Fetal surgery: trials, tribulations, and turf.

The tribulations and trials of fetal surgery for spina bifida.

UNTil ABoUT ForTy years ago, the womb shielded the fetus from observation and therapy. The rapid changes in the diagnosis and treatment of human fetal anatomical abnormalities are due to improved fetal sonographic and ultrafast fetal magnetic resonance imaging (Mri) studies as well as fetal sampling techniques (e.g., amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling) and a better understanding of fetal ...

The Trials and Tribulations of CETP Inhibitors

The tribulations of stroke trials.

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Trials and tribulations: the professional development of surgical trialists.

BACKGROUND Regulatory and professional bodies issue an ever-increasing number of guidance documents on the ethics and methods of clinical trials, but the quality of clinical trials of invasive therapeutic procedures continues to be a concern. We interviewed aspiring and accomplished surgical trialists to understand how they use guidance documents and other resources in their work. METHODS We ...

Field efficacy of furfural as a nematicide on turf.

A commercial formulation of furfural was recently launched in the United States as a turfgrass nematicide. Three field trials evaluated efficacy of this commercial formulation on dwarf bermudagrass putting greens infested primarily with Belonolaimus longicaudatus, Meloidogyne graminis, or both these nematodes, and in some cases with Mesocriconema ornatum or Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus. In al...