Evidences suggest a role of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the development of chronic allograft injury. We correlated intrarenal angiotensin-converting enzyme, angiotensin II (Angio II) and transforming growth factor ...

Bone reconstruction to reestablish bone width and height is required in case of bone atrophy. A 45-year-old white woman was referred to the oral clinical surgery of Aracatuba Dental School, University Estadual Paulista-UNESP, ...

Object. Posterolateral spinal fusions are performed to treat different spinal disorders. Autograft continues to be the gold standard; it is, however, associated with donor site morbidity and limited sources. Allograft has ...

Background: The repair of large bone defects is a major orthopedic challenge because autologous bone grafts are not available in large amounts and because harvesting is often associated with donor-site morbidity. Considering ...

Anatomic variants of the peroneal tendons may cause tendon disorders. Moreover, there is a lack of evidence on how to address chronic tendon pathology when a variant of the peroneal tendons is causing the patient’s ...

New indications for meniscal allograft transplantation (MAT) are being added, but the general expert opinion is that it is still a procedure reserved for symptomatic meniscal loss. Lateral MAT has better clinical outcomes ...