Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 4 or 5 have the option of kidney transplantation, hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), or conservative management.1 National Kidney and Urologic Disease Information Clearinghouse reported that in 2007, there were 368, 544 U.S. residents with ESRD who were receiving dialysis, of whom 341, 264 were undergoing HD.2 Quality of life and long-t...

The repair of critical-size bone defects resulted from severe traumatic injury, infection, surgery for bone cancer or congenital malformation remains a continuous challenge for orthopedists. Currently, autogenous bone grafting is a clinical gold standard for bone repair, and provides excellent osteoconduction, osteoinduction, high-healing rate and absence of immunogenic reaction after surgery. ...

Recently, clinical application of autogenous tooth bone-graft materials has been reported. Autogenous tooth bone graft has been used in implant surgery. Familial tooth bone graft is a more advanced procedure than autogenous teeth bone graft in that extracted teeth can be used for bone graft materials of implant and teeth donation between siblings is possible. We used autogenous tooth and famili...

INTRODUCTION The rationale for operative treatment of depressed tibial plateau fractures is anatomic reduction, stable fixation and grafting. Grafting options include autogenous bone graft or bone substitutes. METHODS The autograft group included 18 patients with depressed tibial plateau fractures treated with autogenous bone grafting from the ipsilateral femoral condyle following open reduct...

This paper presents an experimental investigation into the mechanisms altering pull-out behaviour of partially pulled hooked-end steel fibres inside artificial crack exposed to wet–dry cycles chlorides and carbon dioxide for 6 months. Mechanical corrosion damage at surface fibre was investigated using three-dimensional optical interferometric profiling, petrographic analyses were used describe ...