EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS IN LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION- EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS FROM 72 RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS (RCTS) AND A TOTAL OF 7701 PATIENTS

Epidural steroid injections in lumbar disc herniation- Evidence synthesis from 72 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and a total of 7701 patients

Introduction: The role of epidural steroid injection in treating sciatica still remains debatable.Research question: To compare epidural steroid injection with other manipulations in terms of pain control, quality of life and other parameters (Q1), compare the various available ESI alternatives regarding the approach (Q2), compare ESI to analgesia

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Setting of methods for analysis of mucosal antibodies in seminal and vaginal fluids of HIV seropositive subjects from Cambodian and Italian cohorts.

BackgroundGenital mucosae play a key role in protection from STD and HIV infection, due to their involvement in both horizontal and vertical disease transmission.High variability of published observations concerning IgA isolation and quantification underlies the strong requirement of specific methods able to maximize investigation on HIV-specific I

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Importance of endocrine treatment adherence and persistence in breast cancer survivorship: a systematic review

Abstract Purpose Adjuvant endocrine treatment is essential for treating luminal subtypes of breast cancer, which constitute 75% of all breast malignancies.However, the detrimental Glass Markers side effects of treatment make it difficult for many patients to complete the guideline-required treatment.Such non-adherence may jeopardize the lifesaving

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INFLUENCE MASS OF THE RINGS, RESILIENTLY SET ON DISK, ON DYNAMIC DESCRIPTIONS OF HYDROSTATODYNAMIC BEARING OF THE DOUBLED TYPE

The task is to develop recommendations for the design of dual-type hydrostatodynamic plain bearings based on the existing experience in designing this type of plain bearings, as well as based on many theoretical and experimental studies performed by the author of this work.The number of the most necessary parameters for the design of dual-type hydr

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