... considering
the endoscopic option. The facet injections in these 72
patients gave 50 to 100% relief of their pain in 86% of
the patients with a median relief period of 3 months.
The range of relief ... the direct visualization
of the joint allows better de-innervation ofthe joint
and removal ofthe entire end-plate receptors that
adhere to the bone and capsular tissue.
Limitations ofthe ... considering the endoscopic surgery option. Of
these 26 patients, 14 patients had 50 to 100% relief
with a median period of pain relief being 5 months.
The range of relief forthe radiofrequency...
... laminoforaminoplasty forthetreatmentof thoracic
radiculopathy: report of 12 cases
Scott M.W. Haufe
1,2
, Ryan A. Baker
3
and Morgan L. Pyne
3
1. Chief of Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology ... quality of life. Conservative therapy is the initial
treatment of choice, but fails to provide relief in a
substantial number of patients. Central and foraminal
stenosis with entrapment of descending ... to evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic laminoforamino-
plasty (ELFP) in thetreatmentof thoracic radiculopathy.
Methods: Twelve patients with radicular pain involving the lower thoracic levels...
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receiving ASC/BSC was calculated from the survival ofthe patients in the
cetuximab monotherapy arm ofthe RCT. The data from the monotherapy arm ... of interest, the member is excluded
from participating further in that appraisal.
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members who attended and their ... The primary outcome for all studies was tumour
response rate. A median age of 56 years was reported in two ofthe trials and
a median age of 59 years in the other two. In all four studies the...
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lipid máu, ... trình bày ở đây là thay đổi
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of hydroxyurea in thetreatmentof any disease, and the barriers to thetreatmentof sickle ... PubMed, on the basis of an analysis ofthe
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basis forthe strategies developed forthe other electronic ... case of
the RCTs, a third reviewer reconciled the results ofthe first two reviewers; forthe other study
designs, the results ofthe two reviewers were averaged. The overall score was the percentage...
... cost. There is no cure for AD,
and the development of effective therapeutic strategies
is hampered by a paucity of information on the biolo-
gical mechanisms underlying the disease. The severity
of ... that the interaction between Ab and
these metals can promote the formation of Ab oligo-
mers, aggregates and fibrils [48,52–55]. Metal mediated
oligomerization of Ab may therefore contribute to the
potent ... (COX). In these enzymes, the redox potential
of the metals is harnessed to provide the enzymes with
their electron transfer capabilities. Paradoxically, it is
the same redox potential ofthe metals...
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across the ER membrane to the cytosol [91,92]. To
date, we are unaware of direct evidence for transport
of PE through the Sec61p translocon.
Additional support forthe hypothesis that PE
exploits the ... the rate of internali-
zation ofthe receptor or influencing the intracellular
trafficking. The proteome ofthe target cell also influ-
ences the pathway. We have observed large differences
in the ... and 50% (7 ⁄ 14) of patients
showed a partial response to treatment.
The future of PE-based RITs
Many obstacles have been overcome in the develop-
ment of RITs forthetreatmentof cancer, and...
... effective forthetreatmentof SUI.
The other studies in the review were considered for the
generalisability of their findings to clinical practice by
identifying the patient populations from which the ... the evidence forthe optimal period oftreatment and
number of treatments?
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Parkkinen (2004) reported a mean of 9 (3–29) weekly
treatments with subjects ceasing treatment ... combi-
nation of PFMT with adjunctive therapy or the actual
exercise dosage is the critical factor is unclear. The optimal
length oftreatment and the number oftreatment episodes
could be useful information...
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review comments, the best practice statement was submitted to and approved by the PGC
and the Board of Directors ofthe AUA. Funding ofthe Panel and ofthe PGC was
provided by the ... Cryosurgery fortheTreatmentof
Localized Prostate Cancer
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conducted by the Cryosurgery forTreatmentof Localized ... cancer. The high morbidity presented
in these reports could be attributable to a number of factors. For one, the use of
thermocouples was not yet available. In addition, there was a period of time...
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converter and the market price ofthe NM. However, the application of noble metals forthe
treatment ... are formed in adsorption of reactant molecules on the
semi-conducting surface; the formation of these is a function ofthe electronic properties of
the solid, and the structure and kind of bonds. ... with the other MnO
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... overall survival of treated
animals (Figure 6D). These results confirm the anti-tumor
activity of anti-VLC therapy, as observed by others, and
further support the use of anti-CD52 therapy in humans.
Discussion
Our ... intraperitoneal delivery of the
drug.
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exact function of CD52 remains unknown. In the ID8-
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associated ... collected at the University of
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intraoperatively or at the time of therapeutic...