Long-term results of high-density porous polyethylene implants in facial skeletal augmentation: An Indian perspective by Deshpande Sanjeev, Munoli Amarnath

“…A total of 70 HDPE implants were inserted in 44 patients. All procedures were performed by a single surgeon following standardized pre, intra and post-operative protocols. …”
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Soft Tissue Sarcoma Masquerading as Chronic Hematoma: A Case Report and Literature Review by Amit Gupta, Aditya Menon, Manish Agarwal, Vikas M Agashe

“…A surgeon performed an exploratory procedure and drainage without obtaining cultures or conducting a histopathological exam. …”
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Linking errors introduced by rapid guessing responses when employing multigroup concurrent IRT scaling by Jiayi Deng

“…Despite observed differential RG, the multigroup concurrent IRT calibration procedure showed robustness to anchor and misfit item identification and ability estimation. …”
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Subacute postoperative atrial fibrillation after heart surgery: Incidence and predictive factors in cardiac rehabilitation by Vincenzo Rizza, Francesco Maranta, Lorenzo Cianfanelli, Iside Cartella, Francesco Maisano, Ottavio Alfieri, Domenico Cianflone

“…Conclusions sPOAF is common after CS. Age, mitral valve procedures, acute POAF, and preoperative NLR were proved to increase sPOAF occurrence in CR. …”
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Experimental Study of Diamond Burr Polishing Methods of Bowman’s Membrane by S. V. Trufanov, A. A. Fedorov, V. R. Mamikonyan, L. Yu. Tekeeva, S. A. Malozhen, A. A. Karamyan

“…The remaining nearly intact  Bowman’s membrane after procedure can prevent some postoperative complications such as haze and induced refractive disorders.…”
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Role of Local Infiltration of Methylene Blue as an Analgesic in Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy: A Prospective Study by Pranav Mandovra, Vishakha Kalikar, Prasang Bajaj, Roy Patankar

“…Objective: Evaluate the role of local infiltration of the MB as an analgesic in the procedure for prolapse and hemorrhoids (PPH) surgery. …”
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Adaptation of Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) index for measuring impact of oral health on quality of life in elderly to Serbian language by Stančić Ivica, Tihaček-Šojić Ljiljana, Jelenković Aleksandra

“…It is at least because data obtained in that way suggest whether a treatment is required, help in deciding upon a kind of dental treatment, as well as in evaluating the extent of success of the applied therapeutical procedures. The aim of the study was to translate into Serbian the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) index and to assess its validity in practice as its initial verification in the Serbian speaking areas. …”
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Hemosorption by a Column Adsorber Based on Hyper-Cross-Linked Styrene-Divinylbenzene Copolymer with Immobilized Lipopolysaccharide-Selective Ligand in Combined Intensive Care of Lu... by N. D. Ushakova, S. N. Tikhonova, D. A. Rozenko

“…A single 4-hour selective sorption procedure in the combined therapy of a critically ill postoperative patient produced fast (within 24 hrs.) effects: decreased leukocytosis (the leukocyte count fell down from 32X109 to 13X109, L-1) and endotoxin activity (EAA — from 0.67 to 0.32, units), reduced blood plasma anti-inflammatory cytokine (IL-6 — from 1860 to 62, pg/ml) and procalcitonin (PCT — from 46 to 0.32, ng/ml), recovery of gas exchange, discontinuation of hemodynamic support with pressor amines as no longer needed (as early as 2 hours after sorption).Conclusion. …”
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Paclitaxel for management of anterior urethral stricture by applying it with balloon coated urethral catheter by Ali Abdulbaqi Ali Ismael, Hasanain Farhan Hasan Al Tamimi, Haydar Hakim Salih Alshadood

“…The mean age of patients was 43.2 years, and the mean stricture length was 2.5 cm. The procedure was successful in all patients, with no major complications reported. …”
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Does treatment with N-butyl cyanoacrylate embolization protect against hemorrhage in cerebral arteriovenous malformations? Embolização com N-butil cianoacrilato confere proteção co... by Eduardo Floriani Raupp, Jefferson Fernandes

“…OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of this procedure to prevent hemorrhage in cerebral arteriovenous malformations (cAVM). …”
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MORPHOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL STUDY OF GRANULES WITH SEEDS EPIDERMIS OF PLANTAGO OVATA FORSSK by J. V. Daironas, I. N. Zilfikarov, V. V. Vandyshev, E. A. Miroshnikova

