nasal surgery for the treatment of osa hs

... guidelines for the screening and selection of patients for Page of 10 APBI [22,23], and these guidelines formed the basis for patient selection in the EBT multicenter study [20] Of the 65 patients ... of 1.8 was tabulated The mean score was 1.5 for the 20 patients who received local anesthesia, for the patient administered sedation, and 2.1 for the 18 patients who received both local anesthesia ... maintain the distance from the balloon to the skin surface The greater the volume of the balloon, with the attendant compression of adjacent breast tissue, the more fully the target breast tissue...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:24

... of data, interpretation of the data, and revision of the article for content SZ contributed to the conception and design of the work, interpretation of the data, and revision of the article for ... sampling of data, interpretation of the data, and drafting of the article JK contributed to the conception of the work, interpretation of the data, revision of the article for content, and approval of ... of rFVIIa compared with placebo The mean estimated risk of thromboembolism of 6.42% in the eight studies on the prophylaxis of bleeding was within the 95% CI of 1.2% to 31.8% determined for the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... 100% relief of their pain in 86% of the patients with a median relief period of months The range of relief varied from zero days to up to 13 months for the facet injection group None of the lumbar ... median period of pain 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 ... improvement from the radiofrequency procedure, the length of improvement varied from months to 16 months Again, no one in the radiofrequency group developed permanent relief of their pain Thus, the endoscopic...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:32

... follow-up Results The author acknowledges that there are no conflicts of interest or financial benefits with the results of the study All twelve patients (10 males, females) completed the surgery without ... increases the risk of adverse events with invasive approaches Open surgical correction is the current standard of care for foraminal stenosis of cervical and lumbar vertebrae Open surgery requires ... laminoforaminoplasty, should decrease the risk of major adverse events, allow for same day hospital discharge, and decrease the need for postoperative analgesia and immobility [5] [6] In the current...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:57

... ethanol at a final concentration of 10%, then transported to the laboratory of UT at 4oCstored Then, each of the samples were divided into two One of them was for DNA extraction and was washed ... general, the higher concentration of primers can lead to the formation of primer dimers Also, the cost of the chemicals should be minimized if the same quantitativeness can be achieved The results ... 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 instruction by the manufacturer In the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38

... with the increased HRT of the adsorption tank From an engineering application point of view, the appropriate operational parameters of the recycle ratio, HRT of the regeneration tank, HRT of the ... in the PO43 P removal These results revealed that the selection of the operational parameters of the CARS process had a great influence on the overall system performance Adsorptive capability of ... technical feasibility of this process was demonstrated The effects of recycle ratio, HRT of the regeneration tank, HRT of the adsorption tank and SRT of the system were evaluated The removal efficiency...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38

... from data in the RCT The survival of patients receiving ASC/BSC was calculated from the survival of the patients in the cetuximab monotherapy arm of the RCT The data from the monotherapy arm NICE ... from the perspective of the NHS Unlike the manufacturer’s models the outcome data were based on published overall survival curves from the two studies The utility value for pre-progression was the ... negligible if further active treatment was not available Therefore the results seen in the single-arm cetuximab studies for these outcomes could be interpreted as an effect of the drug It also...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... reported on the efficacy and/or effectiveness of hydroxyurea treatment of hematologic diseases, the toxicity of hydroxyurea in the treatment of any disease, and the barriers to the treatment of sickle ... reviewer reconciled the results of the first two reviewers in the case of the randomized trials 29 For the other study designs, the results of the two reviewers were averaged The quality assessment ... reliability of the instruments used A pair of reviewers each performed the quality assessment independently In the case of the RCTs, a third reviewer reconciled the results of the first two reviewers; for...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... (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 of the metals ... that the interaction between Ab and these metals can promote the formation of Ab oligomers, aggregates and fibrils [48,52–55] Metal mediated oligomerization of Ab may therefore contribute to the ... within the physiological ranges that could be expected within the brain The capacity for metals to facilitate this process may therefore be a critical factor in the Ab mediated pathology of the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20

... the inclusion of lysine residues in the protein sequence of the A fragment but not the B fragment of PE Because only the A fragment must traffic to the cytosol for activity, the lack of lysine residues ... altering the rate of internalization of the receptor or influencing the intracellular trafficking The proteome of the target cell also influences the pathway We have observed large differences in the ... 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 treatment of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 15:21

