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Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery 2 (MARS 2): protocol for a multicentre randomised trial comparing (extended) pleurectomy decortication versus no (extended) pleurectomy decortication for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

Eric Lim, Liz Darlison, John Edwards et al. · 2020 · BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: Mesothelioma remains a lethal cancer. To date, systemic therapy with pemetrexed and a platinum drug remains the only licensed standard of care. As the median survival for patients with mesothelioma is 12.1 months, surgery is an important consideration to improve survival and/or quality of life. Currently, only two surgical trials have been performed which found that neither extensive (extra-pleural pneumonectomy) or limited (partial pleurectomy) surgery improved survival (although there was some evidence of improved quality of life). Therefore, clinicians are now looking to evalu

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Protocol: Comparative efficacy of 2 mL vs. 5 mL 0.375% ropivacaine in subparaneural upper trunk brachial plexus block for postoperative analgesia after arthroscopic shoulder surgery-a randomized noninferiority trial.

Lou, Zhang, Chen et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in medicine

Interscalene brachial plexus block (ISB) is the first-line analgesic technique for arthroscopic shoulder surgery, but it is associated with a > 90% incidence of ipsilateral hemidiaphragmatic paresis (HDP), which severely…

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