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Efficacy of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy in hereditary spastic paraplegia: A case report.
[RATIONALE] Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), a rare neurodegenerative disorder in Japan, is characterized by insidiously progressive lower extremity spasticity and muscle weakness. Current management is primarily symptomatic, including …
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Combined Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Botulinum Toxin Injection for Spasticity in the Acute Phase of Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report.
[BACKGROUND] No standard treatment has been established for acute-phase spasticity after spinal cord injury (SCI). This case report demonstrates the impact of combining extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) and botulinum toxin administra…
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Histological analysis of induced membranes in patients whose bone defects were treated with the Masquelet technique to identify factors affecting the vascularity of induced membranes.
[BACKGROUND] Rich vascularity of the induced membrane (IM) is important for Masquelet reconstruction surgery. The factors affecting IM vascularity are not completely understood. This study aimed to investigate these factors using histologic…
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Effects of hypertonia on contracture development in rat spinal cord injury.
[STUDY DESIGN] Experimental animal study. [OBJECTIVES] Spastic hypertonia is originally believed to cause contractures from clinical observations. Botulinum toxin is effective for the treatment of spasticity and is widely used in patients …
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A childhood-onset intestinal toxemia botulism during chemotherapy for relapsed acute leukemia.
[BACKGROUND] Botulism is a potentially fatal infection characterized by progressive muscle weakness, bulbar paralysis, constipation and other autonomic dysfunctions. A recent report suggested that cancer chemotherapy might increase the risk…
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Phase I clinical study of liver regenerative therapy for cirrhosis by intrahepatic arterial infusion of freshly isolated autologous adipose tissue-derived stromal/stem (regenerative) cell.
[INTRODUCTION] Adipose tissue stromal cells contain a substantial number of mesenchymal stem cells. As such, their application to regeneration of miscellaneous impaired organs has attracted much attention. [METHODS] We designed a clinical …
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Gigantomastia induced by bucillamine.
Drug-induced mammary hyperplasias have been reported as rare complications of D-penicillamine and Neothetazone. The authors report the first case of bucillamine-induced giant mammary hyperplasia. Bucillamine is used as an antirheumatic drug…
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Correction of pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum assisted by the endoscope.
Six patients with pectus excavatum and two patients with pectus carinatum had their conditions corrected by a partial costal cartilage resection with a sternal osteotomy through a 2.5-cm to 4-cm skin incision located just above the xyphoid …