... increased rate of recovery, and shorter duration of hospital stay In this paper we present the results of an open, nonrandomized trial of endoscopic laminoforaminoplasty for the treatmentof foraminal ... spinal surgery There was no sham or control group Patients were followed by phone or personal interview for greater than 24 months postoperatively All surgeries were performed under intravenous ... Nöbauer I, Reddy M, Tschabitscher M, Horaczek A: Microsurgical anterior cervical foraminotomy (uncoforaminotomy) for unilateral radiculopathy: clinical results of a new technique Acta Neurochir (Wien)...
... downstream primer TNFα utilized 5’-CAG AGG GAA GAG TTC CCC AG-3’ for the upstream primer and 5’-CCT TGG TCT GGT AGG AGA CG-3’ for the downstream primer PCR amplification for β-actin was performed for ... containing RNAzol (Wak, Bad Soden, Germany) and 80,000 cells, were stored at -20ºC until further preparation RNA was extracted by treatment with chlorofrome and precipitated with isopropanol RNA was reverse-transcribed ... interleukin-10) were performed before and after treatment The study protocol was approved by the local Ethics Committee of the City of Hamburg, Germany Sputum sampling After rinsing their mouth...
... appropriate treatmentfor women in rural areas Misoprostol may be the most appropriate treatment choice for rural women because care can be provided by mid-level providers in the absence of surgical ... many of the skills needed to offer misoprostol fortreatmentof incomplete abortion Providers not currently offering PAC services but who are currently offering family planning services, pre-natal ... care, or other reproductive health services can integrate misoprostol fortreatmentof incomplete abortion provided they have access to a referral facility in the rare case of method failure or...
... Moreover, endothelial cells from tissue segmentsof internal mammary arteries from smokers with coronary artery disease express higher levels of ANGPTL2 mRNA than tissues from nonsmokers with ... expenditure, which is mediated by PPARa, PPARd, PPARc and their coactivators, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-c (PPARc) coactivator (PGC)-1a and PGC-1b, in response to energy overload ... applications, further studies are necessary to define the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms regulating these factors, identify their cognate receptors and characterize their downstream signaling...
... standard treatment, timely urgical s intervention should be performed if w rranted, a since severe infections with high bacterial burden without proper intervention have increased risk fortreatment ... from rights holders to reproduce any copyrighted material Any disclosures are made in this section The external blind peer reviewers report no conflicts of interest References US Department of ... IV formulation, similar to standard treatment options fortreatmentof cSSSI in hospitalized patients Unlike vancomycin, daptomycin does not require periodic blood draws for therapeutic drug...
... powder is mixed with one glass gruel of rice is taken orally One glass of mixture is taken twice daily for 2-5 days Semhar Salmalia malabaricum Root Irregularity in Menstruation Powder of dried root ... system fortreatment are unaffordable by tribal Conclusion Ethnomedicinal practices of tribal and non tribal relating with human health Ethnomedicine means the medical practices for the treatmentof ... Part Used Disease Method of Preparation Doses Local Name Botanical Name Part Used Disease Method of Preparation Doses Chir-chira Achyranthus aspera Root Easy Delivery Fresh and Dried root is grinded...
... 62% for overall bipolar disorder No serious adverse events were reported Unipolar depression Gordon and Price [91] reported topiramate lack of efficacy in a case report of recurrent major depression ... relative short duration of the trial did not allow exploration of a possible prophylactic role of topiramate However, similarly to bipolar spectrum disorder, the naturalistic nature of this report constitutes ... term treatment with topiramate for bipolar disorders Bipolar Disord 2001, 3:46 Chengappa RKN, Rathore D, Levine J, Atzert R, Solai L, Parepally H, Levin H, Moffa N, Delaney J, Brar JS: Topiramate...
... treatment One report describes a patient who developed a seropositive polyarthritis, which fulfilled the American Colllege of Rheumatology criteria for RA, after 1.5 years of IFN-β treatmentfor MS [61] ... De Maeyer E, De Maeyer-Guignard J: Type I interferons Int Rev Immunol 1998, 17:53-73 Stark GR, Kerr IM, Williams BR, Silverman RH, Schreiber RD: How cells respond to interferons Annu Rev Biochem ... Munschauer FE, Priore RL, Pullicino PM, Scherokman BJ, Whitham RH: Intramuscular interferon beta-1a for disease progression in relapsing multiple sclerosis The Multiple Sclerosis Collaborative Research...
... reanastomosis of the superior mesenteric vein Surgery 1951, 30(3):550-553 Siriwardana HP, Siriwardena AK: Systematic review of outcome of synchronous portal-superior mesenteric vein resection during pancreatectomy ... compared to six (43%) in the open group The overall actuarial survival rates were both about 90% at years, and operations performed laparoscopically were performed faster than open surgery [68] ... the procedure of choice in PD for pancreatic cancer, whereas ELND should only be performed within randomized controlled trials, if at all [3,14] Portal/mesenteric vein resection (VR) Portal or superior...
