A multicenter retrospective study.The purpose of this study was to explore risk factors of dysphagia after anterior cervical surgery and factors affecting rehabilitation of dysphagia 2 years after surgery.Patients who underwent anterior cervical surgery at 3 centers from January 2010 to January 2013 were included. The possible factors included 3 aspects: demographic variables-age, sex, body mas...

high levels of rheumatoid factors (rf) are detectable in serum of the majority of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra), but 5-10% of patients remain seronegative (sn). despite clinical and genetic similarities between these two subsets of ra, it has been proposed that they may be regarded as distinct clinical entities. methods: in the present study a panel of monoclonal antibodies (mab) reco...

Background: Breast cancer is a major global health issue, becoming one of the biggest causes deaths for women around world, and most costly type to treat. typically diagnosed through biopsy, an operation that patient extensive amount pain suffering. Recently, studies have focused on using biomarkers predict diagnose some types cancer, including breast cancer. The goal this study aims use blood ...

Objective: Ultrasonographic evaluation of the anatomy of the intervertebral discs, vertebral canal of the cervical spine in practically healthy adolescents. Materials and methods: The study included 72 healthy children with normal neurologic status, 35 of them aged 13-15 years, 37-16-18 years old. Ultrasonography (USG) was performed at the level of disks C2-C3, C3-C4, C4-C5, C5-C6, C6-C7, C7-Тh...

There are numerous radiography and photogrammetry-based methods of assessing the cervical spine posture in sagittal plane. The choice instrument should be based on scientific parameters such as validity reliability, thus avoiding restrictions to applicability instrument. What used assess plane valid and/or reliable? Systematic searches were conducted following Meta-analysis Observational Studie...