Watchful waiting (also watch and wait or WAW) is an approach to a medical problem in which time is allowed to pass before medical intervention or therapy...

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immunotherapy, targeted therapy, stem-cell transplantation, surgery, or watchful waiting. If the blood becomes overly thick due to high numbers of antibodies...

For example, in appendicitis, conservative management may include watchful waiting and treatment with antibiotics, as opposed to surgical removal of the...

radioactive iodine, chemotherapy, thyroid hormone, targeted therapy, and watchful waiting. Surgery may involve removing part or all of the thyroid. Five-year...

diseases that may, in people without symptoms, be initially treated by a watchful waiting strategy. However, NMZL carries a somewhat worse long term outcome...

complicating factors. The risks of quick delivery (induction of labor) vs. watchful waiting in each case is carefully considered before deciding on a course of...

the treatment of follicular lymphoma rather than the wait-and-watch approach. Watchful waiting is not a desirable strategy for everyone, as it leads...

strategy must have minimal acute and long-term toxicities. Watchful waiting (watch and wait) is defined as a period of observation of at least 3 months...

B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia, referred to as B-PLL, is a rare blood cancer. It is a more aggressive, but still treatable, form of leukemia. Specifically...

palliative care as needed. Certain types of leukemia may be managed with watchful waiting. The success of treatment depends on the type of leukemia and the age...

and disability, so that even for large or paraesophageal hernias, watchful waiting may on balance be safer and cause fewer problems than surgery. Complications...

than on an outright cure. In those without or only minimal symptoms watchful waiting is generally appropriate. CLL is treated by chemotherapy, radiation...

many breeds of a similar size. There are some genetic conditions to be watchful for. The breed tends to have bone diseases such as hip dysplasia, canine...

progresses to a symptomatic stage. Thus, the standard of care was "watchful waiting" while the disease smoldered. Increasingly, however, efforts are underway...

tonsillectomy, as weighed against the natural history of resolution with watchful waiting, as well as the risk of surgical morbidity and complications and the...

published his first series of patients including those eligible for watchful waiting, as well as active surveillance and reported that only a few of these...

possible to treat it conservatively. A CT scan should be performed, and watchful waiting should be done, as the hematoma may suddenly expand. The prognosis...

signs Differential diagnosis Lipoma, extensor tenosynovitis Treatment Watchful waiting, splinting the affected joint, needle aspiration, surgery Prognosis...

with symptoms. Recommended initial treatment for acute sinusitis is watchful waiting. If symptoms do not improve in 7–10 days or get worse, then an antibiotic...

McPheeters ML, Chinnadurai S (17 January 2017). "Tonsillectomy Versus Watchful Waiting for Recurrent Throat Infection: A Systematic Review". Pediatrics. 139...

It is not recommended in minimally symptomatic hernias, for which watchful waiting is advised, due to the risk of post herniorraphy pain syndrome. Surgery...

arterial aneurysms has been limited to either surgical intervention or watchful waiting in combination with control of blood pressure. At least, in the case...

palsy, Marfan syndrome, tumors such as neurofibromatosis Diagnostic method X-ray Treatment Watchful waiting, bracing, exercises, surgery Frequency 3%...

treatment, medication management, or conservative management (i.e. watchful waiting) was chosen. Dilation and evacuation Menstrual extraction Vacuum aspiration...

inguinal hernia complications remains under 1% within the population. Watchful waiting requires that patients maintain a close follow-up schedule with providers...

Watching and waiting can mean: Watchful waiting, in medicine "Watching and Waiting", a 1969 single by the Moody Blues This disambiguation page lists articles...

variety of nomograms to predict the probability of spread. Treatment by watchful waiting/active surveillance, HIFU, external-beam radiation therapy, brachytherapy...

staying in a waiting room before an appointment, and being observed during a physician's watchful waiting are different concepts in waiting for healthcare...

usually incidental findings but, once found, they require at a minimum watchful waiting. If there is evidence of complications, they must be removed. An enterolith...