Impact of time since last calor ...
Blood glucose (BG) is usually measured after a caloric restriction of at least 8 h; however evidence-based recommendations for the duration of a fas ...
Changing mortality for motor ne ...
The incidence and mortality of motor neuron disease (MND) increase with age and appear to have increased with time. The examination of period and co ...
A novel approach to quantify ra ...
The most frequently used methods for handling random error are largely misunderstood or misused by researchers. We propose a simple approach to quan ...
Increasing incidence of Barrett ...
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma, a highly fatal cancer, has risen in incidence in Western societies, but it is unclear whether this is due to increasing ...
Selection of confounding variab ...
In observational studies, selection of confounding variables for adjustment is often based on observed baseline incomparability. The aim of this stu ...
Doubling in the use of thyroid ...
Iodization of salt is an effective strategy to prevent iodine deficiency disorders. Recent studies, however, indicate that increasing the iodine int ...
Categories of glucose tolerance ...
We investigated the association of undiagnosed diabetes, previously known diabetes and prediabetes (WHO 1999 classification) with all-cause and caus ...
Dairy products and its associat ...
It is unclear whether specific dairy products are associated with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of this project was therefore to exa ...
Residual confounding after adju ...
Residual confounding, after adjustment for age, is the major criticism of observational studies on breast cancer screening effectiveness. We develop ...
Sex differences in short- and l ...
Declining trends in case fatality (CF) of MI events have been generally reported in western countries. It is, however, not clear whether the develop ...
Determinants of 40-year all-cau ...
If a few risk factors had predictive power for all-cause mortality in different geographical-cultural areas, then preventive efforts might be concen ...
Maternal weight change before p ...
Maternal weight change before pregnancy can be considered as an indicator of maternal energy balance and nutritional status before conception, and m ...
To reconstruct the hemipelvis a ...
Background Hemipelvic defect could be reconstructed with homolateral proximal femur, and an acetabulum could be smartly created in the trochanter re ...
What to expect postoperatively ...
Purpose To evaluate the effect of a vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR) on head tilt in patients with congenital scoliosis. Methods ...
Online orthopaedic surgical ana ...
Practicing orthopaedic surgeons may face day to day challenge in planning certain operations that require a special study of the anatomical part on ...
Extensor pollicis longus tendon ...
The introduction of elastic stable intramedullary nailing (ESIN) has made operative Wxation an important option in treatment of the paediatric forea ...
Navigated anterior cruciate lig ...
We wanted to test the following hypothesis: the location of the tibial and femoral ACL attachments measured by a navigation system differs from thei ...
Implementing the Rapid Recovery ...
The Rapid Recovery Program (RRP) is an accelerated discharge programme aimed at reducing the length of stay (LOS) and improving patient satisfaction ...
MRI and histology of collagen t ...
Purpose To evaluate, using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and histology, the regeneration of injured knee menisci following reconstituted collagen ...
Open grade III fractures of tib ...
Open grade III fractures of tibia are challenging therapeutic problem even to experienced surgeons. Method for skeletal stabilization of these fract ...
Central acetabular osteophyte ( ...
Femoro-acetabular hip impingement is a recently recognized condition that leads to premature hip arthritis and possible need for joint replacement. ...
Results of 131 consecutive oper ...
Objective The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the open reduction and fixation of a dislocated proximal humerus fracture with a ...
Rotational deformity affects ra ...
Malunited distal radius fractures are 3D deformities. The preoperative evaluation of the deformity and surgical planning are usually depended on pla ...
Long proximal femoral nails ver ...
The objective of this study is to compare the results of the Long Proximal Femoral Nail versus Short Proximal Femoral Nail in the management of prox ...
The use of interconnected b-tri ...
Objective The purpose of this study was to analyse the clinical and radiological outcome in patients after implantation of b-tricalcium phosphate as ...