In recent years, fat grafting has become a popular method for clinically correcting soft tissue deformities. In order to increase fat graft viability a variety of modifications have been made to current grafting procedures including cell-assisted lipotransfer (CAL), structural fat grafting, fat grafting mixed with adipose stem cells (ASCs), fat grafting mixed with platelet rich plasma (PRP) and...

Lower cervical dislocations are often missed at the time of initial injury for several reasons. The treatment of old facet dislocations of the lower cervical spine is difficult, and the optimal method has not been established. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of a surgical technique, anterior release, and nonstructural bone grafting combined with posterio...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to report the outcome of sinus augmentation surgery with autogenous bone grafting in routine dental implant practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-seven sinus augmentation procedures were undertaken on 18 consecutive patients (mean age 43.7 years). The mandibular symphysis was used as the donor site for 11 patients. The iliac crest was used as a donor site fo...

PURPOSE To evaluate preliminary data on clinical outcomes associated with timing of placement of single implant-supported provisional crowns and implants in augmented bone. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty patients underwent sinus elevation bone grafting followed by a 6-month healing period before implant placement and immediate placement of a provisional crown (group [G] 1); 20 patients received...

When the posterior maxilla is atrophic, the reference standard of care would be to perform sinus augmentation with an autologous bone graft through the lateral approach and delayed implant placement. However, placement of short implants with the osteotome sinus floor elevation technique and without graft can be proposed for an efficient treatment of clinical cases with a maxillary residual bone...

Substitution of degenerated dopaminergic (DA) neurons by intrastriatally transplanted ventral mesencephalon (VM)-derived progenitor cells has been shown to improve motor functions in parkinsonian patients and animal models, whereas investigations of electrophysiological properties of the grafted DA neurons have been rarely performed. Here we show electrophysiological properties of grafted VM pr...

Previous reports showed that treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIA) can alter the growth profile of a variety of tumours. In this study, the effect of NSAIA treatment on the growth of the primary tumour and the appearance of spontaneous pulmonary metastases, was investigated. A mammary adenocarcinoma of non-detected immunogenicity, C7HI, was grafted subcutaneously in the ...

Donor myoblast migration is a major limiting factor in the success of myoblast transfer therapy, a potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A possible strategy to promote the migration of donor myoblasts into host muscle is to enhance their proliferation and delay their fusion, two properties that are major characteristics of myoblasts in regenerating skeletal muscle in MyoD null (-...