On the Importance of Psychological Testing in the Medical or Surgical Treatment of Pain

2015 ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
J. Le Beau ◽  
M. Choppy
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Psychological Testing

scholarly journals THE IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING IN PREDICTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-232
Author(s):  
Aleksandr V. Krutko ◽  
Olga N. Leonova ◽  
Eugene A. Cherepanov
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Lumbar Disc ◽  
Psychological Testing ◽  
Radicular Pain ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Lumbar Spine Surgery ◽  
Treatment Level ◽  
Neurogenic Intermittent Claudication ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Psychological Scales

ABSTRACT Objective: The result of treatment of patients with degenerative disc diseases is partly determined by the psychological characteristics of the patients. The aim of this study was to examine the correlations between the psychological scales scores in patients with degenerative lumbar disc diseases and the effectiveness of surgical treatment. Methods: The efficacy of the operation and patients’ satisfaction were compared with the preoperative psychological characteristics, according to the questionnaires and scales (BBQ Symonds, Zung Scale, FABQ, PCI, BBQ Catastrophization). Results: In patients with neurogenic intermittent claudication syndrome without significant pain, the operative treatment depended significantly on the value of the BBQ Symonds scale (p = 0.016). In patients with severe radicular pain in the lower extremity, the effectiveness of the operation depended significantly on the value of the subscale “protection” of the PCI questionnaire (p = 0.04), the ODI index filled out before the operation (p = 0.0). In patients with lumbar syndrome, the effectiveness of operation depended significantly on the value of the PCI questionnaire as a whole (p = 0.042) and its subscores “rest” (p = 0.028), the index of the Oswestry filled out before the operation (p = 0.035). Conclusion: The effectiveness of the operation of degenerative lumbar disc diseases is associated with the results of preoperative psychological testing. It has been established that the BBQ Symonds scale, PCI protection and rest subscales, and the ODI questionnaire are the most significant; these psychological scales have the power to predict the effectiveness of surgical treatment. Level of Evidence II; Therapeutic Study - Investigating the Results of Treatment.

Human Stapes Crura: Normal Ultrastructure. Scanning Electron Microscopic Findings

1975 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 528-529
Author(s):  
M.D. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Osmic Acid ◽  
Human Cadaver ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopic ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Microscopic Findings ◽  
Scanning Electron

The recent development of the scanning electron microscope has added great impetus to the study of ultrastructural details of normal human ossicles. A thorough description of the ultrastructure of the human ossicles is required in order to determine changes associated with disease processes following medical or surgical treatment.Human stapes crura were obtained at the time of surgery for clinical otosclerosis and from human cadaver material. The specimens to be examined by the scanning electron microscope were fixed immediately in the operating room in a cold phosphate buffered 2% gluteraldehyde solution, washed with Ringers, post fixed in cold 1% osmic acid and dehydrated in graded alcohol. Specimens were transferred from alcohol to a series of increasing concentrations of ethyl alcohol and amyl acetate. The tissue was then critical point dried, secured to aluminum stubs and coated with gold, approximately 150A thick on a rotating stage in a vacuum evaporator. The specimens were then studied with the Kent-Cambridge S4-10 Scanning Electron Microscope at an accelerating voltage of 20KV.

Surgical treatment strategies for secondary peritonitis: Outcome in 278 patients

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A401-A401
Author(s):  
M BOERMEESTER ◽  
E BELT ◽  
B LAMME ◽  
M LUBBERS ◽  
J KESECIOGLU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Secondary Peritonitis

The Surgical Treatment of Peptic Ulcer

1958 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Lincoln Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Peptic Ulcer ◽  
Surgical Treatment

1248: Impact of Surgical Treatment of Renal Carcinoma on Renal Function and Blood Pressure: A Race- and Age-Dependent Association

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 411-412
Author(s):  
Javier Miller ◽  
Angela Smith ◽  
Kris Gunn ◽  
Erik Kouba ◽  
Eric M. Wallen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Renal Function ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Renal Carcinoma ◽  
Age Dependent
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