Orthopedics
Oct 01, 2020
Since 2008 we have been using many free vascularized medial femoral condyle grafts for reconstruction of difficult scaphoid non-unions. This article aims to report our results and experiences.Until th...
Oct 01, 2020
Treatment of scaphoid non-unions is still challenging for responsible hand surgeons, especially in cases of avascular proximal pole non-unions or failed prior surgeries. Several surgical procedures tr...
Sep 30, 2020
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Non-COVID-19 hospital admissions decreased considerably with the onset of COVID-19, with declines generally similar across patient demographic subgroups f...
Sep 30, 2020
TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Early stages of the U.K. COVID-19 lockdown had negative consequences for people with musculoskeletal conditions, according to a letter to the editor publish...
Sep 28, 2020
Use of the Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exam in patients with pelvic fractures has been reported as unreliable. We hypothesized that FAST is a reliable method for detecting cli...
Sep 28, 2020
Bacterial cellulose (BC), prepared from two recently developed thermotolerant bacterial strains (Komagataeibacter xylinus C30 and Komagataeibacter oboediens R37-9), were used as a raw material to synt...
Sep 28, 2020
Obese body habitus is a challenging issue to address in lumbar spine surgery. There is a lack of consensus on the long-term influence of BMI on patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction. This study a...
Sep 28, 2020
New 3D digital technologies can be applied to implant-supported ear prostheses to restore anatomical structures damaged by cancer, dysplasia, or trauma. However, several factors influence the accuracy...
Sep 28, 2020
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are potent osteoinductive agents for bone tissue engineering. In order to define optimal properties of a novel autologous bone graft substitute (ABGS) containing rhB...
Sep 28, 2020
Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC) has been incorporated into the recent international histological classification of renal tumors. However, to date, there are limited studies ...
Sep 24, 2020
MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Between-hospital variation in survival rates of total hip replacement (THR) may be due to implant choice, according to a U.K. study published online Aug. 31 ...
Sep 24, 2020
Performance during seated balancing is often used to assess trunk neuromuscular control, including evaluating impairments in back pain populations. Balancing in less challenging environments allows fo...
Sep 24, 2020
Renal phosphate and vitamin D metabolism are regulated by proteohormone fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), which is secreted by bone cells. FGF23 inhibits phosphate reabsorption and the production o...
Sep 24, 2020
Chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear might be difficult to diagnose on MRI. Indirect signs might be a typical meniscal or cartilage lesion, or a spontaneous anterior drawer visualized by a de...
Sep 24, 2020
Morphological interpretation is the standard in diagnosing myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), but it has limitations, such as varying reliability in pathologic evaluation and lack of integration with gen...
Sep 24, 2020
A dilated epidural venous plexus (DEVP) is a rare cause of radiculopathy, back pain, cauda equina syndrome, and other neurological symptoms. This vascular mass can be secondary to inferior vena cava (...
Sep 23, 2020
TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with diabetes have an increased risk for falls, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study o...
Sep 21, 2020
People with chronic ankle instability (CAI) exhibit neuromuscular deficits. Previous studies, however, only investigated magnitudes of muscle activation and not the time-frequency domain.Do people wit...
Sep 21, 2020
To determine the prevalence of chronic ankle instability (CAI) and to investigate its relationship to the foot arch in collegiate female athletes by each sports event.Cross-sectional study.University ...
Sep 21, 2020
Injectable hydrogels with conductivity are highly desirable as scaffolds for the engineering of various electrical stimuli-responsive tissues, including nerve, muscle, retina, and bone. However, oxyge...