Cardiac aging – a review
Congenital tylosis and the role ...
Congenital tylosis or hereditary palmoplantar keratoderma is a group of heterogeneous diseases characterised by thickening of the skin on the palms ...
Minimising the learning curve w ...
Breast reconstruction with autologous tissue is associated with numerous benefits. The Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator (DIEAP) flap aims ...
Prepubertal unilateral gynecoma ...
Background Gynecomastia is defined as the presence of excessive breast tissue in males, which can appear unilateral or bilateral. Bilateral gynecoma ...
Evaluation of admissions to the ...
unique facility strictly reserved to provide immediate largescale emergency care for victims of disasters and major incidents. We evaluated the impl ...
Surgical management of lower ga ...
Purpose Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is any form of bleeding distal to the Ligament of Treitz. In most cases, acute LGIB is self-limited a ...
Hip fracture surgery and perfor ...
Background In the Netherlands, two performance indicators for the treatment of hip fracture patients have been recently implemented. Both indicators ...
Lung tissue apoptosis in abdomi ...
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate lung tissue histopathologic changes and the number of apoptosis with the increase of abdominal pres ...
Imaging of the Achilles tendon ...
time MRI and ultrasound for assessing the extent of tendon abnormalities in spondyloarthritis. Methods 25 patients with spondyloarthritis and Achill ...
Pulmonary langerhans cell histi ...
Objective To compare high-resolution (HR) CT and histopathological findings and to evaluate serial CT findings in pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocy ...
Diagnostic value of CT-colonogr ...
Objectives Previous meta-analyses on CT-colonography included both average and high risk individuals, which may overestimate the diagnostic value in ...
Oedema and fatty degeneration o ...
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of oedema and fatty degeneration of the soleus and gastrocnemius muscles in patien ...
Pleomorphic adenoma of the nas ...
Pleomorphic adenoma arising from submucosal minor salivary gland tissue in the head and neck is well described in the published literature. Where ...
Positive contrast visualization ...
Objective MRI has recently been introduced as a promising method of monitoring the transplanted pancreatic islets labelled with superparamagnetic ir ...
Posterior listhesis of a lumbar ...
The management of spinal tuberculosis, especially in children, is controversial. In children, vertebral destruction is more severe than adults becau ...
How is recovery from low back p ...
Recovery is commonly used as an outcome measure in low back pain (LBP) research. There is, however, no accepted definition of what recovery involves ...
Cost-effectiveness of guideline ...
Healthcare costs for low back pain (LBP) are increasing rapidly. Hence, it is important to provide treatments that are effective and cost-effective. ...
Computer tomography assessment ...
Transpedicular screw fixation has been accepted worldwide since Harrington et al. first placed pedicle screws through the isthmus. In vivo and in vi ...
The mechanical response of the ...
Degeneration of the intervertebral disc is related to progressive changes in the disc tissue composition and morphology, such as water loss, disc he ...
Comparison of radiographic and ...
This study was designed to investigate the characteristics of pedicle transverse diameters (PD), vertebral body transverse diameters (VBD), especial ...
Cardiac aging – a review
Background: Physiology of aging includes numerous modifications at different levels of the cardiovascular system, resulting in adverse remodeling of ...
Tissue engineering of cartilage ...
Tissue engineering aims to produce a functional tissue replacement to repair defects. Tissue reconstruction is an essential step toward the clinical ...
Consolidated standards of repor ...
The reporting standards for randomized controlled trials were first published in 1996 by a group of scientists under the name “CONSORT,” which means ...
Self-etching adhesives: possibl ...
Pulp capping is one of the solving for keeping vital pulp in the case of dentin caries, reversible pulpitis or traumatic pulp exposure. The presence ...
Successful kidney transplantati ...
Highly sensitized patients experience an increased number of rejection episodes and have poorer graft survival rates; hence, sensitization is a sign ...
Analysis on the distinguishing ...
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is one of the rarely existing ancient traditional medicines that hold systematic theories as well as preventative ...