All asymptomatic subjects underwent a complete evaluation by the same physicians, including a history, physical examination, and standard radiographs of the lumbosacral spine, to screen for any history of LBP or spinal pathology.
After written informed consent, patients underwent a complete evaluation and the following data were collected: age, gender, subtype of SSc, disease duration (duration between the first non-Raynaud's symptom and date of enrolment).
Due to the retrospective nature of the present study, the limited availability of specialists, and the costs of performing advanced diagnostic imaging and further investigations, the vast majority of dogs have not undergone a complete diagnostic evaluation.
Ideally, in addition, each dog should undergo a complete diagnostic evaluation, including neurological examination, MRI, and CSF analysis, to rule out structural brain diseases causing symptomatic forms of epilepsy.
Each candidate underwent to a complete dental evaluation by two dentists, trained in the WHO Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology and Community Dentistry of Milan, Italy.
They then needed to undergo a complete pre-operation evaluation, including a psychiatric evaluation.
Before device implantation, patients underwent complete evaluation including history, ophthalmologic examination, fluorescein angiography, visual field testing, and electroretinography.
All patients underwent complete evaluation before the operation (including endoscopy, esophageal manometry, upper gastrointestinal series, and abdominal ultrasonography).
All eyes underwent a complete ophthalmic evaluation and a corneal tomography performed using Pentacam and CST scan, and IOP evaluation with Goldmann applanation tonometry was run at last in order to not create bias in corneal evaluation.
All patients underwent a complete ophthalmic evaluation.
The patients underwent a complete ophthalmic evaluation that included measurement of best-corrected VA, slit-lamp examination, and dilated fundus examination.
