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Maintenance Costs, Time, and Efforts Following Implant Therapy With Fixed Restorations Over an Observation Period of 10 Years: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

Oct 14, 2024

To assess the costs and efforts of maintenance therapy following implant treatment with fixed restoration over an observation period of 10 years.This randomized controlled clinical trial included 64...

Comparative analysis of two double-plate fixation techniques for intercondylar fractures of the distal humerus.

Oct 14, 2024

This study was aimed to compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of patients with intercondylar fractures of the humerus treated with orthogonal and parallel plating methods via precontoured pla...

New complex cell junctions in and around the intervertebral discs discovered using autoantibodies from patients affected by endemic pemphigus foliaceus in El Bagre, Colombia, South America.

Sep 16, 2024

Traditionally, the intervertebral disks' (IVD) nucleus pulposus (NP) and annulus fibrosus (AF) are considered to have few cellular components and cell junctions. Patients affected by a new variant of ...

Intergranular fracture, grain-boundary structure, and dislocation-density interactions in FCC bicrystals.

Sep 09, 2024

A dislocation-density based crystalline plasticity (DCP) and nonlinear finite element (FE) analysis were used to predict, and fundamentally understand how and why fracture nucleation and propagation a...

Lower psoas mass indicates worse prognosis in percutaneous vertebroplasty-treated osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.

Jun 17, 2024

The correlation between lower psoas mass and the prognosis of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF) is still unclear. This study aims to investigate the impact of lower psoas mass on the...

Biomechanical changes in the proximal femur before and after removal of femoral neck system.

May 13, 2024

As an innovative internal fixation system, FNS (femoral neck system) is increasingly being utilized by surgeons for the treatment of femoral neck fractures. At present, there have been numerous finite...

The Long-term Efficacy of Total Knee Arthroplasty on End-stage Kashin-Beck Disease of the Knee in Highland Tibetan Areas Patients: A Retrospective Study with 10-Year Follow-up.

Apr 22, 2024

Despite the established success of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with end-stage osteoarthritis, there is a notable scarcity of research on its long-term outcomes in individuals suffering from end-stag...

Pheochromocytoma-induced myocardial infarction: A case report.

Mar 11, 2024

The pheochromocytoma is an uncommon endocrine neoplasm that originates from chromaffin cells and causes significant cardiovascular effects through the intermittent or sustained release of catecholamin...

Let's settle the controversy-gelfoam is a safe intravascular embolic agent.

Feb 26, 2024

A 2021 safety alert restricted endovascular gelfoam use in Australia and resulted in an embargo on gelfoam sales to IR departments. This study aimed to show that gelfoam is safe in a population of tra...

Effects of testing speed on the tensile and mode I fracture behavior of specimens printed through the Fused Deposition Modeling technique.

Feb 19, 2024

Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes are known as revolutionary manufacturing processes that fabricate a part using a 3D model layer upon layer. These techniques gained more attention from various in...

A Case of Thoracic Empyema Caused by Actinomyces naeslundii.

Feb 19, 2024

BACKGROUND Actinomycosis is a clinically significant but uncommon infectious disease caused by anaerobic commensals of Actinomyces species, and the incidence of thoracic empyema is rare. We report an ...

Comparison of cutout risk factors between single- and doublescrew proximal nails in intertrochanteric femur fractures - a multicentric study.

Feb 12, 2024

Aim Significant risk factors for femoral nail cutout are well-documented, primarily in the context of single-screw proximal nails. However, it remains uncertain whether those same risk factors are app...

Thoracic spine X-ray examination of patients with back pain using different breathing technique and exposure times - A diagnostic study.

Feb 05, 2024

The breathing and suspended inspiration techniques are often used interchangeably for spine X-ray examinations. However, these techniques are not always adequately supported by clinical evidence. This...

Comparison of clinical outcomes and complications between endoscopic and minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for lumbar degenerative diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jan 29, 2024

This study compares the efficacy and complications of endoscopic transforaminal lumbar fusion (Endo-TLIF) and minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar fusion (MIS-TLIF) in treating lumbar degenerative...

A case of hepatocellular carcinoma with pseudoaneurysm formation upon lenvatinib administration.

Jan 29, 2024

A 79-year-old man received treatment for multiple intrahepatic hepatocellular carcinoma with atezolizumab + bevacizumab. However, he developed lower back pain attributed to spinal metastases upon ...

Material-Intrinsic NIR-Fluorescence Enables Image-Guided Surgery for Ceramic Fracture Removal.

Jan 22, 2024

Hip arthroplasty effectively treats advanced osteoarthritis and has therefore been entitled as "operation of the 20th century." With demographic shifts, the USA alone is projected to perform up to 850...

A comparison of continuous cold flow and compression device and traditional icing regimen and no icing following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A pilot study.

Jan 15, 2024

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of continuous cold flow and compression device as against traditional icing regimen and without icing after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ...

Characterization of movement patterns using unsupervised learning neural networks: Exploring a novel approach for monitoring athletes during sidestepping.

Jan 08, 2024

The monitoring of athletes is crucial to preventing injuries, identifying fatigue or supporting return-to-play decisions. The purpose of this study was to explore the ability of Kohonen neural network...

Community directed assessment of pain in a northern Saskatchewan Cree community.

Jan 08, 2024

Indigenous Elder advisors in Pelican Narrows, a Cree community in Northern Saskatchewan, have indicated that Western pain scales may not be responsive tools for pain assessments within their community...

Osteoporosis as Perceived by Saudi Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study of Quality of Practice and Current Barriers in Management.

Jan 01, 2024

Background Osteoporosis (OP) is a state of abnormal bone quality and architecture that leads to fragility fractures, with lifetime costs reaching 16.27 billion Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR). Methods An el...

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