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INTRODUCTION:
Chronic venous disease (CVD) is one of the most common pathologies in the general population of adults in both industrialized and developing countries.1 the most severe form of CVD is venous ulceration with an overall prevalence of about 1 % in the adult population, which increases
Participants were chosen from the control group of the Genetics of the Atherosclerotic Disease (GEA, for its initials in Spanish) study, performed at the Institute National of Cardiology "Ignacio Chávez" in Mexico City, Mexico. The protocol was approved by the Research and Ethics Committee of the
Introduction and background information Chronic venous disease is one of the most common diseases in the western world and worldwide with a prevalence of 83,6%. It is a chronic progressive disease, which causes a significant burden on health systems, treatment and care of these patients.
There are
Purpose and background Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Danish women, and has an average of 4,750 new cases a year (1). Patients treated for early (non-metastatic) breast cancer (EBC) comprise, due to earlier diagnosis and improved treatment, a large and growing group of cancer survivors.
Patients: Patients with upper and lower gastrointestinal cancer for planned resectional surgery will be recruited. Patients will be identified by the clinical team at the relevant multidisciplinary team meeting and then approached for study information and consent in the surgical clinic.
GOALS
1. General Check the effectiveness of physical therapy applied to the pelvic floor muscles used as an adjunct to standard treatment (amitriptyline hydrochloride) on the improvement of symptoms of vulvodynia.
2. Specific
Check and compare in women with vulvodynia before and after being randomly
Following institutional ethical committee approval, 20 morbidly obese (BMI>40) and 20 non-obese (BMI < 30) parturients undergoing elective low segment cesarean section (LSCS) delivery under spinal subarachnoid block will be recruited into the study. A written informed consent will be obtained from
Study design: open-label, randomized controlled study Study duration: 16 weeks (8 active treatment + 8 follow-up)
At baseline, after 8 and 16 weeks the following evaluations will be assessed: general physical examination and anthropometric parameters i.e., body weight (BW), height, BMI, and waist
- All patients will undergo a laparoscopic gastrectomy for their gastric cancer (proved to be stage I or II) or benign gastric neoplasm by preoperative screening diagnostic procedure. They will receive laparoscopic gastrectomy as follows: (1) wedge resection, subtotal or total gastrectomy with or
Vitamin D has a range of biological effects of public health relevance (Prentice et al, 2008). Besides its well known role in mineralization of bone and teeth, vitamin D also play important roles in metabolic functions, the pathogenesis of certain diseases, e.g. type 1 diabetes, celiac disease,
In a placebo-controlled double-blind randomized trial, 20 otherwise healthy morbidly obese patients scheduled for bariatric surgery, and 20 otherwise healthy gallstone patients will be administered 25 mg/day INT-747 or placebo for three weeks until the day before surgery. Serum from days 1 and 21
Aortic stenosis (AS) is common valvular disorder, affecting 2% to 4% of adults older than 65 years. It is gradually but constantly progressive disease whit a long asymptomatic phase, but once symptoms develop, the prognosis is poor.
Currently, treatment strategy is focused mainly to watchful