A Nomogram for Predicting Surgi ...
Background To minimize morbidity and mortality associated with surgery risks in the obese patient, algorithms offer planning operative strategy. Bec ...
Influence of Neck Circumference ...
Background Respiratory function decline has been reported mainly in the morbidly obese. Little is known about the influence of adiposity pattern on ...
Safety and Efficacy of Roux-en- ...
The efficacy of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) to control type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been demonstrated in morbidly obese patients. Surgica ...
Simon-Emmanuel Duplay’s (1836–1 ...
Simon-Emmanuel Duplay was a distinguished example of the French clinicopathological school and his researches on cancer inaugurated the modern perio ...
Isotretinoin effect on alveolar ...
Objectives To evaluate isotretinoin effect on alveolar repair after tooth extraction of maxillary incisor and serum calcium levels in rats. Study d ...
A new method for closure of lar ...
Background Although free flaps are reliable for head and neck reconstructions, the pectoralis major flap (PMF) is still often used. In cases of a la ...
Arthroscopic Meniscal Repair U ...
Objective Repair of meniscal tears to restore meniscal shape and function as well as to preserve meniscal chondroprotective and knee-stabilizing pr ...
Markers of bone turnover for th ...
Summary The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) recomm ...
Quantitative genetic study of t ...
Summary The study assessed contribution of genetic factors to variability of osteopontin (OPN) levels. Evidence of association of OPN levels with po ...
Vitamin D in organ transplantat ...
Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among patients with end-stage organ failure awaiting transplant. Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) levels in ...
Bone loss and impaired fracture ...
Summary Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in impaired fracture healing in mice while leading to significant bone loss. Poor fracture healing followin ...
Adherence and persistence with ...
Summary Adherence to, and persistence with, treatments for osteoporosis are low. Adherence with teriparatide decreases over time. Higher copayments ...
Increasing adherence with the u ...
Summary For people at high risk of hip fracture living in community settings, providing hip protectors at no cost increased adherence, but the addit ...
Obesity alters cortical and tra ...
Summary The goal in this study was to determine the relationship between body mass index and trabecular and cortical bone using quantitative compute ...
Oral bisphosphonates are associ ...
Summary Intravenous bisphosphonates reduce mortality following hip fracture. We determined whether new use of oral bisphosphonates was also associat ...
Bisphosphonate use and risk of ...
Summary We have shown that patients with osteoarthritis are at increased risk of fracture after total knee replacement (TKR). We conducted a populat ...
Oleuropein enhances osteoblasto ...
Summary The effects of oleuropein on the processes of osteoblastogenesis and adipogenesis in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from human bone marrow ha ...
Adiposity and bone health in Sp ...
Summary While the association of lean mass (LM) with bone mass is well understood, the association of fat mass (FM) with bonemass is controversial. ...
Associations of total osteocalc ...
Summary In older men, both lower and higher total osteocalcin levels predict increased all-cause mortality, with comparable associations for cardiov ...
An Institutional Approach to In ...
Complete vascular occlusions are rare but potentially lethal. Reports on transcatheter therapy are limited to solitary case reports. The study was c ...
Alport syndrome and leiomyomato ...
Alport syndrome (ATS) is a nephropathy characterized by the association of progressive hematuric nephritis with ultrastructural changes of the glome ...
Reducing the Glucose Uptake Rat ...
Although glucose is an inexpensive substrate widely used as a carbon source in Escherichia coli recombinant fermentation technology, 10–30% of the ...
Incomplete Coverage of Candidat ...
Current genetic investigations are performed both on the basis of a rational and biologically based choice of candidate genes and through genome wide ...
MicroRNA Gene Networks in Oncog ...
MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the transcriptional or posttranscriptional level. They are involved in cellular ...
Designing the Optimal Vaccine: ...
Many vaccines existing today provide strong protection against a wide variety of infectious organisms, and these consist of either live attenuated or ...