Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Fixed-dose S-Amlodipine/Telmisartan and Telmisartan in Hypertensive Patients Inadequately Controlled with Telmisartan: A Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter Study.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the fixed-dose combination S-amlodipine plus telmisartan (S-AM/TEL) compared with TEL monotherapy in patients with hypertension inadequately controlled by TEL monotherapy.

Methods: this study was a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, parallel group, Phase III, 8-week clinical trial to compare the superiority of the S-AM/TEL 2.5/40-mg and S-AM/TEL 5/40-mg combinations with TEL 80-mg mono-therapy.

Resorbable skeletal fixation systems for treating maxillofacial bone fractures.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of using resorbable plate and screw systems (RPSSs) compared with metal plate and screw systems (MPSSs) to treat maxillofacial bone fractures.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, South Korea.

A balloon dilatation technique for the treatment of intramaxillary lesions using a Foley catheter in chronic maxillary sinusitis.

Background: In chronic maxillary sinusitis, pathologic mucosas of the anterior and lateral walls of the maxillary sinus are difficult to remove. Trocar insertion to the canine fossa is the most commonly used procedure. In the present work, we report a method involving a balloon dilatation technique for treatment of intramaxillary lesions using a Foley catheter in chronic maxillary sinusitis and the outcomes of this approach.

Endoscopic reduction of medial orbital wall fractures using the rolled silastic sheet technique.

Background: Endoscopic reduction has become common for reducing medial orbital wall fractures because of its various advantages. Nevertheless, there is no standard method of nasal packing to support the orbital contents to maintain the reduction. We evaluated the outcomes of endoscopic reduction of medial orbital wall fractures using the rolled Silastic sheet technique.

Borna disease virus and deficit schizophrenia.

Background: It is controversial whether Borna disease virus (BDV) infects humans and causes psychiatric disorders.

Objectives: The relationship between BDV infection and schizophrenia with deficit syndrome was investigated.

Study Design: Using the Schedule for the Deficit Syndrome, 62 schizophrenic in-patients were selected from three psychiatric hospitals.