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Transbrow Excision Blepharoplasty for Upper Eyelid Dermatochalasis: A Modified Approach.

Feb 28, 2020

Many aging women with upper lid dermatochalasis pluck their lower lateral eyebrows to combat lateral drooping. The authors present and evaluate outcomes of a modified excision blepharoplasty method pe...

Encapsulation of troglitazone and AVE0991 by gelation microspheres promotes epithelial transformation of adipose-derived stem cells.

Feb 28, 2020

Deformities in human soft tissue caused by trauma or burn present a difficult problem in plastic surgery. In this study, we encapsulated troglitazone and angiotensin 1-7 mimetic AVE0991 in gelation mi...

Robotic-Assisted DIEP Flap Harvest for Autologous Breast Reconstruction: A Comparative Feasibility Study on a Cadaveric Model.

Feb 28, 2020

 The deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is the most common perforator flap for microsurgical breast reconstruction. Contrary to the conventional open approach, robotic-assisted DIEP fla...

Perception of prescribing factors and purchase statistics of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in an orthopedic clinic.

Feb 28, 2020

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) are associated with concern of adverse drug reactions (ADRS) including gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, renal, and musculoskeletal. Non-selective and sel...

Effectiveness of shockwave therapy in the treatment of plantar fasciitis.

Feb 28, 2020

To evaluate the effectiveness of single-dose focal shockwave therapy in plantar fasciitis treatment.a primary, prospective study of a series of cases, conducted in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, by t...

INTER/INTRA-OBSERVER EVALUATION BETWEEN RADIOGRAPHS AND TOMOGRAPHIES FOR PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE.

Feb 28, 2020

The use of images in 3D reconstruction is an instrument that facilitates the interpretation of the fracture, observations of deviations, rotations and articular surface.To evaluate the inter-observer ...

Glossopharyngeal and Hypoglossal Nerve Paralysis Secondary to Prevertebral Phlegmon.

Feb 28, 2020

A 50-year-old man presented to the clinic with severe neck pain, fever, and difficulty breathing and was subsequently admitted to the local orthopedics department with possible retropharyngeal abscess...

Spatiotemporal signal detection using continuous shrinkage priors.

Feb 28, 2020

Periodontal disease (PD) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the gum tissue and bone supporting the teeth. Although tooth-site level PD progression is believed to be spatio-temporally refer...

ZNF687 mutations in an extended cohort of neoplastic transformations in Paget's disease of bone: implication for clinical pathology.

Feb 28, 2020

Neoplastic transformation is a rare but serious complication of Paget's disease of bone (PDB), occurring in fewer than 1% of individuals with polyostotic disease. Their prognosis is poor, with less th...

Ionizing radiation modulates vascular endothelial growth factor expression through STAT3 signaling pathway in rat neonatal primary astrocyte cultures.

Feb 28, 2020

Radiation-induced brain injury (RBI) usually occurs six months to three years after irradiation, often shows cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, and other neurological dysfunction. In severe cases, it ca...

Radiprodil, a NR2B negative allosteric modulator, from bench to bedside in infantile spasm syndrome.

Feb 28, 2020

Infantile spasm syndrome (ISS) is an epileptic encephalopathy without established treatment after the failure to standard of care based on steroids and vigabatrin. Converging lines of evidence indicat...

Comparison of the safety and efficacy of single-stage endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography plus laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus two-stage ERCP followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy six-to-eight weeks later: A randomized controlled trial.

Feb 28, 2020

INTRODUCTİON: Currently, the management of cholelithiasis in combination with choledocholithiasis involves endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) followed by cholecystectomy. However, ...

The Global Macroeconomic Burden of Breast Cancer: Implications for Oncologic Surgery.

Feb 28, 2020

In this study, we quantified the global macroeconomic burden of breast cancer to underscore the critical importance of improving access to oncologic surgical care internationally.Breast cancer mortali...

Treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa: Surgery and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)-exclusion diet. Results after 6 years.

Feb 28, 2020

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a complex disorder, the pathogenesis of which is still unsolved. The known association between hidradenitis suppurativa and Crohn's disease, an autoimmune disease diagnosed...

Safety and Efficacy of Indocyanine Green Tracer-Guided Lymph Node Dissection During Laparoscopic Radical Gastrectomy in Patients With Gastric Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Feb 28, 2020

The application of indocyanine green (ICG) imaging in laparoscopic radical gastrectomy is in the preliminary stages of clinical practice, and its safety and efficacy remain controversial.To investigat...

Pancreaticojejunostomy With Externalized Stent vs Pancreaticogastrostomy With Externalized Stent for Patients With High-Risk Pancreatic Anastomosis: A Single-Center, Phase 3, Randomized Clinical Trial.

Feb 28, 2020

The operative scenarios with the highest postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) risk represent situations in which fistula prevention and mitigation strategies have the strongest potential to affect ...

Early Versus Delayed Surgical Repair and Referral for Patients With Bile Duct Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Feb 28, 2020

The aim of the study was to systematically review and meta-analyze the available evidence regarding the association between timing of repair or referral and clinical outcomes in bile duct injury (BDI)...

Human secreted protein SLURP-1 abolishes nicotine-induced proliferation, PTEN down-regulation and α7-nAChR expression up-regulation in lung cancer cells.

Feb 28, 2020

Human Ly-6/uPAR-related protein-1 (SLURP-1) is an allosteric negative modulator of the α7-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7-nAChR), one of the key receptors promoting nicotine-induced prolif...

Screening for Lung Cancer - 10 States, 2017.

Feb 28, 2020

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States; 148,869 lung cancer-associated deaths occurred in 2016 (1). Mortality might be reduced by identifying lung cancer at an early sta...

The Impact of Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose Threshold Guidelines on Prescribed Dose in a Workers' Compensation Population.

Feb 28, 2020

Prescription opioid overdose has increased markedly and is of great concern among injured workers receiving workers' compensation insurance. Given the association between high daily dose of prescripti...

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