Development and technique of pe ...
Background: Achalasia is a primary esophageal motor disorder involving the absence of esophageal body peristalsis and defective relaxation of the lo ...
Prevalence of obesity and overw ...
Background: Obesity is one of the most important health-related problems in the 21st century. Data on its respective prevalence in Austria remain sc ...
The use of probiotics in the su ...
Background: The intestinal microflora is thought to be the origin for many infectious complications seen in surgical conditions, due to dysfunction ...
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 ...
Construction of the vessel-coll ...
According to the self-discipline of traditional Chinese medicine, vessel-collateral theory was constructed systematically, which was important to imp ...
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 ...
Frequent development of leptome ...
We detected 7 cases of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in 126 patients with peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer who received combined systemic ...
Caspase 8 and caspase 9 gene po ...
Background Caspase-8 (CASP8) and caspase-9 (CASP9) play crucial roles in regulating apoptosis, and their functional polymorphisms may alter cancer r ...
Does immigration play a role in ...
The observed increased risks of gastric cancer among first-generation immigrants compared to those in Swedes suggest the role of childhood environme ...
Successful surgical treatment f ...
We report a very rare case of successful surgical treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis on the Dacron patch utilize ...
Cardiogenic shock without cardi ...
A 73-year-old man complaining of pain on effort was admitted to a hospital for a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) because of severe stenosis ...
Aortic regurgitation caused by ...
This report documents the sudden onset of aortic regurgitation (AR) by an exceptional cause. A 68-year-old woman suddenly experienced general fatig ...
Port-access mitral valve replac ...
A 79-year-old woman with Bland-White-Garland syndrome was admitted to our institution for surgical treatment of severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Sh ...
Non-small-cell lung cancer: unu ...
Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in both men and women worldwide. It is also one of the most common forms of cancer in Ire ...
Outcomes of 25-gauge vitrectomy ...
Background To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 25- gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (25-G TSV) in the management of vitreoretinal co ...
Association between asymmetry i ...
Background To examine in an intra-individual comparison whether cataract is associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Methods The pop ...
Pars plana vitrectomy for diabe ...
Background Diabetes mellitus, as well as subsequent ocular complications such as cystoid macular edema (CME), are of fundametal socio-economic relev ...
Similarities and differences be ...
Purpose To investigate the mechanism of secondary degeneration of the optic nerve, and to evaluate the neuroprotective effect of minocycline in this ...
Assessment of limbus and centra ...
Background Keratolimbal allograft (KLAL) transplantation has been proved to be a useful surgical procedure for limbal stem cell deficiency patients. ...
Focal macular electroretinogram ...
Background Retinal function is transiently depressed after photodynamic therapy (PDT) alone. One of the reasons for this functional impairment is a ...
Uniocular and binocular fields ...
Purpose To compare the range of ocular rotations measured by Octopus versus Goldmann perimetry. Methods Forty subjects (20 controls and 20 patients ...
B and T lymphocyte attenuator r ...
Purpose To investigate the roles that B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) and herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM) play in the development of antigen- ...
Intravitreal bevacizumab treatm ...
Background Neovascular glaucoma (NVG) is a serious complication for patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Bevacizumab is a full-le ...
Long-term outcome and prognosti ...
Purpose To evaluate the long-term results of keratolimbal allograft (KLAL) and elucidate the prognostic factors of KLAL survival. Methods Twenty-fo ...