Although Dr. Atala has published on the technique, he said he reported none of the human cases until now because he wanted to wait for long-term results.
Numerous studies were published on the technique [4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14] but only a few [9, 10, 15] have compared it with the conventional Ilizarov protocol.
The UK's national centre for smoking cessation and training (NCSCT) is aware of this variation and has recently published on the techniques that the evidence suggests are most effective (Michie, Churchill, & West, 2011; West, Walia, Hyder, Shahab, & Michie, 2010).
Thus, most papers published on this issue are based on statistical techniques such as multivariate data analysis [10] or mathematical models of dependence [11-13] [11-13]
Less has been published on this combination.
We have been unable to trace any other published material on this technique except for the follow-up correspondence [ 15].
The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review on what has been published on SWGH technique.
Although numerous papers have been published on such CG techniques, there still remain considerable challenges, chiefly because both the spatial and the temporal scales vary between different engineering processes.
Since then, several articles were published utilizing this technique.
The studies published on the radio-frequency technique include descriptions of successful procedures in almost 500 patients.
