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J Craniofac Surg
May 2023
Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital.
Although closed reduction is common for condylar fractures, bone fragments may heal improperly. This study aimed to investigate the healing morphology of unilateral condylar fractures. We retrospectively investigated 70 patients with unilateral condylar fractures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg
December 2015
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Section of Dentistry, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Objectives: The facial bones are the most noticeable area in the human body, and facial injuries can cause significant functional, aesthetic, and psychological complications. Continuous study of the patterns of facial bone fractures and changes in trends is helpful in the prevention and treatment of maxillofacial fractures. The purpose of the current clinico-statistical study is to investigate the pattern of facial fractures over a 4-year period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRom J Morphol Embryol
January 2013
Department of Histology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania.
Chronic gastritis has a high incidence in adults, causing progressive destruction of glandular structures, favoring the development of gastric atrophy. The association of chronic gastritis with intestinal type metaplasia of gastric mucosa has a poor outcome as intestinal metaplasia is regarded as a precancerous lesion. Metaplasia is common in patients with Helicobacter pylori infection and also heavy smokers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi
January 2010
Department of Ophthalmology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo-ken, Japan.
Objective: The visual efficiency scale currently adopted to determine the legal grade of visual disability associated with visual field loss in Japan is not appropriate for the evaluation of disability regarding daily living activities. We investigated whether Esterman disability score (EDS) is suitable for the assessment of mobility difficulty in patients with visual field loss.
Methods: The correlation between the EDS calculated from Goldmann's kinetic visual field and the degree of subjective mobility difficulty determined by a questionnaire was investigated in 164 patients with visual field loss.
Chirurgia (Bucur)
December 2005
Clinica Chirurgicală II, Târgu Mureş.
The study compares the quality of post-operatory life after total gastrectomy with that after subtotal gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma. The routine use of "de principe" total gastrectomy remains controversial. Most surgeons believe that the routine use of it increases both postoperative morbidity and mortality and also the nutritional deficiencies, without improving the 5-year survival rate.
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