Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Scoliosis: Historical Origins and Review of Current Techniques
The treatment of scoliosis has been explored and debated in medicine since the first recorded texts. Scoliosis treatment has shifted over time from external modalities, such as traction and bracing, to internal stabilization techniques that leverage ...
Andrew M. Block +9 more
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Preoperative Videourodynamic Study Is Helpful in Predicting Long-term Postoperative Voiding Function in Asymptomatic Patients With Closed Spinal Dysraphism [PDF]
Purpose Controversy exists regarding the role preoperative urodynamic study for asymptomatic closed spinal dysraphism as it has failed to reveal the benefit in surgical decision and expectation of urological outcomes.
Louis Kim +6 more
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Bowel injury secondary to blunt trauma abdomen is a commonly encountered entity. However, small bowel obstruction secondary to traumatic incarceration of bowel loops between two translated vertebras in a case of road traffic accident is seldom reported ...
Koushiki Halder +2 more
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Effects of one hour daily outdoor access on lying and sleeping postures, and immune traits of tethered cows [PDF]
Objective We investigated the effects of outdoor access for 1 h per day on the animal welfare (AW) of tethered cows, in terms of lying and sleeping postures, and immune function.
Huricha +4 more
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Are We Looking at a Paradigm Shift in the Management of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis? Comprehensive Retrospective Analysis of 75 Patients of Nonfusion Anterior Scoliosis Correction with 2–5-Year Follow-up: A Single Center Experience [PDF]
Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcomes of nonfusion anterior scoliosis correction (NFASC) in patients with idiopathic scoliosis and comprehensively analyze its principles ...
Sajan Hegde +5 more
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RAB7 GTPases as coordinators of plant endomembrane traffic
The ras gene from rat brain (RAB) family of small GTPases is highly conserved among eukaryotes and regulates endomembrane trafficking pathways. RAB7, in particular, has been linked to various processes involved in regulating endocytic and autophagic ...
Cecilia Rodriguez-Furlan +2 more
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Turning end-joining upside down in mitosis
How cells deal with DNA breaks during mitosis is not well understood. While canonical non-homologous end-joining predominates in interphase, it is inhibited in mitosis to avoid telomere fusions.
Marta Llorens-Agost +4 more
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Structure of the HOPS tethering complex, a lysosomal membrane fusion machinery
Lysosomes are essential for cellular recycling, nutrient signaling, autophagy, and pathogenic bacteria and viruses invasion. Lysosomal fusion is fundamental to cell survival and requires HOPS, a conserved heterohexameric tethering complex.
Dmitry Shvarev +12 more
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Uso1/p115 and RAB1 tether ER-derived vesicles to the Golgi. Uso1/p115 contains a globular-head-domain (GHD), a coiled-coil (CC) mediating dimerization/tethering, and a C-terminal region (CTR) interacting with golgins.
Ignacio Bravo-Plaza +7 more
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Inadequate feed intake and nutrient supply are associated with the suboptimal reproductive performance of Kacang goats reared using a traditional tethering system in the Pariaman region of Indonesia.
Khalil Khalil +2 more
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