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Category: 2010
Growth factors in orthopedic surgery
Growth factors have represented an essential issue of interest for the researchers and clinicians in orthopedics and trauma over the last 40 years. In the last 10 to 15 years, the advances registered in this field have permitted...
The therapeutic attitude in distal radial Salter and Harris type Ⅰ and Ⅱ fractures in children
Introduction: Salter Harris Fractures type, especially type Ⅰ and Ⅱ are treated by orthopedic reduction in the emergency room or operating room, under general anesthesia, followed by plaster immobilization....
Pancreatic cancer presenting with paraneoplastic thrombophlebitis–case report
Context. The complex of symptoms in pancreatic cancer is vague, which often delays presentation and diagnosis. Thrombophlebitis is an unusual presentation of pancreatic cancer, which appears more frequent in the cancer of the...
Erythrodermic atopic dermatitis with late onset–case presentation
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory disease, usually associated with a personal or family history of atopic diseases such as AD, allergic rhinitis or asthma that most commonly arise in childhood and present with elevated...
Evaluation of successful treatment in achalasia with timed barium esophagogram: revisiting an old friend
Achalasia is a rare idiopathic, primary esophageal motility disorder. Pharmacologic, endoscopic and surgical methods are used in its treatment. The efficiency of the treatment is generally based on clinical...
Laparoscopically treated pancreatic insulinoma. Case report
Usually, insulinomas are small sized, insulin secreting, benign tumors of the pancreas, and require surgical treatment. We report the case of a female patient, of 61 years old, with pancreatic insulinoma localized in the...
Arterial hypertension management with conversion enzyme inhibitors in hemodialysis patients
By establishing the renal suppletion procedure, the patients with chronic renal failure also have an acceleration of arterial hypertension phenomena. The management of this situation calls for the understanding of the...