Abstract 118

118 Youn

Ontologies play a key role in realizing the full power of etechnology. Ontologies allow for machine-understandable semantics of data, and facilitate the search, exchange, and integration of knowledge for B2B (business-to-business) and B2C (business-to-consumer) e-commerce. Ontology is defined as “the specification of shared knowledge” (Waterson & Preece, 1999). By using semantic data, the usabi...

Abstract 118: Biosynthetic Mesh Compares Favorably to ADM in Tissue Expander-Based Breast Reconstruction

PURPOSE: Breast reconstruction is uniquely personal with many options available for patients and surgeons to consider. Among the methods of autologous breast reconstruction, abdominal based free flaps (ABFFs) including the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM), deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP), and superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flaps are the most common, with...

Math 118, Spring 2,000

118-123 Weibrich

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare a new method for the production of platelet-rich plasma (PRP), the plasma-rich-in-growth-factors kit (PRGF kit; G.A.C. Medicale San Antonio, Vitoria, Spain), with an established method, the Platelet Concentrate Collection System (PCCS; 3i/Implant Innovations, Palm Beach Gardens, FL) with respect to resulting cellular and growth factor contents. Mate...

112-118 P Sarac.indd

Materials and Methods: This was an open, prospective, randomized trial in COPD patients whose FEV1 (forced expiratory volume in 1 second) levels were between 80% and 50% predicted. A total of 44 patients who met the inclusion and exlusion criteria and who gave written informed consent were included in the study. At the end of the two week wash-out period, the patients were randomized to receive...