INTRODUCTION Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is highly prevalent in elderly people. This condition is related to vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus, poor balance, gait disturbance, and an increase in risk of falls, leading to postural changes and quality of life decreasing. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcomes obtained by clinical trials on the effectiveness of Otolith Repositioning Maneuver ...

Motivation Drug repositioning has been proposed as an effective shortcut to drug discovery. The availability of large collections of transcriptional responses to drugs enables computational approaches to drug repositioning directly based on measured molecular effects. Results We introduce a novel computational methodology for rational drug repositioning, which exploits the transcriptional res...

BACKGROUND The necessity of postural restriction to patients suffering from benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is controversial. OBJECTIVE To investigate the impact of the sleep position after the repositioning maneuver on BPPV recurrence. METHODS 150 unilateral BPPV patients who were treated by repositioning maneuver were distributed into two groups. The patients in group A were instruct...

Purpose: To report the formation of the continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) window in cases of intraocular lens (IOL)–Capsular Tension Ring (CTR) complex dislocation, determine appropriate indications for using CTRs, and evaluate surgical techniques for repositioning of the dislocated IOL–CTR complex. Methods: Four consecutive patients who underwent IOL repositioning surgery for IOL–CTR ...

BACKGROUND Impaired proprioception in the lumbar spine has often been reported in people with low back pain. However, no prospective studies exist to assert the cause and effect of this association. We hypothesized that athletes with a history of low back injury (LBI) would demonstrate poorer lumbar position sense (PS) than athletes without a history of LBI, and that this deficit would be a ris...

background ureteral stents are widely used in many urologic practices. however, stents can cause significant complications including migration, fragmentation, and encrustation and it may possibly be forgotten. successful management of a retained, encrusted stent requires combined endourological approaches. objectives to present our experience with the approaches for treating forgotten ureteral ...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a widely used procedure for patients with dysphagia and inadequate oral intake. Although PEG offers numerous benefits, complications can occur. Here, we present an unusual case of 68-year-old woman who developed persistent diarrhea following routine tube exchange. Despite treatment attempts, her symptoms persisted, prompting further investigation. Ab...

This article describes factors affecting the accuracy of transpedicle screw placements performed with the Renaissance robot-guided system and reviews the relevant literature. Between January 2013 and January 2015, Renaissance robot-guided spinal surgery was performed in 125 patients at Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The surgeries included 662 transpedicle screw impl...

The problem of repositioning mobile C-arms to defined target locations during surgical procedures currently requires not only time, but also skill and additional radiation exposure. This paper shows a guidance system based on the previously introduced camera augmented mobile C-arm (CAMC). Techniques of visual servoing are applied in order to present the repositioning task in the parameter space...