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Since the appearance of the 3D printing in the 1980s it has revolutionized many research fields including the pharmaceutical industry. The main goal is to manufacture complex, personalized products in a low-cost manufacturing process on-demand. In the last few decades, 3D printing has attracted the attention of numerou…

Various rates of the short- and long-term recurrence of takotsubo syndrome (TTS) (RTTS) have been reported, but the absence, or the short length of the follow-up implemented is such, that the true rate of RTTS continues to be unknown. Experience has shown that a sizeable proportion of patients with an index TTS suffer…

Twelve patients on haemodialysis for 6 months to 3 years contracted AgHBs positive hepatitis, 9 being also Ag e positive. They continued to carry the same antigens. Histological surveillance was begun from the 6th month of the disease onwards, with 2 to 4 repeated biopsies in 1,5 to 3,5 years in 9 patients, the last 3…

AIMS: To explore any changes in the perceived gender and affiliation of first authors of papers published in theand, over the last 50 years. METHODS: Electronic hand searches of thefrom 1973 to 2021, were undertaken to identify research and clinical papers published the first volume of the BJO (1973-74) and then the f…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the cervical conizations performed in the last 20 years in a single institution, with a particular interest in analyzing the trend of the length of cone excisions. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of women who underwent a CO2-laser cervi…

A retrospective review was performed of 22,168 cancer cases registered by the Tumor Registry between 1965 and 1990. Eighty-six percent of these cases involved solid tumors; this number remained fairly constant throughout the study period. There was a significant trend toward more advanced disease at the time of present…

The experience of the Cardiac Electrostimulation Center of S. Camillo Hospital in Rome on 1503 patients treated with permanent pacemakers for an 11 year period is referred. The Authors analyze the increase of the activity of the Center during these years and some events that caused it. 94.5% of the patients were more t…

OBJECTIVE: To compare mean serum total testosterone, bioavailable-testosterone, and dihydrotestosterone levels between transdermal testosterone and oral testosterone undecanoate treatment. METHODS: Multicentre, randomized, cross-over study; 44 men >18 years, testosterone ≤2.5 ng/mL. Two patches (Testo…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of patellar non-resurfacing on the effectiveness after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS: Between April 2008 and April 2011, 163 patients with degenerative osteoarthritis of the knee underwent TKA without patellar resurfacing, and the clinical data were retrospectively analyze…

To determine whether the accuracy of the genetic evaluations of sires can be assessed by the presence of extreme daughter records, we studied herd-years with records from first-crop daughters of 217 Holstein bulls that were not sampled by artificial insemination (AI) organizations but that later entered AI. The presenc…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of MicroPulsetransscleral cyclophotocoagulation (µP-TSCPC) up to 24-months follow-up using a standardized fixed protocol in patients with various types of glaucoma. METHODS: Prospective, nonrandomized, non-comparative interventional case series of µP-TSCPC perform…

In the present study the development of sympathy in a group of 85 children (43 girls) was investigated over a 3-year period, starting with the last year of child care, when the children were 5 years-old. Sympathy was measured via different measures: two standardized observations, where the children were observed as the…

BACKGROUND: Recurrent anterior shoulder instability is a common traumatic injury, the main clinical manifestation of which is recurrent anteroinferior dislocation of the humeral head. The current follow-up study showed that the effect of arthroscopic Bankart repair is unreliable. AIM: To evaluate the clinical efficacy…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence and clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with cervical cancer over the last two decades in Beijing so as to provide scientific rationales for the management of cervical cancer. METHODS: Stratified cluster sampling was employed to analyze a total of 1399 invasive cervic…

: Almotriptan (ALT), a serotonin 5-HTagonist has been used in the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura for 20 years, accumulating data on more than 15,000 patients in studies and from an estimated >150 million treated migraine attacks in daily clinical practice. The last major review of ALT was written…

BACKGROUND: Age-appropriate receipt of ≥ 2 measles-containing vaccine (MCV) doses has been considered evidence of immunity against measles. Transmission of measles is rarely reported among such persons. METHODS: We report a measles outbreak in a middle school in Beijing that has high coverage with ≥ 2 do…

In a mixed ward for skin and venereology patients the erythromycin consumption was 6-8 fold higher than in other wards at the same hospital. Erythromycin-resistance occurred in 15.5% of the infecting Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from this ward, compared with 3.5% in other wards of the hospital and 2.3% in Den…

BACKGROUND: Tuberoplasty is a therapeutic option for irreparable massive rotator cuff tear (RCT). However, no study has reported long-term outcomes after arthroscopic tuberoplasty. METHODS: We evaluated 16 patients who underwent arthroscopic tuberoplasty for symptomatic irreparable massive RCT without pseudoparalysis.…