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Short gamma nail fixation for intertrochanteric fractures in the elderly
Hip fractures, including intertrochanteric fractures, are recognized to be a major public health problem in many Western nations, most notably those...
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Flexor Tenorrhaphy Tensile Strength: Reduction by Cyclic Loading
The integrity of the repair is critical to maintain coaptation of the severed flexor tendon end until healing has advanced sufficiently. In our...
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Bilan diagnostique du RGO: modalités en vue d’optimiser la chirurgie anti-reflux
Minimal antireflux access technique has tripled in Western countries with regard to the previous past 15 years. Such an increase requires a...
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Idiopathic (primary) achalasia
Idiopathic achalasia is a primary esophageal motor disorder characterized by esophageal aperistalsis and abnormal lower esophageal sphincter (LES)...
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Global public goods and the global health agenda: problems, priorities and potential
The 'global public good' (GPG) concept has gained increasing attention, in health as well as development circles. However, it has suffered in finding...
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The Emerging Role of Anti-Angiogenic Therapy for Malignant Glioma†
Adults with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common primary brain tumor, have an unacceptably poor outcome with conventional cytotoxic...
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The laparoscopic fundoplications: Nissen and partial posterior (Toupet) fundoplication
BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease and can successfully be treated by laparoscopic fundoplication. The Nissen and...
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Quality of life in GERD patients: Medical treatment versus antireflux surgery
Medical and surgical treatments are able to improve symptoms in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The aim of this study was to...
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Organizational Management: What Service Providers are Doing While Researchers are Disseminating Interventions
Much of the recent discussion about how to make interventions with demonstrated effectiveness more routinely available to clients emphasizes the role...
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Periprosthetic fractures around cementless hydroxyapatite-coated femoral stems
We studied 14 periprosthetic femoral fractures out of a series of 619 hydroxyapatite coated hip implants and compared the outcome to published...
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Laparoscopic antirefiux surgery provides excellent results and quality of life in gastroesophageal refiux disease patients with respiratory symptoms
Medical and surgical treatment are able to improve symptoms in patients with gastroesophageal refiux disease(GERD).Theaim of this study was to...