Posterior Transpedicular Dynamic Stabilization versus Total Disc Replacement in the Treatment of Lumbar Painful Degenerative Disc Disease: A Comparison of Clinical Results by Tunc Oktenoglu, Ali Fahir Ozer, Mehdi Sasani, Yaprak Ataker, Cengiz Gomleksiz, Irfan Celebi

“…The mean age of the patients in total disc prosthesis group was 37,32 years. The mean age of the patients in posterior dynamic transpedicular stabilization was 43,08. …”
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Beyond Humanoid Prosthetic Hands: Modular Terminal Devices That Improve User Performance by Digby Chappell, Barry Mulvey, Shehara Perera, Fernando Bello, Petar Kormushev, Nicolas Rojas

“…Experimental results from these devices demonstrate that, versus a humanoid prosthesis, non-humanoid prosthesis design dramatically improves task performance, reduces user compensatory movement, and reduces task load. …”
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Long-Term Biostability of Pet Vascular Prostheses by Florence Dieval, Foued Khoffi, Riaz Mir, Walid Chaouch, Didier Le Nouen, Nabil Chakfe, Bernard Durand

“…We characterized their level of degradation by comparing them with a virgin prosthesis and carried out physicochemical and mechanical analyses. …”
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Temporomandibular Joint Pain due to Osteochondroma of the Mandibular Condyle by Jerome A. Lindeboom, Jean Pierre T. F. Ho, Naomi Donner, Jan de Lange

“…Here, we report a case of a 32-year-old woman treated by condylectomy and secondary reconstruction with a temporomandibular joint prosthesis.…”
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Osseointegrated Transcutaneous Device for Amputees: A Pilot Large Animal Model by Brian T. Grisez, Andrew E. Hanselman, Karim W. Boukhemis, Trapper A. J. Lalli, Brock A. Lindsey

“…No fractures occurred in the shorter internal prosthesis group. There was no histological evidence of infection and none of the transcutaneous adapters failed. …”
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Bone-Implant Contact around Crestal and Subcrestal Dental Implants Submitted to Immediate and Conventional Loading by Ana Emília Farias Pontes, Fernando Salimon Ribeiro, Giovanna Iezzi, Juliana Rico Pires, Elizangela Partata Zuza, Adriano Piattelli, Elcio Marcantonio Junior

“…In addition, each hemimandible was submitted to a loading protocol: immediate (prosthesis installed 24 hours after implantation) or conventional (prosthesis installed 120 days after implantation). …”
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Evaluation of the Accuracy of Intraoral Digital Impression Systems and CAD and CAM Workflows for Fabricating Dental Prostheses by Ojas Anand Gajbhiye, M. Pradeep Reddy, Md. Imran, Nikhita Narayanan, Praveen Gangadharappa, Harisha Dewan

“…Background: Dental prosthesis manufacturing has undergone a radical change with the introduction of intraoral digital impression technologies and computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD and CAM) processes. …”
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Pirogow’s Amputation: A Modification of the Operation Method by M. Bueschges, T. Muehlberger, K. L. Mauss, J. C. Bruck, C. Ottomann

“…Although this method offers the ability to stay mobile without the use of a prosthesis, it is rarely performed. This paper proposes a modification regarding the operation method of the Pirogow amputation. …”
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THE EFFECT OF RETENTION FORMS ON ACRYLIC BASE SURFACES ON ADHESIVE STRENGTH OF DENTURE RELINER MATERIALS by Endang Prawesthi, Handoko Tirta, Rahmaniawati Rahmaniawati

“…Background: Acrylic prosthesis that are used for a long time are often not sticky anymore and easy off. …”
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Prevalence of Peri-Implant Mucositis and Peri-Implantitis in Patients Treated with a Combination of Axial and Tilted Implants Supporting a Complete Fixed Denture by Nicolò Cavalli, Stefano Corbella, Silvio Taschieri, Luca Francetti

“…The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the incidence and prevalence of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis in patients with a fixed full-arch prosthesis supported by two axial and two tilted implants. …”
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Fatigue Characteristics and Numerical Modelling Prosthetic for Chopart Amputation by Saif M. Abbas, Ammar I. Kubba

