Guided maxillary sinus floor elevation using deproteinized bovine bone versus graftless Schneiderian membrane elevation with simultaneous implant placement: Randomized clinical trial.

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the analytical difference between the use of xenograft (control group) and graftless tenting (test group) technique after sinus lift procedure with simultaneous implant placement.

Materials And Methods: Seventeen patients and 20 sinuses where operated for sinus lift procedures using lateral window approach with simultaneous implant placement. Deproteinized bovine bone (Xenograft) was used as a filling material in control group while nongrafted sinus lifting was performed in the test group.

Impact of nutritional status of Egyptian patients with end-stage liver disease on their outcomes after living donor liver transplantation.

Objective: Malnutrition is prevalent among patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) awaiting liver transplantation. Our aim was to examine prospectively the impact of patients' nutritional status on their outcomes after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

Methods: In all, 30 patients scheduled for LDLT were subjected to a preoperative nutritional status assessment through subjective global assessment (SGA), nutritional risk screening (NRS 2002) and anthropometric measurements.