Impact of position of bolster on outcome of prone PCNL—A randomized clinical trial by Vikram Singh, Ishwar Ram Dhayal, Sanjeet Kumar Singh, Alok Srivastava, Nandan Rai

“…Four patients in group 1 and five patients in group 2 underwent ancillary procedure for clearance of residual stones. …”
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The Effect of Local Melatonin Application on Bone Fracture Healing in Rat Tibias by Murat Tanrisever, Bahar Tekin, Umit Koray Can, Ozmen Istek, Erhan Cahit Ozcan, Ibrahim H. Ozercan, Turker Gelic, Serkan Dundar

“…In the local melatonin dose 1 (MLT D-1) group (<i>n</i> = 10), a fracture line was created in the tibial bones, and 1.2 mg of lyophilized powder melatonin was applied locally before fracture osteosynthesis. …”
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Specific Activity of Lactate Dehydrogenase in Muscle and Liver Tissues of Rats Exposed to Intermittent Hypobaric Hypoxia by Syarifah Dewi, Adiba Nur Ashri Ramadhani, Khoiriyyah Amalia Az-zahra, Wardaya Wardaya

“…Twenty-five Wistar rats were divided into five groups: one control group and four hypobaric hypoxia (HH) exposure groups consisting of group 1 (1× HH), group 2 (2× HH), group 3 (3× HH), and group 4 (4× HH) with a range of 7 days between exposure. …”
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Impact of Flexor Tendon Traction Tenolysis on Clinical Outcomes in Open A1 Pulley Release for Trigger Finger by Shalimar Abdullah, BMBS, MS, Syed Jeffrey Syed Ahmad Kabeer, MBChB, MD, Lim Chia Hua, MD, Jamari Sapuan, MD, MS, Parminder Singh Gill, MBBS, MS, Elaine Soh Zi Fan, MBBS, MD

“…Two patients in group I experienced wound infections, which resolved with a week-long course of antibiotics. …”
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Results of surgical treatment of patients with acute destructive diverticulitis of the colon using minimally invasive technologies by O.B. Tymchuk, S.L. Malinovskyi

“…The data of our study show that the overall proportion of patients with complications was higher in Group II – 20 (34.5%) compared to 6 (10.1%) in Group I (p=0.005). The application of diverse surgical methods did not notably impact the mortality rate, with 6 (10.3%) fatalities in Group II compared to 2 (3.6%) in Group I (p=0.2). …”
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The influence of zeranol on certain blood biochemical values of male lambs by Ahmet ACET, Muhtar TİFTİK, Bünyamin TRAŞ, Nuri BAŞPINAR

“…<p> Concentrations of glucose in Group I and Group II were higher than in Control. …”
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New Circumpapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Bruch’s Membrane Opening-Minimum Rim Width Assessment in Nonglaucomatous Eyes with Large Discs by Serife Bayraktar, Gulnar Sultanova, Zafer Cebeci, Emre Altinkurt, Belgin Izgi

“…The mean disc size was 3.06 ± 0.42 mm2 (range, 2.61–4.68) in Group 1 and 1.95 ± 0.23 mm2 (range, 1.6–2.43) in Group 2 (p=0.0001). …”
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Effects of smail volumes of blood, isotonic and hypertonic saline administrations on haematological parometers and electrolytes in experimentally induced haemorrhagic shock in dogs by Ercan Keskin, Mursayettin Eksen

“…On the other hand, the plasma sodium values, at 90th min s in group I,II,III and IV were determined to be 136. 6, 136.4, 136. …”
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Changes in hemodynamic parameters with different anaesthesia induction agents in elderly patients with coronary heart disease by A.R. Vitovskyi, O.A. Loskutov

“…At the fourth stage, a statistical difference between the groups was observed in MAP (74.87 ± 7.90 % in group 1 vs. 86.47 ± 6.07 % in group 2, p < 0.05), SVI (87.09 ± 5.30 % in group 1 vs. 108.21 ± 8.32 % in group 2, p < 0.05), ejection fraction (88.26 ± 3.58 % in group 1 vs. 106.89 ± 6.22 % in group 2, p < 0.05), CI (79.59 ± 10.11 % in group 1 vs. 108.29 ± 9.95 % in group 2, p < 0.05), systemic vascular resistance index (91.13 ± 9.34 % in group 1 vs. 77.86 ± 9.83 % in group 2, p < 0.05). …”
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Features of the Parameters of 24-Hours pH-Impedance and High-Resolution Esophageal Manometry in Patients with Barrett's Esophagus on Proton Pump Inhibitors by I. V. Maev, D. S. Bordin, E. V. Barkalova, M. A. Ovsepyan, E. R. Valitova, N. G. Kalashnikova, D. N. Andreev

