Biologics in children’s autoimm ...
Advances in understanding the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases have led to the discovery of mechanisms of inflammation and autoimmunity and have m ...
Educational paper The effect of ...
Over the past several decades, pediatric oncologists have seen the growth in the number of patients surviving their cancer. This is in large part du ...
Attitudes toward complementary ...
The purpose of the present survey was to assess attitudes, beliefs, experience, referral patterns and desire for education regarding complementary a ...
The long-term outcome after sev ...
Important long-term health problems have been described after severe paediatric trauma. The International Classification of Functioning (ICF) was de ...
Metabolic syndrome, adipokines ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a lifestyle intervention programme (nutrition and exercise counselling) on metabolic syndrome (M ...
Isolated congenital tracheal st ...
Severe tracheal stenosis, resulting in functional atresia of the trachea is a rare congenital malformation with an estimated occurrence of two in 10 ...
Pediatric flexor tenosynovitis ...
We describe the case of a child with impetigo in a typical facial distribution who went on to develop flexor tenosynovitis of the hand. The isolated ...
Bilateral chronic lipogranuloma ...
A 19-year-old woman presented with ptosis and yellowish swelling of both eyelids 3 months after functional endoscopic sinus surgery in which a tampo ...
An overview of current biomater ...
Today an increasing number of patients seek aesthetic improvement through minimally invasive procedures, and interest in soft tissue augmentation an ...
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 ...
Malnutrition in cleft lip and p ...
The objective of this study is to investigate the nutritional status of patients with cleft lip and/or palate when compared to non-cleft lip or pala ...
Histological analysis of capsul ...
Silicone implants have been used for breast augmentation for more than 45 years. Complications, in particular capsular contracture, occur with an in ...
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 ...
Late necrosis of a pedicled rec ...
Flap neovascularization is an important plastic surgery phenomenon, which allows the pedicle to achieve an alternative blood supply basis for pedicl ...
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 ...
Multidetector computed tomograp ...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to analyze the multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) morphologic characteristics of non-aortic acute vascul ...
Thromboprophylaxis following ma ...
Purpose Venous thromboembolic disease following skeletal polytrauma is a major issue for trauma surgeons, but there is no consensus of opinion regar ...
Detection of non-palpable breas ...
Objective To compare the detectability of non-palpable breast cancer in asymptomatic women by using mammography (MMG), dynamic contrast-enhanced M ...
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 ...
Positive contrast visualization ...
Objective MRI has recently been introduced as a promising method of monitoring the transplanted pancreatic islets labelled with superparamagnetic ir ...
Surveillance mammography for de ...
Objectives To determine the diagnostic accuracy of surveillance mammography for detecting ipsilateral breast tumour recurrence and metachronous cont ...
Clinical significance of primar ...
Objectives To correlate primary oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) uptake with pathological factors and examine ...
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 ...