Niger J Clin Pract
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Fat accumulation in the visceral and subcutaneous regions can trigger fat necrosis during acute pancreatitis (AP). ⋯ Visceral fat analysis showed a contradiction according to subcutaneous fat that AP was strongly associated with subcutaneous one. The result supports that visceral and subcutaneous fat tissues should have different path of inflammation affecting the AP.
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Orff Music Therapy improves auditory processing, language, and cognitive functions in children who have Intellectual Disability (ID). ⋯ Auditory processing skills are essential for children who have ID. If a child who has ID has been identified as having auditory processing disorder (APD), there is a need for a proven therapeutic approach, like Orff Music Therapy. It has been considered that ID and APD can be linked in the same category of neurodevelopmental disorders.
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To measure dental implant stability by two noninvasive methods which are vibration characteristics of the periodontium Periotest® and resonance frequency analysis Osstell. The objective of this comparative study was to assess the correlation of these 2 techniques in clinic. Materials and Methods: Implant stability of 54 clinically stable unloaded implants in 10 males and females (mean age: 52.05 ± 8.42) was measured in triplicate by Osstell and Periotest®. The measurements were taken first in the same day of the surgery and the second was 4 weeks later. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 22.0 (P < 0.05). Results: The mean values were 75.90 ± 5.13 ISQ for the resonance frequency analysis and - 4.31 ± 1.43 PTVs for Periotest. There was no significant difference in first and the second measurements accordance with gender. However, a significant difference was shown in ratio of percentage change for both PTV and ISQ values in female patients. There was a positive strong correlation between mean percentage changes of PTV and ISQ values (P = 0.811, P = 0.001). The only significant difference between ISQ values and implant length was observed at 4 weeks (P = 0.037). ⋯ Although Periotest® values appear to be more susceptible to clinical conditions, both measuring techniques are applicable in the assessment of implant stability.
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Inguinal hernia is a common pathology seen by the general surgeon in the outpatient clinic. Its spectrum of clinical features on presentation significantly varies from the asymptomatic to the complicated. ⋯ Inguinal hernia is common among young and middle-aged adults in our series. Many patients have features suggestive of complications at presentation. Family history and past inguinal hernia surgery were important risk factors.
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Root canal therapy in teeth with root fenestrations can present with pain on apical palpation or persistent pain. The signs and symptoms of root fenestration in the absence of mucosal fenestration may be misleading, which may be misdiagnosed as non-odontogenic pain. Although CBCT is superior to periapical radiographs for the diagnosis of root fenestration, it failed to detect the intact cortical plate in the middle third in our cases. ⋯ Root-resection relieves pain, unless the fenestration is accompanied by fracture. The aim of these two case reports was to describe the diagnosis and treatment of endodontically treated teeth with a persistent pain. Also, the difference of root fenestration type between CBCT and its actual size was described.