Objective: Prospective evaluation of early stent-graft repair of acute traumatic aortic rupture. Methods: Twelve patients with acute traumatic aortic rupture of the descending aorta, out of a series of 337 endovascular aortic procedures, were treated by implantation of selfexpanding stent-grafts. The procedures were performed within a mean post-injury time-period of 5 ^ 7 days (median: 1 day). ...

INTRODUCTION We aimed to evaluate the feasibility, safety, efficacy, and predictors for outcome of reconstructive treatment with Solitaire™ AB stent(s) based on 54 cases of saccular aneurysms and 14 of acute symptomatic dissecting aneurysms. METHODS Fifty-eight consecutive patients (M/F = 28/30; median age, 53 years) harbouring 68 aneurysms (ruptured/unruptured = 12/56) underwent treatment wi...

OBJECTIVES This study evaluated implant success rate, survival rate, marginal bone resorption of implants, and material resorption of sinus bone graft in cases wherein tapered body implants were installed. MATERIALS AND METHODS From September 2003 to January 2006, 20 patients from Seoul National University Bundong Hospital, with a mean age of 54.7 years, were considered. The mean follow-up pe...

OBJECTIVES Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged rapidly. Despite unanimous recommendations and potentially fatal intraoperative complications, the heart-team approach is not comprehensively adopted by all centres. We sought to characterize severe intraprocedural complications during TAVI requiring immediate surgical or interventional bailout manoeuvres and evaluate outcome...

Dental implantation, when performed immediately after tooth extraction, simplifies the treatment procedure, resulting in satisfaction for dentists and patients. implants with nanotopography surface modification have been used to promote osseointegration implantation. We compared two different on effects of extraction: TiO 2 nanotubes (NT-TiO ) fabricated by anodization Sr-loaded Ti (NT-Sr) form...

BACKGROUND Primary therapies in acute myocardial infarction (thrombolysis and angioplasty) have inherent limitations which may be overcome by combining them. So far, no trial has demonstrated a clinical benefit in combining mechanical and pharmacological treatment strategies. METHODS From January 1995 to December 1999, out of 1010 patients admitted to our institution for acute myocardial infa...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence of the complications and survival rate related to dental implants among smokers and non-smokers, and to evaluate the influence of smoking by analyzing data of 959 implants placed in 261 patients during the years 1995 to 1998. METHODS Patients were divided into 3 groups: non-smokers, mild smokers (up to 10 cigarettes per day) an...