Orthopedics
Jun 18, 2020
WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Young competitive alpine skiers have an increased prevalence of distal femoral cortical irregularities (DFCIs) on knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ac...
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 12, 2020
THURSDAY, June 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for suicide have been identified among health care professionals, according to a study published online June 10 in...
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...
Jun 11, 2020
To determine locoregional recurrence rate (LRR) and disease-specific survival (DSS) following marginal vs segmental mandibulectomy.Included were 210 patients, who had marginal or segmental mandibulect...
Jun 11, 2020
In recent decades, low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has occupied a prominent position and has been studied in various fields of knowledge, and your effects have been widely observed in studies about num...
Jun 11, 2020
To assess the clinical usefulness of serum tumor markers for early detection of distant breast cancer recurrence using FDG-PET/CT.We retrospectively analyzed 561 consecutive patients who underwent sur...
Jun 08, 2020
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a metabolic intermediate in the biosynthesis of estrogens and androgens with a past clouded in controversy and bold claims. It was once touted as a wonder drug, a foun...
Jun 08, 2020
This study aimed to evaluate facet joint parameters and osteoarthritis grades, and segmental angular and translational motions among different grades of L5/S1 intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration.Th...
Jun 08, 2020
To estimate the incidence of patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs) as a result of facial trauma sustained from skateboarding.The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) dat...