“…The study of morphological and anatomical characteristics as well as histochemical study were conducted according to the procedures of the State Pharmacopoeia of the Russian Federation XIII edition. …”
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Evaluation of Anxiety-Induced Hemodynamics Response in Known Hypertensive Patients Undergoing Surgical Removal of Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Surgery: An Observational Study by E. S. Shobha, M. D Anagha, Vinod Rangan, Yashas N. Raj, Meghana Patil, B. K. Ramnarayan

“…Background: Hemodynamic parameters such as systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), and oxygen saturation (SpO2) are critical in evaluating cardiovascular stability during surgical procedures. Anxiety, a common psychological condition, has been linked to hemodynamic fluctuations, particularly in hypertensive patients. …”
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Clinical presentation and treatment outcomes of extrapulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections with rapid and slow growth rates in Cali, Colombia by Juanita María Parra-Villamil, Natalia Ramos-Ospina, Sofia Alexandra Montes-Tello, Angie Valeria Torres-Morales, Mabel Moreno-Turriago, José Fernando García-Goez

“…A contributing factor to the higher cure rate observed in this study may be the use of more extensive surgical interventions, with some patients undergoing more than one procedure. Given the limited number of case series on extrapulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections, these findings emphasize the potential importance of surgical management in achieving higher cure rates. …”
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Local proteolytic system indicators as suspective factors of keratolysis development after urgent keratoplasty by E. V. Chentsova, N. V. Borovkova, K. V. Sirotkina, O. V. Beznos, T. A. Pavlenko

“…Material and methods. 20 patients who underwent urgent penetrating keratoplasty were tested for cornea perforation (melting) before and after the procedure. For control, 12 healthy adults (24 eyes) were tested. …”
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Determination method for trace polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in paddy soils by HE Mingjiang, SHEN Haoran, ZHA Ting, YU Xiongsheng, LIU Xingmei

“…The analysis of target compounds was performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).The results showed that the soil samples were extracted ultrasonically three times with V(n-hexane)∶V(acetone)=1∶1 mixture, followed by clean-up with C18 solid phase extraction (SPE) column and 8 mL of V(n-hexane)∶V(dichloromethane)=7∶3 mixture elution solution, and the nitrogen blowing temperature was 20 ℃, which was the optimal pretreatment procedure. The correlation coefficients (R²) for the tested 16 PAHs were 0.999 0-0.999 9 within the range of 10-1 000 μg/L. …”
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Influence of clinical and therapeutic indicators on the severity of neurocognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia by E. G. Kornetova, A. A. Goncharova, E. G. Dmitrieva, A. A. Arzhanik, A. N. Kornetov, A. V. Semke

“…Statistical analysis of the data was performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test ANOVA with the multiple comparison procedure, the Pearson’s chi-squared test, and K-means cluster analysis.Results. …”
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Prophylaxis of cerebro-vascular complications while performance of aorto-coronary shunting in conditions of artificial blood circulation by D. О. Radіushin, О. А. Loskutov, P. V. Кіstruga

“…Іntraoperative monitoring of cerebral blood flow was done, using transtemporal access in accordance to standard procedure. Cognitive status of the patients was estimated with the help of verbal and nonverbal tests (day before and on the fifth postoperative day). …”
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Lung Surfactant Deficiency in Severe Respiratory Failure: A Potential Biomarker for Clinical Assessment by Peter Schousboe, Bülent Uslu, Amalie Schousboe, Lars Nebrich, Lothar Wiese, Henrik Verder, Nikolaos Scoutaris, Povl Verder, Henning Bay Nielsen

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Critical lung infection affects alveolar cells and probably also their ability to perform surfactant procedures, but bedside tools for monitoring lung surfactants are lacking. …”
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Overcoming Barriers: A Study on Family Experiences and Treatment Adherence in Congenital Talipes Equinovarus in Kutch District, Gujarat by Vishal Pushkarna, Daxesh J Patel, Tej S Rudani

“…A majority of 190 families reported that the tenotomy procedure was less difficult than initially expected. …”
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Main tendencies of temporal changes for concentration of priority pollutants in sediments of the coastal areas at Vladivostok (Peter the Great Bay, Japan Sea) by A. V. Moshchenko, T. A. Belan, T. S. Lishavskaya, A. V. Sevastianov, B. M. Borisov

“…Temporal variations of the concentrations and derived indices are classified to 4 types of dynamics, using the methods of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, crosscorrelation analysis, and fuzzy set classification procedure. They are: primary contamination; secondary contamination; exponential growth; and polymodal dynamics. …”
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