Archive of Medical Research

Age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity score is associated with treatment decisions and clinical outcomes for patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.
BACKGROUND.: By using the age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index (ACCI), the authors characterized the impact of age and comorbidity on disease progression and overall survival after radical cystectomy (RC) for transitional cell carcinoma of […]

Comparative in vivo study of six hydroxyapatite-based bone graft substitutes.
Improvement of synthetic bone graft substitutes as suitable alternatives to a patient\’s own bone graft remains a challenge in biomaterials research. Our goal was to answer the question of whether improved osteoinductivity of a material would also translate to better bone-healing orthotopically. Three […]