Evaluation of immediate laparos ...
The purpose of this study was to obtain information to aid in deciding the timing of immediate laparoscopic surgery for gynecological disorders. We ...
Pharmacokinetics of intravenous ...
The aim of this phase I, dose-escalating study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, electrocardiographic effect and safety of amiodarone after a si ...
Leptin, leptin gene and leptin ...
Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction (HFNEF) is common in obesity and coronary artery disease (CAD). Both ischemia and reperfusion induce l ...
A case of giant cell arteritis ...
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the medium and large blood vessels. The early symptoms of this disease are nonspecif ...
A slightly elevated level of N- ...
The prognostic and diagnostic values of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) in ischemic heart disease have already been investigat ...
Serial dilation reduces graft s ...
Purpose This study tested the hypothesis that serial dilation of the tibial tunnel could provide a stronger anchorage of the graft-fixation-device c ...
Gravity-assisted pivot-shift te ...
Purpose The gravity-assisted pivot-shift (GAPS) test is a newly advocated test for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. We retrospectively inves ...
Tourniquet use in total knee ar ...
Purpose The use of an intraoperative tourniquet for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common practice. However, the effectiveness and safety are st ...
Long-term outcome after menisca ...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to analyse the clinical and radiological results of meniscal repairs and identify factors that correlate with ...
Thermal necrosis after simultan ...
One-staged tibial corrective osteotomy and total knee arthroplasty is a challenging but effective treatment for arthritic knees with extra-articular ...
The double ACL sign: an unusual ...
Several characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signs of meniscal bucket-handle tears are well known and widely used. This case report prese ...
A medium to long-term follow-up ...
This paper reports the results of our approach to ACL tears and knee laxity, based on 30 years of experience in ACL reconstruction with hamstrings a ...
Anterior and posterior knee lax ...
Purpose The purposes of this study were (1) to determine normal anterior and posterior knee laxity in a healthy young adult (20–30 years old) Korean ...
Measurements of knee morphometr ...
Purpose The primary purpose of this study was as follows: (1) to compare bony morphology in subjects with and without ACL injury. The secondary purp ...
Trans-tendon arthroscopic repai ...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to describe a modified trans-tendon method of repairing partial articular surface lesions, which restored the ...
Cryopreservation increases apop ...
Purpose Removal of the meniscus leads to progressive degenerative arthritis of the knee on a long-term basis; therefore, meniscal allograft transpla ...
Effect of sealants on laser flu ...
The aim of this study was to investigate in vitro the effects of clear or opaque sealants, on the laser fluorescence readings for occlusal caries de ...
Low-level laser therapy (LLLT; ...
Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has been found to produce anti-inflammatory effects in a variety of disorders. Tendinopathies are directly related to ...
Stimulatory effect of low-level ...
Several studies suggest a biomodulatory influence of low-level laser irradiation in the inflammatory and reparative processes of dental tissues. The ...
High response of second-line ch ...
Because of improved therapeutic results after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), s ...
Expression and significance of ...
Connexin 43(Cx43) and E-cadherin are concurrently expressed in many tumors and were ever classified as tumor suppressors in primary tumors (PT), whe ...
Metabolic and Clinical Effects ...
Background Oral supplementation of a specific mixture of essential and non-essential amino acids has been shown to modulate hypercatabolism in patie ...
Selective underexpression of Kv ...
The expression of voltage-gated potassium channels belonging to the Kv3 family has been studied in the sensori-motor cortex of rats exposed to alcoh ...
Depression, disability and cogn ...
The disability, cognitive impairment, fatigue and depression are interacting features in multiple sclerosis (MS), whose relation is still unclear. T ...
The direct cost of patients wit ...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic progressive disease of the CNS causing disability and neurological symptoms that carry a substantial burden. Pr ...