Despite these encouraging results, two subsequent studies evaluating the effectiveness of NPPV as a curative or rescue technique to treat the occurrence of postextubation ARF in nonselected populations failed to show improved outcomes [ 12, 13].
Dr. Allan Covens of the University of Toronto said, "They're not convinced that radical trachelectomy is as good a curative as radical hysterectomy".
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) was once used as a curative herb.
In Poland, some ingest dog fat as a curative.
Garifuna men also rub perspiration onto their older children as a curative.
(A derivative of bitter apricot kernels called laetrile was actually once touted as a curative for cancer, but was proved useless).
More than a century ago, water from the spa on his property was sold as a curative in New York.
It is inconceivable, however, that the protruded material can act as a curative factor".
The use of EPS as a curative treatment for POPF has been scarcely reported.
Liver transplantation was previously indicated as a curative operation for congenital absence of portal vein.
