Urologic Surgical Procedures - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Mixed-sex wards and patient dignity: nurses and patients perspectives.

29 Sep 2008 With the exception of specialized units, adults have historically been cared for in single-sex hospital wards in the UK. However, over the past two decades, concerns about mixed-sex wards have been reported. Respect and dignity are essential to ... Read more...

Improvement of quality of life, anxiety and depression after surgery in patients with stress urinary incontinence: results of a longitudinal short-term follow-up.

27 Sep 2008 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the effect of incontinence surgery and pelvic floor training on quality of life (QOL), anxiety and depression in patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). METHODS: In a prospective ... Read more...

Postoperative pain management - the influence of surgical ward nurses.

30 Jul 2008 AIM: To compare pain levels reported by patients with those documented by ward nurses and to find out to what extent the amount of opioids given correlated with the pain level. Secondly, to study if pain management and nurses' approaches to this ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Urologic Surgical Procedures - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Mixed-sex wards and patient dignity: nurses and patients perspectives. 29 Sep 2008
• Improvement of quality of life, anxiety and depression after surgery in patients with stress urinary incontinence: results of a longitudinal short-term follow-up. 27 Sep 2008
• Postoperative pain management - the influence of surgical ward nurses. 30 Jul 2008
• Validation of the German Glasgow children's benefit inventory. 29 Nov 2007
• Contemporary day surgery: patients' experience of discharge and recovery. 30 May 2007
• [Evaluation of women's preferences for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence using the paired comparisons method] 27 Feb 2007
• Patient information at discharge--a study of a combined approach. 17 Jan 2006
• Re: "quality of life in relation to TVT procedure for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence". 30 Dec 2005
• Making tough decisions. 29 Nov 2004
• Informed consent for clinical education--randomized study of two different strategies at a urology surgery. 30 Dec 2003
• Preparing patients for urological surgery. 27 Feb 2003
• Medium-term follow-up of transvaginal suburethral slings: variance in outcome success using two different evaluation methods. 29 Sep 2002
• A simplified urinary incontinence score for the evaluation of treatment outcomes. 30 Dec 1999

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Technical information about 'Urologic Surgical Procedures'

Definition: Surgery performed on the urinary tract or its parts in the male or female. For surgery of the male genitalia, UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE is available.

Descriptor UI: D013520

Alternative terms: Urologic Surgical Procedures; Procedures, Urologic Surgical; Surgical Procedure, Urologic; Urological Surgical Procedures; Procedure, Urological Surgical; Procedures, Urological Surgical; Surgical Procedure, Urological; Surgical Procedures, Urological; Urological Surgical Procedure; Urologic Surgical Procedure; Procedure, Urologic Surgical; Surgical Procedures, Urologic;

Related Mesh Headings: Urology;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E04.950.774;

History Note: 98; use explode 1970-97

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE is also available; DF: UROL SURG PROCEDURES