BackgroundThis study aimed to plot the impact of a learning curve for resident’s first 103 total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) based on radiological deviations and incision closure time (ICT), compare it matched TKAs performed by senior surgeon.MethodsThis is retrospective comparative comprising 206 evaluated results radiographic outcome ICT. Radiological evaluation was according predefined implem...

<p>Research has indicated that questioning is used as an interactive way to engage students in learning English a foreign or second language. In particular, rooted Socratic philosophy, this strategy involves thinking and communicating ideas knowledge others for effective learning. However, teacher classroom context higher education Viet Nam not received much attention. Moreover, teachers’...

The objectives of the contract were to develop computational methods for stable distributions. This section will describe the work performed and the results obtained, organized by topics in approximate chronological order. The second section discusses technical feasibility of Phase II work, and a short third section discusses miscellaneous issues. We note that there is more extensive documentat...

BACKGROUND In order to differentiate between the different causes of intracranial stenosis, we compared the diagnostic results of transcranial color-coded duplex (TCCD) sonography with the recently developed 3D high-resolution black blood MR sequence. METHODS We studied retrospectively 20 patients referred to our hospital after acute ischemic stroke who were diagnosed with intracranial stenos...

To define predictors of bacteremia and to assess the potential role of exposure to cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a risk factor for bacteremia in liver transplant recipients, an intention-to-treat analysis of data for 146 orthotopic liver transplant recipients who participated in a multicenter, randomized, intervention trial was undertaken. Fifty-eight episodes of bacteremia occurred in 40 (27.4%) of...

Introduction COVID-19 can cause severe acute respiratory failure requiring management in intensive care unit with invasive ventilation and a 40% mortality rate. Cardiovascular manifestations are common studies have shown an increase right ventricular (RV) dysfunction associated mortality. These studies, however, comprise heterogeneous patient groups few ventilation. This study will investigate ...