Closing–opening wedge osteotomy ...
Childhood spinal tuberculosis, especially when associated with severe vertebral destruction of more than two vertebral bodies can end up in severe d ...
An MRI study of psoas major and ...
Extreme/direct lateral interbody fusion (X/DLIF) has been used to treat various lumbar diseases. However, it involves risks to injure the lumbar ple ...
Brown-Sequard syndrome revealin ...
Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) is a rare form of severe myelopathy characterised by a clinical picture reflecting hemisection of the spinal cord. This ...
Anterior versus posterior surge ...
The objective of the study is to perform a systematic review to compare the clinical outcomes and complications of anterior surgery with posterior s ...
Genetic polymorphisms of 17 sho ...
In forensic casework, Y-chromosome short tandem repeat (STR) haplotyping is used in human identification, paternity testing and sexual assault cases ...
Possible involvement of Cyp3a e ...
D8-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and D9-THC were mainly oxidized on the pentyl side chain at the 40-position by mouse brain microsomes. 50-Hydroxy-THCs ...
Oripavine as a new marker of op ...
During our extensive surveillance of opiates in urine specimens of opium users, we noticed the appearance of an unknown peak (compound X) in total i ...
Can we change the operative cri ...
Purpose. After radiofrequency (RF) ablation became available, the indication of MAZE procedure conducted with bipolar RF was expanded. We examined t ...
Neurohumoral and infl ammatory ...
Purpose. Implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is an established treatment for end-stage heart failure. Right ventricular dysfunct ...
Radical resection of a giant re ...
A 63-year-old woman presented with a giant anterior chest wall tumor. She had undergone an operation 5 years previously for sternal chondrosarcoma a ...
Giant cell tumors that originat ...
Giant cell tumors originating from the sternum are rare. We report a case of a giant cell tumor of the sternum with radiological evidence of aggress ...
Aging effects on drug dispositi ...
Drug therapy in older individuals has generally been summarized in the phrase “start low and go slow”. As better understanding of the effects and dis ...
Correlation between nerve fibre ...
Background To measure retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness with spectral-domain OCT (SD-OCT) in patients with glaucoma, and to evaluate the co ...
OCT for optic disc evaluation i ...
Background Optical coherence tomography (OCT) enables quantification of retinal layer thicknesses. Studies evaluating the ability of OCT to identify ...
Sliding macular fold following ...
Background Retinal folds (RF) following retinal detachment (RD) surgery are infrequent complications and their management is controversial. Spontane ...
A pragmatic evaluation of sleep ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate preoperative sleep patterns in-patients scheduled for elective endoscopic surgery and to compare sleep charact ...
Luteal phase transvaginal scan ...
The objective of this preliminary observational study was to monitor changes in focal cystic and non-cystic subendometrial lesions reminiscent of ad ...
Effects of stent implantation f ...
Stent implantation is an effective alternative to surgery and balloon angioplasty for the treatment of stenotic vascular lesions. However, there is ...
Off-pump surgery for the poor v ...
Severely decreased ejection-fraction is an established risk-factor for worse outcome after cardiac surgery. We compare outcomes of off-pump coronary ...
Nitric oxide effects depend on ...
The important role of nitric oxide (NO) in regulating cardiac functions has been investigated in prior research. However, NO-induced signaling mecha ...
A case of subacute thrombosis a ...
A 73-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with anterior acute myocardial infarction due to subacute thrombosis after coronary stenting with a ...
Anterior cruciate ligament inju ...
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury causes long lay-off time and is often complicated with subsequent new knee injury and osteoarthritis. Female ...
Does an abnormal infrapatellar ...
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate abnormal infrapatellar plicae that cause chondral lesions on the patellofemoral sulcus and superior as ...
Thermal necrosis after simultan ...
One-staged tibial corrective osteotomy and total knee arthroplasty is a challenging but effective treatment for arthritic knees with extra-articular ...
Early integration of a bone plu ...
Purpose The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate how early the bone plug was integrated into the rectangular femoral tunnel after anato ...