Osseointegrated implants for prosthetic rehabilitation after treatment of cancer of the oral cavity.
Abstract: The treatment of oral cancer usually involves extensive resection of the mandible, excision of oro-facial soft tissue and often radiotherapy. This causes difficulty in the subsequent oral rehabilitation. The present paper reports our experience with implant...
Implant-supported prostheses after maxillary cancer resection: preliminary report.
Abstract: A preliminary study of 4 partial maxillectomy patients who received a total of 17 endosseous implants and implant-supported prostheses after oral cancer resection is reported. The masticatory function index (chewing efficiency) after implant placement was...
Thirty years of Medical Research Council randomized trials in solid tumours.
Abstract: This paper reviews the survival outcome from the randomized Phase III trials in solid tumours published on behalf of, or in collaboration with, the Cancer Therapy Committee (CTC) of the British Medical Research Council over a 30-year period to 31 December...
Hyperbaric oxygen enhances the effects of meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) on energy metabolism and lipid peroxidation in the human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-BE(2C).
Abstract: In this paper we report the effects of the combination of MIBG (a structural analogue of norepinephrine, used in its radio iodinated form for the diagnosis and therapy of neuroblastoma) and hyperbaric oxygen on the human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-BE(2c)....
[The treatment of a complex regional pain syndrome].
Abstract: 35 patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) were treated by hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) and caffetin preparation. A significant decrease of pain was observed in all the patients after the treatment course. Intensity of pain was diminished...
[Anaerobic infections of the soft tissues].
Abstract: Anaerobic soft tissue infections are still life threatening infections. Although their frequency is actually moderate; they remain severe because physicians are often insufficiently aware of them. Although the classification between myonecrosis and...
Peptostreptococcal myonecrosis of extraperitoneal origin–a life-threatening complication of pelvic ring disruption.
Abstract: This report illustrates the clinical and pathological findings of anaerobic streptococcal myonecrosis following extraperitoneal rectal injury in a 28-year-old patient with traumatic pelvic ring disruption. Four days following admission, the patient underwent...
Nonsurgical modalities to enhance healing and care of soft tissue wounds.
Abstract: The rapidly aging population and patients with multiple concomitant pathologies present an increasing population of patients with nonhealing and problem wounds causing an unwelcome challenge for all health care providers. Many of these patients are not...
[Anaerobic infections of the soft tissues].
Abstract: Anaerobic soft tissue infections are still life threatening infections. Although their frequency is actually moderate; they remain severe because physicians are often insufficiently aware of them. Although the classification between myonecrosis and...