Impact of Prior Ischemic Stroke on Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure - A Propensity-Matched Study.

Background: Whether ischemic stroke per se, rather than older age or additional comorbidities, accounts for the adverse prognosis of heart failure (HF) is uncertain. The present study examineed the intrinsic association of ischemic stroke with outcomes in a propensity-matched cohort.

Methods and results: Of 1,351 patients hospitalized with HF, 388 (28.

Comparative Outcomes of Block and Cancellous Iliac Bone Grafting in Older Unilateral Alveolar Cleft Patients.

Objective: To compare osseous outcomes of block and cancellous iliac bone grafting in older unilateral alveolar cleft patients.

Design: Retrospective and observational follow-up study.

Setting: Cleft Lip and Palate Centre, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, China.

Inactivation of RUNX3 protein expression in tongue squamous cell carcinoma and its association with clinicopathological characteristics.

The function of runt‑related transcription factor 3 (RUNX3) in oral cancer remains controversial. The present study aimed to determine the status of RUNX3 protein expression and its association with clinicopathological characteristics in tongue squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). The present study used three pairs of tongue SCC and non‑cancerous tissues to assess RUNX3 protein expression by western blot analysis, and two tongue SCC cell lines to determine RUNX3 protein localization by immunofluorescence and immunocytochemistry.

RUNX3 plays a tumor suppressor role by inhibiting cell migration, invasion and angiogenesis in oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Although aberrant expression of Runt-related transcription factor 3 (RUNX3) contributes to tumor progression and metastasis in a number of carcinomas, the status of RUNX3 and its correlation with prognosis in oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) are still controversial. The aim of present study was to investigate the function of RUNX3 in OSCC and the underlying molecular mechanisms. Tissue microarray (TMA) consisting of 232 OSCC specimens was used to detect the expression of RUNX3 by immunohistochemistry method.

Anatomical Study and Clinical Application of Facial Artery Perforator Flaps in Intraoral Reconstruction: Focusing on Venous System.

Purpose: Facial artery perforator flaps (FAPFs) are preferred for the repair of intraoral and peri-nasal defects because it is a convenient procedure with minimal donor-site morbidity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the anatomic features of FAPFs and present their clinical application in intraoral reconstruction.

Materials And Methods: Five cadaver specimens (10 sides) of the head and neck region and 90 clinical cases (90 sides) of neck dissection were analyzed to explore the facial venous drainage system of FAPFs.

Short-term effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on sleep bruxism - a pilot study.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on patients with sleep bruxism (SB). Twelve patients with SB were included in an open, single-intervention pilot study. rTMS at 1 Hz and an intensity of 80% of the active motor threshold was applied to the 'hot spot' of the masseter muscle representation at the primary motor cortex bilaterally for 20 min per side each day for 5 consecutive days.

[Carbon Source Utilization Characteristics of Soil Microbial Community for Apple Orchard with Interplanting Herbage].

As soil fertility in apple orchard with clean tillage is declined continuously, interplanting herbage in orchard, which is a new orchard management model, plays an important role in improving orchard soil conditions. By using biolog micro-plate technique, this paper studied the functional diversity of soil microbial community under four species of management model in apple orchards, including clear tillage model, interplanting white clover model, interplanting small crown flower model and interplanting cocksfoot model, and the carbon source utilization characteristics of microbial community were explored, which could provide a reference for revealing driving mechanism of ecological process of orchard soil. The results showed that the functional diversity of microbial community had a significant difference among different treatments and in the order of white clover > small crown flower > cocksfoot > clear tillage.

Computer-aided design-based preoperative planning of screw osteosynthesis for type B condylar head fractures: A preliminary study.

Objective: To investigate the clinical application of a new computer-aided design - (CAD) based planning method for the treatment of type B condylar head fractures without fragmentation.

Methods: A total of 13 adult patients (19 sides) with type B condylar head fractures were included in the study. In all cases, imaging was performed using cone bean computed tomography (CBCT) preoperative, and Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) files were imported into Simplant 11.

Accurate Evaluation of Cone-Beam Computed Tomography to Volumetrically Assess Bone Grafting in Alveolar Cleft Patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) to assess the volume of bone graft in alveolar cleft patients.

Materials And Methods: Twelve patients of unilateral alveolar cleft were included in this study. All patients were taken CBCT preoperative and 1 week postoperative.

[Clinical effect of functional repair of bilateral cleft lip in 66 patients].

Purpose: To explore the clinical effect of functional repair for bilateral cleft lip using modified Mulliken method.

Methods: Sixty-six patients with bilateral cleft lip were selected and assigned to receive modified Mulliken method. During the operation, the prolabium was kept as narrow "tie" shape, the orbicularis oris was anatomically repositioned, and the orbicularis oris ring was re-built.

A new design of facial artery perforator flaps for the reconstruction of small- to medium-sized intraoral defects.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and outcomes of a new design of facial artery perforator flaps, extending from the angle of the mouth to the border of the mandible, for the reconstruction of small- to medium-sized intraoral defects.

Patients And Methods: The technique had been used in 23 patients between February 2009 and August 2012. The locations of intraoral defects included the tongue, the floor of the mouth, the inferior gingival mucosa, and the sublingual gland.

Biologic response to autogenous particulate bone graft and shaped titanium mesh in segmental mandibular defect reconstruction.

Purpose: This study evaluated the biologic response to titanium mesh and autogenous particulate bone grafts for the reconstruction of segmental mandibular defects in a dog model.

Materials And Methods: Unilateral 40-mm critical-sized continuity defects of the mandible were made in five beagle dogs. Titanium mesh was shaped and fixed with titanium screws in the defects.

[Experimental study of the shaped titanium mesh combined with autogenous particulate bone graft and simultaneous implant for reconstructing segmental mandibular defect].

Objective: To observe the healing and bone formation of the autogenous particulate bone graft and osseointegration of the implants in shaped titanium mesh with autogenous particulate bone graft and simultaneous implant for reconstructing segmental mandibular defect in dogs.

Methods: Five Beagle dogs were prepared with unilateral 40 mm segmental mandibular defect. Titanium mesh was shaped according to the mandibular defect and was fixed with titanium screws.