BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to compare the mechanical static and fatigue strength of the size 2 osteotomy plate "Activmotion" with the following five other common implants for the treatment of medial knee joint osteoarthritis: the TomoFix small stature, the TomoFix standard, the Contour Lock, the iBalance and the second generation PEEKPower. METHODS Six fourth-generation t...

Background: There are a number of different implant choices for surgical treatment of distal radius fractures, oftendetermined by surgeon preference or availability. Although no one volar plate demonstrates superior outcomes, thereare significant cost differences absorbed by hospitals and surgical centers. This purpose of this study is to characterizethe economic implications of implant selecti...

A total of 264 implants was placed in 143 patients using different immediate or delayed-immediate implant placement techniques in 12 different centers participating in a prospective multicenter study. The reason for tooth extraction was evaluated; bone quality and quantity were classified; socket depths were registered; and data on implant type, size, and position were collected. One hundred th...

A 2 X 2 factorially arranged trial was conducted to compare effects of implant (zeranol) and frame size on weight and compositional gain, and plasma hormone concentrations. Angus, Charolais X Hereford and Hereford X Angus yearling steers (34 steers averaging 270 kg body weight) were randomly assigned to treatments of small (SF) vs large frame (LF) and implant (I) vs no implant (NI). Steers were...

AIM To use multilevel, multivariate models to analyze factors that may affect bone alterations during healing after an implant immediately placed into an extraction socket. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data included in the current analysis were obtained from a clinical trial in which a series of measurements were performed to characterize the extraction site immediately after implant installation and...

Breast augmentation is a major plastic surgery used to enhance the aesthetics of a woman’s body shape, which generally increases a woman’s self-esteem [1]. Although breast implants are commonly used for breast augmentation, the characteristics of the surgery, which involve an implant of standard form and size, make it difficult to revise the results with other than repeated surgery. Even though...

Endometriosis is a debilitating disease common in women of reproductive age characterized by pain and infertility. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a cytokine whose expression is elevated in endometriotic tissue from women with the disease but the functional role of this factor in the pathogenesis of the disease is uncertain. To examine the role of MIF in the pathogenesis of endo...

Migration of dental implants into the maxillary sinus is uncommon. However, poor bone quality and quantity in the posterior maxilla can increase the potential for this complication to arise during implant placement procedures. The aim of this report is to present a dental implant that migrated into the maxillary sinus and disappeared. A 53-year-old male patient was referred to us by his dentist...

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. are numerous preoperative and intraoperative techniques and devices to determine the ideal implant volume [1], it can be challenging to evaluate pocket preparation accurately. Herein, we describe a new method of elegantly assessing the extent and quality of implant pocket dissection intraoperatively. An ideal implant pocke...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of the planning software of an image-guided implant placement system based on a mechanical device coupled with a template stabilized on soft tissue during surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty consecutive partially or completely edentulous patients were treated with the image-guided system. For each patient, a study prosthesis wa...