... considered for irradiation of benign targets, too Whenever OARs are involved in high dose areas risk of impairment with irreparable damage rises [17-20] For example, treatmentof vestibularis schwannoma ... benefit for this value radiosurgery will likely replace multi-isocenter techniques for linear accelerator-based treatmentof multiple targets in the future Furthermore, Lagerwaard et al [10] used RA ... significant shorter treatment time for RA, too These results had Figure Diagram of calculated Monitor Units (MU) for CAT (Conformal Arc Therapy) in black and RA (Rapid Arc) in white The MU for each single...
... criteria of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and the European Organization for Research and Treatmentof Cancer (EORTC) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1995, 31:1341-1346 28 Ferrigno R, ... to RTOG/EORTC grading criteria Page of Table Crude incidence of acute GI toxicity in both groups according to RTOG/EORTC acute radiation morbidity criteria Grade IMRT group (n = 65) CRT group ... acute GU radiation morbidity is defined by RTOG/EORTC criteria as “Frequency of urination or nocturia twice pretreatment habit and dysuria or urgency not requiring medication” [27], this difference...
... years Females of child-bearing potential must agree to use an approved form of birth control and to have a negative pregnancy test result Unilateral or bilateral osteoarthritis of the knee for ... points after days of withdrawal of usual medication Ability to walk Availability for the duration of the entire study period Exclusion History of underlying inflammatory arthropathy or severe rheumatoid ... score Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Arthritis Research...
... employ uricosurics Failure to adequately lower serum urate on appropriate doses of urate-lowering drugs NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Table Overview of recent treatment patterns of gout ... enzymes carrying out rapid degradation of these urate Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) At the time of writing this review, uricase therapy for tophaceous gout for which treatment ... allopurinol when similar degrees of serum reduction are achieved [22] Moreover, uricosurics target the underlying basis for hyperuricemia in the majority of patients Recent advances in understanding...
... Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009, 4:47 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/47 Case report We report the case of a 68-year old man with severe, diffuse coronary artery disease ... (Cubicin®, Novartis Pharma GmbH, Germany) Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009, 4:47 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/47 References infection ... descending artery (RPD) and left posterolateral circumflex artery (LPL) The left anterior descending artery (LAD) was revascularized by the left internal mammarian artery (LIMA) Harvest of the saphenous...
... that further research is required Therefore, the aim of this trial is to investigate the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection fortreatmentof plantar fasciitis over a 12 ... observations carried forward (BOCF) (i.e baseline data will be carried forward in circumstances where follow-up observations are missing) In comparison to a last observation carried forward (LOCF) ... introduced in order to compensate for the presence of a Page of placebo group, thereby ensuring every participant receives treatmentfor their condition Conclusion This will be a randomised trial...
... considered Four of those met all inclusion criteria as studies of frontline or re -treatment Two of those four met the criteria for the first analysis (frontline treatment alone) Outcome The primary ... factors It is therefore important to assess the relative efficacy of the two treatments Our first analysis reviewed the studies of frontline treatmentof patients with FL using either R- CVP or R- CHOP ... literature comparing the two treatment options, the primary outcome measures being CR, PR, or CR+PR Our sources were the commonly used search engines and the abstracts of the American Society of...
... axial presacral lumbar interbody fusion fortreatmentof lumbosacral spondylolisthesis: A case series Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:454 Authors’ contributions GCT performed the surgeries, ... to grade Our patient was ambulatory after surgery and reported relief from back pain (10 to 2), resolution of radicular symptoms (10 to 1), Figure Intraoperative lateral fluoroscopic images of ... are to decompress the neural structures and to provide the appropriate environment for a solid fusion The decompression, which is important for sagittal balance preservation [8], can be performed...
... after her discharge from the emergency ward, a radiopaque stone was observed Case was a 32-year-old Iranian man who was referred to our emergency department because of refractory renal colic (resistant ... after his discharge from the emergency ward, a radiopaque stone was observed Case was a 38-year-old Iranian man who was referred to our emergency department because of refractory renal colic (resistant ... observed Case was a 35-year-old Iranian man who was referred to our emergency department because of refractory renal colic (resistant to morphine and NSAIDs) In spite of receiving previous treatment...
... hours Briefly, anesthetized rats were first perfused with PBS for 15 and then with 4% formalin in PBS for 30 Brains were carefully removed, post-fixed for hours in 4% formalin in PBS, equilibrated ... Neuroscience, University of Padova, Italy 3Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Parma, Italy 4Department of Animal Health, University of Parma, Italy Authors’ contributions RM: performed the ... in the peripheral area of larger tumours (Figure 2a, b), scattered across the mass of smaller tumours (Figure 2c), and in the solid peripheral area of cystic tumours (Figure 2d) These same sections,...