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Antidepressants and cognitive behavioural therapy interventions for major depressive disorder beyond the acute management phase

According to the Swiss Health Survey conducted in 2017, 8.6% of the population surveyed had symptoms of moderate to severe depression, which is...

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Clinical Effectiveness, Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy plus Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) versus ADT Alone in Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer

Significant advances have been made in the treatment of prostate cancer in recent years, significantly improving the prognosis of patients with severe...

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Early rehabilitation in the intensive care unit: Systematic early rehabilitation versus individualized rehabilitation in patients after the stabilization phase (2020)

In a broad HTA analysis, the benefit of early rehabilitation for seriously ill patients in the intensive care unit was investigated and an analysis of...

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Efficacy and safety of surgical interventions for full-thickness rotator cuff tears (2019)

The aim of this report is to compare the surgical and non-surgical treatment of rotator cuff tears. Both options lead to an improvement in symptoms,...

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Robot-assisted surgery in women undergoing hysterectomy / Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy compared to open radical prostatectomy for the treatment of localised prostate cancer (2018)

In this report, the Swiss Medical Board (SMB) compares the robot-assisted technique with conventional techniques for radical prostatectomy and...

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