The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of balloon kyphoplasty (BK) in the
management of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). This study is based on a systematic …

Background Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has gained popularity in the
treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, its role versus other conventional …

Background Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) constitutes a major clinical problem. Minimally
invasive therapies for the treatment of symptomatic BPH include Transurethral Needle …

… However, patients enrolled additionally had to meet all of the following five sepsis criteria
within 24 hrs of each other: a) definitive clinical evidence to support a presumptive diagnosis of …

Objective: To determine how frequently life support is withheld or withdrawn from adult critically
ill patients, and how physicians and patients families agree on the decision regarding the …

… While the optimal growth temperature of tongue sole is 22C, 58 it is 18C for the turbot.
Furthermore, turbot exhibits a high growth rate between 13 and 20C, 59 thus showing better …

Background Although severe sepsis constitutes an important burden for healthcare systems,
there is limited nationwide data on its epidemiology in European countries. Our objective …

BACKGROUND: Unplanned endotracheal extubation (UE) is recognized as the most common
airway adverse event in the intensive care unit (ICU). OBJECTIVES: We examined the …

… very low or no significant genetic differentiation was previously reported in turbot (Bouza …
data with Joinmap 3.0 and by following the methodology previously reported (Bouza …

… Bouza (2008) considered the mean estimation when some observations are missing using
product type estimators. Bouza (… Bouza (2010) considered the mean estimation using RSS in …