Department of Ophthalmology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan. nshoji@kitasato-u.ac.jp.
From the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (E.E.B., R.M.J., L.A.H., S.E.M., M.D., K.R.K.), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (E.E.B., K.R.K.). Electronic address: ebirch@retinafoundation.org.
From the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (E.E.B., R.M.J., L.A.H., S.E.M., M.D., K.R.K.), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (E.E.B., K.R.K.).
From the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (E.E.B., R.M.J., L.A.H., S.E.M., M.D., K.R.K.), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (E.E.B., K.R.K.).
From the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (E.E.B., R.M.J., L.A.H., S.E.M., M.D., K.R.K.), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (E.E.B., K.R.K.).
From the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (E.E.B., R.M.J., L.A.H., S.E.M., M.D., K.R.K.), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (E.E.B., K.R.K.).
Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Radio Electronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology.
Distal fracture of the radius is common in all age groups. Under careful consideration of individual indications and contraindications, conservative treatment with reduction and immobilization can hav...
Immobilization after closed reduction enables satisfactory wrist function to be achieved according to individual patient expectations....
A. Patients with a. significant comorbidities, b. high surgical risk from an anesthesiology perspective (ASA > 3), c. low functional requirements, d. low cosmetic expectations regarding residual visib...
A. Patient age < 65 years with an extension fracture and additional a. > 10° dorsal tilt in the case of extraarticular fractures after closed reduction, b. > 5 mm radial shortening after closed reduct...
After puncturing the fracture hematoma and infiltrating the fracture gap with local anesthetic, the forearm is suspended using Chinese finger traps on the thumb and middle finger. Constant traction in...
A. General procedures to reduce swelling; sufficient analgesics should be prescribed. B. The circular plaster cast is applied once swelling has subsided sufficiently, generally after 2-3 days. C. The ...
A total of 73 patients (55 women and 18 men) aged 65-88 years were followed up for 12 months to investigate functional outcomes after surgical and conservative therapy. While surgical patients had bet...
To review the literature on the topic, to suggest a common line of treatment applicable across a wide community of specialists, and to contribute in maintaining the high level of interest in this dise...
A comprehensive and exhaustive review of the literature was performed, identifying hundreds of articles on the topic....
Peyronie's disease is a condition that has been recognized, studied, and treated for centuries; despite this, if one excludes surgery in cases in which the deformity is stable, no clear treatment (or ...
Low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy, vacuum therapy, penile traction therapy, phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors, hyaluronic acid, and collagenase of Clostridium histolyticum may be recom...
Previous reports on the outcome of conservative treatment for dropped head syndrome (DHS) are scarce. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the efficacy of conservative treatment for DHS and to i...
Among 76 DHS patients, conservative treatment (2-3 months collar application, active neck range of motion exercise, and occasional prescription of analgesics) succeeded in 17 patients (22.4%, group S,...
Duration of disease was 6.6 ± 9.3 months in group S and 20.0 ± 27.6 months in group F. C2-7 angle (degree), the incidence of anterior slippage of the vertebra (%), reducibility (%), and upper thoracic...
The present study indicated that conservative treatment was successful in 22% of DHS patients, with improvement in their cervical kyphotic alignment. Shorter duration of disease, relatively smaller ce...
Unguis incarnatus (ingrown toenail) is a common problem in daily practice. Persons with unguis incarnatus stage two and three are often referred for surgical partial nail excision, however conservativ...
Suprahepatic and inferior vena cava (IVC) pseudoaneurysms are rare in children. Most cases in adults are treated surgically due to the high risk of rupture....
Seven-year-old girl referred for a thoracic-abdominal trauma of unknown origin. Hemodynamically stable, with a hemoglobin level of 9.1 g/dl. An emergency CT scan was performed, showing a pseudoaneurys...
Conservative treatment of suprahepatic vein pseudoaneurysm/ICV is feasible in the case of hemodynamic stability provided that strict clinical and radiological surveillance is maintained....
Coronary perforation leading to shunting to other cardiac chambers is a rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and most cases reported aggressive treatment with either a covere...
Fertility-sparing surgery in ovarian cancer is an increasing need in gynecology-oncology clinical practice because of the frequent childbearing delay in developed countries. As the evidence in literat...
Staging surgery is mandatory in epithelial ovarian tumors. In sex cord-stromal tumors, fertility-sparing surgery is only recommended in FIGO stage IA. Due to its good prognosis, conservative treatment...
Fertility-sparing surgery is a well tolerated option in young women with early-stage ovarian cancer with acceptable reproductive outcomes....
in Brazil, trauma is responsible for 40% of deaths in the age group between 5 and 9 years old, and 18% between 1 and 4 years, and bleeding is the leading cause of preventable death in the traumatized ...
retrospective analysis of medical records of patients classified by levels of injury severity, in 27 children....
only one child underwent surgery for initial failure of conservative treatment (persistent hemodynamic instability), resulting in a 96% overall success rate of the conservative treatment. Five other c...
the conservative initial approach in the treatment of blunt abdominal trauma was effective and safe with high resolution and low rate of complications leading to a high preservation rate of the affect...
Most asymptomatic patients with chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) are followed conservatively but can require surgical treatment if the hematoma expands. We conducted a retrospective evaluation of the ...
Management of distal clavicle fractures depends on a clear understanding of the injury's proximity to the ligamentous attachments joining the clavicle and scapula. Various classification systems have ...
