Pedicle screw insertion accurac ...
Studies revealed that navigation systems that provided intraoperative assistance might improve pedicle screw insertion accuracy, and also implied th ...
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 ...
TLIF for symptomatic disc degen ...
The goal of a fusion of the lumbar spine is to obtain a primary solid arthrodesis thus to alleviate pain. Different circumferential fusion technique ...
Human mesenchymal stem cell co- ...
The capacity of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to differentiate into intervertebral disc (IVD)-like cells has been well described, but their ability ...
Her-2 in gastroesophageal cance ...
Background: The human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (Her-2) is a membrane-bound tyrosine kinase that is overexpressed in about 15% of gastroeso ...
Unusual cranial reconstruction ...
Background: Large cranial vault reconstruction is a major challenge particularly in younger patients to achieve the goals of plastic surgery and imp ...
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 ...
A study on mechanisms of toxic ...
Ciguatoxins, a group of virulent marine toxins, are bound to ‘‘site 5’’ inside voltage-dependent sodium channels and alter their kinetics dramatical ...
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 ...
An introduction to the medicina ...
In recent years, genomics has developed rapidly with the application of next-generation sequencing technology. However, very few studies have been ca ...
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 ...
A better way to do small-for-si ...
Establishing a model for small-for-size liver transplantation is the basis for this study of partial and living donor graft liver transplantation. T ...
Assessing clinical benefit resp ...
Background Paclitaxel has shown promise against advanced gastric cancer and associated malignant ascites with non-measurable lesions. In order to ev ...
Reporting patient characteristi ...
Background There is no consensus on which patient characteristics are the most suitable to report or to be used as stratification factors in clinica ...
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 ...
Fighting spinal cord complicati ...
Paraplegia or paraparesis after otherwise successful thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic reconstruction is a devastating complication for both patie ...
Thoracic splenosis: know it—avo ...
Thoracic splenosis (TS) is autoimplantation of ectopic splenic tissue in the thoracic cavity that occurs following splenic injury. Most cases of TS ...
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 ...
Successful surgical management ...
72-year-old woman with a known history of homozygous familial hyperlipidemia (IIa) was referred to our hospital for an operation necessitated by aor ...
St. Jude prosthetic valve obstr ...
We report a surgical case of prosthetic valve obstruction after mitral valve replacement by a St. Jude Medical valve. A 66-year-old woman was admitt ...
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 ...
Castleman’s disease along the l ...
A 39-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of an asymptomatic middle mediastinal tumor. A preliminary histological diagnosis of the tumo ...
Radical resection of a pleomorp ...
A 69-year-old man was hospitalized for fever and cough. He was diagnosed with and treated for an abscess in the left lower jaw and pneumonia by an ...
Individual recurrence intervals ...
Background To assess the time interval to recurrent choroidal neovascular membrane (CNV) activity in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degen ...
Vitreoretinal fellow surgical o ...
Background Our purpose was to determine the anatomical outcome following small gauge vitrectomy for acute rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) op ...