Significant differences when us ...
Objectives To evaluate Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation, and compare with radio ...
Signal profile on Gd-EOB-DTPA-e ...
Objectives To compare the transporter expression and signal profile on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI between non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cir ...
Measuring radiologist workload: ...
This article discusses the results and implications of a nationwide survey of radiologist workload. Although the results are specific to one country ...
Posterior approach for cervical ...
In the treatment algorithm for cervical spine fracture–dislocations, the recommended approach for treatment if there is a disc fragment in the canal ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pulmonary hydatid cyst: analysi ...
Purpose. Pulmonary hydatid cyst, a parasitic disease, is a health care problem in developing countries. In this study, we evaluated outcomes of pati ...
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 ...
Monitoring hypovolemia in healt ...
Quantification of hypovolemia by physical examination has limited validity. We explored the use of non-invasive measurement of blood pressure (BP) re ...
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 ...
Intravitreal bevacizumab vs. sh ...
Background The goal of this work is to compare the visual and anatomical (central macular thickness; CMT) outcomes of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) ...
Patient characteristics and tre ...
Background Age-related macular degeneration is the primary cause of blindness in developed countries. Current treatments of this degenerative diseas ...
Features of corneal neovascular ...
Purpose To analyze the features of corneal neovascularization and lymphangiogenesis induced by different etiological factors. Methods A total of 15 ...
MMP expression in leaking filte ...
Objective Glaucoma filtering surgery may be compromised by cystic blebs which develop more frequently when antimetabolites are used to arrest wound ...
Fibrin-glue assisted multilayer ...
Purpose To report a new surgical technique for excising pediatric corneal limbal dermoid and the post-resection ocular surface reconstruction. Meth ...
Erythropoietin: a novel treatme ...
Background To determine the visual outcome and safety of intravenous erythropoietin in patients with indirect traumatic optic neuropathy (TON). Met ...
Effects of osmolarity on human ...
Background The purpose of this study is to report the effect of different media osmolarity on a cell line monolayer of normal human conjunctival epi ...
Caliber persistent artery of th ...
Background To report three cases of caliber persistent artery presenting in the eyelid. Methods A case series describing three patients with vascul ...
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 ...
Intravitreal bevacizumab in ret ...
Background To evaluate the results of intravitreal bevacizumab in terms of regression of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Methods In this interven ...