98,308 papers found

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of corrective osteotomy for shortened medial foot column after old talar neck fracture. METHODS: The clinical data of 10 patients with shortened medial foot column after old talar neck fracture between June 2012 and May 2017 was retrospectively analyzed. There were 7 males a…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effectiveness of triple osteotomy in correcting severe hallux valgus with the first metatarsal pronation deformity. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 29 patients (40 feet) with severe hallux valgus accompanied by the first metatarsal pronation deformity,…

BACKGROUND: Although several epidemiological studies of asthma have been carried out in Ecuador in the last two decades, none of these has estimated the prevalence of asthma in adult populations. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of asthma symptoms in adults in the city of Quito and to identify possible associated…

Dialysis patients are frequently transported to the emergency department (ED) by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) due to acute and severe illness. However, little is known about predictors of first and recurrent transport to the ED (EMS-ED), based on characteristics at the time of dialysis initiation.We analyzed a coho…

BACKGROUND: The outcome of granuloma annulare in childhood is not well defined. POPULATION AND METHODS: A questionnaire was sent to the family of 40 children under 15 years of age examined for granuloma annulare from 1987 to 1992. Thirty of them answered, permitting a retrospective study. RESULTS: The sex-ratio F:M w…

The paper describes the results of 15 consecutive Russian clinical trials in the treatment of different types of acute leukemias, conducted by Russian cooperative group within the last 27-years and included more than 25 hundred patients. It was shown that the 5-years overall survival in AML younger than 60 years patien…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between dental behavior, dental anxiety, and personality attachment traits among a healthy young adult population. METHOD AND MATERIALS: The study population consisted of 450 young adults (18 to 19 years old) who arrived for dental screening before military service. The survey w…

The incidence of urothelial cancers in a group of 231 dyestuff plant workers who had been exposed to benzidine (BZ) or to beta-naphthylamine (BNA) was surveyed from 1962 to 1988. Fifteen out of 231 patients (6.5%) were found to have bladder cancer with the mean age at onset of 57.1 +/- 8.7 years. The estimated average…

In the last 2 years (1994-95), two symposium volumes and three reviews have been published that were fully devoted to peptide antibiotics (antibacterial peptides or antimicrobial peptides). Since the field has been growing rapidly, this review is largely a follow-up of new results published in the last 2 years. Sequenc…

OBJECTIVE: To introduce a percutaneous transcalcaneal reconstruction technique for the treatment of acute Achilles tendon insertion avulsion, and to assess its short-term effectiveness. METHODS: Between January 2014 and June 2020, 25 patients with acute Achilles tendon insertion avulsion were treated with the percutan…

To investigate the electroclinical findings in epilepsy children with epileptic negative myoclonus (ENM) restricted to the lower limb as the first seizure type.Each retrieved electroencephalogram record performed between March 2011 and March 2018 at the Department of Pediatrics of Peking University First Hospital was s…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of microdiscectomy and macrodiscectomy on the single-level lumbar disc protrusion (LDP). METHODS: Between November 2002 and October 2005, 241 patients with LDP underwent 2 surgical procedures: microdiscectomy (group A, 93 cases) and macrodiscectomy (group B, 148 cases). All pati…

BACKGROUND: Growth retardation following steroid treatment in children is a major problem. Reduction of steroid dose has been tried using immunosuppressive agents such as cyclosporine A or mizoribine in children with frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome. Few reports concerning final height in steroid-sensitive nephr…

OBJECTIVES: Orthopaedics-related diseases and conditions are a significant burden worldwide. In this study, we aimed to compare the quantity and quality of research output in the field of orthopaedics from Mainland China (MC), USA, UK, Japan and Germany. SETTING: The USA, UK, Japan, Germany and MC. PARTICIPANTS: We s…

BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic illness use health services more often but little is known about the use that coronary heart disease patients make of primary care. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the time elapsed and the perceived quality of life following a major acute coronary event are associated with utilization…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: With the return of international travels to almost prepandemic levels, the number of patients who travel abroad to seek healthcare services is once again growing rapidly. Nevertheless, the expected benefits of medical tourism may be challenged by serious infectious complications. This review summariz…

A 66-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department due to malaise, fatigue and anorexia for the last 2 weeks. He presented no fever, no respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms. The patient had been previously diagnosed with Crohn's Disease (CD) (A2L1L4B1 of Montreal Classification) 10 years before, when he pre…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of the current report is to review the ex-vivo peer-reviewed literature published in the last 5 years and to summarize the findings. RECENT FINDINGS: Encouraging data have been published by several centers utilizing ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) as a means to identify viable grafts from…

While it has been steadily declining since the 1960s, though at a slower pace over the last 5 years, the average alcohol consumption per capita and per year in France remains one of the highest in Europe. The available general population surveys reveal that the most visible change is the type of alcohol abuse. Two emer…

For a long time the structural and molecular features of mammalian histidine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.22), the enzyme that produces histamine, have evaded characterization. We overcome the experimental problems for the study of this enzyme by using a computer-based modelling and simulation approach, and have now the con…