Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Evaluating the Outcome of Two Different Regimes in Adhesive Capsulitis: A Prospective Clinical Study.
Adhesive capsulitis or frozen shoulder is a painful condition affecting up to 5% of the general population. We conducted this study with the aim of evaluating the results of physiotherapy plus intra-articular methylprednisolone injection versus physiotherapy alone in idiopathic frozen shoulder. ⋯ The results demonstrate the advantages of physiotherapy plus intra-articular steroid injection in idiopathic frozen shoulder. The predictability of results with physiotherapy plus intra-articular steroid injection in selected patients is excellent, and it is a better modality of treatment compared to physiotherapy alone.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Intraoperative Flurbiprofen Treatment Alters Immune Checkpoint Expression in Patients Undergoing Elective Thoracoscopic Resection of Lung Cancer.
This study aimed to determine the effect of intraoperative administration of flurbiprofen on postoperative levels of programmed death 1 (PD-1) in patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery. ⋯ Perioperative administration of flurbiprofen attenuated the postoperative increase in PD-1 levels on CD8(+) T cells up to 72 h after surgery, but not after this duration. The clinical relevance of changes in PD-1 levels to long-term surgical outcome remains unknown.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of Resin Infiltration on the Progression of Proximal Caries Lesions: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
The aim of this clinical trial was to assess the effect of resin infiltration on the progression of proximal caries lesions. ⋯ Resin infiltration of proximal caries lesions is effective in reducing progression of the lesion.