Second, we believe that to compare the two surgical techniques, there must be a certain consistency in the two study groups. The authors only indicate the age and sex distribution of both groups, however it is very important to know several things that make the series are not significantly homogeneous and therefore the results may be biased. It is important to know that the degree of clinical s...

introduction: pilonidal sinus is a common disease in sacrococcygeal area, which mostly caught young people and cause disability, which needs complete rest at home and taking off from work. although the surgical treatment of this problem goes back to the last century, still optimal treatment is a controversy. recent studies have raised different surgical approaches, so that there is no general a...

An automated process for the delineation of drainage basins, using as input only the vector based drainage network, is described which provides an alternative to DEM based methods. The procedure involves an approximation of the line Voronoi diagram for the network using a constrained Delaunay triangulation of the network's Planar Straight Line Graph. The constrained triangulation, which include...

The 3D reconstruction of the pore space in Opalinus Clay is faced with difficulty that high-resolution imaging methods reach their limits at nanometer-sized pores this material. Until now it has not been possible to image whole sizes span two orders magnitude. Therefore, predict transport properties material help computer simulations require structures as input. Following concept self-similarit...

INTRODUCTION Cancer-related lymphedema management in palliative care remains a challenge for health care professionals. We conducted a systematic review of the published literature related to the effectiveness of cancer-related lymphedema management in the palliative care setting. METHODS Eleven major medical databases were searched. Manuscripts were selected for articles published from Janua...

BACKGROUND The objective of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of tranexamic acid (TXA) in shoulder arthroplasty (SA). METHODS Academic articles were identified from the Cochrane Library, Medline (1966-2017.2), PubMed (1966-2017.2), Embase (1980-2017.2), and ScienceDirect (1966-2017.2). Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and non-RCTs studying TXA in SA were included. ...

OBJECTIVE This prospective randomized controlled pilot study aimed to find whether gelatin-thrombin matrix used as a tissue sealant (FloSeal) can prevent the occurrence of pelvic lymphocele in patients with gynecologic cancer who has undergone pelvic lymphadenectomy. METHODS Each patient, who undergo a laparotomic pelvic lymph node dissection on both sides, was randomly assigned for FloSeal a...

OBJECTIVE The LiquoGuard® system is a new ventricular-type monitoring device that facilitates intracranial pressure (ICP)-controlled or volume-controlled drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The purpose of this study is to report the authors' experience with the LiquoGuard® ICP monitoring system, as well as the clinical safety, usefulness, and limitations of this device in the management of p...

Pleural infection is increasing in incidence. Despite optimal medical management, up to 30% of patients will die or require surgery. Case reports suggest that irrigation of the pleural space with saline may be beneficial.A randomised controlled pilot study in which saline pleural irrigation (three times per day for 3 days) plus best-practice management was compared with best-practice management...

Background: Although there is plentiful evidence favoring the fixation of the skin flaps to the underlying muscles (quilting) to prevent seroma formation after axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), there is a paucity of study concerning its treatment effect. Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) demonstrated quilting group did not require significantly more operative time than no-quiltin...