STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE To review the clinical outcome, implant survivorship and reasons for failure after X-Stop implantation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Conflicting data exist concerning clinical outcome of the X-Stop interspinous spacer and little information is being published about implant survivorship and the need for revision surgery. METHODS This retrosp...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To develop and pilot a survey to assess needs and distress of cancer survivors receiving care in a community cancer center. DESIGN Descriptive, quantitative. SETTING A community cancer center in the southeastern United States partnering with a local college of nursing faculty. SAMPLE Convenience sample of 307 adult cancer survivors. METHODS Voluntary completion of a m...

Survivorship of larvae of the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), was measured after they were raised on one of six diets. The effects of container shape (wide and shallow vs. narrow and deep), soil depth (0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, and 8.0 cm), and temperature (28°, 32°, or 35° C) on pupation success was measured. Diet influenced larval survivorship, but did not hav...

the logical next step. And yet achieving this goal poses many challenges given the relatively small Canadian research capacity in this area. El Ansari et al. 11 suggested that, to accelerate research activity, research consortiums deserve attention by funding bodies. We agree, and we propose the establishment of a consortium to advance needed work in cancer survivorship in Canada. A research co...