COMBINATION TREATMENT FOR ANTERIOR FOOT DEFORMITIES VIA RECONSTRUCTIVE AND JOINT-SPARING SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

COMBINATION TREATMENT FOR ANTERIOR FOOT DEFORMITIES VIA RECONSTRUCTIVE AND JOINT-SPARING SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Objective: to define the role and place of joint-sparing surgical interventions into the anterior foot in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Subject and methods.Eighty-six patients, the majority (n = 84) of young and middle-aged women, mainly with minimal disease activity, late-stage RA, and moderate limitation of functional capacity were exam

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Carcass Percentage of Laying Ducks (Anas platyrhyncos) Supplemented by L-Arginine in Ration and Treated by L-Arginine In-Ovo Injection

This study aimed to measure the effect of L-Arginine supplementation in the ration of laying duck and in-ovo injection of L-Arginine during egg incubation on breast muscle dimensions and carcass percentage of local duck.A total of 500 fertile eggs were obtained from laying ducks fed ration without supplementation of L-Arginine containing 1.04% dige

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Negative pressure wound therapy versus usual care for surgical wounds healing by secondary intention (SWHSI-2 trial): study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, cross surgical specialty, randomised controlled trial

Abstract Background The majority of surgical wounds are closed (for example with sutures or staples) and so heal by primary intention.Where closure is not possible, or the wound subsequently breaks down, wounds may be left to heal from the bottom up (healing by secondary intention).Surgical wound healing by secondary intention (SWHSI) frequently pr

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