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Hospital Admissions Not Related to COVID-19 Fell in Early 2020

Sep 30, 2020

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Non-COVID-19 hospital admissions decreased considerably with the onset of COVID-19, with declines generally similar across patient demographic subgroups f...

Lockdown Tied to Worsening of Musculoskeletal Conditions

Sep 30, 2020

TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Early stages of the U.K. COVID-19 lockdown had negative consequences for people with musculoskeletal conditions, according to a letter to the editor publish...

Trust the FAST: Confirmation that the FAST Exam is Highly Specific for Intra-Abdominal Hemorrhage in over 1,200 Patients with Pelvic Fractures.

Sep 28, 2020

Use of the Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exam in patients with pelvic fractures has been reported as unreliable. We hypothesized that FAST is a reliable method for detecting cli...

TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibril film from nano-structured bacterial cellulose derived from the recently developed thermotolerant Komagataeibacter xylinus C30 and Komagataeibacter oboediens R37-9 strains.

Sep 28, 2020

Bacterial cellulose (BC), prepared from two recently developed thermotolerant bacterial strains (Komagataeibacter xylinus C30 and Komagataeibacter oboediens R37-9), were used as a raw material to synt...

Long-term impact of obesity on patient-reported outcomes and patient satisfaction after lumbar spine surgery: an observational study.

Sep 28, 2020

Obese body habitus is a challenging issue to address in lumbar spine surgery. There is a lack of consensus on the long-term influence of BMI on patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction. This study a...

3D planning of ear prosthesis and navigated flapless surgery for craniofacial implants: a pilot study.

Sep 28, 2020

New 3D digital technologies can be applied to implant-supported ear prostheses to restore anatomical structures damaged by cancer, dysplasia, or trauma. However, several factors influence the accuracy...

Autologous bone graft substitute containing rhBMP6 within autologous blood coagulum and synthetic ceramics of different particle size determines the quantity and structural pattern of bone formed in a rat sucutaneous assay.

Sep 28, 2020

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are potent osteoinductive agents for bone tissue engineering. In order to define optimal properties of a novel autologous bone graft substitute (ABGS) containing rhB...

Fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma: A clinicopathological study of seven cases including hereditary and sporadic forms.

Sep 28, 2020

Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC) has been incorporated into the recent international histological classification of renal tumors. However, to date, there are limited studies ...

Hip Implant Survival Tied to Implant Choice

Sep 24, 2020

MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Between-hospital variation in survival rates of total hip replacement (THR) may be due to implant choice, according to a U.K. study published online Aug. 31 ...

Quantifying trunk neuromuscular control using seated balancing and stability threshold.

Sep 24, 2020

Performance during seated balancing is often used to assess trunk neuromuscular control, including evaluating impairments in back pain populations. Balancing in less challenging environments allows fo...

1Vitamin A regulates fibroblast growth factor 23.

Sep 24, 2020

Renal phosphate and vitamin D metabolism are regulated by proteohormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), which is secreted by bone cells. FGF23 inhibits phosphate reabsorption and the production o...

The influence of a meniscal bucket handle tear on the Posterior Cruciate Ligament Angle in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture - A case report.

Sep 24, 2020

Chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear might be difficult to diagnose on MRI. Indirect signs might be a typical meniscal or cartilage lesion, or a spontaneous anterior drawer visualized by a de...

Machine learning demonstrates that somatic mutations imprint invariant morphologic features in myelodysplastic syndromes.

Sep 24, 2020

Morphological interpretation is the standard in diagnosing myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), but it has limitations, such as varying reliability in pathologic evaluation and lack of integration with gen...

Dilated Epidural Venous Plexus causing Radiculopathy: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature.

Sep 24, 2020

A dilated epidural venous plexus (DEVP) is a rare cause of radiculopathy, back pain, cauda equina syndrome, and other neurological symptoms. This vascular mass can be secondary to inferior vena cava (...

Individuals With Diabetes Have Increased Risk for Falls

Sep 23, 2020

TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with diabetes have an increased risk for falls, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study o...

Time-frequency analysis of muscle activation patterns in people with chronic ankle instability during Landing and cutting tasks.

Sep 21, 2020

People with chronic ankle instability (CAI) exhibit neuromuscular deficits. Previous studies, however, only investigated magnitudes of muscle activation and not the time-frequency domain.Do people wit...

The prevalence of chronic ankle instability and its relationship to foot arch characteristics in female collegiate athletes.

Sep 21, 2020

To determine the prevalence of chronic ankle instability (CAI) and to investigate its relationship to the foot arch in collegiate female athletes by each sports event.Cross-sectional study.University ...

Development of an oxygen-releasing electroconductive in-situ crosslinkable hydrogel based on oxidized pectin and grafted gelatin for tissue engineering applications.

Sep 21, 2020

Injectable hydrogels with conductivity are highly desirable as scaffolds for the engineering of various electrical stimuli-responsive tissues, including nerve, muscle, retina, and bone. However, oxyge...

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors - Outcomes and prognostic factors based on the reference center experience.

Sep 21, 2020

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) accounts for about 5% of soft tissue sarcomas. It can occur as sporadic diseases or can be associated with type 1 neurofibromatosis. MPNST is usually as...

Prevalence and incidence of vertebral fractures: a 7-year follow-up study in institutionalized adults with refractory epilepsy and intellectual disability.

Sep 21, 2020

The main objective of this cohort study is to determine the prevalence and incidence of morphometric vertebral fractures (VFs) over 7 years follow-up, in institutionalized adults with refractory epile...

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