Breast cancer in pregnancy
Review: Pharmacogenetic aspects ...
The field of pharmacogenetics contains a wealth of potential for the enhancement of clinical practice by providing a more effective match between pa ...
Visual and spectrophotometric o ...
Spectrophotometry has been investigated as a means to estimate the age of bruises as experiments have indicated that it can be used to detect the pr ...
The medico-legal investigation ...
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has been reported to be the leading cause of death in infants under 1 year of age in many countries. Unfortunate ...
Age estimation and the medial c ...
This study was designed in order to assess the suitability of clavicular development in discriminating whether or not an individual has reached the ...
Investigation on the utility of ...
Digital photogrammetric methods were employed to assess the level of sexual dimorphism present in permanent maxillary molar cusp areas of black Sout ...
Staphylococcal toxins in sudden ...
Around two thirds of sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI) remain unexplained following postmortem examination. It has been postulated that a s ...
Fibrin glue and porcine-derived ...
Background: Rupture of an umbilical hernia carries a risk of high mortality for patients with liver failure complicated by ascites. There is no cons ...
Total thyroidectomy by loupe ma ...
Background: Total thyroidectomy has been accepted as current surgical therapy for benign and malignant thyroidal disorders but extensive resection ...
Breast cancer in pregnancy
Background: Patients with concurrent pregnancy and breast cancer are likely to increase owing to the increase in the maternal age at first full-term ...
Effective operative training in ...
Background: Operative skills are essential components of surgical education and can be acquired only through personal experience and training. Incre ...
Implementation of single incisi ...
Background: Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is rapidly gaining popularity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation of s ...
Hidden laparoscopic access (HiL ...
Background: The introduction of the NOTES concept led to several new approaches to laparoscopic or endoscopic cholecystectomy, e.g. transvaginal, SI ...
Review comparing carbon dioxide ...
Background: The aim of the present review was to compare carbon dioxide versus air insufflation in colonoscopy. Methods: All randomized controlled ...
Gut access in critically ill an ...
Background: Nutritional support in critically ill and injured patients is crucial. It can be provided via parenteral or enteral access, each of whic ...
Total parenteral nutrition in c ...
Background: Malnutrition is common in critically ill and severely injured patients. Many factors are responsible for the development of malnutrition ...
Human mesenchymal stem cell co- ...
The capacity of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to differentiate into intervertebral disc (IVD)-like cells has been well described, but their ability ...
Comparison of radiographic and ...
This study was designed to investigate the characteristics of pedicle transverse diameters (PD), vertebral body transverse diameters (VBD), especial ...
Clinical features and surgical ...
With the aging of the population in developed countries, spine surgeons have recently been more likely to encounter elderly patients in need of trea ...
Spontaneous cervical epidural h ...
Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSEH) during pregnancy is rare and may result in permanent damage if not promptly treated. There were few stud ...
The patient-specific functional ...
The primary objective of this study was to determine which questionnaire, the Roland Morris disability questionnaire (RMDQ) or the patient-specific ...
Prevalence of sleep disturbance ...
Low back pain (LBP) is a common health condition that is often associated with disability, psychological distress and work loss. Worldwide, billions ...
Disc degeneration of cervical s ...
An association between progression of cervical disc degeneration and that of lumbar disc degeneration has been considered to exist. To date, however ...
Yoga and disc degenerative dise ...
The objective of the current study was to find out whether yoga practice was beneficial to the spine by comparing degenerative disc disease in the s ...
The cutaneous silent period is ...
Electromyographic (EMG) activity from voluntarily contracting hand muscles undergoes transient suppression following nociceptive fingertip stimulati ...
Non-traumatic posterior atlanto ...
This report presents a case of non-traumatic posterior atlanto-occipital dislocation. A 36-year-old female was referred with a history of numbness o ...