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Filter by:Develop reliable methods for functional assessment, for both balance and trunk strength, of Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) patients and create a first clinical and normative database 1. Compare functionality of ASD and control subjects 2. Relate functionality of ASD patients to their pathology, in terms of spinal deformity and muscle condition
A clinical study evaluating outcomes for patients with spinal deformity.
Kimmerle's anomaly is a bony bridge over the posterior arch of the first cervical vertebra that forms a bony ring. The vertebral artery passes through the opening. This bone bridge could theoretically be an extravasal compression of the artery and disrupt the normal blood flow to the brain. Evaluating the data of X-ray methods, determine the frequency of occurrence and types of Kimmerle anomaly.
End-tidal CO2 measurements in children will be assessed for their accuracy with arterial CO2 measurements.
Congenital vascular anomalies are uncommon and belong to the group of rare diseases.These vascular malformations can cause serious complications including obstruction of vital organs and their function, recurrent infection and significantly reduced quality of life of persons affected.Treatment options range from conservative to surgical extirpation or intralesional embolisation/sclerosis. Unfortunately, this is often not enough. Many patients still have complaints like severe pain and invalidation due to the lymphatic or venous malformation making a normal functional life impossible. Recent case reports mention the positive effects of refractory patients with Sirolimus. Sirolimus, also known as rapamycin, is currently the only FDA-approved mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor.
The project aims toward clarifying the underlying mechanism and the long-term impact of congenital heart disease on neurodevelopment.
ExoDent specifically aims to discover new genes and new mutations causing isolated amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) and dentinogenesis imperfecta (DI) and other dentin anomalies. The key point for clinicians is to distinguish between non syndromic and syndromic disorders in order to improve patients guidance and counseling. To do so, two targeted NGS panel have been designed, one searching for isolated AI and the other for DI. After 18 months, some families remain without any positive results. ExoDent project proposes those negative patients a Whole Exome Sequencing (WES) approach to deeper explore their genetic background.
This project is a single blind cluster randomized controlled trial with a purpose of assessing the effectiveness of a comprehensive tertiary interventions (before pregnancy, during pregnancy and after delivery) on the incidence and the clinical outcomes of birth defects in a preparing-for-pregancy population in Shanghai. The preconception intervention is focused on identifying individuals whose red blood cell folate level is below recommended level for preventing neural tube defects (400ng/ml) or with elevated homocysteine level (over th 80th percentiles, 6.8 µmol/L) , and modifying their folate deficiency status to normal before pregnancy.
A new endovascular route for the treatment of brain AVMs may be possible in some cases: Trans-Venous Embolization (TVE). The technique uses microcatheters to navigate to the draining veins of AVM, to reach and then fill the AVM nidus retrogradely with liquid embolic agents until the lesion is occluded. This technique has the potential to improve on some of the problems with the arterial approach to AVM embolization, such as a low overall occlusion rate. However, by occluding the vein first, and filling the lesion with the embolic agent in a retrograde fashion, the method transgresses a widely held dogma in the surgical or endovascular treatment of AVMs: to preserve the draining vein until all afferent vessels have been occluded. Nevertheless, the initial case series have shown promising results, with high occlusion rates, and few technical complications. The method is increasingly used in an increasing number of centers, but there is currently no research protocol to guide the use of this promising but still experimental treatment in a prudent fashion. Care trials can be designed to offer such an experimental treatment, taking into account the best medical interests of patients, in the presence of rapidly evolving indications and techniques.
The objective of this project is to obtain prospective, multi-center, long term (10 year) clinical data on the Vanguard Rocc knee prosthesis. Patient and knee function will be collected along with knee stability, the knee motion, functional recuperation, radiographic and survivorship data.