“…The total number of reflux averaged 55 in group 1 and 106 in group 2. The average number of acid reflux in group 1 was 5.68, in group 2 — 48.5. …”
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Correlation of serum C - reactive protein with clinical parameters in diabetic patients having chronic periodontitis before and after treatment by Arkhawan Ali Abdulhaq, Ziwar Ahmed Salih, Solaf Abdulqadir Mustafa

“…The result also shows significant decrease in all the periodontal parameters and CRP level at base line as compared to 3months after treatment when group I was compared to group II while there was no significant change in the CRP level in group I and HBA1c in group II at base line as compared to 3months treatment. …”
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Intracardiac 3D navigation as a tool to improve the efficiency of ablation of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias by S. Yu. Prorok, M. M. Dolzhenko

“…Patients were divided into two groups. Group I included 30 (52.6 %) patients who used a 3D navigation system during mapping. …”
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Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure in Children with and without Fluoroscopy: A Comparison by S. Ackermann, D. Quandt, N. Hagenbuch, O. Niesse, M. Christmann, W. Knirsch, O. Kretschmar

“…Median weight (IQR) at intervention was 20kg (16.0-35.0) in group 1 versus 19.3kg (16.0-31.2) in group 2. Mean (SD) preinterventional ASD diameter was 12.4mm (4.4) in group 1 versus 12.2mm (3.9) in group 2. …”
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Intracorneal Stromal Ring Can Affect the Biomechanics of Ectatic Cornea by Shahram Bamdad, Mohammad Reza Sedaghat, Masoud Yasemi, Mehrnoosh Maalhagh

“…The mean ages of patients of groups I and II were 26 ± 6.55 and 33.86 ± 8.5, respectively. …”
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APICAL MICROLEAKAGE OF VARIOUS BIOMATERIALS IN SIMULATED IMMATURE APICES by Fatih Tulumbacı, Volkan Arıkan, Aylin Akbay Oba, İşıl Sönmez Şaroğlu

“…The difference between the leakage in Group I and II was statistically significant (p&lt;0.05), but the differences between other groups (Group I-III and Group II-III) were not (p &gt; 0.05).Conclusions:The findings of the present study suggest that MTA has the best sealing ability when used for the obturation of immature apices. …”
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Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Red Blood Cell and Hemoglobin in College Athletes with Exercise Fatigue by Shijing YOU, Feng JI, Furong HE, Boying TONG

“…Three groups received intensive training for two weeks, and the treatment group 1 and the treatment group 2 received TEAS one hour before exercise and one hour after exercise. …”
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Pathological findings in acute and chronic copper toxicity in rainbow trout (oncorhynchus mykiss, walbaum 1792) occurred by copper sulfate pentahydrate by Sema Öztürk, Hamdi Avcı

“…Copper sulphate pentahidrate was given 2 mg/L for a 5 days and 0.5 mg/L for a 21 days in Group I and III, respectively.<p> <b> Results:</b> Macroscopically, livers were swollen and had dark red color in Group I. …”
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Optimizing orthodontic anchorage: comparative evaluation of larger diameter, shorter length mini-implants for enhanced mechanical stability by Swapnil Junnarkar, Anand Sabane, Amol Patil, Meenal Tepan, Tanisha Rout, Sonakshi Sharma, Arati Gholap

“…Results: Torque tests - Group 2 mini-implants showed superior primary stability with higher MIT and MRT values compared to Group 1 and the conventional group implants. Lateral displacement tests - Group 2 mini-implants required significantly greater compressive force than those in Group 1 and the conventional group. …”
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Recipient synchronization with various prostaglandin f&lt;sub&gt;2&#945;&lt;/sub&gt; protocols for embryo transfer in cows by Mesut Kırbaş, Şükrü Dursun, Mehmet Köse, Bülent Bülbül, Mehmet Çolak, Hasan Mutlu

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> Injection-oestrus intervals and pregnancy rates were 56.13±4.37 h and 53.3%; 62.40±3.42 h and 46.7%; 70.75±3.08 h and 43.8% in groups I, II and III, respectively. Injection-oestrus interval was lower in Group I than in Group III (p<0.05) and was similar between groups I and II and groups II and III (p>0.05). …”
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A randomized controlled trial: Effects of compression therapy combined with exercise on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with breast cancer by Yu Xiaoqian, Hu Jiwei, Zhou Lizhi, Guo Baojia, Guo Luyan, Xu Huiqian, Li Hong, Fan Yijing

“…The rate of symptoms in both experimental groups after the intervention were lower than that in the control group (P < 0.001), and those in experimental group 2 were lower than those in experimental group 1 (P < 0.001). Scores regarding activities of daily living in the experimental groups were lower than those of the control group (P < 0.001), and lower in group 2 than in group 1 (P < 0.001). …”
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