach"
Objective: To report a 3-year follow-up from the FemoroAcetabular Impingement Trial, comparing arthroscopic surgery with physiotherapy in the management of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome for the dual primary outcomes of radiographic hip osteoarthritis (OA) and patient-reported outcome measures of activities of daily living.
Methods: Two-group parallel, assessor-blinded, pragmatic randomised controlled trial across seven sites. 222 participants aged 18-60 years with FAI syndrome confirmed clinically and radiologically were randomised (1:1) to receive arthroscopic hip surgery (n=112) or physiotherapy (n=110).
Background: As few anaesthetists provide lumbar erector spinae block for disc surgery, there is a need to provide training to enable a randomised controlled trial investigating analgesia after painful spinal surgery (NIHR153170). The primary objective of the study was to develop and measure the construct validity of a checklist for assessment of skills in performing lumbar and thoracic erector spinae fascial plane injection using soft-embalmed Thiel cadavers.
Methods: Twenty-four UK consultant regional anaesthetists completed two iterations of a Delphi questionnaire.
Aims: People with severe, persistent low back pain (LBP) may be offered lumbar spine fusion surgery if they have had insufficient benefit from recommended non-surgical treatments. However, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2016 guidelines recommended not offering spinal fusion surgery for adults with LBP, except as part of a randomized clinical trial. This survey aims to describe UK clinicians' views about the suitability of patients for such a future trial, along with their views regarding equipoise for randomizing patients in a future clinical trial comparing lumbar spine fusion surgery to best conservative care (BCC; the FORENSIC-UK trial).
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- The study aimed to see if it was possible to get patients to join and stay in a test comparing two treatments for shoulder pain.
- They recruited 50 out of 53 eligible patients from community centers in the UK and found that almost everyone followed the treatment.
- Results showed that both treatments helped patients feel better, and there were no major safety issues during the study.
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- Researchers tested a humanised PSMA minibody (IAB2M) linked to a fluorescent dye (IRDye 800CW) for imaging prostate cancer during robot-assisted surgeries.
- In a study involving 23 men, they administered various doses of the imaging agent before surgery and evaluated its effectiveness using advanced imaging techniques.
- Results showed high sensitivity for detecting cancerous tissue, indicating that this imaging approach is safe and could enhance surgical outcomes in prostate cancer treatment.