IMPACT OF HLA-A-B-DR MATCHING IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: GRAFT AND PATIENT SURVIVAL DURING FIVE YEARS



Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis - a case report

The case reported here is an incidental Snack Bars finding of a specimen of lower three lumbar vertebrae with sacrum.It displayed ossification of anterolateral aspect of lower three lumbar vertebrae with sparing of intervertebral disc space.Para-articular osteophytosis was found at zygopophyseal (facet) joints, however ankylosis was absent at zygop

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Hypofractionated postoperative helical tomotherapy in prostate cancer: a mono-institutional report of toxicity and clinical outcomes

Francesco Cuccia,1,2 Gianluca Mortellaro,2 Vincenzo Serretta,3 Vito Valenti,1,2 Antonella Tripoli,1,2 Marina Gueci,1,2 Nicoletta Luca,1,2 Antonio Lo Casto,4 Giuseppe Ferrera2 1Radiation Oncology School, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; 2Radiation Oncology, ARNAS-Civico Hospital, Palermo, Italy; 3Section of Urology, Department of Surgical

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Evaluation of the physiological parameters, quality of sedation and reversal with the use of atipamezole in mules (Equus) sedated with dexmedetomidine

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the sedative, cardiorespiratory, and intestinal motility effects of dexmedetomidine administered intravenously in Stockings mules, before and after the use of the reversal agent.All animals were sedated with the recommended dose, with a significant decrease in HR until T30, returning to close to

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