This study investigates patients' access to surgical care for burns in a low- and middle-income setting by studying timeliness, surgical capacity, and affordability. A survey was conducted in a regional referral hospital in Manyara, Tanzania. In total, 67 patients were included. To obtain information …

Background Surgical resection is currently the cornerstone of hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) cancer treatment. A low preoperative aerobic fitness level has been identified as a modifiable risk factor associated with complications after major abdominal surgery. A person’s aerobic fitness is influenced …

Introduction: Patient information holds an important role in knee arthroplasty surgery regarding patients’ expectations and outcomes after surgery. The purpose of the present study was to explore the experiences and opinions of patients undergoing knee arthroplasty (KA) surgery on an information brochure …

Objective Medical Crew Resource Management (CRM) training courses are designed to increase patient safety by reducing the effects of human errors. These training courses are most popular in surgery and a wide range of medical CRM training courses for surgical teams is now available. However, the effects …

Het onderzoeken van de correlatie tussen functionele mobiliteit en loopsnelheid bij opname ten opzichte van de ligduur op de GRZ afdeling van patiënten met orthopedische aandoeningen aan de onderste extremiteit. Methode: Dit praktijk onderzoek was een longitudinale observationele pilotstudie. Hierbij …

Dit afstudeerproduct bestaat uit een protocol voor een nieuwe schoudertest ter beoordeling van de spierkracht en snelheid om de return to play bij bovenhandse sporters te beoordelen. In 2019 liepen naar schatting 4,4 miljoen sporters een sport gerelateerde blessure op. Van de sport gerelateerde blessures …

During the graduation period, I have worked with Leiden University Medical Center on bringing to reality the first steps to creating a complementary training tool for their residents. As a result, together with an IMT&S team, we designed and created a demo application which simulates a kidney transplant …

Artrose is de meest voorkomende aandoening van het houding- en bewegingsapparaat waarbij knie artrose de meest voorkomende soort is. Artrose is een langzame progressieve gewrichtsaandoening waarbij het kraakbeen in kwaliteit achteruit gaat. Als er na een aanbevolen periode van conservatieve oefentherapie …

Background: Major surgery is associated with negative postoperative outcomes such as complications and delayed or poor recovery. Multimodal prehabilitation can help to reduce the negative effects of major surgery. Offering prehabilitation by means of mobile health (mHealth) could be an effective new …

Although neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) is frequently used in esophageal cancer patients undergoing treatment with curative intent, it can negatively impact patients’ physical fitness. A decline in physical fitness during chemoradiotherapy may be an indication of vulnerability. The aim of this …