closure of fascia after transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (tram) flap has usually been performed with direct closure or synthetic material. the dermal autograft was removed from zone iv of flap was an alternative to reinforce fascial closure. the dermal autograft was used in 34 patients after tram harvest for breast, head and neck reconstruction and prolene mesh was used in 42 other ...

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BACKGROUND/AIMS There is a growing interest regarding the effect of differential misclassification on power and type I error rate in genome-wide association studies. We present an extension of a previously published test statistic: the likelihood ratio test allowing for errors (LRTAE). This test uses double-sample information on a subset of individuals to increase power for genetic association ...

Because of the high cost of commercial genotyping chip technologies, many investigations have used a two-stage design for genome-wide association studies, using part of the sample for an initial discovery of "promising" SNPs at a less stringent significance level and the remainder in a joint analysis of just these SNPs using custom genotyping. Typical cost savings of about 50% are possible with...

INTRODUCTION Universities and academic environments are tackling challenges and transformation. Thus, mentally, spiritually and socially supporting students and academics and interacting with them seems necessary. This study aimed to compare the performance of counselors with the students' expectations at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences in 2015. METHODS In this cross-sectional study...

Material and method. A series of 63 patients were evaluated for their perception regarding breast reconstruction. We used a two step evaluation based on an interview. Results. In preoperative stage 45% of patients agree with reconstruction. Patients tend to be reserved postoperatively. Correlation with age shows a statistically significant association between age-groups and agreement with recon...

Objective: To evaluate the quality of life and degree satisfaction patients submitted to orthodontic-surgical treatment after orthognathic surgery. Methodology: thirty ortho-surgical responded two specific questionnaires (Portuguese versions) -one on (Orthognathic Quality Life Questionnaire – OQLQ) another (Post-Surgical Patient Satisfaction - PSPSQ) a form containing socioeconomic-educational ...