Orbital fractures are common fractures of the midface. As such, numerous techniques and
materials exist for the repair of this region, each with inherent advantages and disadvantages. …

Purpose: Infection rates following median sternotomy vary between 0.2% and 10%. These
cases are associated with morbidity and mortality rates between 10% and 25% and 5% and …

Study Design. A prospective clinical study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of
paraspinous muscle flaps in preventing and managing cerebrospinal fluid fistulas in high-risk …

Infant acute leukemia (IAL) frequently involves breakage and recombination of the MLL
gene with one of several potential partner genes. These gene fusions arise in utero and are …

Theoretical studies have shown that under unorthodox assumptions on preferences and
production technologies, collateral constraints can act as a powerful amplification and …

Introduction Cervical cancer is characterized by an immunosuppressive microenvironment
and a Th2-type cytokine profile. Expression of arginase (ASE), the enzyme that converts l-…

BACKGROUND: Flap failure is a major complication in reconstructive plastic surgery. One
of the most frequent etiologies of flap failure is venous thrombosis. However, infrequent …

The city size distribution in many countries is remarkably well described by a Pareto distribution.
We derive conditions that standard urban models must satisfy in order to explain this …

Background European (E) variants of HPV 16 are evenly distributed among world regions,
meanwhile Non-European variants such as European-Asian (EAs), Asian American (AA) and …

To achieve a general agreement in relation to a specific proposal, members of a community
must participate in the formal consensus process. This paper describes a web-based system …