... multivariate analysis of factors influencing the items to evaluate postoperative urinary and sexual QoL over time SF and SB outcomes were evaluated for all patients (n = 367) and for those who underwent ... prostatectomy [6] The severity of patient-reported symptoms can be very different from symptom-related bother Several items can affect both symptoms and bother in different ways Urinary and sexual ... the detailed symptoms as well as their corresponding bother For this analysis, we focused on subject urinary and sexual function (UF and SF) and urinary and sexual bother (UB and SB) Responses...
... samples, the total warm ischaemia time (total WIT) was measured along with the time from prostate devascularisation to extirpation (intraoperative time) , sample collection (collection time) , and pathology ... intraoperative time, collection timeand processing time) , total operating time, and storage time (number of months between flash freezing and RNA extraction) Subgroup analysis was performed ... 0.001) and -0.690 (p = 0.009) respectively There was also a significant trend between total operating timeand RIN (B = -0.012, p = 0.050) Spearman’s rank correlation between total operating time and...
... samples, the total warm ischaemia time (total WIT) was measured along with the time from prostate devascularisation to extirpation (intraoperative time) , sample collection (collection time) , and pathology ... intraoperative time, collection timeand processing time) , total operating time, and storage time (number of months between flash freezing and RNA extraction) Subgroup analysis was performed ... 0.001) and -0.690 (p = 0.009) respectively There was also a significant trend between total operating timeand RIN (B = -0.012, p = 0.050) Spearman’s rank correlation between total operating time and...
... dissemination to the peritoneum during the LRP To our knowledge, this is the first case of iatrogenic peritoneal dissemination due to LRP The main causes of such metastases appear to be tumor behavior and ... HK, ST, NM, TS and TT were involved in conception, design and interpretation HY and HK wrote the manuscript MT, TM and TT performed the histological examination and provided the histopathological ... autopsy Discussion Metastases from prostate cancer to the bone, lymph nodes and lung are common events, but peritoneal metastasis is very rare and seldom reported in the literature Even at autopsy,...
... repeated as needed to maintain an activated clotting time of 250 to 300 seconds Patients received intracoronary nitroglycerin (0.1 to 0.2 mg) before initial and final angiograms to achieve maximal ... for to 12 months) The percutaneous coronary intervention procedure and stent implantation were performed using standard methods, through a femoral or radial approach The operators were freeto ... Int J Med Sci 2010, chronic total occlusion,5 and acute myocardial infarction.6 Although several head -to- head analyses of the SES and the PES have been published in the medical...
... sustained me and Niki at times I didn’t expect I am also grateful to them for the times they tried to pick up the slack around the house to make life easier on their mom and I during times that ... acknowledge and thank Dee and Marylou Whittier, James and Linda Evans, and Scott and Joyce Hendricks for taking me into their families and supporting me through my ups and downs during my years ... accurate and timely comprehension of the BPI portrayed by GPMs, BPM managers may not be able to properly manage and adapt their business processes to create and sustain a competitive advantage in today’s...
... 7:2277-2284 Sato Y, Maeda Y, Shomura H, Sasatomi T, Takahashi M, Une Y, Kondo M, Shinohara T, Hida N, Katagiri K, Sato K, Sato M, Yamada A, Yamana H, Harada M, Itoh K, Todo S: A phase I trial of cytotoxic ... Y, Imai N, Sasatomi T, Yamada A, Mine T, Katagiri K, Nakagawa M, Muto A, Okouchi S, Isomoto H, Shirouzu K, Yamana H, Itoh K: Induction of cellular immune responses to tumor cells and peptides in ... CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells and restores T and NK effector functions in end stage cancer patients Cancer Immunol Immunother 2006, 56:641-648 72 Attia P, Maker AV, Haworth LR, Rogers-Freezer L, Rosenberg...
... glucose, total cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, triglycerides, serum creatinine, urinary albumin excretion rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body mass index, and waist circumference Previous and ... symptoms group is a consolidation of the 'severe' and 'very severe' symptoms that were respectively defined as: Felt that you needed assistance of others to manage symptoms (for example, to bring ... activities, and didn't feel the need of assistance to manage symptoms, Moderate: Some interruption of activities, but didn't feel the need of assistance to manage symptoms, Severe: The severe symptoms...
