RETAINED SHRAPNEL FROM A BLAST INJURY AS A RARE CAUSE OF SECONDARY OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE HIP JOINT: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Retained Shrapnel from a Blast Injury as a Rare Cause of Secondary Osteoarthritis of the Hip Joint: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Background.Complications related to intra-articular retained shrapnel are rare and primarily depend on the anatomical location and the reaction with the surrounding tissue.Retained bodies causing severe osteoarthritis with bone destruction and limb shortening are extremely rare.We describe a rare occurrence of retained shrapnel, possibly iron nails

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Design and implementation of a web-based patient portal linked to an electronic health record designed to improve medication safety: the Patient Gateway medications module

In this article we describe the background, design, and preliminary results of a medications module within Patient Gateway (PG), a patient portal linked to an electronic health record (EHR).The medications module is designed to improve the accuracy of medication lists within the EHR, reduce adverse drug events and improve patient_provider communica

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Utilizing Nonlinear Active Vibration Control to Quench the Nonlinear Vibrations of Helicopter Blade Flapping System

This article utilizes a nonlinear active vibration control to eliminate the helicopter blade flapping system oscillations having mixed excitation forces.The approximate solutions were calculated using the multiple scale perturbation technique.Furthermore, the stability and bifurcation analysis Spin Bike Pedals were investigated using the averaging

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The Role of Long Non-coding RNAs in Immunotherapy Resistance

T-cell-based immunotherapies, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors, are promising treatments for various cancers.However, a large subset of patients develop primary or secondary resistance upon treatment.Although the detailed mechanisms remain unclear, immune escape via alterations in both cancer and tumor microenvironment has been identified

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