Feb 25, 2020

The aim of this study was to develop evidence-based recommendations for safe, effective and appropriate thyroidectomy.Surgical management of thyroid disease has evolved considerably over several decad...

Feb 25, 2020

To develop evidence-based recommendations for safe, effective, and appropriate thyroidectomy.Surgical management of thyroid disease has evolved considerably over several decades leading to variability...

Feb 25, 2020

To evaluate smoking history and change in smoking behavior, from 1 year before through 7 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery, and to identify risk factors for post-surgery smoking.Smok...

Feb 25, 2020

Although recent studies have suggested that the continuation of preoperative antiplatelet therapy with aspirin does not affect intraoperative or postoperative bleeding in patients undergoing digestive...

Feb 25, 2020

Because many patients are first exposed to opioids after general surgery procedures, surgical stewardship for the use of opioids is critical in addressing the opioid crisis. We developed a multi-compo...

Feb 25, 2020

Krüppel-like factor 7 (KLF7), which belongs to the KLF family of zinc finger transcription factors, plays a critical role in regulating gene expression. It was reported that KLF7 overexpression was c...

Feb 25, 2020

Platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy after complete resection has become a standard treatment for patients with stage II to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer; however, not all patients exhibit survival ...

Feb 25, 2020

Morphine and its derivatives play inevitably important role in the μ-opioid receptor (MOR) targeted antinociception. A structure-activity relationship study is presented for novel and known orvinol a...

Feb 25, 2020

DCC netrin 1 receptor (DCC) affects the structure and function of the dopamine circuitry, which in turn affects the susceptibility to developing addiction. In a previous study, we found that single nu...

Feb 23, 2020

Clinical guidelines recommend that patients who undergo invasive procedures have a platelet count level above 50x10^9/L; these guidelines historically have applied to all patients and do not specifica...

Feb 20, 2020

THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- There has been an increase in survival after pediatric kidney transplantation since 1970, according to a study published online Feb. 13 in the Clinical Jour...

Feb 18, 2020

Background and objective Cephalic excision of the lateral crus is the most used procedure in rhinoplasty when attempting to make the nasal tip smaller or narrower to improve the definition. However, d...

Feb 18, 2020

Currently, botulinum toxin A (BTA) is mainly used in the treatment of muscle spasms and in cosmetic procedures, and its cosmetic indications are expanding rapidly. There have been sporadic reports foc...

Feb 18, 2020

Platelet concentrates have emerged as innovative autologous blood products that enhance tissue healing and regeneration in regenerative therapy. A common feature of these products is their higher than...

Feb 18, 2020

Knowledge of factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with facial palsy may aid in better interpreting outcomes of research and treatment.To identify factors associated with ...

Feb 18, 2020

Surgical treatment of fractures has evolved with the development of anaesthesia in 1846. Experiments with different implants both organic and non-organic had led to introduction of sometimes extremely...

Feb 18, 2020

To determine if three-dimensionally printed (3Dp) fracture models can improve orthopedic trainee education.A prospective comparison study of orthopedic trainees and attending surgeons was performed, w...

Feb 18, 2020

The aim of this study is to investigate the most appropriate knee MRI report template that not only provides structure and consistency, but also allows enough narrative freedom for the logical organiz...

Feb 18, 2020

Osteoid osteoma is a rare benign bone tumor displaying typical clinical symptoms and radiological signs in most cases. Characteristic symptoms are nocturnal pain alleviated by non-steroid antiinflamm...

Feb 18, 2020

Peripheral blood samples were obtained from 25 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) and 13 healthy volunteers.Our aim was to investigate the significance of neurodegenerative biomarkers...