Glaucoma patients not responding to maximum medical therapy with coexistent cataract are candidates for combined cataract and glaucoma therapy. There are different therapy models. The choice of therapy depends on numerous patient and surgeon related factors. Ex-PRESS mini glaucoma shunt is a modified trabeculectomy and can be combined with cataract surgery when indicated. In this paper we prese...

In this study, partial breast reconstruction was undertaken after breast conservation therapy using mini abdominal free flaps on both an immediate and delayed basis.Patient demographics, oncologic status, reconstructive data, and complications were collected from medical records.Twelve patients (age range 39-60) were included in this study with a mean follow-up time of 5 years. Ten mini superfi...

In this paper, we investigate the laser processing of the CIGS thin-film solar cells in the case of the high-speed regime. The modern ultra-short pulsed laser was used exhibiting the pulse repetition rate of 1 MHz. Two main P3 scribing approaches were investigated - ablation of the full layer stack to expose the molybdenum back-contact, and removal of the front-contact only. The scribe quality ...

Stem cells are undifferentiated that can proliferate, regenerate, develop into differentiated cells, and produce a variety of tissues. Embryonic stem adult or somatic pluripotent the three types cells. Another classification is totipotent, multipotent, unipotent cell treatment has possibility treating degenerative disorders, cancer, restoration damaged tissues, all which now have no restricted ...

Treatment of dense deposit disease (DDD) has not been established yet. Steroid therapy is considered as ineffective for DDD. We report an 8-year-old girl with DDD in whom steroid pulse therapy with subsequent oral steroid therapy led to disease remission. Serum C3 level improved in accordance with the amelioration of clinical signs. This case suggests that steroid pulse therapy with subsequent ...

BACKGROUND Studies have indicated a relationship between hypertension and cognitive function. The possible effect of antihypertensive therapy on cognitive disorders is therefore a matter of interest. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Observational Study on Cognitive function And SBP Reduction (OSCAR) was an open-label, multinational trial designed to evaluate the impact of eprosartan-based antihypert...

Mortality in Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is high. Apart from intensive supportive therapy, no generally accepted specific treatment regimen exists. The role of corticosteroids in SJS/TEN is controversial. It is possible that high-dose pulse therapy with corticosteroids might be an improvement on long-term lower dose therapy, by combining higher efficacy w...

RATIONALE A 62-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic in February 2016 with persistently elevated liver enzymes. PATIENT CONCERNS Clinical history involved a long time of poly-autoimmunity with a rheumatoid arthritis (in remission under tocilizumab therapy), an autoimmune thyroiditis, an eosinophilia as well as a hyper-immunoglobulin (IgG) 4-syndrome. DIAGNOSES Laboratory studies ...