Purpose With current diagnostic methods, the majority of patients with symptomatic colorectal anastomotic leakage (CAL) is identified approximately 1 week after operation. The aim of this study is to determine whether real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of Escherichia coli and …

Background: Delirium is a high prevalent postoperative complication in older cardiac surgery patients and can have drastic consequence for the patient. Preventive interventions, diagnosis and treatment of delirium require specialized knowledge and skills. Objective: To gain insight …

Objective. To investigate the feasibility and effects of additional preoperative high intensity strength training for patients awaiting total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Design. Clinical controlled trial. Patients. Twenty-two patients awaiting TKA. Methods. Patients were allocated to a standard training …

Already at diagnosis, head and neck cancer patients are at risk for malnutrition. Local symptoms such as swallowing problems are a major cause of malnutrition in these patients.1 Additionally, malnutrition may result from changes in smell and taste/aversion and loss of appetite. Presence of these systemic …

Previous research has shown clinical effectiveness of dermal substitution; however, in burn wounds, only limited effect has been shown. A problem in burn wounds is the reduced take of the autograft, when the substitute and graft are applied in one procedure. Recently, application of topical negative …

Introduction: the purpose of this study was to examine wath the best evidence-based physical therapy treatment following reversed total shoulder arthroplasty is. Method: A systematic search to relevant scientific articles has been held in Pubmed, Cinahl and PEDro to articles concerning rTSA with the …

Colleague van Dijk wrote an interesting article about the perception of pain scores, based on the relationship between two questionnaires and the results on these questionnaires of patients and caregivers (van Dijk et al., 2011). It is a nice article with a good description of the questionnaires and …

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the prevalence of phantom (limb) pain over time and to analyse factors associated with phantom (limb) pain in a prospective cohort of amputees. DESIGN: A multicentre longitudinal study. PATIENTS: One hundred and thirty-four patients scheduled for amputation were included. METHODS: …

Die Behandlung von Knieverletzungen ist ein wichtiger Aspekt in der Orthopadie und Sportmedizin. Knieorthesen sind mittierweile eine weit verbreitete Behandlungsmethode in Fallen, bei denen die Funktion bestimmter Bander beeintrachtigt ist. Orthesen werden in einer Vielzahl von Situationen angewandt: …

Doel: Het doel van dit onderzoek was het ontwikkelen van een richtlijn, inclusief handleiding, met een goed onderbouwd oefenprogramma inclusief metingen en beoordelingsformulieren hiervoor. Deze is bestemd voor de afdeling fysiotherapie van het Catharina-ziekenhuis te Eindhoven waar patiënten na een …