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Objectives: To analyse and compare the functionality of extraluminal and intraluminal artificial urinary sphincters (AUSs), an in silico procedure has been defined and applied. Design and reliability assessments of the AUS are typically performed using a clinical approach, which does not provide data on mechanical stimulation of urethral tissues. Mechanical stimulation may determine tissue degeneration, such as urethral atrophy or erosion, the main causes of AUS failure.
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J. Vernon Luck, Sr., M.D. Orthopaedic Research Center, Luskin Orthopaedic Institute for Children in Alliance With UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Severe infantile tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) is often treated with invasive surgery and fixed-size implants to support the trachea during respiration. A novel 3D-printed extra-luminal splint has been developed as a flexible and bioresorbable alternative. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to use an in vitro breathing simulator model to comprehensively evaluate the structural stiffness and failure modes of two sizes of a novel bioresorbable 3D-printed splint design under a range of physiological degradation conditions.
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Breast Cancer Research Unit, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
Indian J Surg Oncol
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Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, India.
Vasc Endovascular Surg
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
A 74 year-old woman suffering 1 month persisting lumbago was referred with diagnosis of thoracic aortic aneurysm. Blood examinations indicated slightly or moderately elevated noradrenaline, dopamine, and homovanillic acid with normal-range vanillylmandelic acid. Contrast-enhanced CT scans revealed a tumor, protruding both intra- and extra-luminally, in the wall of the distal descending thoracic aorta without any primary focuses in the whole body.
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