Clinical analysis of thoracic o ...
The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical characteristics of thoracic ossified ligamentum flavum (OLF) and to elucidate prognostic factors a ...
The relationship between degree ...
Facet tropism has been investigated as a predisposing factor for degenerative changes in the lumbar spine; however, no prior study has evaluated the ...
Off-pump multi-vessel revascula ...
Background: The subset of patients that benefit most from off-pump CABG remains controversial. This study randomly compared off- with on-pump CABG ...
Staphylococcal toxins in sudden ...
Around two thirds of sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI) remain unexplained following postmortem examination. It has been postulated that a s ...
Visual and spectrophotometric o ...
Spectrophotometry has been investigated as a means to estimate the age of bruises as experiments have indicated that it can be used to detect the pr ...
Post-mortem computed tomography ...
The role of imaging has been long established in forensic practice as an adjunct to the conventional autopsy. Recently with the development of MDCT, ...
Association of fluoropyrimidine ...
Background Although fluoropyrimidines, platinum agents, taxanes, and irinotecan are used in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer (AGC), it remai ...
The effectiveness of the new (7 ...
Background The most important prognostic factor after curative surgery for gastric carcinoma is the presence of lymph node metastases. According to ...
New method of endoscopic full-t ...
The indications for endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR) are limited because transmural communication during the entire procedure, causing tum ...
Gastric linitis plastica: which ...
Background The role of surgery for gastric linitis plastica (GLP) is questioned. This study aimed to analyze our experience in the surgical treatmen ...
IL-6 serum levels predict posto ...
Background Despite progress in surgical techniques and perioperative care, gastrectomy remains a procedure of significant morbidity. Several scoring ...
p53 codon 72 polymorphism in pa ...
Background The common p53 codon 72 polymorphism has been investigated as a risk factor for cancer in different populations; however, the results hav ...
Prognostic relevance of demogra ...
Background Although studies comparing the surgical treatment of gastric carcinoma in Japan and Western industrialized countries have revealed differ ...
Late-onset chylothorax after pu ...
Chylothorax is a relatively rare complication of thoracic surgery. Most instances of chylothorax after pulmonary resection are diagnosed within 3 da ...
Clinical characteristics of pol ...
Purpose To describe the clinical characteristics of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a large number of Chinese patients. Methods This stu ...
Chemical impurities and contami ...
Background Intraocular silicone oil (SiO) impurities as low molecular weight components (LMWC) and residual catalysts are thought to cause ocular to ...
Determination of absolute size ...
Background Creating multiple beam interference fringes on the retina using the "retina fringe projector" (RFP) provides us with a scale which can be ...
Nifedipine alters the light-ris ...
Background To determine if the L-type calcium channel participates in the generation of the light-rise of the electrooculogram (EOG) in man. The aim ...
Retinal functional changes meas ...
Background Antimalarial drugs such as chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are mainly used in the treatment of rheumatologic diseases, and ...
Clinicopathologic findings in B ...
Purpose To correlate the clinical and histopathologic features of Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD). Methods Two eyes were obtained postmort ...
Macular retinoschisis associate ...
Background To describe a case of macular retinoschisis in a patient with normal tension glaucoma without evidence of optic nerve pits or peripapilla ...
The dynamics of practice effect ...
Background Practice-related improvements of performance are common in many areas of visual processing. There is preliminary evidence that this is al ...
Short-term safety and effective ...
The aim of this study was to assess the safety, effectiveness and pattern of inserting tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) slings alongside other gynaec ...
Administration of angiotensin-c ...
It is almost unknown which demographic factors or medications affect the progression of aortic stenosis (AS) in Japanese patients with mild AS. We i ...
Correlation of atherosclerosis ...
There is a surprising paucity of studies that provide quantitative correlative data on the extent of atherosclerosis between different topographic s ...