Cardiac aging – a review
Pectoralis major muscle: anatom ...
Despite the extensive use of pectoralis major flaps in reconstructive surgery, certain pectoralis major musculocutaneous flaps may suffer from parti ...
Bilateral super thin groin isla ...
Defects in the scrotal, perianal, and penile areas are problems that are difficult to repair. Methods for reconstruction of this region are limited, ...
Therapy of keloid and hypertrop ...
Scar management for the prevention of excessive scar formation has always been important but never so important as it is today. Optimal management c ...
Taiwan’s medical response to th ...
Objective The objective of this study was to identify and review literature relevant to the medical response to the 921 earthquake in order to analy ...
Surgical management of lower ga ...
Purpose Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is any form of bleeding distal to the Ligament of Treitz. In most cases, acute LGIB is self-limited a ...
Abdominal wall reconstruction i ...
Enterocutaneous fistulas (ECFs) remain a feared complication of surgery, particularly in acute care and trauma patients. Despite advances in medical ...
One-year outcome and course of ...
Goal To describe the outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) 3, 6 and 12 months after trauma. Methods Between January 2001 and ...
Comparison of two different mat ...
Purpose The treatment of full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee is a common problem in orthopaedic surgery. Autologous chondrocyte transplanta ...
Lung tissue apoptosis in abdomi ...
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate lung tissue histopathologic changes and the number of apoptosis with the increase of abdominal pres ...
The use of cerclage wires as a ...
We describe a novel, simple and cost-effective method of passing sutures through the patella, without the need for expensive or specialised equipmen ...
US-guided diffuse optical tomog ...
Purpose To prospectively assess the reliability of US-guided diffuse optical tomography (US-DOT) using interobserver agreement for the diagnosis of ...
Performance of hand-held whole- ...
Objective To assess the performance of breast ultrasound based on BI-RADS final assessment categories in women with mammographically negative dense ...
Imaging of the Achilles tendon ...
time MRI and ultrasound for assessing the extent of tendon abnormalities in spondyloarthritis. Methods 25 patients with spondyloarthritis and Achill ...
Ultrasound features of malignan ...
Objective Nearly all reported parathyroid cancers are >15 mm at presentation. The objective was to identify ultrasound criteria of malignancy in par ...
Predictive factors for new onse ...
Objective To prospectively evaluate prognostic factors for new onset or progression of degenerative change on followup MRI one year after knee traum ...
Computer aided detection and di ...
During the past two decades, the volume of image data produced within Radiology Departments has grown continuously, with a doubling time of approxim ...
Magnetic resonance 4D flow char ...
Objectives To evaluate the applicability of 4D phase contrast (4D PC) MR imaging in the assessment of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in healthy volunt ...
Pleomorphic adenoma of the nas ...
Pleomorphic adenoma arising from submucosal minor salivary gland tissue in the head and neck is well described in the published literature. Where ...
Surgical treatment of cervical ...
Cervical kyphosis is an uncommon but potentially debilitating and challenging condition. We reviewed the etiology, presentation, clinical and radiol ...
How is recovery from low back p ...
Recovery is commonly used as an outcome measure in low back pain (LBP) research. There is, however, no accepted definition of what recovery involves ...
Does minimally invasive lumbar ...
The concept of minimally invasive lumbar disc surgery comprises reduced muscle injury. The aim of this study was to evaluate creatine phosphokinase ...
Computer algorithms and applica ...
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a complex spinal deformity whose assessment and treatment present many challenges. Computer applications ha ...
Abnormal activation of the moto ...
The aetiology of idiopathic scoliosis (IS) remains unknown, but there is growing support for the possibility of an underlying neurological disorder. ...
Cardiac aging – a review
Background: Physiology of aging includes numerous modifications at different levels of the cardiovascular system, resulting in adverse remodeling of ...
Recently abused b-keto derivati ...
b-Keto derivatives of 3,4-methylenedioxyphenylalkylamines (bk-MDPAs), especially 2-methylamino- 1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)propan-1-one (methylone) ...