... trochanteric region to rise steeply with age among Caucasian women compared to other demographics and males [8] Hip fracture pattern is more related to the trochanteric and femoral neck BMD and proximal ... fixation while 33% underwent hemi /total arthroplasty In Group B, the rates of internal fixation dropped to 27% and further to 16% in Group C Patients in Group B and Group C, who had internal fixation ... [13] Group C demonstrated a lower number total number (n = 385) compared to group B Since the average life expectancy in Scotland is 75.3 years for males and 80 years for female [1], it could be...
... to the capsule and infraspinatus into the subdeltoid space A penetrating grasper (Figure 1C) was used to retrograde the sutures through the adjacent posterior capsule This was done superior and ... 20° flexion and kg of traction Initially a posterior portal was created and then anterosuperior, and anteroinferior portals penetrating the superior and inferior borders of the rotator interval, ... one due to a motorcycle accident and the other resulting from a wrestling match They concluded that “Filling the lesion effectively obliterates the Hill-Sachs lesion and converts it into an extra-articular...
... to the capsule and infraspinatus into the subdeltoid space A penetrating grasper (Figure 1C) was used to retrograde the sutures through the adjacent posterior capsule This was done superior and ... 20° flexion and kg of traction Initially a posterior portal was created and then anterosuperior, and anteroinferior portals penetrating the superior and inferior borders of the rotator interval, ... one due to a motorcycle accident and the other resulting from a wrestling match They concluded that “Filling the lesion effectively obliterates the Hill-Sachs lesion and converts it into an extra-articular...
... a scheduled visit, and on whom the tracing team was unable to gain information were categorized as lost to follow-up Retention into care refers to patients known to be alive and receiving HAART ... thereafter, and additional visits whenever needed Patients receive all antiretroviral medications free of charge but were required to pay 35 Rand (about $5 US) per clinic visit prior to October 2006, ... last viral load assessment and censoring at time of death and loss of follow up Rates of changes in drug regimens and drug toxicities were assessed using Poisson models and simple descriptive statistics...
... Kenyan and July 2006 for Ugandan programmes) and August 2008 A total of 1340 of 8685 (15.4%) HIV-positive adults were eligible for RUTF treatment and enrolled in the NP Of those admitted and enrolled ... health and the MSF staff who contributed to data collection and helped interpret the findings of this analysis Special thanks to Rebecca Freeman-Grais (Epicentre) for her support andto Filippo ... integrating HIV and nutrition care to carefully monitor patient eligibility for ART and initiate therapy early to prevent deaths This study also showed that that the risk of NP failure was 1.6 times higher...
... Stellate lesion Discrete opacity Multiple opacities Architectural distortion Non specific densityTotalTotal 51 (54%) 18 (19%) 19 (20%) (1%) (4%) (1%) 94 ADH 33 (92%) (6%) ALH (75%) Mammogram ... KMF and AMB conceived and designed the study KMF completed the ethics application, provided academic input and coordination of the study and manuscripts JJF carried out the data collection and ... non-obligate precursor to breast cancer [4,11-15] Moreover, it is difficult to distinguish ADH from a low grade DCIS and in sampling a lesion using CNB, any ADH seen on histological assessment...
... intention to treat basis Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test were used to compare survival between the sub-groups and Mann-Whitney U test used to compare demographic data Results A total of ... Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland colorectal cancer database All patients underwent colonic imaging (Barium enema or colonoscopy), and staging with Computerised Tomography of the abdomen and ... treatment needs to be tailored to optimise QoL and survival taking into account the side effects and risks of any active intervention In patients that present requiring emergency surgery, due to perforation...
... Patients and methods From April 2001 to January 2007, 60 patients underwent total nephroureterectomy with bladder cuff excision for upper tract TCC at Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital According to ... computed tomography of the abdomen, magnetic resonance imaging, and ureteroscopy with or without biopsy Preoperative cystoscopy and radiologic examinations were performed to rule out metastasis and ... other causes unrelated to tumor The median timeto recurrence was 40 months (range 3– 71) and 23 months (range 3–63) in the RNU and ONU groups, respectively The prognostic factors studied by multivariate...
... the analysis and the data interpretation HI, SO, KK, and AN participated in the data acquisition and analysis TM and AM contributed to the data acquisition All authors have read and approved ... schedules of participating institutions involved total doses of 30 to 84 Gy (at the isocenter) delivered in to 14 fractions Although the treatment protocols varied greatly, the 5year OAS rate in ... in SBRT for lung cancers [26], and optimum schedules have been sought A future topic for study is dose escalation, and another is to combine SBRT with chemotherapy to improve outcomes The Japan...