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Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on physical symptoms in advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care.

Feb 28, 2020

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is primarily used for pain, but might be useful for various other physical symptoms, including nausea, fatigue, dyspnea, and constipation. However, f...

Chronic disease comorbidity in patients with oral leukoplakia: A matched case-control study.

Feb 28, 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of chronic diseases in patients with oral leukoplakia (OL) compared to controls matched for age group, gender, smoking and alcohol use.This ca...

Using contributing causes of death improves prediction of opioid involvement in unclassified drug overdoses in US death records.

Feb 28, 2020

A substantial share of fatal drug overdoses is missing information on specific drug involvement, leading to under-reporting of opioid-related death rates and a misrepresentation of the extent of the o...

Comparing PCI Approaches for Cardiogenic Shock

Feb 25, 2020

Previous studies indicate that early revascularization appears to reduce mortality among patients with acute MI that is complicated by cardiogenic shock. Approximately 80% of MI patients with cardioge...

Detection and monitoring of lineage-specific chimerism by digital droplet PCR-based testing of deletion/insertion polymorphisms.

Feb 25, 2020

Analysis of specific leukocyte subsets for post-transplant monitoring of chimerism provides greater sensitivity and clinical informativeness on dynamic changes in donor- and recipient-derived cells. L...

Differences in Mineral Composition and Morphology Between Men and Women in Aortic Valve Calcification.

Feb 25, 2020

Aortic valve calcification leads to the deposition of calcium phosphate minerals in the extracellular matrix of the aortic valve leaflets. The mineral deposits can severely narrow the opening of the a...

A novel 3D printing PCL/GelMA scaffold containing USPIO for MRI guided bile duct repair.

Feb 25, 2020

In tissue engineering, it is a significant idea to make artificial bile ducts in vitro for repairing and replacing diseased bile ducts. This study printed a tubular composite scaffold using polycaprol...

A prospective study of fully covered metal stents for different types of refractory benign biliary strictures.

Feb 25, 2020

 While endoscopic management of benign biliary strictures (BBSs) is the standard of care, long-term treatment remains the issue in refractory cases, especially for anastomotic strictures after livin...

The Usage of Pedicled or Free Muscle Flaps Represents a Beneficial Approach for Periprosthetic Infection After Knee Arthroplasty.

Feb 25, 2020

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a severe complication after a total knee replacement that is primarily associated with soft tissue defects. Finding an appropriate therapy for PJI is a major ch...

An Update on Social Media in Academic Plastic Surgery Training Programs: The Rising Trend of Likes, Shares, and Retweets.

Feb 25, 2020

Increasing in popularity, social media provides powerful marketing and networking tools for private practice plastic surgeons. The authors sought to examine social media utilization by academic plasti...

Wide resection of soft tissue sarcomas after unplanned primary procedures: A long-term follow-up study.

Feb 25, 2020

Unplanned resection of soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) predispose the patients to recurrences and metastases, secondary wide resection is usually warranted.To investigate the outcomes of re-excision of STS...

Assessment of the Forearm Tendon Transfer with Irreparable Radial Nerve Injuries Caused by War Projectiles.

Feb 25, 2020

Injuries to the radial nerve can occur at any point along its anatomical route, and the etiology quite varies. A particular entity are war injuries of the extremities, which have high morbidity but lo...

A well defect-suitable and high-strength biomimetic squid type II gelatin hydrogel promoted in situ costal cartilage regeneration via dynamic immunomodulation and direct induction manners.

Feb 25, 2020

Reconstructing segmental costal cartilage defects resulting from autologous cartilage grafts in plastic surgery remains a challenge. The present study focused on a biomimetic strategy for in situ cost...

Outcomes and Review of Periprosthetic Tibial Fractures.

Feb 25, 2020

Periprosthetic fractures around total knee arthroplasties (TKA) are well documented in the literature. Fractures of the tibial side occur least frequently and often pose reconstructive challenges to t...

Osteoimmunology: A Current Update of the Interplay Between Bone and the Immune System.

Feb 25, 2020

Immunology, already a discipline in its own right, has become a major part of many different medical fields. However, its relationship to orthopedics and trauma surgery has unfortunately, and perhaps ...

How We Manage Bone Marrow Edema-An Interdisciplinary Approach.

Feb 25, 2020

Bone marrow edema (BME) is a descriptive term for a common finding in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although pain is the major symptom, BME differs in terms of its causal mechanisms, underlying di...

The impact of fellowship type on trends and complications following total shoulder arthroplasty for osteoarthrosis by recently trained board-eligible orthopedic surgeons.

Feb 25, 2020

Total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) with an anatomic or reverse prosthesis is a commonly used and successful treatment option for many degenerative shoulder conditions. There is an increasing trend towa...

Strategy to improve the mechanical properties of bioabsorbable materials based on chitosan for orthopedic fixation applications.

Feb 25, 2020

Bioabsorbable polymeric fixation devices have been used as an alternative to metallic implants in orthopedics, preventing the stress shielding effect and avoiding a second surgery for implant removal....

Effects of immersive virtual reality therapy on intravenous patient-controlled sedation during orthopaedic surgery under regional anesthesia: A randomized controlled trial.

Feb 25, 2020

Immersive virtual reality (IVR) is a form of distraction therapy that has shown potential as an analgesia and sedation sparing agent. This study assessed the effect of IVR on the self-administered sed...

Multiple sevoflurane exposures don't disturb the T-cell receptor repertoire in infant rhesus monkeys' thymus.

Feb 25, 2020

Multiple surgical procedures and anesthesia increase the risk of the development in children. However, the influence of such exposures on the developing childhood immunity organs is rarely reported.Hi...

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