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Background. Advanced knee arthritis is indicated for total alloplastic and it is considered to be the method of choice. It allows on abolishing of intensive pain and correcting of efficiency of limb. Material and methods. Postoperative complications were analysed in 109 operated knees in 93 patients. Condylar knee endoprotheses of types AGC I, AGC II, and Scorpio were implanted between 1996 and...

BACKGROUND During the last three decades, several improvements in surgical and anesthetic techniques have allowed a better management of primary and secondary tumors of the chest wall. OBJECTIVES Chest wall tumors, regardless of their location,anterior, posterior or lateral, have always been a challenge for the thoracic surgeon through technical and tactical problems they entail. The most com...

OBJECTIVE The aims of current study are to compare complications following cranioplasty (CP) using either sterilized autologous bone or polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and to identify the risk factors for two of the most common complications: bone flap resorption (BFR) and surgical site infection (SSI). METHODS Between January 2004 and December 2013, 127 patients underwent CP and were followe...

We conducted a contemporary review covering advances and trends in primary and functional rhinoplasty as published during the past decade. Specifically, we reviewed studies supporting the evidence for functional rhinoplasty, nasal valve surgery, and septal reconstruction. In addition, key articles discussing cephalic malpositioning of the lower lateral cartilages and tip contouring are reviewed...