A New Approach to the All-on-Four Treatment Concept Using Narrow Platform NobelActive Implants

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Babbush ◽  
Ali Kanawati ◽  
John Brokloff

Although a number of approaches to implant-supported restoration of severely atrophic maxillae and mandibles have been developed, most of these treatments are costly and protracted. An exception is the All-on-Four concept, which uses only 4 implants to support an acrylic, screw-retained provisional prosthesis delivered on the day of implant placement, followed by a definitive prosthesis approximately 4 months later. After the introduction of a new implant design in 2008, a new protocol was developed for provisionally treating patients with severely atrophic jaws using the All-on-Four concept and 3.5-mm-diameter implants. This article describes that protocol and reports on the results of 227 implants after 1 to 3 years of follow-up. The cumulative survival rate was 98.7% at the end of 3 years, with a 100% prosthetic survival rate. Combining the 3.5-mm-diameter NobelActive implants with the All-on-Four concept promises to become a new standard of care for severely compromised patients.

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A Babbush ◽  
Gary T Kutsko ◽  
John Brokloff

Abstract The All-on-Four treatment concept provides patients with an immediately loaded fixed prosthesis supported by 4 implants. This single-center retrospective study evaluated the concept while using the NobelActive implant (Nobel Biocare, Gothenburg, Sweden). Seven hundred eight implants placed in 165 subjects demonstrated a cumulative survival rate of 99.6% (99.3% in maxilla and 100% in the mandible) for up to 29 months of loading. The definitive prosthesis survival rate was 100%.


Author(s):  
Abbas Karimi ◽  
Khatere Arian Rad ◽  
Hassan Mir Mohammad Sadeghi ◽  
Mahboube Hasheminasab

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the survival rate and the amount of periimplant bone loss in implants placed in free iliac graft following segmental mandible resection. Materials and Methods: Over a 5-year period between 2010 and 2015, nine patients with odontogenic tumors who were candidate for segmental mandible resection were enrolled in this study. Resection defect was immediately reconstructed with non-vascularized iliac graft and 4-6 months later 36 implants of 5 different brands were inserted in grafted mandibles. Information regarding implant survival, peri implant bone loss or inflammation for a mean follow up period of 33 months was obtained. Results: One implant was failed out of 36 implants and the cumulative survival rate of implants was 97.2% in this follow up period. There was no sign of peri implant inflammation or gingival recession or BOP in any patients. The cervical bone loss level varied between 0.6 to 12mm (the length of failed implant) with the average of 0.96 mm. The bone loss level of survived implants varied between 0.6to 1.72mm with average of 0.64mm. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that reconstruction of segmental mandibular defect with non vascularized iliac graft followed by dental implant placement is an effective and predictable method to restore oral function.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Tang

The purpose of the study was to analyze the clinical effect of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) (Cyberknife) on hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis (HCC-PVTT). Data from 50 patients with HCC-PVTT who received Cyberknife from August 2013 to April 2016 was collected for efficacy analysis. Moreover, survival correlation was evaluated by Cox proportionalhazards model. The total effective rate in 1–3 months after treatment was 64.00%, including 7 cases in complete remission, 12 cases in partial remission, 13 cases in stable conditions, and 18 cases with enlargement; a 4–24-months follow-up (with an average of 11.58 ± 2.58 months) showed that median survival, 1-year cumulative survival rate, and 2-year cumulative survival rate were, respectively, 11.86 ± 1.79 months, 48.00%, and 20.00%. Moreover, the Cox proportional-hazards model indicates that it was with no correlation between lesion diameter, classification of liver function, pre-operative alphafetoprotein, types of hepatitis, number of tumors, ascites, types of tumor emboli, total dose, and survival rate. SRS is effective for HCC-PVTT and serves as an ideal treatment clinically to help preserve patients’ lives, which is worthy of clinical promotion and application.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen da Casa ◽  
Carmen Pablos-Hernández ◽  
Alfonso González-Ramírez ◽  
José Miguel Julián-Enriquez ◽  
Juan F Blanco

