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James Misurka1, Mohamad B Berjaoui, Katherine Lajkosz

  • 1In the Department of Surgery within the Division of Urology at University Health Network, part of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, James Misurka is a PA, Mohamad B. Berjaoui is a surgeon, Katherine Lajkosz is a biostatistician, Jess Cockburn is a scientific associate, Dhiral Kot is a PA, Robert J. Hamilton is a professor, Girish S. Kulkarni is a professor, Alexandre R. Zlotta is a professor, Jason Y. Lee is an associate professor, Nathan Perlis is an assistant professor, Antonio Finelli is a professor, and Neil E. Fleshner is a professor. J. Cockburn discloses receipt of funding from the Princess Margaret Foundation. G.S. Kulkarni discloses payment from Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Bristol Myers Squibb, EMD Serono, Verity Pharmaceuticals, Theralase Technologies, AbbVie Inc., AstraZeneca, Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, Knight Therapeutics, TerSera Therapeutics, enGene Inc., CG Oncology, and Astellas Pharma for various services. The authors have disclosed no other potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

まとめ

医療従事者/助手 (PAs) とスタッフ泌尿器科医 (SUs) は,シストスコピーの処置中に同様の患者の痛み知覚と膀がん検出率を示しました. この研究は,泌尿器科のケアにおけるPAsとSUの比較可能な結果を強調しています.

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