Arthroscopic meniscal allograft ...
Partial or total meniscectomy are common procedures performed at Orthopedic Surgery departments. Despite providing a great relief of pain, it has be ...
Axial and torsional stability o ...
Purpose Little is known regarding the biomechanical stability and stiffness of implants and techniques used in supracondylar femur osteotomies (SCO) ...
Physiotherapy-guided versus hom ...
Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the outcome after ACL reconstruction between a group of patients receiving a standardized, supervis ...
ACL reconstruction with ‘‘the o ...
With the improvement of knee arthroscopy during the past decades anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction has become a common procedure, with sever ...
The effect of prophylactic knee ...
Purpose Prophylactic knee braces are largely used in the prevention of ligament injuries, but their effectiveness on performance are still controver ...
A comparison of early versus de ...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results between early and delayed operative treat ...
Tendon-grasping strength of var ...
Purpose The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the mechanical performance and initial strength of the arthroscopic Mason-Allen, double matt ...
Labeling and tracing of bone ma ...
Purpose To investigate the effects of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) on tendon-to-bone tunnel healing and provide experimental evidence ...
Reliability of lower extremity ...
Purpose Lower extremity alignment is an important consideration prior to cartilage surgery and/or osteotomy about the knee. This is measured on full ...
The management of mobile bearin ...
This article describes a technique to manage dislocations of mobile bearing lateral unicompartmental knee replacements. When dislocations occur, the ...
No difference in anterior tibia ...
Purpose The relative advantages of cruciate retaining or cruciate resecting total knee replacement are still controversial. If the posterior cruciat ...
Comparison of effects of diode ...
Various authors have reported more effective fluoridation from the use of lasers combined with topical fluoride than from conventional topical fluor ...
Numerical investigation of nano ...
this work, we numerically investigated nanoparticle-assisted laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy for tumor/cancer treatments. The goal of the s ...
Fibrotic Response of Tissue Rem ...
Lung tissue remodeling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) involves diverse processes characterized by epithelial disruption, smooth mus ...
Prevalence of Pulmonary Hyperte ...
The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IP ...
An improved PSF mapping method ...
Object To further improve the quality and robustness of the point-spread function (PSF) mapping method for fully automatic and accurate correction o ...
Quantitative brain MR imaging i ...
Object To evaluate the potential of quantitative MR techniques [voxel-based morphometry (VBM), T2-relaxometry, mean diffusivity (MD), fractional ani ...
Velocity navigator for motion c ...
Object Proton resonance frequency shift thermometry is sensitive to breathing motion that leads to incorrect phase differences. In thiswork, a novel ...
Overexpression of c-erbB-2 and ...
This study was designed to evaluate the expression of C-erbB-2 and p16 in lung cancers using tissue microarray technology and to determine their cli ...
Lack of significant association ...
Transforming growth factor b1 (TGF-b1) is a cytokine that plays an important role in the control of cell proliferation and differentiation in breast ...
Elevated BNP is Associated with ...
Background Elevated levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) have been associated with cardiac dysfunction and adverse neurological outcomes after ...
Role of Endothelin-1 in Human A ...
Background Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictor implicated in the pathogenesis of vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) in aneury ...
Impact of Percutaneous Translum ...
Background Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has been introduced for treatment of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm in patients with subarach ...
Polytherapy for the prophylaxis ...
Chronic migraine (CM) represents an important medical issue, due to morbidity, high disability, presence of comorbidities, and medication overuse (M ...
Pain as an evolutionary necessi ...
The proposed title ‘‘Pain as an evolutionary necessity’’ could lead to a broad debate with implications covering many chapters of the medicine and p ...