Gene bill still controversial

Ameloblastoma: a still controversial tumour.

This is a review of 20 cases of ameloblastomas diagnosed and treated at the Dental Facu ltv, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. The clinical features, histological features and treatment methods are presented. Two basic clinical types namely the conventional (solid/multicystic) and unicystic ameloblastomas showed different recurrence rates. Discrepancies between the recurrent rates in this stu...

Iron hypothesis of cardiovascular disease: still controversial.

Iron hypothesis has been a controversial subject for over 30 years as many studies support its role as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, while other studies found no evidence to support it. The conflicting results are accounted for by the non-homogeneity of trial design in terms of population inclusion criteria and different endpoints, non-uniform use of parameters for assessing iron ro...

Is closure of atrial septal defects in adults still controversial?

We would like to thank T. Ebels for taking interest in our manuscript in an editorial comment and are happy to further elaborate on our view regarding the closure of atrial septal defects in adults [1,2]. We agree with T. Ebels that defining which patients to treat— with regard to shunt size, defect size and haemodynamic importance—is an interesting and difficult task. He questioned how our pat...

Evidence-based used, yet still controversial: the arterial filter.

Arterial line filters are considered by many as an essential safety measure inside a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit. There is no doubt that this was true during the bubble oxygenator era, but we can question whether the existing arterial line filter design and positioning of the filter are still optimal seeing the tremendous progress in cardiopulmonary bypass circuit components. This overview g...

Do we still need a federal patients' bill of rights?