AIM To investigate the correlation of iodine concentration (IC) generated by spectral computed tomography (CT) with micro-vessel density (MVD) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in patients with advanced gastric carcinoma (GC). METHODS Thirty-four advanced GC patients underwent abdominal enhanced CT in the gemstone spectral imaging mode. The IC of the primary lesion in t...

Three different drying methods, microwave spouted bed drying (MSBD), microwave-vacuum drying (MVD), and hot air drying (AD), were used to dry diced sweet potato. The drying characteristics and product quality are discussed in terms of the drying kinetics, rehydration ratio, expansion ratio, breaking force (crispness), product colour, and retention of β-Carotene. As expected the drying rates in ...

Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is due to the vascular compression of facial nerve at its root exit zone (REZ). Microvascular decompression (MVD) near REZ an effective and curative treatment for HFS. Since cochlear lies directly adjacent nerve, postoperative hearing loss frequently occurs during MVD surgery However, rate has decreased since introducing intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) b...

Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a highly fatal caused by the (MARV) which belongs to family Filoviridae. The has been recently reported from Ghana, an African country, and nearly 15 outbreaks of MVD have in past five decades. Various species bats viz., Rousettus aegyptiacus, Hipposideros caffer, certain Chiroptera act as natural source infection. Pathophysiology reveals severe antiviral suppress...

How to design materialized views in a data ware-housing environment is an important problem which has been largely overlooked in the past? If we regard data warehouse queries as integrated views over the base databases, then there exists a need of selecting a set of views to be materialized so that the best combination of good performance and low maintenance cost can be achieved. In this paper,...

BACKGROUND Recently, a chronic total occlusion (CTO) in a non-infarct-related artery (non-IRA) and not multivessel disease (MVD) alone was identified as an independent predictor of mortality after ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) constitute a patient group with a high prevalence of MVD and high mortality after STEMI. The prevalence of CTO in a non...

OBJECTIVE We performed this study to investigate whether the use of closed-suction drainage following microvascular decompression (MVD) causes cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage. METHODS Between 2004 and 2011, a total of 157 patients with neurovascular compression were treated with MVD. MVD was performed for hemifacial spasm in 150 (95.5%) cases and for trigeminal neuralgia in 7 (4.5%) cases. ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to identify prognostic markers for chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in T(2-4)M(0) esophageal cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We investigated clinicopathological and biological markers in biopsy specimens from 73 T(2-4)M(0) esophageal cancer patients treated with CRT (5-fluorouracil plus cisplatin and 60 Gy of radiation). Expressions of p53 gene product, Ki-67 labeling...

OBJECTIVES To assess how p53 gene mutations and microvessel density (MVD) may be used as prognostic markers for the study and management of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and to investigate putative associations between p53 gene mutations and MVD and the relationship of these factors to tumor response to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy at 6 weeks. PATIENTS AND DESIGN Thirty-nine pati...

Brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) testing during microvascular decompression (MVD) is very important in the treatment of hemifacial spasm (HFS). The reason for this that vestibulocochlear nerve located immediately next to facial nerve, so may be affected by manipulation surgery. BAEP detecting damage has been further developed use In most HFS patients with normal nerves, degree caused ...