Neville Birk

BACKGROUND A pressure wire offers a dynamic tool to assist in the measurement of the pressure gradient and assessment of the functional significance of stenosis. The author presents a patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension who was diagnosed with cerebral venous sinus stenosis (CVSS). Venography accompanied by pressure measurement was…[Read more]

BACKGROUND Breast augmentation in primary or secondary patients with long lower pole lengths but appropriately sited nipples is at high risk of “bottoming out” following surgery. The lower pole mastopexy-augmentation (LPMA) was developed to correct long lower pole lengths or preempt bottoming out in breasts deemed at risk, avoiding the requirement…[Read more]

Biofilm formation may increase the risk of re-infection in culture systems and this lifestyle favours the transmission of genetic material, which has implications for the dissemination of antibiotic-resistance genes and demonstrates the need for enhanced disease prevention measures against atypical A. salmonicida.

This systematic review and…[Read more]

The aim of this systematic review is to compare immediate implant placement in infected extraction sockets with non-infected extraction sockets in terms of implant survival and function.

An electronic search was conducted in PubMed, ScienceDirect, ISI Web of Knowledge and Google Scholar between January 2010 and February 2020. Studies…[Read more]

Characterisation of this model was performed by gene and protein expression for key markers of WD, in addition to immunohistochemical analysis and electron microscopy. We found changes in keeping with WD in vivo upregulation of repair program protein CJUN, downregulation of myelin protein genes and subsequent disorganisation and breakdown of…[Read more]

51, p = 0.01). Our findings indicated that high concentrations of exposure to Ce in e-waste dismantling site could have sustained effects on the DNA methylation in blood although the e-waste industry had been closed for 2 years. Diabetes is a major public health problem globally, and heat exposure may be a potential risk factor for death among…[Read more]