BACKGROUND Our objective was to investigate the feasibility of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair during its developmental phases in China. STUDY DESIGN The clinical data of 2,056 patients (2,473 hernias) who underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair at Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center between January 2001 and December 2011 were analyzed retrospectively. The operation priority ...

AIM To analyse data on bone augmentation at single-tooth implants with regard to the type of graft materials, the stability of grafts over time, reported time span towards implant placement, implant survival rates, implant marginal bone maintenance and possible complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS A literature review resulted in 585 titles after exclusion of duplicates. Analyses of article tit...

Tibial anterolateral rotary instability associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears is a well-documented and difficult problem long history of solutions. The lateral extra-articular tenodesis (LET) has undergone multiple refinements in technique, largely focusing on the femoral site insertion using either an interference screw versus staple for adequate fixation. In this article, we ...

This article presents a single onlay case that was significantly enhanced through a detailed communication process between the clinician and the laboratory technician. By using colour slides as part of the dentist-technician communication process, the author found that the technician was better able to create an esthetic, accurate and successful restoration that addressed the patient's needs.

BACKGROUND Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital genital anomalies in males that necessitates to be operated early in infancy (when 6 to 9 months old). On the other hand, hypospadias is a challenging field of pediatric urology with multiple reconstruction techniques. A perfect hypospadias repair is supposed to return urethral continuity with sufficient caliber, eradicate phallus curv...

PURPOSE We retrospectively reviewed patterns of failure after bulbar substitution urethroplasty. In particular we investigated the prevalence and location of anastomotic fibrous ring strictures occurring at the apical anastomoses between the graft and urethral plate after 3 types of onlay graft techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the records of 107 patients who underwent bulbar uret...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to evaluate different types of maxillary pre-prosthetic surgery using autogenous bone graft and suggest a guideline for maxillary reconstruction to place implant. METHODS 181 patients (125 females and 56 males), age range from 16 to 76 years old, were operated at the Maxillo-Facial Service of the Lille's 2 Universitary Hospital Center (Chairman ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether there was a difference in morbidity, recurrence rate, and length of hospital stay between patients undergoing open or laparoscopic incisional hernia repair. DESIGN AND SETTING Single-institution cohort study. We compared prospectively collected patient cohorts undergoing laparoscopic or open intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair. Statistical analysis was performed...

PURPOSE Multiple bone augmentation techniques are available to allow implant placement in the atrophic maxilla. However, questions remain, regarding which methods are most predictable and have the best dental implant survival rate (SR) in grafted bone. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate literature from the last 30 years to determine predictability of bone grafting of the edentulo...