Influence of moderate prosthesis–patient mismatch on long-term outcomes in patients with severe aortic stenosis with paradoxically reduced gradients against the background of reduced stroke volume after aortic valve replacement with a biological prosthesis: retrospective comparative study [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate the impact of moderate prosthesis–patient mismatch on long-term results after aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis with paradoxically reduced gradients against the background of a reduced ...
Vladlen V. Bazylev +3 more
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Background/purpose: The three-unit bridge that combines a natural tooth and an implant provides extended treatment possibilities for partially edentulous patients.
Yen-Chang Huang +3 more
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An “Uncrimped” SMart Stapes Prosthesis: A Cause of Late Hearing Deterioration in Otosclerosis
Statement of Problem. Stapedotomy is the treatment of choice for otosclerosis. Numerous techniques and prosthesis are available to perform this procedure.
Premjit S. Randhawa +2 more
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Disassembly and Dislocation of a Bipolar Hip Prosthesis
Dislocation of a hip prosthesis is a common complication. In usual cases of hip prosthesis dislocation, the prosthetic femoral head comes out from either the natural acetabular cavity in a bipolar hemiarthroplasty or the prosthetic acetabulum in a total ...
Hsieh-Hsing Lee +3 more
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Modular junction fractures in a modern rotating-platform knee arthroplasty system
In this series, we report the findings from four patients who presented with pain and mechanical symptoms after revision total knee arthroplasty with the DePuy Sigma TC3 RP prosthesis.
Ugonna Ihekweazu, MD +4 more
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Fixed Prosthesis Failures: Survey among Moroccan Dentists
Introduction: The fixed prosthesis reveals many prosthetic complications, which occur most often by not respecting the appropriate means of approach. This error concerns both the clinic and the laboratory additionally it may be due to simply not knowing the right criteria of the different prosthetic conceptions.
Dr. Amrani Alaoui Yassine +2 more
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Osseointegrated finger prostheses using a tripod titanium mini-plate [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Digital amputation is a common upper extremity injury and can cause significant impairment in hand function, as well as psychosocial stigma.
Ciudad, Pedro +5 more
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Background: Paraprosthetic leak is a complication of mitral and aortic valve implantation interventions, that can be treated either through a surgical procedure (repair or replacement of the prosthesis) or by means of a less-invasive percutaneous ...
Alexandra Pavel
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Revision of reversed shoulder arthroplasty : is a reoperation possible? [PDF]
Introduction. As the number of reversed shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) procedures increases, the revision rate will also increase. In case of severe bone insufficiency, instability or infection of the primary RSA, revision to another RSA is preferable but ...
Casier, Stijn +3 more
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Impact of the indexed effective orifice area on mid-term cardiac-related mortality after aortic valve replacement [PDF]
Background There has been ongoing controversy as to whether prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM, defined as indexed effective orifice area (EOAI)
Akdere, Deniz +8 more
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