Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer
Dec 20, 2017
BACKGROUND: Postoperative prolonged air leaks is one of the most common complications secondary to pulmonary resections. Digital drainage system (DDS) is considered as an accurate and objective device which has been found to be comfortable and well t...
Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences
Dec 18, 2017
Perioperative stroke is cerebral infarction occurring in the perioperative period. The incidence of perioperative stroke in non-cardiac, and non-neurologic surgery is about 0.7%, but the mortality can be as high as 26% to 40%. The outcome of the pati...
PURPOSE: Nearly everyone had experience of eyelid twitching (ET) and most physicians think it is benign and self limited. Most neurologists consider it is a symptom rather a disease. However, sometimes ET persists longer and becomes bothersome in som...
Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery
Dec 15, 2017
OBJECTIVE: To explore the application of intramedullary nail fixation combined with auxiliary plate and bone cement in the palliative treatment of pathologic fracture of extremities caused by metastatic tumors.
Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery
Dec 15, 2017
OBJECTIVE: To investigate effectiveness of a improved technique for perforation of patella combined with suture anchor and non-tourniquet for repairing acute rupture of the bone tendon junction of quadriceps tendon.
Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University
Dec 1, 2017
BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy improves the healing of various gastro-duodenal diseases such as chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer, and also reduces gastric cancer incidence. Several studies have reported on risk factors other th...
Archives of endocrinology and metabolism
Dec 1, 2017
OBJECTIVE: Selenium (Se) supplementation has been used to help prevent the progression of Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) and autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) patients. We investigated Se serum and selenoprotein P (SePP) levels in Graves' disease (GD) ...
Archives of endocrinology and metabolism
Dec 1, 2017
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between insulin resistance and thyroid pathology in obese patients, and compare the results between insulin-resistant and noninsulin-resistant patients.
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a common fungal infection with high mortality rates in immunocompromised patients. Early diagnosis of IPA is still challenging because of its nonspecific clinical symptoms and radiological presentations.To ev...
This is a retrospective case-control study.The aim of this study was to compare the surgical results of percutaneous kyphoplasty (KP) and posterior spinal fixation with vertebroplasty (PSF+VP) for treatment of Kümmell disease (KD).KD is rare form of ...
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