Stage I lung cancer—to operate or to radiate? that is the question

To operate or not to operate, that is the question

to operate or not to operate, that is the question. In the case of a displaced diaphyseal fracture of the femur, this question is not a challenge. We do not need a randomised controlled trial to determine if intramedullary nailing of a fracture of the femur is more effective, for any outcome, than months in traction. However, some fractures do not offer such a clear clinical decision-making opp...

To ablate or operate? that is the question!

In this modern era of management of various cardiovascular disorders, surgical therapy has virtually always preceded the development of percutaneous techniques. This has been the case with myocardial revascularization (aortocoronary bypass surgery vs. angioplasty), procedures for mitral stenosis (surgical commissurotomy vs. balloon valvuloplasty) as well as for the management of certain congeni...

coeliac disease: to classify or not to classify – that is the question!

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Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: to operate or not to operate, that's the question.

BACKGROUND The occurrence of a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in Israel's Prime Minister attracted the scrutiny of local and international media on neurosurgeons as they made therapeutic decisions. In the ensuing public debate, it was suggested that extraordinary measures (surgical treatment) were undertaken only because of the celebrity of the patient. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the criter...

the student committee of sports medicine research center: to be independent or not to be? that is the question