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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman +4 more
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Avascular Necrosis and Minimal Trauma Fractures in Telomere Biology Disorders. [PDF]
Clin GenetAvascular Necrosis (AVN) and Minimal Trauma Fractures (MTF) cause significant morbidity in people with Telomere Biology Disorders (TBDs). They occur more frequently in young patients and in those with autosomal recessive (AR) or X‐linked recessive (XLR) than in autosomal dominant (AD) genotypes.
Niknafs AM +3 more
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AVASCULAR NECROSIS DUE TO CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY IN COVID-19 AS A SYNDEMIC
Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics, 2021 To date, over 163 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 3.3 million deaths from COVID-19 have been reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, there is still no specific treatment for the disease.
Serkan Ergözen, Egemen Kaya
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Steroid induced osteonecrosis: An analysis of steroid dosing risk. [PDF]
, 2010 Osteonecrosis is a serious condition involving bone destruction that frequently requires surgical treatment to rebuild the joint. While there is an abundance of literature documenting corticosteroid related osteonecrosis, there is no consensus as to the ...
Chang, Christopher +4 more
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Conservative treatment of avascular necrosis of the femoral head (literature review)
Гений oртопедии, 2022 Introduction Avascular necrosis of the femoral head is a debilitating disease affecting people of working age and having an important medical and social role. Total hip arthroplasty is the only effective treatment for late stages of necrosis.
Mikhail A. Panin +5 more
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The effect of surgical approach on the histology of the femoral head following resurfacing of the hip : analysis of retrieval specimens [PDF]
, 2013 Objectives: We aimed to determine the effect of surgical approach on the histology of the femoral head following resurfacing of the hip. Methods: We performed a histological assessment of the bone under the femoral component taken from retrieval ...
Achten, Juul +6 more
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Journal of the Foot & Ankle, 2021 Avascular necrosis of the talus is a rare condition that can lead to important functional sequelae. There are few therapeutic alternatives for more advanced stages of this disease, the majority of which sacrifice the ankle joint.
Andres Fuentealba Pooley +5 more
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Evaluation of a pig femoral head osteonecrosis model [PDF]
, 2010 Background A major cause of osteonecrosis of the femoral head is interruption of a blood supply to the proximal femur. In order to evaluate blood circulation and pathogenetic alterations, a pig femoral head osteonecrosis model was examined to address ...
Kim, Harry +3 more
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Scintigraphic assessment of bone status at one year following hip resurfacing : comparison of two surgical approaches using SPECT-CT scan [PDF]
, 2012 Objectives: To study the vascularity and bone metabolism of the femoral head/neck following hip resurfacing arthroplasty, and to use these results to compare the posterior and the trochanteric-flip approaches.
Amarasekera HW +31 more
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Acta Orthopaedica, 2016 Background and purpose — There are limited data on risk factors for avascular necrosis of the hip, but cirrhosis has been proposed as a risk factor.
Thomas Deleuran +3 more
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