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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2023 Background The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and risk factors for orthopedic surgery in patients with achondroplasia. CLARITY (The Achondroplasia Natural History Study) includes clinical data from achondroplasia patients receiving ...
Nickolas J. Nahm +14 more
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Orthopedic Day-case Surgery in Nigeria: A Single-center Experience
The Annals of African Surgery, 2021 Background: The concept of day-case surgeries is relevant in orthopedic specialty in developing countries, where orthopedic elective procedures have relatively longer duration of surgical waiting time, mainly due to lack of inpatient bed space.
Echezona Valentine Malizu +2 more
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Damage Control Orthopedic Surgery.
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2018 The concept of damage control surgery was first described for the purpose of treating medically un-stable patients with abdominal trauma. The purpose of such surgery is rapid control of hemorrhage and contamination, not definitive repair of injuries. The
Fatmir Brahimi +2 more
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Scapular Winging following Sports-Related Injury in a Rugby Player
Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2021 The most common cause of medial scapular winging is long thoracic nerve palsy (LTN) and subsequent serratus anterior muscle dysfunction. A 16-year-old right-handed male high-school rugby player developed severe right-sided neck and shoulder pain after ...
Shinya Ishizuka +10 more
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Thromboprophylaxis does not prevent venous thromboembolism after major surgery
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2015 Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition or complication and might be one of the worst nightmares for most surgeons. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of venous thrombo-embolism (VTE) in patients undergoing major ...
Adel Attia +3 more
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Stem Cells International, 2021 Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) induces effective chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) by promoting Sox9 expression. However, BMP2 also induces chondrocyte hypertrophy and endochondral ossification by upregulating Smad7 expression, which ...
Yongsheng Zeng +10 more
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Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2021 Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) causes morbidity and mortality in the general population. Several events occur after lower limb orthopedic surgery, but the contribution from various types of lower limb surgery is not well known.
Inger Lise Gade +6 more
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Inhibition of Schwann Cell Pyroptosis Promotes Nerve Regeneration in Peripheral Nerve Injury in Rats
Mediators of Inflammation, 2023 Background. Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is one of the most debilitating injuries, but therapies for PNI are still far from satisfactory. Pyroptosis, a recently identified form of cell death, has been demonstrated to participate in different diseases ...
Jiayi Wang +9 more
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Pain Research and Management, 2022 Background. Although direct pars repair using a pedicle screw-rod-hook system has achieved satisfactory results in patients with spondylolysis, its application in adults with low-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis is rarely reported. Objective.
Yongjian Gao +7 more
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