TIME TO REVISE OUR DIALOGUE: HOW FLAT IS THE PAEDIATRIC FLATFOOT?

Time to revise our dialogue: how flat is the paediatric flatfoot?

Abstract A recent systematic review of measures of foot development used the medial longitudinal arch profile as its primary indicator of development.A comparative analysis of Espresso Machine (Manual) existing studies was undertaken.This work confirmed changes with arch profile were age-dependent, although the age at which foot development ceased

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Embryonic protein NODAL regulates the breast tumor microenvironment by reprogramming cancer-derived secretomes

The tumor microenvironment (TME) is an important mediator of breast cancer progression.Cancer-associated fibroblasts constitute a major component of the TME and may originate from tissue-associated fibroblasts or infiltrating mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs).The mechanisms by which cancer cells activate fibroblasts and Suspension Components recruit

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Reduction mammoplasty with combined Pitanguy technique and Silveira Neto flap for nipple-areolar complex elevation

INTRODUCTION: Mammary hypertrophy is common, and has great clinical importance, affecting women both psychologically and functionally, especially when severe.To avoid vascular compromise and necrosis associated with reduction mammoplasty in cases with severe hypertrophy and ptosis, a safe option involves combined use of Pitanguy technique and a Sil

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