OBJECTIVE To examine whether surgical procedures involving the uterine cervix were associated with pregnancy outcomes, including preterm birth, low birth weight, cesarean delivery and pregnancy loss. DESIGN Population-based observational study nested in retrospective matched cohort. SETTING Kaiser Permanente Northwest integrated health plan in Oregon/Washington, U.S.A. POPULATION Female h...

Endoscopic techniques are gaining popularity in the management of colorectal polyps and occasionally superficial cancers. While their use is in many times palliative, they have proven to be curative in carefully selected patients with polyps or malignancies, with less morbidity than radical resection. However, one should note that data supporting local and ablative therapies for colorectal canc...

The fatigue performance from pre-corroded pits was studied in laser-shock-peened AA7075-T651 with and without a protective ablation-layer. Surface microstructural characterisation showed laser-shock-peening generated residual stresses up to −400MPa, limited hardness moderate surface roughness increase. specimens were exposed 3.5 wt-% sodium chloride solution for different levels of galvanostati...

Radioiodine activity required for remnant thyroid ablation is of great concern, to avoid unnecessary exposure to radiation and minimize adverse effects. We investigated clinical outcomes of remnant thyroid ablation with a low radioiodine activity in Korean patients with low to intermediate-risk thyroid cancer. For remnant thyroid ablation, 176 patients received radioiodine of 1.1 GBq, under a s...

BACKGROUND Striae distensae (SD) treatment still remains a therapeutic challenge to dermatologists. Ablative fractional laser and radiofrequency (RF) enhance skin-drug permeability for SD treatment. OBJECTIVE To clinically evaluate the efficacy and safety as well as patient's satisfaction in relation to a method using ablative fractional RF associated with retinoic acid 0.05% cream and an aco...