The objective of this study was to examine the factors online information seeking on healthcare providers in Russian adults. Material and Methods — Our survey involved 1,319 participants regarded their sociodemographic health-related characteristics, along with providers. association examined via Pearson’s chi-squared test. odds ratios for determined predictors were obtained from multiple logis...

AIM To compare the outcome between patients with jejunoileal atresia (JIA) associated with cystic meconium peritonitis (CMP) and patients with isolated JIA (JIA without CMP). METHODS A retrospective study was conducted for all neonates with JIA operated in our institute from January 2005 to January 2016. Demographics including the gestation age, sex, birth weight, age at operation, the presen...

AIM To evaluate the cyclic fatigue resistance of five NiTi rotary systems in an abrupt apical curvature. METHODOLOGY Cyclic fatigue testing was performed in stainless-steel artificial canals with a 2-mm radius of curvature and an angle of curvature of 90 degrees constructed to the dimensions of the instruments tested. The middle of the simulated curvature was 2.5 mm from the tip of the instru...

I nvestigators in a study published in 2010 compared the efficacy of nimesulide with that of meloxicam (two nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) in the control of postoperative pain, swelling and trismus after extraction of impacted man-dibular third molars. 1 Among their conclusions , the authors stated that " [nimesu-lide] was more effective than [meloxicam] in the control of swelling and tr...

INTRODUCTION Retrospective studies showed that hemodiafiltration was associated with a reduced risk of mortality compared with standard hemodialysis in the patients with end-stage renal disease. Recently, a few prospective randomized clinical trials found no advantage in survival with hemodiafiltration as compared with high-flux hemodialysis and low-flux hemodialysis. The aim of this study was ...

OBJECTIVES This in vitro study evaluated the microtensile bond strength (MTBS) of a methacrylate-based compared to a silorane-based resin composite in Class I cavity using different placement techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS Class I cavities with dimension of (4 mm long, 4 mm wide, 3 mm deep) were prepared in extracted sound human molars. The teeth were randomly divided into six groups. The ...

To investigate the clinical efficacy of laparoscopic-assisted and laparotomy D2 radical total gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer. From January 2014 to 2015, 81 patients with cancer were divided into study group A (n=41) therapy B (n=40) according different surgical methods. Postoperative followup was 60 mo. Perioperative period indicators, curative effect complications recorded compared be...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the effect of multimodality treatment of advanced paediatric hepatoblastoma (HB) and the factors affecting prognosis. METHODS A total of 35 children underwent multimodality treatments consisting of chemotherapy, surgery, interventional therapy, and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. The patients were followed up every month. RESU...