Feb 18, 2020

Platelet concentrates have emerged as innovative autologous blood products that enhance tissue healing and regeneration in regenerative therapy. A common feature of these products is their higher than...

Feb 18, 2020

Knowledge of factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with facial palsy may aid in better interpreting outcomes of research and treatment.To identify factors associated with ...

Feb 18, 2020

Surgical treatment of fractures has evolved with the development of anaesthesia in 1846. Experiments with different implants both organic and non-organic had led to introduction of sometimes extremely...

Feb 18, 2020

To determine if three-dimensionally printed (3Dp) fracture models can improve orthopedic trainee education.A prospective comparison study of orthopedic trainees and attending surgeons was performed, w...

Feb 18, 2020

The aim of this study is to investigate the most appropriate knee MRI report template that not only provides structure and consistency, but also allows enough narrative freedom for the logical organiz...

Feb 18, 2020

Osteoid osteoma is a rare benign bone tumor displaying typical clinical symptoms and radiological signs in most cases. Characteristic symptoms are nocturnal pain alleviated by non-steroid antiinflamm...

Feb 18, 2020

Peripheral blood samples were obtained from 25 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) and 13 healthy volunteers.Our aim was to investigate the significance of neurodegenerative biomarkers...

Feb 18, 2020

Despite near-equal enrollment of males and females in medical schools, orthopaedic surgery continues to have one of the lowest percentage of female orthopaedic residents. This suggests there may be fa...

Feb 18, 2020

Natural polyphenols are being tested both in preclinical and clinical settings for the treatment of different neurological disorders. The article describes the outcome of three polyphenols, resveratro...

Feb 18, 2020

To assess the growth outcomes at 18 months corrected age in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants compared to standardized norms, and in VLBW infants with and without bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) o...

Feb 18, 2020

There is evidence to suggest that hypertension involves a chronic low-grade systemic inflammatory response; however, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. To further understand the role of inflammati...

Feb 18, 2020

To investigate the prevalence and risk factors for permanent hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy for benign disease in a population-based setting with data independent of input of complicatio...

Feb 18, 2020

To evaluate the management and oncological outcomes of rectal cancer patients with local regrowth in a watch-and-wait (W&W) program.Approximately 15%-30% of patients with a clinical complete response ...

Feb 18, 2020

MINI: In this randomized clinical trial to prevent anastomotic recurrence in Crohn disease, the new Kono-S anastomosis demonstrates a significant reduction in postoperative clinical and endoscopic rec...

Feb 18, 2020

Older adults, especially those with frailty, have a higher risk for complications and death after emergency surgery. Acute Care for the Elderly models have been successful in medical wards, but little...

Feb 18, 2020

The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) care protocol has been shown to improve outcomes compared with traditional care in certain types of surgery.To assess the association of use of the ERAS prot...

Feb 18, 2020

Although short- and medium-term outcomes after liver transplantation for alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) are generally excellent and similar to outcomes for transplantation for other indications,...

Feb 18, 2020

Arterial hypertension in renal transplant recipients warrants antihypertensive treatment. The preferable choice of antihypertensives that should be used in patients after kidney transplantation remain...

Feb 18, 2020

Synthetic hair fiber implantation first achieved widespread use in the 1970s, but in 1983, the US Federal Drug Administration banned the fibers due to its complications. Currently available synthetic ...

Feb 18, 2020

Patient selection and organ allocation for liver transplantation (LT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) relies predominantly on clinical parameters, such as tumor burden (i.e., radiologi...