... relief being months The range of relief for the radiofrequency group was from zero days to 16 months for all 26 patients who underwent the radiofrequency procedure Of the 14 patients who revealed ... restraints of the surgery RESULTS A total of 174 people (77 women, 97 men; mean age 64, range 22-89) were included Length of follow-up was at least years with a maximum of years Location of facet ... dorsal root axons should be incapable of re-innervating the joint In this study we investigate the long-term efficacy of facet debridement for the treatmentof chronic back pain originating in...
... laminoforaminotomy for unilateral radiculopathy: results of a new technique in 100 cases J Neurosurg 2001; 95: 51-57 Khoo LT, Fessler RG Microendoscopic decompressive laminotomy for the treatment ... group Conflict of Interest The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists References Kunogi J, Hasue M Diagnosis and operative treatmentof intraforaminal and extraforaminal nerve ... central or foraminal stenosis treated with endoscopic laminoforaminoplasty via a small incision, of less than one inch Materials and Methods Twelve patients were treated with endoscopic laminoforaminoplasty...
... conditions for the implementation of QP-PCR was applied, and the condition was optimized In general, the higher concentration of primers can lead to the formation of primer dimers Also, the cost of the ... TE buffer at pH8.0, and stored at -20oC Another was for FISH analysis and was stored at -80oC The extraction of DNA was performed with Fast DNA SPIN Kit for Soil (Qbuiogene, USA) according to the ... activities of nitrite oxidizing bacteria - 31 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol.5, No.1, 2007 Figure Behavior of nitrate and nitrite at the end of the aerobic tank Behavior of Nitrobacter...
... experimental results of the CARS process for the municipal wastewater treatment The technical feasibility of this process was demonstrated, and the process optimization was performed In addition, ... h of HRT of the regeneration tank was appropriate for this CARS process Time (d) 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Time (d) Fig - Variations of COD, NH4+-N, and PO43 P removals vs time at different HRTs of ... values of the constant characteristics for the two models are listed in Table CONCLUSIONS In this study, technical feasibility of this process was demonstrated The effects of recycle ratio, HRT of...
... irinotecan, is not recommended for the first-line treatmentof metastatic colorectal cancer 1.2 Cetuximab in combination with irinotecan is not recommended for the secondline or subsequent treatment ... Trust Professor Philip Home Professor of Diabetes Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Dr Peter Jackson Clinical Pharmacologist, University of Sheffield Professor Peter Jones Professor of Statistics ... Professor John Cairns Professor of Health Economics, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Professor Mike Campbell Statistician, University of...
... efficacy and/or effectiveness of hydroxyurea treatmentof hematologic diseases, the toxicity of hydroxyurea in the treatmentof any disease, and the barriers to the treatmentof sickle cell disease ... methodological quality of the MSH was excellent (Jadad score of 5, out of a maximum of 5) and that of the Belgium study was moderate (Jadad score of 3), because the method of masking was not described ... environment, the frequency of pain crises declined from a median of per year to a median of 0.8 per year during treatment, with a median followup time of 24 months Of note is the fact that these...
... 3777 Modulation of metal availability for treating AD P J Crouch et al of soluble Ab present in the cell culture medium Metal-CQ treatment decreased the levels of extracellular Ab not by preventing ... metals can promote the formation of Ab oligomers, aggregates and fibrils [48,52–55] Metal mediated oligomerization of Ab may therefore contribute to the potent inhibition of synaptic transmission ... released Zn is required for the formation of amyloid plaques in Tg mice [41] Although amyloid plaques contain predominantly higher order Ab aggregates, an initial formation of toxic Ab oligomers...
... use of recombinant immunotoxins Much of the information accumulated over years of study concerns PE-based RITs rather than native PE Not only is the protein heavily modified from its native form, ... 14) of patients showed a partial response to treatment 4692 J E Weldon and I Pastan The future of PE-based RITs Many obstacles have been overcome in the development of RITs for the treatmentof ... et al (2006) Characterization of the B cell epitopes associated with a truncated form of Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE38) used to make immunotoxins for the treatmentof cancer patients J Immunol 177,...
... evidence for the optimal period oftreatment and number of treatments? Duration oftreatment period Parkkinen (2004) reported a mean of (3–29) weekly treatments with subjects ceasing treatment ... (page number notfor citation purposes) BMC Women's Health 2006, 6:11 Number of treatments The number of treatments varied from two [46] to 30 [34,40] The number of treatments was not stated in ... the optimal period oftreatment and number of treatments? We found evidence for the efficacy of shorter treatment protocols than the 4–6 months recommended by the ICS The basis of the ICS recommendation...
... addressing the use of cryosurgery for the treatmentof localized prostate cancer A BPS uses published data in concert with expert opinion, but does not employ formal metaanalysis of the literature ... invasive option when treatment is appropriate for men who either not want or are not good candidates for RP because of comorbidities, including obesity or a prior history of pelvic surgery The ... Cryosurgery for the Treatmentof Localized Prostate Cancer The supporting systematic literature review and the drafting of this document were conducted by the Cryosurgery forTreatmentof Localized...
