A case of caudal regression syndrome in which rehabilitation was obtained by lumbopelvic distraction and stabilization with external fixation Orthofix® is presented. The objective of the study is to describe the benefit ...

Lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor (LYVE)-1 is thought to be restricted to lymph vessels and has been used as such to show that tumor lymphangiogenesis occurs on overexpression of lymphangiogenic factors in ...

Purpose: To validate a recently described animal model of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and to assess a new macroporous polyester—covered stent for endovascular AAA exclusion. Methods: Twenty adult sheep had AAAs ...

Guided by the minority stress model, we assessed depression and its relationship to structural and sexual minority-related stressors and social support in a sample of 226 young (age 18–29 years) men who have sex with men ...

Backgound Intracranial cerebral aneurysms in the pediatric population are infrequent, and those occurring in infants less than 1 year old are extremely rare. Of intracranial aneurysms in children, dissecting aneurysms are ...

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Pharmacologically targeting the different mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction may improve clinical outcomes and lead to reduced ...

Preoperative chemotherapy is increasingly used prior to resection of colorectal liver metastases (CLM). Since some of these lesions may disappear or may be hardly detectable with intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS), we describe ...

The diffusive transport of macromolecules in tumors is an important determinant of the delivery of many anticancer therapeutics. However, measurements of diffusive transport to date have only been performed in animal models. ...

Elevated glomerular capillary pressure (Pgc) and hyperglycemia contribute to glomerular filtration barrier injury observed in diabetic nephropathy (DN). Previous studies showed that hypertensive conditions alone or in ...

Learning Objectives: After reading this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Describe the pathogenesis of pyogenic spontaneous spondylodiscitis in children and adults. 2. Describe the clinical presentation, ...