Implant and prosthesis success for 77 partially edentulous patients, provided with 97 fixed prostheses, supported by 230 Brånemark implants, in place for up to 12 years (mean 5.41 years), were documented in this study. Implant losses per location mirrored their placement, with no difference between zones I and II or between the maxilla and mandible. The implant success rate was 94%, and continu...

OBJECTIVE To investigate feasibility and safety of stent implantation technique through percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)-like pathway for treatment of malignant gastroduodenal obstructions. METHODS Twelve patients with malignant gastroduodenal obstructions accepted PEG-like operations. A stent implantation pathway was established in abdominal wall under endoscopic guide. A guide wire...

BACKGROUND Currents of injury (COI) have been associated with improved lead performance during perioperative measurements in pacemaker and ICD implants. Their relevance on long term lead stability remains unclear. METHODS Unipolar signals were recorded immediately after active fixation ICD lead positioning, blinded to the implanting surgeon. Signals were assigned to prespecified COI types by ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between the maturation of central auditory pathways and the development of canonical (speechlike) babbling in infants with cochlear implants. DESIGN Comparison of the latencies of the P1 cortical auditory evoked potential and vocalizations produced by subjects before they were fitted with a cochlear implant and at several time points within the first year...

Purpose: To retrospectively evaluate the prevalence of fracture and fragment embolization of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters. Methods: Electronic medical records and imaging studies of all Kaiser Permanente patients who received IVC filters from August 2000 until August 2010 were retrospectively reviewed for filter complications. Results: 283 patients received an IVC filter during the study pe...

implantation failure is the most frequent cause of pregnancy loss in couples who try to conceive, either in a natural way or using assisted reproductive techniques (art). identify the precise mechanisms of implantation failure can lead to identify couples at risk and also providing appropriate therapeutic options to affected couples. despite the high prevalence of this disorder, a few causing f...

BACKGROUND Implantation of a left ventricular (LV) lead for cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) may be challenging. Wider use of various implantation techniques increases the success rate of CRT. AIM Short-term analysis of the success rate of transvenous LV lead implantation for CRT. METHODS All CRT procedures performed in 2009 with first-time LV lead implantation attempt were analysed ...

AIMS In cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) procedure, left ventricular (LV) lead implantation is time consuming. In this clinical setting, no study has investigated the impact of right atrium anatomical parameters on both CRT implantation procedure duration and X-ray exposure. Additionally, only few studies have examined the coronary sinus (CS) using dual-source 64-multi-slice computed tom...

background: pregnancy rate with ivf cycle is almost 22%. many investigations perform to increase this rate in ivf. various factors affect the result of ivf cycles. one of these factors could be uterine contractions that expel transferred embryo. ritodrine is a beta mimetic agent that can block and decrease uterine contractions. objective: the objective of this study was to determine ritodrine e...