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Open AccessStudy of the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) C(+405)G (rs2010963) single nucleotide polymorphism on the development of esophageal and gastric varices and risk of variceal bleeding in cirrhotic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients (VEGF) C(+405)G IN esophageal and gastric varices
HCV infection is a major worldwide cause of chronic liver diseases. Esophageal and gastric varices are common in cirrhotic patients due to concomitant portal hypertension. Variceal hemorrhage is a major decomp...
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Early Soft Palate Repair with Delayed Hard Palate Repair
Late hard palate repair should, in theory, be less damaging than early hard palate repair on the basis that the more maxillary growth that has occurred, the less there remains to be disturbed. The idea of post...
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Global Incidence of Cleft Palate
Background: Worldwide rates of cleft palate could vary based on ethnicity and geography. Orofacial clefts are the most common craniofacial malformation of the newborn that may occur due to environmental factor...
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Global Incidence of Cleft Palate
Background: Worldwide rates of cleft palate could vary based on ethnicity and geography. Orofacial clefts are the most common craniofacial malformation of the newborn that may occur due to environmental factor...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Early soft palate repair with Delayed Hard Palate Repair
Late hard palate repair should, in theory, be less damaging than early hard palate repair on the basis that the more maxillary growth that has occurred, the less there remains to be disturbed. The idea of post...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Telemedicine in cleft surgery: Overcoming geographical barriers and improving health outcomes
The replacement of analogue forms of communication with digital methods, combined with a rapid drop in the cost of information and communication technology, have sparked wide interest in the application of tel...
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Education Modules and Methodologies in Training of Cleft Palate Surgery
The aim of this chapter is to underline our young surgeon’s learning process in training of cleft palate procedure. The objectives are the complete knowledge pertaining to the cases of cleft lip and palate fro...
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Use of Conchal Cartilage and Acellular Dermal Matrix in Repair of Palatal Fistulae
Palatal fistula formation is one of the most unwanted and troublesome complications after cleft palate repair which has many etiologies with an incidence ranging from 4% to 35%. The two main symptoms that are ...
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Tips and Tricks in Cleft Palate Repair
There are many known techniques for palatoplasty either primary or secondary. The cleft surgeon should have the skills to be able to do most of these surgeries. However, reaching the perfection of a few techni...
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Education Modules and Methodologies in Training of Cleft Palate Surgery
The aim of this chapter is to underline our young surgeon’s learning process in training of cleft palate procedure. The objectives are the complete knowledge pertaining to the cases of cleft lip and palate fro...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Telemedicine in Cleft Surgery: Overcoming Geographical Barriers and Improving Health Outcomes
The replacement of analogue forms of communication with digital methods, combined with a rapid drop in the cost of information and communication technology, have sparked wide interest in the application of tel...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Tips and Tricks in Cleft Palate Repair
There are many known techniques for palatoplasty either primary or secondary. The cleft surgeon should have the skills to be able to do most of these surgeries. However, reaching the perfection of few techniqu...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Use of Conchal Cartilage and Acellular Dermal Matrix in Repair of Palatal Fistulae
Palatal fistula formation is one of the most unwanted and troublesome complications after cleft palate repair which has many etiologies with an incidence ranging from 4% to 35%. The two main symptoms that indi...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Tissue Engineering Strategies in Cleft Palate
Tissue engineering strategies and research on bony cleft palate involve fabricating biomaterials, scaffolds modulations to induce osteo-induction and osteo-conduction, either from natural materials, peptides a...
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Tissue Engineering Strategies in Cleft Palate
Tissue engineering strategies and research on bony cleft palate involve fabricating biomaterials, scaffolds modulations to induce osteo-induction and osteo-conduction, either from natural materials, peptides a...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Management of anomalies associated with cleft palate
Cleft palate is one of the commonest births defects which are mostly non-syndromic, however this condition may be associated with other congenital anomalies. Although most of these associated anomalies or synd...
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Management of Anomalies Associated with Cleft Palate
Cleft palate is one of the commonest birth defects which are mostly non-syndromic, however this condition may be associated with other congenital anomalies. Although most of these associated anomalies or syndr...
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Open AccessInlay butterfly versus underlay cartilage tympanoplasty
Tympanic membrane grafting is one of the most common otological procedures. Underlay technique of tympanoplasty was described by Shea in 1960. Utech in 1959 introduce the cartilage in middle ear surgery. The s...
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Combined top-down approach with low-power thulium laser enucleation of prostate: evaluation of one-year functional outcomes
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of combined top and down low power thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (ThuLEP).
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Open AccessBio-guided bioactive profiling and HPLC-DAD fingerprinting of Ukrainian saffron (Crocus sativus stigmas): moving from correlation toward causation
Saffron or stigmas of Crocus sativus L. is one of the most valuable food products with interesting health-promoting properties. C. sativus has been widely used as a coloring and flavoring agent. Stigmas secondary...
