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OBJECTIVES: Each case of a continuous series of invasive cervical cancer cases was studied with a structured review procedure conducted by an expert panel to assess the reason that it was not detected before it became invasive. METHODS: All cases of invasive cervical cancer diagnosed in a 5-year period among Connectic…

BACKGROUND: Nigeria continues to have high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality. This is partly associated with lack of adequate obstetric care, partly with high risks in pregnancy, including heavy work. We examined actionable risk factors and underlying determinants at community level in Bauchi and Cross River St…

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate long-term prevalence of tumor growth and need for further treatment in patients with a vestibular schwannoma treated with conservative management. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Private neurotologic tertiary referral center. PATIENTS: Vestibular schwannoma patients undergoing…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Need for inpatient care increases toward the end of life. We studied whether mobility limitation assessed approximately 5.8 years prior to death predicts the number of days in care during the last year of life. METHODS: A population-based, prospective study with interviews conducted, on average, 5…

During follow-up of 485 adult patients with mainly mild head injury 27% of the patients were unemployed after an observation period of 3-5 years (mean 4.0 years). The length of sick leave during the last 3 years was longer than for a control group. Reduced physical capacity and time of sick leave during the last 3 year…

This study examined the secular changes in height, body weight, body mass index and pubertal development in male children and adolescents in Krakow (Poland) over the past 80 years, with an emphasis on the last decade (2000-2010). The survey of the population of Krakow is a continuation of observations conducted in that…

OBJECTIVE: Tentorial meningiomas are complex lesions that may not always be completely resected without significant morbidity or mortality. In this study, we evaluate the outcomes of tentorial meningiomas treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS). METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of a prospectively comp…

In recent years, so called "Last Aid courses", concerning end-of-life care for people dying, have successfully been established in community settings in several European countries, Australia, and South-America. To date, they have not been evaluated in hospital settings, where educational needs (concerning care of the d…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether time since birth of last child was of prognostic importance in women with primary breast cancer. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study based on a population based database of breast cancer diagnoses with detailed information on tumour characteristics, treatment regimens, reproductive fac…

Early and longterm results in surgery for colorectal cancer during the last two decades were investigated by a retrospective analysis of the data of 1,203 patients. During the last 10 years we registered a significant increase in more advanced tumors of the stage III and IV from 37 to 52%. Nevertheless operative mortal…

This study uses sets of historical family reconstitutions from all of Quebec and from four villages of the Haut-Jura, France--first marriages of 2226 and 994 women, respectively--to investigate the physiological and social factors affecting age of mother at last birth before and during fertility transition. Age remaine…

OBJECTIVES: Several epidemiological studies suggest declining trends in dementia over the last three decades with both decreasing age-specific prevalence and incidence. There is limited data on whether this delayed clinical onset is accompanied by a shorter postdiagnosis survival. METHODS: A total of 5,205 participant…

796 Thai women who stopped using the long-acting injectable contraceptive 'Depo-Provera' (medroxyprogesterone acetate) and 125 women who had an intra-uterine device removed to have a planned pregnancy were followed-up to ascertain the delay between conception and the end of contraception, and to determine the proportio…

UNLABELLED: Musculoskeletal disorders constitute 1,194 prevalent cases per 1,00,000 among children aged 5 to 19 years in India. School bags with a weight exceeding 10% of the bodyweight is a common cause of backache in school children. METHODS: School children aged 8-15 years from four private schools of Bhopal were i…

PURPOSE: Osteochondral defects have a limited capacity to heal and can evolve to an early osteoarthritis. A surgical possibility is the replacement of the affected cartilaginous area with a resurfacing device BioPoly™ RS Partial Resurfacing Knee Implant. The aim of this study was to report the clinical and survi…

In this paper, we calculate a base line of statistical data on the frequency of sexual activity at various ages of Taiwanese women. A cross-sectional study using questionnaires administered during personal interviews was conducted on more than seventeen thousand women who attended family planning clinics in the Taipei…

Because the role hormonal and reproductive factors play in the etiology of endometrial cancer is incompletely understood, the authors evaluated the risk of this cancer in relation to age at last delivery. The data were obtained in a hospital-based case-control study of 483 women with endometrial cancer (cases) and 693…

Most long-term studies of the efficacy and safety profile of botulinum toxin (BoNT) in the treatment of dystonia are limited by lack of objective assessments, relatively small sample size, or short follow-up periods. We present one of the longest follow-up studies of BoNT treatment. This is a retrospective, longitudina…