2010 February - 10 articles
Radiofrequency ablation is one of the alternatives in the management of liver tumors, especially in patients who are not candidates for surgery. The aim of this article is to review applicability of radiofrequency ablation achieving complete tumor de...
Age-related macular degeneration affects the macula and is the leading cause of significant and irreversible central visual loss. It is the most common cause of visual loss in people older than 60 years. The pathogenesis of age-related macular degene...
Objectives. The aim of this study was to identify the predictors of the postreperfusion mode of death using the distinctions in clinical characteristics of patients who died and survived after reperfusion therapy, treated due to ST-elevation myocardi...
A 54-year-old man was admitted to the Sleep Laboratory, Hospital of Kaunas University of Medicine, for assessment of nocturnal seizures of unknown origin during sleep. This patient complained of increasing daytime sleepiness, morning headaches. Befor...
Type III longitudinal deficiency of tibia according to Kalamchi and Dawe denotes the presence of distal hypoplasia of the tibia with diastasis. We report a case of type III longitudinal deficiency of the tibia in a female patient who later underwent...
The objective of the study was to assess changes in body composition, blood lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in 18–24-year-old women during the period of two-month aerobic cycling training.
Material and methods. Young, healthy, nonsmoking women (...
The objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalence and severity of early childhood caries (ECC) and severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) in 3-year-old Lithuanian children. The impact of selected behavioral risk factors on the devel...
Policistinių kiaušidžių sindromas (PKS) yra viena svarbiausių reprodukcinio amžiaus moterų endokrininių metabolinių ligų, lemianti androgenų perteklių, mėnesinių ciklo sutrikimus, nevaisingumą, nutukimą ir kitus organizmo pokyčius. Įvairių autorių du...
Objective. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between bone mineral density in the calcaneus measured using the dual x-ray and laser osteodensitometry technique and bone mineral density in the mandible calculated using the panorami...
Tyrimo tikslas. Išnagrinėti pleuros empiemos ir komplikuoto parapneumoninio pleurito priežastis ir rizikos veiksnius.
Tirtųjų kontingentas ir tyrimo metodai. Ištirta 120 ligonių, sirgusių pleuros empiema (n=67) ir komplikuotu parapneumoniniu pleuritu...
