The uptake of new knee replacement implants in the UK: Analysis of the National Joint Registry for England and Wales by Penfold, CM, Blom, AW, Wilkinson, JM, Judge, A, Whitehouse, MR

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong><br /> Knee replacement (KR) surgery is one of the most common elective procedures in the UK. A large number of different KR implant brands are in use in the UK, which may contribute to variation in uptake and patient outcomes.…”

Multicenter randomized controlled trial of conventional versus laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer within an enhanced recovery programme: EnROL by Kennedy, R, Francis, E, Wharton, R, Blazeby, J, Quirke, P, West, N, Dutton, S

“…EnROL (Enhanced Recovery Open Versus Laparoscopic) is a multicenter randomized controlled trial examining whether the benefits of laparoscopy still exist when open surgery is optimized within an ERP.Adults with colorectal cancer suitable for elective resection were randomly assigned at a ratio of 1:1 to laparoscopic or open surgery within an ERP, stratified by center, cancer site (colon v rectum), and age group (&lt;66 v 66-75 v &gt;75 years) using minimization. …”

The future of nuclear power in India: a question of liability law by Sengupta, A

“…Nuclear power remains on the agenda; India’s new government (elected in May 2014) urged the Department of Atomic Energy to triple nuclear power generation capacity from the current 5.7 GW (out of a total installed capacity of over 200 GW) to 17 GW by 2024. …”

Procalcitonin and other common biomarkers do not reliably identify patients at risk for bacterial infection after congenital heart surgery by D Souza, S, Guhadasan, R, Jennings, R, Siner, S, Paulus, S, Thorburn, K, Chesters, C, Downey, C, Baines, P, Lane, S, Carrol, E

“…<br/><br/> <strong>Patients:</strong> Three-hundred sixty-eight children under the age of 16 admitted to the PICU for elective cardiac surgery were enrolled in the study. …”

Essays on immigration, labour markets, and political behaviour by Al Masri, D

“…The third paper analyses the impacts of the Haitian immigration on the voting outcomes and electoral participation of citizens in Brazil’s 2018 Presidential elections. I exploit this quasinatural experiment, and I use a variation on the shift-share instrument to arrive to a causal impact. …”

Patient-reported function and quality of life after revision total knee arthroplasty: an analysis of 10,727 patients from the NHS PROMs program by Sabah, SA, Alvand, A, Knight, R, Beard, DJ, Price, AJ

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> A total of 10,727 patients undergoing elective rTKA were recruited from the UK National Health Service PROMs data set from 2013 to 2019. …”

Targeting alarmins to accelerate healing by Lee, G

“…These findings document that the HMGB1-G_Alert pathway results in a dynamic and adaptive multi-tissue regenerative response, and suggest that exogenous HMGB1 may be of therapeutic benefit in diverse clinical contexts, including trauma, chemotherapy, and elective surgery.</p>…”

Addressing inequities in research for early to mid-career women scientists in low- and middle-income countries: “Supporting Women in Science” programme by Das, JK, Raza, M, Padhani, ZA, Hussain, NF, Villar, J, Kennedy, S, Bhutta, ZA

“…Phase I involves online self-learning courses covering a core and elective curriculum over 6 months which is then evaluated in Phase II. …”

Insect pest control, approximate dynamic programming, and the management of the evolution of resistance by Hackett, S, Bonsall, M

“…The management objective was to minimize the combined costs of management actions and crop damage over a 16‐week growing season. The manager could elect to utilize insecticidal sprays or one of six release ratios of male‐selecting transgenic insects where the release ratio determines the number of transgenic insects to be released for each wild‐type male insect in the population. …”

The commission of the peace, 1675-1720 by Glassey, L

“…Such remodelling can only be put in perspective in the context of the total length of the list at the time that the regulation took place, furthermore, it is of importance to ascertain the precise timing of changes in the commissions, in order to judge how far such changes originated in changes at the centre of politics, and how far the changes at the local level themselves resulted in political consequences of wider significance, in, for instance, general elections.</p> [See pdf. for full abstract]…”