“…These properties have been used to design and manufacture a socket for a partial foot prosthesis using an ANSYS model. This socket was manufactured with a vacuum pressure device to improve its properties. …”
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A Trend for Increased Risk of Revision Surgery due to Deep Infection following Fast-Track Hip Arthroplasty by Einar Amlie, Anners Lerdal, Caryl L. Gay, Øystein Høvik, Lars Nordsletten, Sigbjørn Dimmen

“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether selected demographic (age and sex) and clinical (body mass index, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification, surgery duration, length of hospital stay, cemented versus uncemented prosthesis, and fast-track procedures) factors were associated with higher risk of revision surgery due to deep infection following THA. …”
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Comparison of the clinical efficacy of lateral versus medial unicondylar replacement for unicompartmental osteoarthritis of the knee: a meta-analysis by Haowei Bai, Pengyu Liu, Hao Li, Jiaju Yang, Zhitong Li, Qidong Guo, Min Zhang

“…Conclusion Our findings indicate no significant differences in functional outcomes, pain relief, aseptic loosening, progression of contralateral arthritis, or prosthesis survival between lateral and medial UKA. …”
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The Conventional Non-Articulated SACH or a Multiaxial Prosthetic Foot for Hypomobile Transtibial Amputees? A Clinical Comparison on Mobility, Balance, and Quality of Life by Francesco Paradisi, Anna Sofia Delussu, Stefano Brunelli, Marco Iosa, Roberto Pellegrini, Daniele Zenardi, Marco Traballesi

“…Balance performances were assessed using Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and analysing upper body accelerations during gait. Moreover, the Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ) was performed to indicate the prosthesis-related quality of life. …”
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REHABILITATION EFFECT OF CORRECTION OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY FOR PROSTATE CANCER by A. T. Asratov, I. V. Vinogradov, B. R. Gvasaliya, A. A. Kachmazov, A. G. Kochetov, Yu. V. Samsonov, N. V. Sitnikov, A. O. Tolkachev, A. A. Kostin

“…In the long-term postoperative period (2–3 years) patients (n = 30) with an ED stand, who wanted to restore sexual function, were installed a 3-component prosthesis of the penis. The comparison group consisted of 38 patients, examined 3 years after RPE. …”
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Tibiofemoral Joint Contact Force Estimation Based on OpenSim Musculoskeletal Modeling by WANG Xiaoling, JIAN Jiawei, XIE Qiurong, LIAN Zhanghui, GUO Chunming, GUO Jiemei, LI Yurong

“…The effectiveness of the musculoskeletal model established in this study is verified by comparing the model estimation results with the measurement results of the implanted prosthesis.ResultsThe average correlation between the estimated contact force and the measured value of medial, lateral, and total contact force were 0.921±0.079, 0.817±0.084, and 0.930±0.066, and the average root square error were 0.336±0.146 BW, 0.332±0.146 BW, and 0.442±0.160 BW. …”
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Evaluation of prostheses retained zygomatic and dental implants in large defects in the maxilla due to tumors or major trauma by biomechanical 3- dimensional finite element analysi... by Hatice Yemenoglu, Melek Beder, Murat Yaylacı, Ayberk Dizdar, Murat Alkurt, Muhammed Enes Naralan, Ecren Uzun Yaylacı, Mehmet Emin Özdemir, Şevval Öztürk, Zeynep Yeşil

“…Abstract Background Zygomatic implants are becoming an ideal treatment approach for implant-supported prosthesis treatment developed for the atrophic maxilla. …”
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Absceso Cerebral Debido a Embolización Sistémica by Catarina Cabral, Inês Santos, Joana Tavares, Joana Vaz

“…The authors present a case of a patient with a heart valve prosthesis for aortic stenosis and a brain abscess due to systemic embolization from subacute endocarditis.…”
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Replacement of Missing Anterior Teeth in a Patient with Temporomandibular Disorder by Satheesh B. Haralur, Omar Saeed Al-Shahrani

“…Occlusal interference is considered as contributing factor to temporomandibular disorder (TMD) symptoms. Prosthesis design should eliminate deleterious tooth contacts. …”
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Autoinflammatory/Autoimmunity Syndrome Induced By Adjuvants (ASIA) Due to Silicone Incompatibility Syndrome by Genessis Maldonado, Roberto Guerrero, Maria Intriago, Carlos Rios

“…We present the first report in Ecuador associated to ASIA after an elective silicone breast prosthesis procedure, manifested as polyarthralgia, positive antinuclear antibody, anticentromere antibody, and a moderate positive Sclero-70.…”
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