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Dental implants are usually considered an alternative treatment option to replace lost teeth in edentulous patients. The rate of implant placement in regions more difficult to rehabilitate has increased with the increase in the success of osseointegration and survival. However, besides
Uveitic macular edema (UME) is one of the commonest and severest complications of chronic uveitis, and is also one of the important causes of permanent vision loss in uveitis. The pathophysiological mechanism of UME remains unclear, but was thought to be caused by damages of internal/external
Office hysteroscopy (OH) and endometrial biopsy (EMB) is increasingly performed for evaluation of various gynecologic conditions. It has replaced traditional dilatation and curettage for evaluation of intrauterine pathology. It is more acceptable to most women as it is quick, safe and cost effective
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction that results from the dysregulated host response to an infection. Accumulating knowledge suggests that this dysregulated host response has a broad spectrum where some patients lie to the two extremes of this spectrum whereas the majority of patients lie
Globally, over 4 million babies die within the first 4 weeks of life and a third of these are secondary to pre-term birth. In the United States, pre-term birth is the second leading cause of neonatal mortality. The US pre-term birth (<37 weeks) rate rose to 12.8% in 2006, an increase of 21% since
With the development of society, aged population is growing. The number of the aged people over 60 years old now reaches to 130 million. Hip fracture is the most common disease for aged people. According to Britain's statistical data of hip fracture, the average age of males who have hip fracture is
Patients between the ages of 40 to 90 years of age, that have been diagnosed with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension,including pseudo-exfoliation and pigmentary glaucoma with definitive glaucomatous optic disk cupping and/or glaucomatous visual field loss, who have been receiving a stable
Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) is defined as rupture of the chorioamniotic membranes before the onset of labor prior to 37 weeks of gestation. The etiology of PPROM is not well understood but likely to be multifactorial. Although the underlying mechanism of PPROM is unknown, some
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Misoprostol, a prostaglandin analogue, is principally used to prevent peptic ulcer disease induced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents .It has been shown to induce second trimester abortion .However , the optimal regimen has not been determined .Studies have used doses ranging 200-
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide: the mortality rate of lung cancer exceeds that of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. Former heavy smokers retain an elevated risk for lung cancer even years after they stop smoking. Given the large number of current and
1. Breast Cancer
The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be approximately 215,990 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in women during 2004 in the United States. Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer death in
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