... Composition of exhaust gas 13 1.2 Treatments of air pollution 1.2.1 Separated treatmentof pollutants 1.2.1.1 CO treatments 1.2.1.2 VOCs treatments 1.2.1.3 NOx treatments 1.2.1.4 Soot treatment ... methods for exhaust gas treatment They were devided into two categories: treatments of single pollutant and simultaneous treatmentof pollutants 1.2.1 Separated treatmentof pollutants 1.2.1.1 CO treatments ... 14.7) e Part of the fuel is employed for scavenging of the exhaust, which does not allow to define a precise definition of the A/F 1.2 Treatments of air pollution With the development of science...
... http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/7/1/49 Figure Confirmation of activity of the murine anti-CD52 immunotoxin Confirmation of activity of the murine anti-CD52 immunotoxin A (1) FACS analysis of CD14+ and CD3+ cells in peripheral ... complemented-mediated cytotoxicity of VLC even within the tumor milieu and confirms the potential use of Page of 14 (page number notfor citation purposes) Journal of Translational Medicine 2009, ... legitimate therapeutic targets in the treatmentof solid tumors Several studies have used transgenic Page of 14 (page number notfor citation purposes) Journal of Translational Medicine 2009, 7:49...
... diameter are of sizes Page of 14 (page number notfor citation purposes) Journal of Translational Medicine 2009, 7:77 sufficiently smaller than the 12 nm physiologic upper limit of pore size ... which is the proportionality constant for conversion of Gd signal to Gd concentration[73,74,95] Page of 14 (page number notfor citation purposes) Journal of Translational Medicine 2009, 7:77 ... approximately 13 nm in diameter, cannot[73,74] On comparison of the physiologic upper limit of pore size in the BBTB of small RG-2 glioma microvasculature to that of the BBTB of large RG-2 glioma microvasculature,...
... that they did not receive a detailed explanation of the modalities of generation of force by the robot Moreover, each subject had peculiar patterns of incoordination and the applied forces were ... trained with one type of error-enhancing (EE) forces In the remaining four sessions (2 sessions/ week), forces were error-reducing (ER) The order of application of the two treatments was randomized ... Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2010, 7:37 http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/7/1/37 Page of 11 best reflects the operation of the feed-forward component of control Late portions of...
... 8.2 years) Page of (page number notfor citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2008, 3:9 Statistics The microsoft excel program was used for the creation of the graphs and ... panacea for symptoms resolution as 66.6% of TBW removals were still complaining for mild pain or discomfort Romero et al [13] noted that backing-out of K-wires and metalwork prominence could not ... migration when active motion of the elbow joint has beeen commenced Furhermore, hardware removal seems not Page of (page number notfor citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research...
... osteotomy of the lower tibia for the deformity (D) Page of (page number notfor citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2008, 3:13 Angular deformities not remodel and are often ... U-test for quantitative data of the term of bone consolidation and leg-length discrepancy, and using Fisher's exact test for qualitative data of the existence of ankle pain A p value of less ... deformity of more than 20 degrees was seen in out of the cases The relationship between the degree of angulation and multiple operations before VFG is not clear Ankle pain was seen in out of...
... in their report of early failure of SSPF for thoracolumbar burst fracture noted three kinds of hardware failure with this fixation: progressive kyphosis secondary to the bending of screws, kyphosis ... on instability criteria of kyphotic deformity of more than 20° and/or vertebral body height loss of more than 50 compared to vertebra below The senior author (KJC) performed all surgeries At ... and their treatment, including patient parameters, mode of trauma, level of injury, type of fracture, injury surgery interval, kyphotic angles (pre-operative, post-operative, loss of kyphosis),...
... literature, there is no report of the use of LISS tibial plates for the treatmentof paediatric supracondylar fractures of the femur They may be considered for Conflict of interest statement I declare ... effect of the fracture on leg length and the ability of the femur to deformity remodeling at this level The treatmentof displaced supracondylar fractures of the femur depends on the age and size of ... informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of...
... maximum score of 30 points for amount of pain; of 20 points each for level of activity and patient satisfaction; and of 10 points each for motion of the ankle and foot, position of the heel during ... relapse (In months) initiation of the treatment Side of relapsed foot Relapse Treatment offer to deformity correct the deformity Result of the Result at five Treatment year of follow up Bilateral Left ... number of the casts applied before tenotomy, details of tenotomy, details of Denis-Browne Splint and CTEV shoes were noted Clinical assessments included: the incidence of residual and recurrent deformities,...
... available in long (40% of screw length threaded) and short (20% of screw length threaded) configurations Available sizes range from 10-40 mm for long screws and 16-40 mm Page offor short screws (Figure ... purchase afforded by the greater thread surface area, may make removal more difficult if required A limitation of this study is the age of the cadaveric specimens used Although we did not formally ... an experienced hand surgeon who performed the surgical techniques of the study and conceived the initial idea for the study and was responsible for revision of manuscript The second author on...