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Surg Pract Sci
September 2022
Department of Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico (PR).
Background: Acute cholecystitis is commonly treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy, if feasible. However, critically ill patients can be managed with a percutaneous cholecystostomy tube (PCT) for biliary drainage. This is a temporizing measure and does not represent a final treatment.
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January 2025
Paediatric Orthopaedics, Deformity Reconstruction and Foot Surgery, General Orthopaedics and Tumour Orthopaedics, Muenster University Hospital, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Muenster, 48149, Germany.
Background: Sprengel deformity is a rare congenital malformation of the scapula defined by malposition during embryonic development. Affected individuals have limited range of motion of the shoulder and torticollis. Surgical reconstruction is an option to treat patients with severe deformity and functional impairment.
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January 2025
Klinikum Dortmund, Klinik für Chirurgie, Klinikum der Universität Witten/Herdecke, Beurhausstraße 40, 44137, Dortmund, Deutschland.
Background: Over the past 20 years, surgical treatment of obesity, or metabolic surgery, has established itself as an extremely efficient and sustainable therapy for treating severely overweight patients. Compared to non-surgical weight reduction procedures, surgical techniques have been shown to be superior in all studies, both in terms of short-term and long-term effectiveness. On the other hand, the invasiveness of the procedures is something that many patients view critically.
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January 2025
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Saúde de Nova Friburgo, Departamento de Clínica Odontológica, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Aim: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of ozonated sunflower oil (Oz) as an adjunctive of non-surgical periodontal therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), on fibroblast cell viability and migration and the effectiveness of Oz on a Candida albicans (C. albicans) culture.
Methodology: In total, 32 sites in 16 DM2 with moderate to advanced periodontal disease with periodontal pocket depths ≥5mm were selected.
Clin Oral Investig
January 2025
Periodontology Unit, Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
Objective: To evaluate the possible additional clinical benefit from autologous platelet concentrate (APC) treatment adjunct to non-surgical periodontal therapy (NSPT).
Methods: Electronic (MEDLINE/Embase/Cochrane/MedNar/CORE) and hand searches were conducted. Following studies selection, evidence tables were formed, and meta-analyses were performed for the following outcomes: probing pocket depth (PPD) reduction, clinical attachment level (CAL) gain, and bleeding on probing (BoP) reduction.
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