Jun 25, 2020

Until recently, all locations for bone conduction (BC) stimulator described in the literature were situated outside of the real otic capsule. In recent studies 2 new sites for the BC titanium implant ...

Jun 25, 2020

Most patients with multiple myeloma develop a severe osteolytic bone disease. The myeloma cells secrete immunoglobulins and the presence of monoclonal immunoglobulins in the patient's sera is an impor...

Jun 25, 2020

Periodontitis is a common inflammatory periodontal disease affecting a wide range of population all over the world. The causing bacteria releases chemicals which activate the innate immune system to r...

Jun 22, 2020

Spinal instability related low back pain is a common condition resulting from degeneration and loss of stiffness of the intervertebral joint. In order to restore stability, highly invasive surgical fu...

Jun 22, 2020

The authors investigated the feasibility of a transforaminal endoscopic decompression and un-instrumented lumbar interbody fusion procedures with cancellous bone allograft in patients painful with end...

Jun 22, 2020

Both mouse and human harbour memory phenotype CD8 T cells specific for antigens in hosts that have not been previously exposed to these antigens. The origin and the nature of the stimuli responsible f...

Jun 22, 2020

Surgical treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF) has been challenging for spine surgeons, because there are potential risks of instrumentation failure; such as screw loosening, loss of corr...

Jun 22, 2020

Spinal tuberculosis usually affects the thoracolumbar spine, with only 2-3% involving the lumbosacral region. Lumbosacral tuberculosis can lead to the formation of a presacral abscess. For drainage of...

Jun 18, 2020

The Kocher approach is often adopted for surgical treatment of partial radial head fractures. However, anterior exposure of the radial head is limited by the Kocher approach. Radial head fractures are...

Jun 18, 2020

The aim of this study was to examine the trends in the number and incidence of scapular fractures causing hospitalization in the Finnish adult population between 1998 and 2014.We assessed the number a...

Jun 18, 2020

The ADHEAR device, a new nonsurgical bone conduction hearing device, has been developed for patients with conductive hearing loss.This study aims to assess the impact of the ADHEAR device on the audio...

Jun 18, 2020

The purpose of this multicenter, prospective study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a stemless total shoulder arthroplasty compared with a traditional stemmed control.Ninety-five shoulders w...

Jun 18, 2020

Recently, a shorter version of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (Short-WORC) was created to reduce patient response burden. However, it has yet to be evaluated prospectively for reproducibility ...

Jun 18, 2020

Male osteoporosis has been neglected for too long time and there is need for a change. This condition is clearly under-estimated, under-diagnosed and under-treated. The diagnosis is often made late in...

Jun 15, 2020

Although Bushenhuoxue formula (BSHXF) is successfully used as a non-traumatic therapy in treating bone fracture in China, the molecular mechanism underlying its effects remains poorly understood.The p...

Jun 15, 2020

To determine the area of a safety window that excludes the vertebral artery for the safe access of the occipital condyle screws during occipitocervical fixation.This study included 138 cervical comput...

Jun 15, 2020

The primary aim of this study was to develop a diagnostic cluster of common clinical findings that would assist in ruling out an active spondylolysis in adolescent athletes with low back pain (LBP).Re...

Jun 15, 2020

Vertebral cement augmentation techniques are routinely employed to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCF). In the current study, we employed a state-level outpatient database to comp...

Jun 11, 2020

Markov model.Further validity test of a previously published model.The previous model was built using data from ten randomized trials and examined the one-year effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ...

Jun 11, 2020

The neural factors underlying the persistency of quadriceps weakness after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) have been only partially explained. This study examined muscle fiber conduct...