Important patient characteristics differ prior to total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty between Switzerland and the United States. by Franklin, P, Miozzari, H, Christofilopoulos, P, Hoffmeyer, P, Ayers, D, Lübbeke, A

“…</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>Patient characteristics were collected prospectively on all elective primary TKAs and THAs performed at a large Swiss hospital and in a US national sample. …”

Timing of surgery following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: an international prospective cohort study by Gacaferi, H, COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative

“…This international, multicentre, prospective cohort study included patients undergoing elective or emergency surgery during October 2020. …”

Expression of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in adipose tissue is not increased in human obesity. by Tomlinson, J, Sinha, B, Bujalska, I, Hewison, M, Stewart, P

“…Paired omental and sc fat biopsies were obtained from 32 women (median age, 43 yr; range, 28-65; median body mass index, 27.5 kg/m(2); range, 19.7-39.2) undergoing elective abdominal surgery. 11beta-HSD1 activity and mRNA levels were assessed in whole tissue and in isolated preadipocytes and adipocytes using specific enzyme assays and real-time PCR. …”

Improvement in coronary haemodynamics after percutaneous coronary intervention: Assessment using instantaneous wave-free ratio by Nijjer, S, Sen, S, Petraco, R, Sachdeva, R, Cuculi, F, Escaned, J, Broyd, C, Foin, N, Hadjiloizou, N, Foale, R, Malik, I, Mikhail, G, Sethi, A, Al-Bustami, M, Kaprielian, R, Khan, M, Baker, C, Bellamy, M, Hughes, A, Mayet, J, Kharbanda, R, Di Mario, C, Davies, J

“…Design: A prospective observational study was undertaken in elective patients scheduled for PCI with FFR ≤0.80. …”

Development of a patient-centred tool for use in total hip arthroplasty by Lübbeke, A, Cullati, S, Baréa, C, Cole, S, Fabiano, G, Silman, A, Gutacker, N, Agoritsas, T, Hannouche, D, Pinedo-Villanueva, R

“…Results: Data from 6836 primary elective THAs operated between 1996 and 2019 were included. …”

Direct oral anticoagulants in the prevention of venous thromboembolism following surgery for hip fracture in older adults: a population-based cohort study by Goh, EL, Gurung, PK, Ma, S, Pilpel, T, Dale, JH, Kannan, A, Anand, S

“…<br><strong>Introduction: </strong>Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) decrease the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) without increasing the risk of hemorrhage in elective lower limb orthopedic surgery. However, the role of DOACs in preventing VTE following hip fracture surgery in the older adults remains unclear. …”

Disenfranchisement of convicted adult citizens: comparative and international human rights perspectives by Ziegler, R

“…</p> <p>Chapter One explores the transition from direct democracy to representative government, and the subsequent increased importance of elections. It highlights the paradigm shift that the perception of voting has undergone, from being seen as a privilege, granted to a handful of society members, to being viewed as an entitlement. …”

Improvement in coronary haemodynamics after percutaneous coronary intervention: assessment using instantaneous wave-free ratio. by Nijjer, S, Sen, S, Petraco, R, Sachdeva, R, Cuculi, F, Escaned, J, Broyd, C, Foin, N, Hadjiloizou, N, Foale, R, Malik, I, Mikhail, G, Sethi, A, Al-Bustami, M, Kaprielian, R, Khan, M, Baker, C, Bellamy, M, Hughes, A, Mayet, J, Kharbanda, R, Di Mario, C, Davies, J

“…DESIGN: A prospective observational study was undertaken in elective patients scheduled for PCI with FFR ≤ 0.80. …”

SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

“…We conducted a planned sub-study and analysis from an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study of elective and emergency patients undergoing surgery during October 2020. …”

Crisis, credibility, and corruption: how ideas and institutions shape government behaviour in India by Baloch, B

“…Although these logics explain elite decision-making around elections and the predictability of pork barrel politics, they fall short in explaining government conduct during credibility crises, such as when facing nationwide anti-corruption movements. …”