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This nonrandomized prospective descriptive study compared outcomes of three isolated heel cord surgeries in children with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy (CP): (1) heel cord advancement (HCA), (2) heel cord lengthening according to Vulpius (HCL-V), and (3) heel cord lengthening according to White (HCL-W). Thirty-two children were tested prior to and approximately 1 year after undergoing one of ...

Results Our study included 21 patients who had lung metastases and were operated upon by thoracic surgeons. Females constituted more than 2/3 of this series. Mean age was 26 years. Mean follow up duration was 25 months. The commonest primary originated from the bones and rectosigmoid. Thirty five thoracic surgeries were required for those 21 cases. Twelve patients had one thoracic surgery, five...

In this paper, we introduce a new surgery operation on the set of collections curves, closed oriented surface, whose complement is topological disk. We prove that any two such can be connected by sequence surgeries.

background: the adult cardiac surgery databank (acsd) of tehran heart center was established in 2002 with a view to providing clinical prediction rules for outcomes of cardiac procedures, developing risk score systems, and devising clinical guidelines. this is a general analysis of the collected data. methods: all the patients referred to tehran heart center for any kind of heart surgery betwee...