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During the last 15 years, 34 children were treated for a brain abscess. 13 (38%) had cyanotic heart disease; 12 (35%) had an ENT infection. The standardized treatment protocol included puncture of the abscess and administration of antibiotic and antiedematous drugs. Postoperative permanent epidural monitoring of intrac…

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the efficacy of percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal unilateral decompression for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis, and to investigate the incidence and possible reasons for lower extremity symptoms of non-surgical side after surgery. METHODS: The clinical data of 46 patients who under…

PURPOSE: To report the findings on sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in 30 patients with ocular adnexal (conjunctival or eyelid) melanomas. DESIGN: Prospective nonrandomized clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty patients with diagnosis of eyelid or conjunctival melanoma. METHODS: All patients with ocular adnexal mela…

PURPOSE: Double-level osteotomy (DLO) is a joint-preserving technique for the treatment of symptomatic varus knee osteoarthritis (OA) in cases of femoral and tibial combined deformity. The study aimed to investigate the mid-term survival rate (>5 years) and restoration of postoperative joint angles. METHODS: Sixty-fiv…

BACKGROUND: Reducing hospital admissions among people dying with dementia is a policy priority. AIM: To explore associations between primary care contacts, continuity of primary care, identification of palliative care needs, and unplanned hospital admissions among people dying with dementia. DESIGN AND SETTING: This…

INTRODUCTION: In the U.S., limited epidemiologic studies have investigated associations between BMI and physical inactivity and Pap test use among Asian women. The aim was to disentangle associations using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System between 2014 and 2016. METHODS: In the Behavioral Risk F…

BACKGROUND: Many surveys conducted in recent years reported the increasing trend of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM), but limited data exists on HIV incidence by cohort study in China. METHODS: A 6-month prospective cohort study was conducted. A total of 397 MSM found HIV seronegative at baseline st…

BACKGROUND: Orofacial clefts are common and have a great medical and social importance. The Latin American Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC), has maintained an epidemiological surveillance of congenital malformations since 1969, allowing the evaluation of trends in the prevalence of malformations. AIM: To eva…

Genetic data organized in the form of genealogies can provide much information regarding the history and genetic structure of human populations. A large proportion of the population of Latin America is organized in small rural semi-isolated communities, with little immigration, and until the last 50-100 years, little e…

172 consecutive palliative operations in patients with Fallot's tetralogy are presented. 19% of the patients were aged less than 6 and 45% less than 12 months. The overall mortality was 5.8%, but has been recently reduced with the improvement of anaesthesiologic and technical experience. In fact, during the last two ye…

Eighty-three patients with myasthenia gravis underwent thymectomy were reviewed to evaluate the long term effects of thymectomy and analyse the factors influencing outcome. Follow up times were from 3 months to 120 months (mean: 77.6 months) after operation. The effects of thymectomy were as follows: 1) Remission rate…

BACKGROUND: In 1985, the authors published a study of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) patients treated with a chemotherapeutic regimen that was then considered intensive. Ten years later, the authors reanalyzed the same cohort to determine whether the very promising actuarial results observed at 5 years held after lon…

BACKGROUND: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) accounts for 10% of knee arthroplasty procedures in Europe. Fixed bearing UKA designs have shown favorable survivorship in registries when compared with mobile bearings. This study analyses long-term follow-up of patients with a medial fixed bearing metal backed tibi…

The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of headache and primary headache disorders like migraine and tension-type headaches among adolescents, and to explore the differences in headache prevalence and frequency by gender and age. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway…

STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective comparative study. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the shoulder balance resulting from the correction of double thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) comparing rod derotation (RD) with direct vertebral rotation (DVR) and RD only after pedicle screw instrumentations. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND…

During the last 20 years, 1,000 patients were operated on for a single cancer of the colon, 497 men and 503 women (mean age: 67 years). Resection was performed in 93% of the patients and resection with curative intent in 80% of the patients. Carcinomas located on the left colon were usually treated by segmental resecti…

Seven patients with lichen amyloidosus were treated with dermabrasion during the last seven years. All patients have had follow-up examinations for at least five years (one patient for seven years). The main symptom, itching, disappeared in all cases, and the clinical results were satisfactory, except for mild hyperpig…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was mainly to determine the midterm outcome of septal myectomy (SM) and medical therapy (MT) in mildly symptomatic patients (NYHA class II) with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). METHODS: The study cohort consisted of 184 mildly symptomatic patients with HOCM evaluate…

PURPOSE: Antibiotic-refractory recurrent urinary tract infections are challenging to manage. Prior studies have shown that, in selected patients, electrofulguration of cystitis may disrupt potential nidus of recurrent urinary tract infections. We report on long-term outcomes of electrofulguration in women with at least…

The aim of the survey is to bring forward the relationship structure-function-pathology of the great omentum from the surgical point of view. The common origin (similar) with that of the spleen and the structural particularities give the great omentum distinct responding potentialities in pathology and these have chall…