OBJECTIVE Pedicle screw fixation for spine arthrodesis is a useful procedure for the treatment of spinal disorders. However, instrument failure often occurs, and pedicle screw loosening is the initial step of a range of complications. The authors recently used a modified transpedicular polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) screw augmentation technique to overcome pedicle screw loosening. Here, they rep...

To investigate the rate of and risk factors for restless legs syndrome (RLS) augmentation in Japanese patients receiving pramipexole (PPX) treatment. Records of 231 consecutive patients with idiopathic RLS who received PPX therapy for more than one month in a single sleep disorder center were analyzed retrospectively. Augmentation was diagnosed based on the Max Planck Institute criteria; associ...

The phenomenon of posttetanic potentiation, in which a single submaximal contraction or series of submaximal contractions strengthens a subsequent contraction, has been observed in both skeletal and cardiac muscle. In this study, we describe a similar phenomenon in swine carotid arterial smooth muscle. We find that a submaximal K(+) depolarization increases the force generation of a subsequent ...

Sternotomy in patients with previous breast augmentation becomes an aesthetic challenge when an inframammary approach is utilized over the traditional midline skin incision. Although the inframammary fold approach offers a well-concealed scar when compared with the midline chest incision, patients with a history of previous breast augmentation are at risk for alteration of the anatomy leading t...

Metastatic pheochromocytoma in the spine is rare, and there is no standard curative management. Treatment via open surgery is often risky in the perioperative period, while osteoplasty by cement augmentation is a less invasive option.We describe 2 patients with recurrence of pheochromocytoma involving the spine and the pelvis who were successfully treated with osteoplasty by cement augmentation...

s | 27 was taking 1.26 ± 0.51 types of ADs and the AAP augmentation group 1.31 ± 0.54, plus 1.06 ± 0.19 AAPs. At 2 weeks, response was observed in 11 patients (35.48%) in the AD group and 18 patients (35.29%) in the AAP augmentation group (χ2 = 0, p = 1). At week 8, 16 (52.44%) and 27 patients (52.94%) achieved remission (χ2 = 0, p = 1), respectively. However, baseline HDRS-17 total scores were...

Study Objective: To establish the safety and efficacy of small-gel particle hyaluronic acid (SGP-HA; Restylane, Medicis Aesthetics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ) for lip augmentation. Study Design: This was a Phase 3, prospective, open-label, evaluator-blinded, single-center pilot study of SGP-HA use in lip augmentation. The primary efficacy objectives were to investigate the efficacy of SGP-HA in lip a...

Electrical stimulation of muscle is a commonly used, well-substantiated strategy that physical therapists use to augment strength in patients with muscle weakness. Two distinctly different theories of strength augmentation using percutaneous muscle stimulation are presented. The first theory proposes that augmentation of muscle strength with electrically elicited muscle contractions occurs in a...

Over the past decade, two separate approaches have been developed to augment the Global Positioning System to meet the accuracy, integrity, continuity, and availability needs of civil aviation users. One utilizes a network of reference stations spread across a large area and derives a single set of differential corrections that is relayed to users via GPS-like signals from Geosynchronous (GEO) ...