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Break up the band: Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding-associated Discitis and Osteomyelitis [PDF]

, 2020
Obesity is an epidemic that adversely affects millions of Americans. In 2017, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 93.3 million Americans suffer from obesity.1 Many individuals have undergone laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
Hogrefe, Christopher, Meester, Scott
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bioresorbable Film for the Prevention of Adhesion to the Anterior Spine After Anterolateral Discectomy [PDF]

, 2009
Background context The development of scar tissue and adhesions postoperatively is a natural consequence of healing but can be associated with medical complications and render reoperation difficult.
Klopp, Lisa S., Rao, Sangeeta, Tai, Joseph W., Thomas, Kevin A., Toth, Jeffrey M., Turner, Simon, Welch, William C.   +6 more
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Vision‐Augmented Wearable Interfaces: Bioinspired Approaches for Realistic AI‐Human‐Machine Interaction

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee, Gwuidong Ryu, Kisoo Kim, Feng Xu, Won Gu Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bamboo Medical Application: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents a structured classification of bamboo's current use in healthcare. It organizes applications into medical textiles and medical devices, with further divisions based on function and level of invasiveness. It also examines material utilization based on bamboo's structural role, highlighting how it supports both protective and ...
Haymanot Beza Lamesgin, Koosje van der Stoel, Vera Popovich, Paul Breedveld   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A2AR regulate inflammation through PKA/NF-κB signaling pathways in intervertebral disc degeneration

European Journal of Medical Research
Background Reduction of inflammatory damage and inhibition of nucleus pulposus (NP) apoptosis are considered to be the main effective therapy idea to reverse the intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) and alleviate the chronic low back pain.
Weijun Liu, Qingbo Li, Weizhi Fang, Lei Cai, Zhengkun Wang, Bowen Kou, Chuankun Zhou, Yichi Zhou, Zhi Yao, Mengcheng Wei, Shishuang Zhang   +10 more
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Successful Treatment of Severe Occipitocervical Pain from C1-C2 Osteoarthritis Using a Modified Harms Technique

Global Spine Journal, 2016
Introduction C1-C2 fusion with instrumentation is an established treatment for C1-C2 instability due to trauma or inflammatory disease. C1-C2 fusion for debilitating occipitocervical pain secondary to C1-C2 osteoarthritis has been reported in a small ...
Ara Deukmedjian, Augusto Cianciabella, Bharat Patel, Arias Deukmedjian   +3 more
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Early Intervention in Post-operative Infectious Spondylodiscitis: Outcome of Aggressive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
Introduction: Conservative and surgical approach timeline in post-operative spondylodiscitis (POS) following lumbar disc herniation (LDH) surgery is ill defined, and patients have a protracted recovery phase with social, psychological, and financial ...
Krishnan A, Dave BR, Degulmadi D, Mayi S, Rai R, Bang P, Dave M, Chauhan V, Bali S, Charde P, Anil A, Krishnan P   +11 more
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dysbiosis of Gut Microbiota in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients

Journal of Inflammation Research
Lianjun Yang,1,* Kun Wang,1,* Bin Liu,2,* Tao Chen,1 Tao Ma,3 Zhifei Cui,1 Dawei Zhang,1 Shiyanjin Zhang,1 Xiang Liu,1 Jun Shen,4,5 Hai Lu1 1Department of Spine Surgery, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University ...
Yang L, Wang K, Liu B, Chen T, Ma T, Cui Z, Zhang D, Zhang S, Liu X, Shen J, Lu H   +10 more
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