Publications by authors named "R M Liddell"
Dental implant coronal surfaces designed with the primary goal of maintaining crestal bone levels may also promote bacterial adhesion, leading to soft tissue inflammation and peri-implant bone loss. Achieving an optimal surface roughness that minimizes bacterial adhesion while preserving crestal bone is crucial. It is hypothesized that a specific threshold surface roughness value may exist below which, and above which, initial bacterial adhesion does not statistically change.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Apple Watch provides promising health data that could aid in increasing exercise adherence; regular exercise can help individuals manage and prevent diseases such as obesity and cardiovascular disease. However, the impact of skin pigmentation on the accuracy of the Apple Watch Series 9 for measures of energy expenditure (EE) and heart rate (HR) is unknown.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of the Apple Watch Series 9 on various skin pigmentations for measures of EE and HR.
Primary and metastatic liver cancers are increasing in incidence, and the approaches with the longest survival are resection and transplantation. Posthepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) is the leading cause of mortality following liver resection. PHLF is largely due to liver insufficiency due to the insufficient size of the future liver remnant (FLR).
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- Radioembolization is a targeted therapy that uses radioactive beads to deliver radiation directly to tumors based on their blood supply.
- Originally intended as a palliative treatment, it has evolved to support curative efforts, neoadjuvant therapy, and preparation for liver transplants.
- The article discusses the various techniques, challenges, and recent advancements in radioembolization, including updates on dosage methods, types of radionuclides, and additional target tumors.
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- A study at Johns Hopkins Hospital compared outcomes of patients who received neoadjuvant immunotherapy before surgery with those who had upfront resection; 36 of the 92 patients received the immunotherapy.
- The results showed that patients who underwent neoadjuvant immunotherapy had similar resection margins and recurrence-free survival rates compared to those who had upfront surgery, suggesting that this approach might help high-risk patients achieve comparable outcomes.