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Root canal therapy (RCT) is indicated once the pulp is diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis. Despite favorable success rate reported for RCT in vital cases, it is time consuming, and might increases fracture susceptibility of teeth. With the advancement of materials and better understanding of pulpal healing, vital pulp therapy is practiced as an alternative treatment with high success rate. The aim of this study is to explore the outcome, quality of life and patient satisfaction after full pulpotomy compared to RCT.
Trial Design: This is a 12 week randomised controlled open label trial comparing the impact of Dapagliflozin, Metformin and combination therapy on vascular function in newly diagnosed T2DM patients.
The purpose of this clinical trial is to investigate on different types of patients the effects of 10 sessions of whole-body cryostimulation (WBC): 1) in patients with obesity (BMI > 30), we want to investigate whether WBC increases thermogenesis, basal metabolic rate (BMR), respiratory quotient (which indirectly provides an estimate of energy substrate oxidation), reduces chronic inflammatory status, fatigue and pain, and improves functional abilities and general physical capacity; 2) in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, we want to investigate the reduction of pain, inflammatory status, increase in functional abilities and general physical abilities functional status and an improvement in mood; 3) in neurological patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and Disimmune Polyneuropathies, the effects of WBC on pain, fatigue, and sleep quality are to be investigated; 4) in normal/overweight (BMI<30 kg/m2) subjects, the effects of WBC on all parameters described previously for the other protocols are to be investigated. Specifically, for all enrolled subjects, we want to assess blood catecholamine levels, investigate the effects of sympathetic response on body composition, blood pressure, heart rate, lipid profile, and physical performance. Three hundred patients admitted for a rehabilitation program (diet + physiotherapy + exercise) will be non-randomly assigned to either a group following the program (R) or a group additionally receiving ten 2-3 minute WBC sessions at -110°C over two weeks (RWBC).
This will be a phase III randomized trial of advanced gall bladder cancers. 140 patients will be randomized. Randomisation will be on a 1:1 ratio between the experimental arm and the control arm. Observation Arm : 6 cycles of Chemotherapy with Gemcitabine and Cisplatin will be followed by observation Chemotherapy followed by Chemo-radiotherapy Arm (CTRT): 6 cycles of Chemotherapy with Gemcitabine and Cisplatin will be followed by Concurrent Chemo-radiation with capecitabine (experimental arm).
Children have considerable plasticity of the visual system during the formation and maturation of various visual functions at different ages. Congenital cataracts are the leading cause of treatable blindness in children. With the continuous improvement of surgical approaches and surgical techniques, the success rate of congenital cataract surgery has been significantly improved clinically, and the visual function of children has been significantly improved after surgery. However, to date, there has been no experimental study of specific changes in the brain before and after surgery in children with congenital cataracts to explore its relationship with visual reconstruction. We aim to investigate the effects of congenital cataract surgery on the brain function and structure of children through preoperative and postoperative analysis and comparison of brain imaging such as BOLD-fMRI and DTI, and provide new ideas for the clinical treatment and prognostic assessment of this disease.
Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is a common disease that is frequently complicated by hyperinflation. The resulting increase in lung volume impairs the diaphragmatic function because of a shortening of the diaphragmatic fibers and an increase in the radius of curvature of the diaphragmatic domes. Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) has already shown an improvement in diaphragmatic function that could be explained by a change of the diaphragm conformation. More recently, endoscopic lung volume reduction (ELVR) has shown benefits in terms of respiratory function, exercise capacity and quality of life, but the mechanisms of these improvements are poorly understood. Therefore, we aim to evaluate the evolution of the diaphragmatic function and the changes in diaphragmatic conformation after unilateral ELVR.
This is a study involving exome sequencing and immune profiling of matched tissue and blood samples from patients with both high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions and anal squamous cell carcinoma. This is a collaborative project between Imperial College London and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), investigating the genetic predeterminants for the progression of anal HSIL to SCC as well as the immunogenetic profile of these conditions will be beneficial for risk stratification (with respect to identifying those individuals with anal HSIL most likely to progress to invasive disease), the identification of potential new drug targets and will add to our understanding of how the tumour microenvironment may influence treatment response and disease recurrence of both anal HSIL and SCC.
The purpose of this study is to preliminarily explore the metastatic rate and clinical significance of the anterior leaf of vesicouterine ligament resection for early stage cervical cancer, so as to further improve the postoperative quality of life of patients and reduce the incidence of postoperative urinary complications.
Atherosclerosis and its complications are a global problem. There are several widely known and proven risk factors that promotes atherogenesis in the majority of patients. However, significant proportion of apparently healthy and young patients with cardiovascular disease but yet without recognized atherogenesis promoting risk factors can be observed in clinical practice. It highlights the need of new risk markers for early atherosclerosis diagnostics to prevent serious cardiovascular complications in these patients and in population in general. The interest in the negative impact of genetic variance, gene regulation on atherogenesis is growing. Therefore the purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of genetic variance and microRNA expression on early atherosclerosis development in the population of young, apparently healthy patients with coronary atherosclerosis. The primary hypothesis is that the group of patients with premature atherosclerosis have common genetic variations promoting early atherosclerosis development. The secondary hypothesis is that specific circulating microRNA expression (miR-126, miR-145 and miR-155) correlate with plaque lipid core by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) analysis.
This is retrospective study that will be done in Cardiothoracic surgery department in Assuit university hospitals for one year duration aiming to compare minimal invasive technique to conventional median sternotomy for mitral valve surgery regarding early postoperative outcomes and pain