Abomasal displacement has been associated with gastric hypomotility. The supply of prokinetic drugs available to address this problem is insufficient. The goal of the study was to investigate the effect of the muscarinic agonist bethanechol (BeCh) on contractility parameters of smooth muscle pre...detailed
Cerebral malakoplakia is a very rare chronic inflammatory disease. We herein report the case of a 49-year-old female who presented with a slowly progressive speech disturbance and right hemiparesis. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed irregular enhanced mass lesions with nu...detailed
PurposeIt is often difficult to determine the functional status of the detrusor muscle in patients with detrusor areflexia. We performed a clinical study to establish a test defining residual detrusor capacity in such patients.detailed
BackgroundTissue engineering and regenerative medicine is envisaged as the future option for esophageal replacement; however, engineering of a functional esophagus is impeded by the limited understanding of the anatomical complexity of this dynamic muscular organ. The aim of this study was to ch...detailed
This study assessed the prophylactic bethanechol use to prevent salivary gland dysfunction during radiotherapy. A total of 97 head and neck cancer patients were allocated into two groups: Bethanechol or Placebo. Bethanechol group presented significantly improve of salivary parameters. Bethanecho...detailed