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Soft tissue volume loss acquired through trauma, congenital malformation or comorbid conditions (i.e., HIV/AIDS) is a common and sometimes devastating problem. Traditional therapies include local tissue transfer, allograft placement, and complex scar revision techniques. Recently, autologous fat

Transesophageal echocardiography is commonly used during cardiac surgery. Main reasons for its use are the evaluation of cardiac function and valve morphology previous to and after cardiac surgery. Complications of transesophageal echocardiography are rare (1,2%). Described complications may involve

Definition : Ascites is the pathologic fluid accumulation within the peritoneal cavity . causes of ascites in infants and children : - Hepatobiliary disorders (cirrhosis, congenital hepatic fibrosis, acute hepatitis B,C ,Budd -chiari syndrome, Bile duct perforation) - Serositis (crohn's disease,

Breast reconstruction (BR) is commonly requested following mastectomy, and recent measures have been taken to ensure patient access is universal. Transferring autologous tissue from the abdomen using microvascular surgical techniques provides a reliable reconstruction method with high levels of

Objectives: - Principal: Study the distal arterial infusion in a patient population with mixed ulcers under compression leg with little elastic bands - Secondary: To evaluate the safety of the little compression elastic band in a mixed population of patients with leg ulcers Methodology : - Study

One hundred and twenty (120) subjects who are Fitzpatrick Skin Type V-VI, and have a suitable treatment area for hair removal will be evaluated in this study. Each subject will receive six treatments at four to six week intervals upon re-growth of hair and return for follow-up visits at one, three

Study visits and parameters to be measured All visits in this study will be performed at the University of California, San Diego Dermatology Clinic, 3rd floor, 8899 University Center Ln., San Diego, California 92109. Baseline Visit and Laser exposures (Visit 1) This visit is expected to take

1.0 Background While atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia requiring therapy, it is also associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, dementia, and death. The number of Americans affected with AF is expected to surge to nearly 16

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the most important epidemic encephalitis worldwide, causing approximately 35-50,000 cases and 10-15,000 deaths annually. Half of the survivors have severe neuropsychiatric sequelae, posing a large socio-economic burden on communities that can ill afford it. JE virus

Participants (both cohort 1 and 2) received 3 injections of CYD dengue vaccine. Participants (Cohort 1) received rabies vaccine at Month 0 and placebo at 6 and 12 months. Participants (cohort 2) received placebo at 0, 6, and 12 months. Dengue cases were collected for assessment of efficacy during