Discomfort/pain due to peri-implant probing at titanium and zirconium implants: A cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study was designed to compare discomfort/pain after periodontal and peri-implant probing in patients with titanium compared with zirconium implants.

Methods: One examiner recruited and examined 70 patients, each of whom had a dental implant with a contralateral tooth; 37 patients had titanium implants of various types and 33 patients had zirconium implants; one implant was analyzed for each patient. Periodontal and peri-implant probing pocket depth (PPD) and clinical attachment level (CAL) were assessed.

Effects of therapy modifications during the last decade on the outcome of patients undergoing esophagectomy for esophageal cancer.

Background: During the last decade, numerous therapeutic regimes were assessed to improve the outcome of patients with esophageal carcinoma. We analyzed the impact of therapy alterations, including the establishment of a standardized clinical pathway and the introduction of an interdisciplinary tumor conference on the outcome of patients undergoing esophagectomy because of esophageal cancer.

Methods: Three hundred one patients were included (204 adenocarcinoma and 97 squamous cell carcinoma) who underwent an esophagectomy between 2006 and 2015.