Background The aim of this study was to determine the risk of contamination of surgical
instruments according to the type of instrument and the surgical procedure. Methods …

Objective To investigate the influence of choice of prosthesis (bioprosthetic valves or mechanical
valves) on intermediate-term outcomes in patients on hemodialysis undergoing aortic …

BACKGROUNDRecently, robotic surgery has been introduced in many hospitals. The structure
of robotic instruments is so complex that updating their cleaning methods is a challenge …

Tremendous efforts have been made to develop practical and efficient microfluidic cell and
particle sorting systems; however, there are technological limitations in terms of system …

Purpose Assessing muscle flexibility and architecture is important for hamstring strain injury
(HSI) prevention. We investigated the relationship between shear modulus and passive …

BACKGROUND: The malfunctioning of surgical instruments may lead to serious medical
accidents. Limited information is available on the risk of defective instruments. The purpose of …

We investigated the shear modulus–passive force relationship in the hip adductor longus (AL)
muscles of human cadavers and explored the effect of muscle architecture on the elastic …

The present study aims to assess the effect of the hip flexion angle on the shear modulus of
the adductor longus (AL) muscle associated with passive hip abduction and rotation. Sixteen …

Combined daclatasvir (DCV)/asunaprevir (ASV) plus beclabuvir (BCV) treatment shows a
high virological response for genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C patients. However, its efficacy for …

Ribavirin (RBV) induces nucleotide (nt) substitutions in hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome
nonstructural (NS) regions. Although emergence of drug resistance‐associated variants is …