OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of two different hand exercises on hand strength and vascular maturation in patients who underwent arteriovenous fistula surgery. METHODS We recruited 18 patients who had chronic kidney disease and had undergone arteriovenous fistula surgery for hemodialysis. After the surgery, 10 subjects performed hand-squeezing exercise with GD Grip, and other 8 subjects use...

Xiaoguang Wang and Barry C. Sanders Department of Physics and Australian Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia Department of Physics and Center for Nonlinear Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China Quantum Information Science Group, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Alberta, C...

intrathoracic gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge in the thoracic cavity, is a rare but serious complication of thoracic surgeries. a 70-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of cough. he had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery eight years ago. the posteroanterior chest x-ray revealed a well-marginated homogeneous opacity at the left hemithorax with striped appearance in t...