Publications by authors named "S Becher"
Introduction: This study analyzed complication rates of guided bone regeneration (GBR) using titanium-reinforced polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membranes for alveolar ridge augmentation.
Material And Methods: 84 patients treated with GBR using titanium-reinforced PTFE membranes (91 sites) were retrospectively analyzed. Complications such as membrane exposure and early removal were analyzed concerning patient age, defect site position, size, simultaneous vs.
Article Synopsis
- - The study focuses on developing a new fluorescence technology to measure infarct and scar size in heart tissue post-myocardial infarction (MI), offering a more efficient and versatile alternative to traditional histological methods like TTC staining.
- - The researchers induced MI in male mice and compared fluorescence staining with classical techniques over various time points, finding strong correlations in measuring infarct area and scar size.
- - The new fluorescence method enhances data quality, allows for additional analyses without wasting tissue, and aligns with the 3R principle (Reduce, Replace, Refine) in animal research, ultimately reducing the number of animals needed for experiments.
Background And Purpose: Remote ischaemic preconditioning (rIPC) for cardioprotection is severely impaired in diabetes, and therapeutic options to restore it are lacking. The vascular endothelium plays a key role in rIPC. Given that the activity of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is inhibited by proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2), we hypothesized that pharmacological Pyk2 inhibition could restore eNOS activity and thus restore remote cardioprotection in diabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDue to low susceptibility of coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) in children, limited studies are available regarding COVID-19 in the pediatric population in Tunisia. The current study evaluated the incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among children hospitalized at Béchir Hamza Children's Hospital. A retrospective cohort analysis was conducted using the hospital database between March 2020 and February 2022 with children aged ≤15 years with SARS-CoV-2 infection (confirmed by RT-PCR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We report the results gathered over 15 years of screening for congenital disorders of glycosylation syndrome (CDGS) in Tunisia according to clinical and biochemical characteristics.
Methods: Our laboratory received 1055 analysis requests from various departments and hospitals, for children with a clinical suspicion of CDGS. The screening was carried out through separation of transferrin isoforms by capillary zone electrophoresis.