There has been no ideal option for patients who are unhappy with their facial shape but do not want to undergo complex surgeries or pay the high price of temporary injectable treatments. In this article, we describe the treatment of facial complaints such as the gaunt face, long face, bottom-heavy face, chubby face, midface retrusion, and asymmetric face, as well as the modification of racial and ethnic characteristics, through the use of less invasive methods. Fat grafting was used to accentuate the cheekbones in most patients complaining about their facial shape.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To evaluate the prevalence of thrombosis risk factors in a group of patients undergoing venous duplex scanning (VDS) and to design a risk factor stratification model with the ability to improve the diagnostic yield of VDS.
Methods: Risk factor assessment and VDS were performed on 1,000 patients with clinically suspected lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and patients were divided into two groups based upon the outcome of their scan: those with and those without confirmed DVT. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed in order to determine the significance of each risk factor in relation to having a confirmed DVT.
This study was performed to compare the computer-based and physician-based management of warfarin therapy after total hip arthroplasty (THA). The computer-assisted and control groups of patients were placed on warfarin postoperatively and followed for a 1-month period. A significant difference (P<.
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