BACKGROUND: A single-institutional study comparing early and long-term outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) and open surgical repair (OSR) was performed to determine the appropriate treatment option for descending thoracic aortic a...
OBJECTIVES: This clinical follow-up evaluated the long-term outcome of full-mouth rehabilitations with adhesively bonded all-ceramic restorations in patients suffering from amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) or affected by extensive tooth wear including a ...
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Dec 21, 2017
BACKGROUND: The United States currently has an opioid use disorder epidemic and research evaluating ways to minimize the use of opioids postsurgery are needed. One of these options is intravenous acetaminophen. If the use of preoperative intravenous ...
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics
Dec 21, 2017
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the association of clinical, laboratory and ultrasound findings with the surgical diagnosis of adnexal torsion in a retrospective cohort of women operated for suspected torsion.
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
Dec 21, 2017
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical effect of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) after percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGD) in elder acute cholecystitis.
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 21, 2017
The potential use of cholesterol esterases was tested to avoid alkaline hydrolysis for cleavage of plasma esterified oxysterols. The enzymatic hydrolysis was optimized by testing two sources of enzyme-Pseudomonas and bovine pancreas, presence of surf...
Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
Dec 21, 2017
Propofol concentration in human plasma can be quantified by liquid chromatography coupled mass spectrometry. Sample preparation usually requires solid phase extraction to remove matrix components and enrich the analyte. To facilitate user-independent...
Knowledge of the full target space of bioactive substances, approved and investigational drugs as well as chemical probes, provides important insights into therapeutic potential and possible adverse effects. The existing compound-target bioactivity d...
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)
Dec 21, 2017
BACKGROUND: Prior randomised controlled trials on adjuvant hormonal therapy included HER2 patients; however, a differential effect of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) versus tamoxifen (TAM) may have been missed in ER+/HER2+ patients that comprise 7-15% of ...
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