Abstract Background: The management of hip fractures is nowadays mainly performed in Orthogeriatric Units, one of whose fundamental tools is the application of geriatric scores. The purpose of this study is to establish the potential usefulness of Barthel Index, Katz Index, Lawton-Brody Index and Physical Red Cross Scale geriatric scores as predictors of survival rate and readmission rate in older patients after hip fracture surgery. Methods: We designed a prospective single-center observational study, including 207 older adults over age 65 who underwent hip fracture surgery in the first half of 2014 and followed up to September 2018. Cumulative survival and readmission rates were analyzed by Kaplan-Meier; group comparison, by Log-Rank and hazard ratio, by Cox regression. Results: We found statistical differences (p<0.001) for cumulative survival rate by every geriatric score analyzed (BI HR=0.98 [0.97,0.99]; KI HR=1.24 [1.13-1.37]; LBI HR= 1.25 [1.16, 1.36]; PCRS HR=1.67 [1.37,2.04]). Furthermore, we could determinate an inflection point for survival estimation by Barthel Index (BI 0-55/60-100*, p<0.001, HR=2.37 [1.59,3.53]), Katz Index (KI A-B*/C-G, p<0.001, HR=2.66 [1.80, 3.93], and Lawton-Brody Index (LBI 0-3/4-8*, p<0.001, HR=3.40 [2.09,5.25]). We reveal a correlation of the Charlson Index (p=0.002) and Katz Index (p=0.041) with number of readmissions for the study period. Conclusions: The geriatric scores analyzed are related to the cumulative survival rate after hip fracture surgery for more than 4 years, independently of other clinical and demographic factors. Katz Index in combination with Charlson Index could also be a potential predictor of the number of readmissions after surgery for hip fracture patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 443-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Martin-Ferrero ◽  
Clarisa Simón-Pérez ◽  
Maria B. Coco-Martín ◽  
Aureliio Vega-Castrillo ◽  
Héctor Aguado-Hernández ◽  
...  

We report outcomes of 228 consecutive patients with total joint arthroplasty using the Arpe® prosthesis, among which 216 trapeziometacarpal joints in 199 patients had a minimum of 10 years follow-up. The cumulative survival rate of the 216 implants at 10 years using the Kaplan–Meyer method was 93%. Two hundred joints were functional and painless. We found good integration and positioning of the components in 184 (93%) of the joints. Sixteen prostheses failed. We conclude that this implant has acceptable long-term survival rate and restores good hand function. We also report our methods to improve implant survival and to decrease the risk of component malpositioning, and failure rate. Level of evidence: II


2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Soo Kim ◽  
Joo-Yeon Sohn ◽  
Jung-Chul Park ◽  
Ui-Won Jung ◽  
Chang-Sung Kim ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Yin ◽  
Yiling Li ◽  
Lichun Shao ◽  
Shanshan Yuan ◽  
Bang Liu ◽  
...  

Objective: At present, the association of body mass index (BMI) with the prognosis of liver cirrhosis is controversial. Our retrospective study aimed to evaluate the impact of BMI on the outcome of liver cirrhosis.Methods: In the first part, long-term death was evaluated in 436 patients with cirrhosis and without malignancy from our prospectively established single-center database. In the second part, in-hospital death was evaluated in 379 patients with cirrhosis and with acute gastrointestinal bleeding (AGIB) from our retrospective multicenter study. BMI was calculated and categorized as underweight (BMI &lt;18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (18.5 ≤ BMI &lt; 23.0 kg/m2), and overweight/obese (BMI ≥ 23.0 kg/m2).Results: In the first part, Kaplan–Meier curve analyses demonstrated a significantly higher cumulative survival rate in the overweight/obese group than the normal weight group (p = 0.047). Cox regression analyses demonstrated that overweight/obesity was significantly associated with decreased long-term mortality compared with the normal weight group [hazard ratio (HR) = 0.635; 95% CI: 0.405–0.998; p = 0.049] but not an independent predictor after adjusting for age, gender, and Child–Pugh score (HR = 0.758; 95%CI: 0.479–1.199; p = 0.236). In the second part, Kaplan–Meier curve analyses demonstrated no significant difference in the cumulative survival rate between the overweight/obese and the normal weight groups (p = 0.094). Cox regression analyses also demonstrated that overweight/obesity was not significantly associated with in-hospital mortality compared with normal weight group (HR = 0.349; 95%CI: 0.096-1.269; p = 0.110). In both of the two parts, the Kaplan–Meier curve analyses demonstrated no significant difference in the cumulative survival rate between underweight and normal weight groups.Conclusion: Overweight/obesity is modestly associated with long-term survival in patients with cirrhosis but not an independent prognostic predictor. There is little effect of overweight/obesity on the short-term survival of patients with cirrhosis and with AGIB.


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