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Comprehensive Survival Analysis of Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: Do Gender, Age, and Surgical Indication Influence Prosthesis Survivorship?

open access: yesHaseki Tıp Bülteni
Aim: The parameters such as age, gender, and indication for surgery would have a significant influence on the survival of reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA). In this context, we aimed to determine how long patients survive after primary and revision RSA
Koray Sahin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Iso-osmotic contrast filling of an artificial urinary sphincter is a safe and effective tool for diagnosis of mechanical failure [PDF]

open access: yesInvestigative and Clinical Urology
Purpose: Recurrent stress incontinence (SUI) in patients with an artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) is a diagnostic challenge. History, physical exam and office cystoscopy are often inadequate for determining the cause of device related issues.
Maraika O. Robinson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiscale Hybrid Surface Topographies Orchestrate Immune Regulation, Antibacterial Defense, and Tissue Regeneration

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Hybrid wrinkled topographies coordinate immune, tissue, and bacterial interactions. The surfaces promote osteointegration, tune macrophage polarization, and inhibit biofilm formation, highlighting a multifunctional strategy for next‐generation implant design.
Mohammad Asadi Tokmedash   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heyde Syndrome Treated by Conventional Aortic Valve Replacement [PDF]

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019
Heyde syndrome manifests as aortic stenosis associated with gastrointestinal bleeding. We describe the case of a 64-year-old man who came to the emergency room due to acute heart failure and intermittent gastrointestinal bleeding.
Leonardo Rufino Garcia   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prosthetic joint infections [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Objectives: To review the available literature on prosthetic joint infections and provide recommendations on management particularly the importance of identifying the causative organism and starting the most appropriate antimicrobial therapy.
Fsadni, Claudia, Fsadni, Peter
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Influence of cementless hip stems on femoral cortical strain pattern depending on their extent of porous coating [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The extent of porous coating of cementless total hip stems is held responsible for radiological periprosthetic changes, the rate of thigh pain, and even its long-term success.
Bader, Rainer   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Antimicrobial Efficacy of a Taurolidine‐Based Antimicrobial Compound on Contaminated Surfaces Simulated in a Standardized 4‐Field Test

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
As implantable medical devices become indispensable to modern medicine, a silent threat grows alongside them: device‐associated infections. Despite decades of antibiotic innovation, infection rates keep climbing, costing lives and billions in healthcare expenses.
Benito Baldauf   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge for enabling surgery in a patient under cardiogenic shock due to acute mitral prosthesis dysfunction

open access: yesJournal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2018
A 52-year-old male patient, who underwent mitral replacement with a mechanical prosthesis as a child, sustained a cardiac arrest which was successfully resuscitated.
María Elena Arnáiz-García   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Semi-Automated Control System for Reaching Movements in EMG Shoulder Disarticulation Prosthesis Based on Mixed Reality Device

open access: yesIEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2021
Goal: The development of a control system for an electromyographic shoulder disarticulation (EMG-SD) prosthesis to rapidly achieve a task with a reduction in the operational failure of the user.
Shunta Togo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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