The optimum management for recurrent glenohumeral instability with significant humeral head defects remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes and recurrence rates between patients who underwent osteochondral substitute grafting and patients who underwent remplissage to treat recurrent shoulder instability from an engaging Hill-Sachs defect with a Bankart lesion. T...

BACKGROUND Elective intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) may reduce acute complications during unprotected left main (ULM) stenting. However, few data exist on criteria for elective IABP support during ULM stenting. METHODS Since January 1993, 219 consecutive patients underwent elective ULM stenting: 69 had elective IABP support (elective IABP group), whereas 150 patients had conventional procedur...

Olfactory receptor neurons can regenerate from basal stem cells. Receptor neuron lesion causes degenerative changes in the olfactory bulb followed by regeneration as new olfactory receptor axons innervate the olfactory bulb. To our knowledge, parametric analyses of morphometric changes in the olfactory bulb during degeneration and regeneration do not exist except in abstract form. To better cha...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to report the clinical and angiographic correlates of plaque rupture detected by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). BACKGROUND Acute coronary syndromes result from spontaneous plaque rupture and thrombosis. METHODS We report 300 plaque ruptures in 257 arteries in 254 patients. Plaque ruptures were detected during pre-intervention IVUS. Standard clinical, ang...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The carotid bulb is innervated by the sinus nerve of Hering, a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve, derived from the third pharyngeal arch. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency, predictors, and outcome of the carotid BR after carotid stent placement according to the location of the plaque lesion. MATERIALS AND METHODS Atherosclerotic carotid plaques of ...

The purpose of this study was to relate abnormalities of motor conduction time to the presence of spinal cord MRI lesions in progressive multiple sclerosis and to investigate the relationship between changes in motor conduction over time and clinical and MRI changes. Central motor conduction time (CMCT), serial MRI of the brain and spinal cord, and clinical evaluations were carried out in 20 pa...

PURPOSE We report the 12-month outcomes of 1140 treatment-naïve eyes with exudative age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) who were treated for 12 months with intravitreal anti-VEGF drugs in routine clinical practice. METHODS Index visit characteristics, such as lesion type and size, visual acuity (VA, in Logarithm of the Minimal Angle of Resolution [logMAR] letters), as well as treatment...

INTRODUCTION Some authors have hypothesised that atypical femur fractures occur due to tensile mechanism of failure. We studied the distribution of such lesions along the femur shaft to determine if they concentrate in regions that are subject to tensile loading. METHODS From May 2004 to March 2010, radiological reviews of 48 patients aged 69 +/- 10.4 (range 47-92) years with atypical femoral...