Inguino-abdominal combined approach for laterally extended pelvic resection: a step by step procedure

A step by step approach

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 Step 1: developing the study question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 Defining the study question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Step-by-step approach to managing pelvic organ prolapse: information for physicians.

Step 1: Presentation and history Prevalence: The prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse among parous women is 50%. Most women are asymptomatic. History: Physicians should ask about urinary frequency and urgency, bulges or lumps in the vagina, pelvic pressure or heaviness, incontinence of urine or stool, difficulty with defecation or constipation, dyspareunia, and whether patients insert their fing...

Waste Minimization Assessments a Step - by - Step Procedure

MitraClip step by step; how to simplify the procedure

The MitraClip system is a device for percutaneous edge-to-edge reconstruction of the mitral valve in patients with severe mitral regurgitation who are deemed at high risk for surgery. Studies have underlined the therapeutic benefit of the MitraClip system for patients at extreme and high risk for mitral valve surgery, suffering from either degenerative or functional mitral regurgitation. The Mi...

Starting a Knowledge Engineering Project: A Step-By-Step Approach

Getting started on a new knowledge engineering project is a difficult and challenging task, even for those who have done it before. For those who haven’t, the task can often prove impossible. One reason is that the requirementsoriented methods and intuitions learned in the development of other types of software do not carry over well to the knowledge engineering task. Another reason is that met...