Jul 13, 2020

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative disease that affects the musculoskeletal structure of the whole joint, which is characterized by progressive destruction of both articular cartilage and su...

Jul 13, 2020

Collagen membranes and bone substitute are popular biomaterials in guided tissue regeneration for treatment of traumatized or diseased periodontal tissue. Development of these biomaterials starts in m...

Jul 13, 2020

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been investigated as a potential injectable therapy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, with some evidence of success in preliminary human trials. However, opt...

Jul 09, 2020

Intramedullary spine dermoid cysts are rare and benign tumors that occur mainly due to the defective closure of the neural tube during the development process. They are slow-growing tumor that manifes...

Jul 09, 2020

Steroid-related spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is a well-known condition most commonly encountered in patients taking chronic steroid medications. Endogenous Cushing's syndrome is a rare cause of S...

Jul 09, 2020

Local cultivars of comfrey (Symphytum spp.) have been used to cover protein and mineral requirements of farm animals in low-input systems. Due to its known health-promoting (e.g. allantoin), but also ...

Jul 09, 2020

Metastatic breast cancer cells on arriving at bone site interact with the bone cells to influence their growth, proliferation, and chemoresistance. There are currently no effective therapeutics availa...

Jul 09, 2020

Due to their ability in self-renewing and differentiation into a wide variety of tissues, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exhibit outstanding potential for regenerative medicine. This study was aimed at...

Jul 09, 2020

To evaluate the long-term clinical efficacy of the Tigris © stent (Gore ©) in femoropopliteal chronic total occlusions (CTOs).This single centre retrospective study included 29 patients treated with...

Jul 06, 2020

Study whether male adult judokas with and without low back pain (LBP) have different hip-spine flexibility.Cross-sectional.Judo training centres.Judokas with (n = 29) and without (n = 33) LBP.Rang...

Jul 06, 2020

To study the clinical and radiologic factors predicting the need for surgical intervention after blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) in children with equivocal computed tomography (CT) scan findings.We perfo...

Jul 06, 2020

Low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) may have utility for noninvasive treatment of discogenic lower back pain through stimulating, remodeling and accelerating healing of injured or degenerated inte...

Jul 06, 2020

Charcot neuropathic arthropathy is a debilitating, rapidly destructive degenerative joint disease that occurs in diabetic, neuropathic midfoot. Clinicoradiologic assessment for Charcot neuropathic art...

Jul 06, 2020

Twenty-seven neonate piglets (range from 0.35 to 1.17 kg) were evaluated for the effectiveness of blunt force trauma as a method of on-farm cull. Brainstem function, brain injury and haemorrhage score...

Jul 06, 2020

Osteoporosis is associated with genetic and environmental factors. The aim of this article was to determine how the polygenic risk scores (PRS) of genetic variants that affect osteoporosis and its rel...

Jul 02, 2020

The clinical consequences of routine follow-up radiographs for patients with ankle fracture are unclear, and their usefulness is disputed. The purpose of the present study was to determine if routine ...

Jul 02, 2020

Total hip replacement (THR) with a cemented polished taper-slip (PTS) femoral stem has excellent long-term results but is associated with a higher postoperative periprosthetic femoral fracture (PFF) r...

Jul 02, 2020

Psoralea corylifolia (P corylifolia) has been popularly applied in traditional Chinese medicine decoction for treating osteoporosis and promoting fracture healing since centuries ago. However, the bio...

Jul 02, 2020

Irukandji syndrome definition is still widely misunderstood. Irukandji-like syndrome is more unclear than Irukandji syndrome. This study aimed to describe Irukandji-like syndrome in cases involving st...

Jun 29, 2020

Spinal arachnoid webs are a rare anatomic entity manifesting as neuropathic back pain, compressive myelopathy, radiculopathy and hydrocephalus. Typical treatments include hemi or full laminectomy with...