Learning curve in 20 years of brace treatment

Learning curve in 20 years of brace treatment

Learning curve of sutureless transconjunctival 20-gauge vitrectomy

BACKGROUND To report the learning curve of transition from 20-gauge (20 G) conventional vitrectomy to a 20 G sutureless vitrectomy technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective descriptive case study of 32 eyes from 32 consecutive patients who underwent sutureless 20 G pars plana vitrectomy. A 20 G microvitreoretinal blade was introduced, beveled transconjunctivally, slowly, parall...

Outcomes of brace treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with curve magnitude of 41 to 50 degrees

Methods AIS patients with age over 10 years, Risser sign of 0 to II, within one year postmenarche, Cobb angle of 41 to 50 degrees before treatment and underwent no prior treatment were included in the study. At the final follow-up after the patients reached skeletal maturity, the rate of the patients whose curve was stabilized by the treatment (the curve had not progressed in more than 6 degree...

Historical Lyonaise brace treatment for adolescent hyperkyphosis. Results of 272 cases reviewed 2 years minimum after removal of the brace

Introduction The conservative orthopaedic treatment of hyperkyphosis is less classical than the scoliosis one, because Hyperkyphosis does not affect the respiratory function, and it is more difficult to define normality. The consequences of hyperkyphosis are mainly pain and aesthetic. In English literature very few homogeneous series of results are published. Lowe [1] in a review of the current...

Life 20 years after unsuccessful infertility treatment.

BACKGROUND This study explores the long-term experience of involuntary childlessness among 14 Swedish women 20 years after their infertility treatment. METHODS In-depth interviews were conducted. RESULTS The childlessness had had a strong impact on all the women's lives and was for all a major life theme. The effects were experienced both on a personal level and on interpersonal and social ...