Prospective Study Comparing Quantitative Self-Monitoring Metamorphopsia Measurement Tools in Myopic Choroidal Neovascularization (mCNV).

Purpose: To assess the ability of two self-monitoring digital devices to detect metamorphopsia in myopic choroidal neovascularization (mCNV) and compare their usability.

Patients And Methods: This was a 12-month prospective observational study at a tertiary care eye hospital, Switzerland. Twenty-three Caucasian patients with mCNV were recruited, 21 eyes were analyzed.

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) as therapy for cartilage, tendon and muscle damage - German working group position statement.

Purpose: Platelet rich plasma (PRP) is widely used in orthopaedics, but is still heavily debated. Therefore, a survey among the German "Working Group for Clinical Tissue Regeneration" of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology was conducted to achieve a consensus about the current therapeutical potential of PRP.

Methods: A first survey (n = 65 experts, all orthopaedic/trauma surgeons) was conducted (n = 13 questions).

Effectiveness of an osteopathic treatment on the autonomic nervous system: a systematic review of the literature.

Objective: The objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the effectiveness of an osteopathic treatment on the autonomic nervous system (ANS). For this purpose, published primary studies were analysed and critically evaluated.

Method: To generate this review, 15 electronic databases were systematically searched for studies.

Personality traits predict and moderate the outcome of Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic tinnitus.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate whether the Big Five personality traits predict the outcome of Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) and whether they moderate the outcome between ICBT and face-to-face group cognitive behavioural therapy (GCBT).

Design: This study investigated the Big Five personality traits as predictors and moderators of the outcome (tinnitus handicap) in a trial comparing ICBT and GCBT for chronic tinnitus.

Study Sample: N = 84 patients with chronic tinnitus were randomised to either ICBT (n = 41) or GCBT (n = 43).

Clearance of Selected Plasma Cytokines with Continuous Veno-Venous Hemodialysis Using Ultraflux EMiC2 versus Ultraflux AV1000S.

Background: High cutoff hemofilters might support the restoration of immune homeostasis in systemic inflammation by depleting inflammatory mediators from the circulation.

Methods: Interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha depletion was assessed in 30 sepsis patients with acute renal failure using continuous veno-venous hemodialysis with high cutoff versus standard filters (CVVHD-HCO vs. CVVHD-STD) over 48 h.

Quadriceps performance under activation of foot dorsal extension in healthy volunteers: an interventional cohort study.

Background: The m. quadriceps femoris is the strongest muscle in the human body and plays an important role in sports, activities of daily living and independence. Two older studies showed increased electromyographic (EMG) activity of the quadriceps when the dorsal extensors of the foot were pre-activated.

Relation between human papillomavirus positivity and p16 expression in head and neck carcinomas--a tissue microarray study.

Overexpression of p16 has been demonstrated to be strongly related to the presence of HPV16, 18. Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck has been shown to be associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The main aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between HPV presence and p16 expression in a representative collection of 60 head and neck carcinomas by tissue microarrays.

Survival rate of IMZ implants: a prospective 10-year analysis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the success of IMZ implants after prosthodontic rehabilitation.

Patients And Methods: A prospective study analysis was made of the treatment results for 541 patients after the insertion of a total of 1,250 IMZ implants at 2 practicing dentists' offices over a period of 13 years. The most frequent treatment situations were insertion in the totally edentulous lower jaw (44.

Development of affinity microparticles for extracorporeal blood purification based on crystalline bacterial cell surface proteins.

In this article, the development of specific adsorbents for extracorporeal blood purification are described. Affinity microparticles were prepared by linking Protein A to crystalline cell surface layers (S-layers) from Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus 1111-69. S-layers were used in the form of cell wall fragments obtained by breaking whole cells by ultrasonification, resulting in cup-shaped structures (average size 0.