Considering the rising number of MyoRing implantation procedures in keratoconic corneas and the refractive outcomes associated with this treatment modality, this study aimed to evaluate and compare the magnitude and axis orientation of total and corneal astigmatism between before and after MyoRing implantation in 34 eyes of 28 patients with keratoconus (KCN) (mean age: 29.41 ± 7.0 years). The i...

Abstract Background Cardiac syncope occurs when the heart fails to maintain cardiac output match cerebral need and can occur due either mechanical/structural defect of or secondary an arrhythmia. It has a raised 1-year mortality with some figures estimating this as high 30%. Implantable loop recorders (ILR) are useful diagnostic tool in patients presenting pre-syncope ascertain cause. A higher ...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) have an increased risk of stroke due to permanent pacemaker (PPM)/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation. BACKGROUND Data are lacking on the risk of stroke in patients with PFO and implantable intracardiac devices, either a PPM or an ICD. We investigated whether patients with PFO have increa...

PURPOSE To report the results of secondary posterior chamber intraocular lens (PC-IOL) implantation in pediatric cataract eyes with microcornea and/or microphthalmos. METHODS Retrospective studies were conducted by reviewing the charts of 26 eyes of 15 patients with secondary PC-IOL implantations for microcornea and/or microphthalmos associated with cataract in children between 1999 and 2002....

BACKGROUND First-generation autologous chondrocyte implantation has limitations, and introducing new effective cell sources can improve cartilage repair. PURPOSE This study was conducted to compare the clinical outcomes of patients treated with first-generation autologous chondrocyte implantation to patients treated with autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). STUDY D...

Lead dislodgement is one of the severe complications in cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation. After CIED implantation, adhesions are formed between leads and tissues by inflammation, as a result, fixed vessels. In patients with immunosuppressive therapy, such steroids or immunosuppressant usage, adhesion inhibited anti-inflammatory effects. However, no studies have investig...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to assess the impact of permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation on clinical outcomes among patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). BACKGROUND TAVI is associated with atrioventricular-conduction abnormalities requiring PPM implantation in up to 40% among patients treated with self-expanding prostheses. METHODS Between 2007 ...

BACKGROUND This study explored factors associated with speech recognition outcomes in postmeningitic deafness (PMD). The results of cochlear implantation may vary in children with PMD because of sequelae that extend beyond the auditory periphery. OBJECTIVE To determine which factors might be most determinative of outcome of cochlear implantation in children with PMD. DESIGN Retrospective ch...

OBJECTIVES (1) To report the speech perception and intelligibility results of Mandarin-speaking patients with large vestibular aqueduct syndrome (LVAS) after cochlear implantation (CI); (2) to compare their performance with a group of CI users without LVAS; (3) to understand the effects of age at implantation and duration of implant use on the CI outcomes. The obtained data may be used to guide...

BACKGROUND Cochlear implant is a medical treatment option for individuals with severe to profound sensori-neural hearing loss on account of non-functioning cochlea or part thereof. Technology is ever evolving and the candidacy criteria are widening. Appropriate selection of patient, successful implantation of an appropriate device and adequate post-implantation rehabilitation protocol are the k...