A Meta-Analysis of Hypnotherapeutic Techniques in the Treatment of PTSD Symptoms.

The efficacy of hypnotherapeutic techniques as treatment for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was explored through meta-analytic methods. Studies were selected through a search of 29 databases. Altogether, 81 studies discussing hypnotherapy and PTSD were reviewed for inclusion criteria.

Effects of surgeon variability on oncologic and functional outcomes in a population-based setting.

Background: Oncologic and functional outcomes after radical prostatectomy (RP) can vary between surgeons to a greater extent than is expected by chance. We sought to examine the effects of surgeon variation on functional and oncologic outcomes for patients undergoing RP for prostate cancer in a European center.

Methods: The study comprised 1,280 men who underwent open retropubic RP performed by one of nine surgeons at an academic institution in Sweden between 2001 and 2008.

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy during cholestatic and noncholestatic periods in patients with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis after partial external biliary diversion.

Background: The purpose of the study was to determine the distribution of excreted bile during cholestatic periods and in remission in patients with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) after surgery with partial external biliary diversion (PEBD), using hepatobiliary scintigraphy.

Methods: Using intravenously administered technetium Tc 99m-labeled mebrofenin, the distribution of bile during periods of biochemical cholestasis and in remission was investigated in patients with PFIC operated with PEBD. Stomal bile, urine, and feces from the patients were collected during 24 hours after administration of technetium Tc 99m-labeled mebrofenin; and the fractions of remaining radioactivity in the 3 compartments and the remaining isotopic activity in the body were quantified using scintigraphy.

The excess burden of side-effects from treatment in men allocated to screening for prostate cancer. The Göteborg randomised population-based prostate cancer screening trial.

Background: The number of men needed to treat to prevent one death is rather high in prostate cancer screening. How this affects the burden of treatment-related side-effects is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment related morbidity following radical prostatectomy in men participating in the Göteborg randomised population-based prostate cancer screening trial.

Post-radical prostatectomy inguinal hernia: a simple surgical intervention can substantially reduce the incidence--results from a prospective randomized trial.

Purpose: After radical retropubic prostatectomy a postoperative inguinal hernia develops in 15% to 20% of patients. We investigated whether a simple prophylactic procedure during radical retropubic prostatectomy would reduce this incidence.

Materials And Methods: A total of 294 consecutive patients scheduled for radical retropubic prostatectomy at our clinic were prospectively included in the study.