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Empyema thoracis in children: A 5-year experience in a Tertiary Care Institute

Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, 2019
Objective: Empyema thoracis (ET) in children is a disease of significant morbidity and mortality. In the event of failure to resolute following intercostal chest tube drainage (ICD), thoracotomy decortication (TDC) remains the treatment of choice.
Kartik Chandra Mandal, Gobinda Mandal, Pankaj Halder, Dipanwita Mitra, Bidyut Debnath, Mala Bhattacharya   +5 more
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Experimental Spinal Fusion With Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Without Decortication of Osseous Elements [PDF]

, 1997
Study Design. L4-L5 intertransverse process fusions were produced with 58 μg, 230 μg, or 920 μg of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in 20 dogs. Eleven had traditional decortication of posterior elements before insertion of the implant. Nine
Dawson, Edgar G., Delamarter, Rick B., Kabo, J. Michael, Kanim, Linda E.A., Liu, David, Sandhu, Harvinder, Toth, Jeffrey M.   +6 more
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Toward high performance renewable agave reinforced biocomposites: Optimization of fiber performance and fiber-matrix adhesion analysis [PDF]

, 2017
The increasing sensitivity toward the environmental pollution and the recent laws on the environmental protection, have led to an increasing attention to the so called biocomposites, i.e.
Zingales, M., Zuccarello, B.
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Ricinus Communis: Nutritional Importance, Health Benefits, and Industrial Applications

eFood, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2026.
The current paper summarizes the nutritional composition, phytochemistry, health benefits, safety studies, and applications of castor beans and their oil. Moreover, the diverse bioactive compounds, including saponins, emodins, terpenoids, anthraquinones, flavonoids, steroids, and alkaloids, exhibit therapeutic properties such as antioxidant, anticancer,
Hassan Raza, Muhammad Tauseef Sultan, Asad Abbas, Aimen Mazhar, Ahmad Mujtaba Noman, Muhammad Imran, Muzzamal Hussain, Ehab M. Mostafa, Ahmed H. El‐Ghorab, Mohammed M. Ghoneim, Samy Selim, Mohamed A. Abdelgawad, Anjuman Gul Memon, Entessar Al Jbawi   +13 more
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Reflections on Consciousness in Intensive Care

Acta Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 2, Page 275-284, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Evaluating consciousness in intensive care is pivotal to relieving suffering with analgesic or sedative drugs and in prognosis and diagnoses. The usual clinical perspective is to equate consciousness with responsiveness, assuming functional motor responses and sympathetic activity of the patient. Clinical diagnoses of coma may be wrong in more
Michael Broomé, Tiit Mathiesen
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Linseed Straw as a Fiber Resource from Kazakh Agriculture

Journal of Natural Fibers
Kazakhstan has become a leading grower and exporter of linseed; however, domestic enterprises are unable to ensure a complete cycle of processing of these crops. Especially pressing is the need for rational use of the stem biomass, which is simply wasted
Albina Assanova, Murat Otynshiyev, Hans-Jörg Gusovius, Yelzhas Otynshiyev, Saule Rakhimova   +4 more
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Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Emerging as a Primary Treatment for Empyema Thoracis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: The current treatments of empyema include tube thoracostomy with or without the instillation of fibrinolytics, Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS), and an open thoracotomy with decortication.
Bhagavan C Balagopal, Harsha Goutham, Lohit Shetty Raju   +2 more
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Laparoscopic Assisted Fusion of the Lumbosacral Spine: A Biomechanical and Histologic Analysis of the Open Versus Laparoscopic Technique in an Animal Model [PDF]

, 1997
Study Design. An animal model for laparoscopic lumbosacral fusion. Objectives. To compare the biomechanical and histologic results of open to laparoscopic lumbosacral discectomy and fusion in an animal model. Background Data.
Cahn, Nguyen, Eck, Jason C., Lim, Tae Hong, McGrady, Linda M., Riley, Lee H., III, Toth, Jeffrey M., Yoshida, Hiryuki   +6 more
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Management of Pain in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease and Anatomy of Renal Innervation [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose Chronic pain is a prominent feature of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease that is difficult to treat and manage, often resulting in a decrease in quality of life.
Bacallao, Robert L., Bahler, Clinton D., Shumate, Ashley M., Sundaram, Chandru P., Tellman, Matthew W.   +4 more
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Cortically Dependent Motor Training Does Not Induce Abnormal Movements in DYT1‐Knock In Mice

Brain and Behavior, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.
DYT1 dystonia is a familial autosomal dominant, childhood onset dystonia. Mouse models recapitulating the human genotype do not exhibit overtly dystonic movements. It is unclear whether cortically‐dependent tasks are necessary for the development of dystonic movements.
Alexander T. Hodge, Mohammed A. Rasheed, Tiffany Lin, Christian R. Burgess, Daniel K. Leventhal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source