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Michael T. Cook, George Tzortzis, Dimitris Charalampopoulos*, Vitaliy V. Khutoryanskiy* 4 School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AD, United Kingdom 5 Clasado Research Services Ltd, Science and Technology Centre, University of Reading, Earley 6 Gate, Whiteknights Road, Reading, RG6 6BZ, United Kingdom 7 Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Reading...

A self-reinforced bioabsorbable poly-L-lactide/polyglycolide (SR-PLGA) 80/20 screw 2.0 mm in diameter was implanted transphyseally across the distal growth plate of the right femur in 24 immature rabbits. Radiologic evaluation revealed a mean shortening of 3.1 mm at 3 weeks, 11.1 mm at 6 weeks, 9.3 mm at 24 weeks, 9.0 mm at 48 weeks, and 12.6 mm at 72 weeks compared with the intact contralatera...

PURPOSE To investigate the effectiveness of fibrin glue in comparison with polyglycolic acid suture to promote the closure of rabbit's vaginal vault, after abdominal hysterectomy. METHODS Twenty female, adults, New Zealand rabbits, were submitted to abdominal hysterectomy and randomly distributed to polyglycolic acid suture (G-PA / n=10) or fibrin glue closure of vaginal vault (G-FG / n=10). ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational visit to help obstetricians and midwives select and use evidence from a Cochrane database containing 600 systematic reviews. DESIGN Randomised single blind controlled trial with obstetric units allocated to an educational visit or control group. SETTING 25 of the 26 district general obstetric units in two former NHS regions. SUBJEC...