Future of surgical registries

The future of neurological patient registries

2014 Patient registries represent an important platform across geographical areas that can provide critical epidemiological data and information on the effectiveness of therapies or devices within a given disease group. Neurological patient registries represent an exciting opportunity to directly impact patient care and clinical trial readiness. Neurological registries also aid in the formulati...

Registries for health technology assessment: Back to the future.

Prostate Cancer Registries: Current Status and Future Directions.

CONTEXT Disease-specific registries that enroll a considerable number of patients play a major role in prostate cancer (PCa) research. OBJECTIVE To evaluate available registries, describe their strengths and limitations, and discuss the potential future role of PCa registries in outcomes research. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION We performed a literature review of the Medline, Embase, and Web of Scien...

The Future of Surgical Research

October 2004 | Volume 1 | Issue 1 | e13 In 1996, Richard Horton, editor of the Lancet, chastised much of current surgical research and, in particular, questioned the usefulness of the case series as a predominant form of communication among surgeons [1]. He asked a poignant question: “Does surgical research have a future?” Nearly a decade later, it is important for surgeons and non-surgeons ali...

Past, present and future of carotid artery stenting: a critical review of randomized studies and registries

Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has been the standard of care in primary and secondary stroke prevention following the publication of seminal trials comparing CEA to medical therapy for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients determined to require revascularization. In recent years, carotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as a potential alternative to CEA, as it is less invasive and associate...