The short-term efficacy and safety of artificial total disc replacement for selected patients with lumbar degenerative disc disease compared with anterior lumbar interbody fusion: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

PurposeTo systematically compare the efficacy and safety of lumbar total disc replacement (TDR) with the efficacy and safety of anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) for the treatment of lumbar degenerative disc disease (LDDD).MethodsThe electronic databases PubMed, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library were searched for the period from the est

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Further life expectancy in Poland and its determinants

turbo air m3f72-3-n The article deals with quantifying the influence of environmental and socio-economic factors on life expectancy in Poland, that has been increasing since 1992 as a result of falling infant mortality rate, the development of civilisation and improving quality of life, among others.The process brings about changes in the number an

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Asn563Ser polymorphism of CD31/PECAM-1 is associated with atherosclerotic cerebral infarction in a southern Han population

Yanmin Song, Qunfang Li, Lili Long, Ning Zhang, Yunhai Liu Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China Background: CD31, also called platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1), is thought to play a role in the ealisboa.com pathological mechanisms of ath

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