Biosystems and Environmental Engineering Research Group, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. Electronic address: wgwenzi@agric.uz.ac.zw.
The loss of a hand disrupts the sophisticated neural pathways between the brain and the hand, severely affecting the level of independence of the patient and the ability to carry out daily work and so...
Impending erosion is an unusual complication of inflatable penile prosthesis that can strongly impact on patient's morbidity and quality of life. In this case report we present a salvage surgery techn...
We present our surgical technique for cylinder reimplantation in an impending erosion of a three-component inflatable prosthesis with a peno-scrotal access and extracapsular reseating of the cylinder....
No post-operative complication occurred, and the patient regained full function of the prosthesis after recovery. The surgical site healed well with no signs of infections....
Impending erosion is a problematic complication of penile prosthesis; however, can be administered with a salvage technique avoiding the explant of the IPP....
The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System (Second Sight Medical Products, Sylmar, California) is an epiretinal prosthesis that serves to provide useful vision to people who are affected by retinal degene...
Five patients diagnosed with profound retinal dystrophy who have undergone implantation of retinal prosthesis at Stony Brook University Hospital. Fundoscopy was performed at postoperative month 1 (M1)...
There was no significant change in distance between the optic disc and the surgical handle (length AB) over the two-year span (F = 0.196, p = 0.705). There was a significant change in distance of leng...
Our results demonstrate that there may be postoperative movement of the retinal prosthesis over time, as a statistically significant downward rotation is reported over the 2 years span. It is importan...
To examine the strains in the collar area of implants supporting a cantilevered cross-arch bar prosthesis during vertical load application....
A milled cross-arch metal framework supported by four implants in a trapezoidal design was supported in polymethylmethacrylate. T-strain gage rosettes were attached to the crestal areas of the implant...
Means and standard deviations were calculated for the 10 trials at each of the loading sites. Two-way ANOVAs were done separately for each dependent variable, the vertical grid, and the circumferentia...
Limiting cantilever lengths to A-P spread ratios of 0.5 are preferred. Ratios greater than 1.0 should be avoided as flexing of the collar may occur. The dimensions of the implant, particularly wall th...
The flap closed-incisions healing after 3D-printed prosthesis implantation in Chronic Osteomyelitis with Soft Tissue Defects (COSTD) is critical. This study aimed to explore the safety and effectivene...
Retrospective analysis of clinical data was performed, including baseline, surgical and hospitalization information. The efficacy of NPWT was assessed by comparing the ASEPSIS scores, Visual Analogue ...
The study included 20 patients, 13 received conventional dressing (Control group) and 7 received NPWT treatment (NPWT group). These two groups exhibited a notable disparity in the distribution of ASEP...
The study findings suggest that NPWT applied to the healing process of flap closed-incisions after 3D prosthesis implantation in patients with COSTD can reduce the occurrence of postoperative major co...
Humeral stem prosthesis implantation in case of proximal humerus varus malunion (type 1D fracture sequelae) is often complicated by greater tuberosity fracture and by posterosuperior rotator cuff iatr...
Recently, total talar prosthesis has been proposed to substitute the talus during the management of complex talar lesions such as talar extrusion, comminuted talar fractures, or avascular necrosis. He...
This multicentric, retrospective study aimed to analyze the short-term safety and effectiveness of the mCLIP Partial Prosthesis....
Patients underwent tympanoplasty with implantation of a mCLIP Partial Prosthesis. Follow-up examination included ear microscopy and pure-tone audiometry to determine the post-operative pure tone avera...
72 (66 adults, 6 children) patients were implanted with the mCLIP Partial Prosthesis. 68 (62 adults, 6 children) patients underwent audiological examination; all 72 patients were examined for adverse ...
Clinical data show satisfactory audiological parameters after implantation of the mCLIP Partial Prosthesis. The prosthesis is safe and effective for implantation in children and adults....
NCT05565339, 09 September 2022, retrospectively registered....
In reconstructive middle ear surgery, acoustic quality has received a high level of attention in recent years. Careful intraoperative selection and positioning of passive middle ear prostheses during ...
Laser Doppler vibrometry (LDV) was used to measure the middle ear transfer function (METF) in 18 human temporal bones (TB). The RTM system uses electromagnetic excitation of the OC with a magnet place...
Electromagnetic and acoustic excitation of the intact and the reconstructed OC provided comparable METF. The application of the RTM system significantly improved the quality of the OC reconstruction. ...
In this TB study, we demonstrated that the quality of OC reconstruction (improved METF as a benchmark for improved transmission) could be significantly increased by means of a RTM system. Intraoperati...
Measurement of prosthesis structural load, as an important way to quantify the interaction of the amputee user with the environment, may serve important purposes in the control of smart lower-limb pro...
