Ultrasonography and clinical outcome comparison of extracorporeal shock wave therapy and corticosteroid injections for chronic plantar fasciitis: A randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) and corticosteroid injection (CSI) are treatment options for plantar fasciitis. Their clinical outcome comparison remains a debate. Also, the thickness changes of the plantar fascia on objective evaluation under the medium energy ESWT and CSI therapy are elusive.

Physicians' perspectives of adopting computer-assisted navigation in orthopedic surgery.

Objectives: Using Computer-assisted orthopedic navigation surgery system (CAOS) has many advantages but is not mandatory to use during an orthopedic surgery. Therefore, opinions obtained from clinical orthopedists with this system are valuable. This paper integrates technology acceptance model and theory of planned behavior to examine the determinants of continued CAOS use to facilitate user management.

A modified lightwand-guided nasotracheal intubation technique for oromaxillofacial surgical patients.

Study Objective: To investigate the efficiency of a double curve nasotracheal tube on lightwand-guided nasotracheal intubation.

Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Setting: University medical center hospital.