... evidence for the optimal period of treatment 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 ... exercise dosage is the critical factor is unclear The optimal length of treatment and the number of treatment episodes could be useful information for the marketing of physical therapy for SUI ... effective for the treatment of 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...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... on Cryosurgery for the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer The supporting systematic literature review and the drafting of this document were conducted by the Cryosurgery for Treatment of Localized ... upon the peer review comments, the best practice statement was submitted to and approved by the PGC and the Board of Directors of the AUA Funding of the Panel and of the PGC was provided by the ... Activation of the heating mode in the CN/P does not affect the thaw rate of the distal edges of the gland Probe heating affects only the frozen tissue mass juxtaposed to the CN/P and not the distally...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... choice and loading of the NM is a compromise between the required efficiency of the converter and the market price of the NM However, the application of noble metals for the treatment of exhaust gas ... are formed in adsorption of reactant molecules on the semi-conducting surface; the formation of these is a function of the electronic properties of the solid, and the structure and kind of bonds ... mechanism of exhaust treatment The aims of this thesis will be then proposed The second chapter introduces basic principles of the physico-chemical methods used in the thesis, catalyst synthesis,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2014, 17:14

... 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 ... collected at the University of Pennsylvania or the University of Michigan After obtaining informed patient consent, ascites was collected either intraoperatively or at the time of therapeutic ... intraperitoneal delivery of the drug Despite being a well-documented therapeutic target, the exact function of CD52 remains unknown In the ID8VEGF tumors, VLC account for the vast majority of tumorassociated...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... measurement of tumor tissue MRI signal at baseline (T10) and then again following the intravenous infusion of the Gd-dendrimer (T1), and the in vitro measurement of the molar relaxivity (r1) of the Gd-dendrimer, ... Significance of the luminal glycocalyx layer of the BBTB of malignant brain tumor microvasculature The well-defined physiologic upper limit of pore size in the BBTB of 12 nm would be attributable to the ... would be the "nanofilter" that serves as the main point of resistance to the transvascular passage of spherical particles larger than 12 nm in diameter across the BBTB Therefore, in the physiologic...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... variation between the two groups of subjects caused not by the treatment itself but by variation of the clinical scale at the beginning of the therapy To test the overall effect of adaptive training, ... was on the opposite side The force generated by the robot in direction d = 3, Fd(t), was only present during the initial 2/3 of the total duration of the movement (estimated from that of the ‘average’ ... compared the primary outcome measures (change in the clinical scores) between the baseline (T0) and the end of the treatment (T3), irrespective of the training mode (treatment) As regards the kinematic...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... Page of (page number not for 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 the SPSS ... minimal loss of physical capacity The technique remains the "gold standard" for the treatment of displaced and minimally comminuted olecranon fractures despite the introduction of new Page of (page ... order to improve the biomechanical properties of the technique [20] Rowland and Burkhart [21] gave an emphasis on the mathematical need to put the transverse hole for the figure -of- eight tension...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... was for the initial trial of VFG, and the other was for the second trial of VFG after failure of bone consolidation in ipsilateral VFG Patients The mean age of the patients at the time of VFG surgery ... cases, the first fracture is reported to occur before the age of year [4] In the current case, one out of the cases had a stress fracture at the age of 7.4 years old, and casting healed the fracture ... to 8, the average number being 3.4 The previous surgical treatments were all utilizing intramedullary nails with/without bone grafting The other patients were added for the purpose of the current...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... protocol in our clinic for the treatment of osteoporosis The patients were followed with serial physical examinations and radiographs With the use of lateral radiographs centered over the fracture level, ... 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 surgery, the patients ... levels above the fracture into the four screws and after that, torque was applied through the rod pusher to bring the vertebra back to the rod Gentle distraction at the level of the fracture...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... Conclusion In the literature, there is no report of the use of LISS tibial plates for the treatment of paediatric supracondylar fractures of the femur They may be considered for Conflict of interest ... the femur to deformity remodeling at this level The treatment of displaced supracondylar fractures of the femur depends on the age and size of the child, the site, the pattern of the fracture and ... over the distal femur for the best purchase of bone while avoiding violation of the growth plate The disadvantages were that the patient might need another operation for implant removal and the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20