... spikes along the lateral forefoot). Surgical Methods to Extend Ulcer-Free Days While wound care and ulcer management are crucial in this patient population, it is akin to treating neither the symptom not its underlying cause-pressure [ 13 ]. Surgical methods for maintaining the DFU in remission...

... of replantation and free tissue transfer. However, with the improvement of instruments and research [ 1 , 2 , 3 ], free flap survival has reached a plateau; therefore, emphasis is now put on improving the functional and aesthetic results, as well as decreasing donor site morbidity. Nowadays, reconstructive...

... mechanisms of disuse muscle atrophy remain unclear, free radical scavengers are known to play an important role in the development of disuse muscle atrophy. One of the neuroprotective agents, edaravone, a free radical scavenger, succeeded in proving clinical usefulness in a phase III clinical trial in Japan...

... after CPB are hemodynamic and inflammatory factors and the release of heme and labile iron contributing to oxidation from reactive oxygen species. The generation of reactive oxygen species is catalyzed by free labile iron which is most active at acid pH. To date, no simple, safe, and effective...

... Abstract For the past 50 years, free radicals have been presumed to be a causal factor of cellular and organismal aging due to their reactive nature. During aging and age-associated disease, there is evidence that free radicals can cause damage to cellular structures. Stem cells...

... Abstract Ultrafiltration in peritoneal dialysis occurs through endothelial water channels (free water transport) and together with solutes across small pores: solute coupled water transport. A review is given of cross-sectional studies and on the results of longitudinal follow-up. ...

... Abstract We here examine interindividual variability in reproductive aging in free-ranging female rhesusmacaques (Macaca mulatta). Our study site, Raccoon Key, is an island, about 81 hectares in area, situatedin the Gulf of Mexico. Our data were collected from 1992 to 1998; the last 7 years...

... Abstract Acetate-free biofi ltration (AFB) is a hemodiafi ltration technique that, technically aswell as biologically speaking, has all the premises for being a perfectly biocompatible techniquecapable of satisfying even the demands of critical patients laden with comorbidities.Important...

... Abstract Serum free light chain assay is a recently available test for diagnosis and monitoring ofpatients with plasma cell dyscrasias. In particular, this test is especially useful in patients thatwere previously difficult to follow with traditional laboratory methods. These patientsinclude...

... Abstract Induction of tolerance has been a longstanding goal in transplantation. Recent preliminarystudies using a steroid-free lymphocyte depletion strategy have been met with great excitementand an equal degree of skepticism. Current studies in this area suggest that immunosuppressioncan...