Comparison of efficacy and safety of bromelain with diclofenac sodium in the management of postoperative pain and swelling following mandibular third molar surgery

Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy and safety of oral bromelain, a natural enzyme complex with oral diclofenac sodium in 3-Piece Gift Set managing pain and swelling after mandibular third molar surgery.Materials and methods: A total of 40 patients were randomly divided into two groups, the bromelain group (n = 20) and

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Insomnia and sexual dysfunction associated with severe worsening of the quality of life in sexually active hysterectomized women

Introduction: Hysterectomy is a common gynecologic surgery carried out to remove the pathologic uterus.Objective: To establish if sleep disorders and sexual function are associated with deterioration of the quality of life (QoL) in hysterectomized and sexually active women.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with inhabitants from two c

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Nature enclosures: historic peasants versus public and private conservation units of the Paraguay River in the Pantanal wetlands of western Brazil

Conservation policy which discriminates against historic fisher-farmers of the Paraguay River of western Brazil is questioned using radical environmental history and critical global political ecology perspectives.Over the last three decades enormous areas located along the Paraguay River in the Pantanal wetlands biome have been transformed into pub

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