BACKGROUND In immediate tissue expander reconstruction following total mastectomy for breast cancer, indocyanine green angiography (ICGA)-guided skin trimming is useful for the prevention of complications. However, instances of unclear ICGA contrast can occur with this method, which are difficult to judge as to whether preventive trimming is warranted. To further improve the mastectomy flap nec...

In this paper, characterizations of the degree to which a mapping $mathcal{T} : L^{X}longrightarrow M$ is an $(L, M)$-fuzzy topology are studied in detail.What is more, the degree to which an $L$-subset is an $L$-open set with respect to $mathcal{T}$ is introduced.Based on that, the degrees to which a mapping $f: Xlongrightarrow Y$ is continuous,open, closed or a quotient mapping with respect t...

endodontic intervention in necrotic immature permanent teeth is usually a clinical challenge. with appropriate case selection, regenerative treatment can be effective, providing a desirable outcome. however, there is still no consensus on the optimal disinfection protocol or the method to achieve predictable clinical outcome. this article presents two cases of regenerative treatment in necrotic...

background: pregnancy associated osteoporosis (pao) can lead to serious difficulties such as fragility fractures, elongated back pain and height loss in affected women. soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa b ligand (srankl) to osteoprotegerin (opg) ratio is chosen as a bone metabolism equation in many bone diseases characterized by bone resorption, such as post-menopausal osteopor...

Introduction: contrast enhanced ultrasound provides information on the vascularization of the pancreatic parenchyma, detecting areas of inflammation, necrosis, as well as the residual parenchyma in acute pancreatitis. The aim of our study was to assess the role of contrast enhanced ultrasound in appreciating the severity of acute pancreatitis by quantitative analysis of the degree of vasculariz...

Six patients had penetrating keratoplasty following thermokeratoplasty (TKP) at different time intervals. The standard temperature used was between 90 degree and 95 degree C. with constant saline irrigation. The corneal buttons were studied by light and electron microscopy. Immediate changes observed included epithelial necrosis, marked degneration of keratocytes, and endothelial edema. After 2...

at postmortem 1 wk later. In control dogs, the gross infarct size at postmortem averaged 63.8±7.3% of that predicted from the acutely injured zone. However, in reperfused hearts the average gross infarct size at 1 wk was only 10.2+4.4% of that predicted. Transmural specimens were obtained at autopsy for histology and measurement of myocardial creatine phosphokinase (CPK) activity from sites ini...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the reaction of rat connective tissue to two root-end filling materials: white Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (WMTA) and Diaket. METHODS Each of the materials was placed in dentine tubes and implanted subcutaneously in the dorsal connective tissue of 21 Wistar albino rats. Tissue biopsies were collected 7, 30, and 60 days after the implantation proc...