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OBJECTIVE: To develop an age-based weight estimation rule in a Chinese population and to compare its performance with existing formulae. DESIGN: Population-based observational study. SETTING: Schools and kindergartens in Hong Kong. SUBJECTS: Healthy Chinese children aged 1-10 years old on their last birthday.…

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether fresh-frozen meniscal allograft shrinkage occurs only during the first year of the early remodeling period or progresses over the delayed period of midterm years and to determine whether these changes were associated with certain clinical and radiologic outcomes. METHODS: We retrospectivel…

A review of 468 orchidopexies was undertaken to ascertain the importance of a complete hernial sac extending to or beyond the testis. A hernial sac was present in 84% (171/202) of testes in patients under 5 years of age, in contrast to 23% (61/266) in patients over 5 years. It seems reasonable to presume that the failu…

BACKGROUND: Brain cysts caused by Echinococcus granulosus are rare; they occur during childhood in endemic areas. PATIENTS: Six children, aged to 8.5-years old (mean age: 5.5 years) were admitted from 1989 to 1994 because they suffered from progressive intracranial hypertension. The brain CT-scan showed typical featur…

In the last 20 years 89 middle ear operations were performed on 71 patients with unilateral or bilateral microtia (grade II or III). The methods and the results are described and discussed. In 79.5% we produced a wide auditory canal and achieved an overall hearing gain of 17 dB. We usually do not carry out middle ear s…

The activity of kidney transplantation at Policlinico University Hospital, now the Ca' Granda Foundation, was established by Professor Edmondo Malan, who performed the first deceased donor transplantation in Milan, Italy, in 1969. Since then, 2989 kidney transplant procedures (2760 first, 219 second, 10 third transplan…

Differences in the age at natural menopause were examined using a retrospective population sample of 289 naturally menopausal women. The mean age at natural menopause was 46.70 +/- 5.44 years. Earlier menopause occurred in women living in semiurban areas, divorced/separated and less educated women, and women who were y…

The present study estimates the particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters less than 2.5 μm (PM) over the Indian sub-continent using near-surface retrieval of aerosol extinction coefficient (2007-2021) of Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) onboard Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfin…

Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells of the central nervous system (CNS). While the phrase is oft repeated and holds true, the last few years have borne witness to radical change in our understanding of this unique cell type. Once considered static glue, oligodendrocytes are now seen as plastic and adaptive, capa…

The modern methods of diagnosis can detect cancer of pancreas in stage in which possibility of operation is so high. The contribution of mini-invasive surgery is to prepare patient to operate on with success and low risk. We give an account of view to surgical problems with adenocarcinoma of exocrine pancreas which is…

The author reports a case of S.R.U.P.C. that was relieved by a Nigrisoli operation. There is a good function after two years. The author thought it worth publishing this cae because of its rarity: in the last twenty years only one article appeared on this problem in the Rumanian medical literature that reported 5 cases…

There is no consensus on the definition of a structural proximal thoracic curve (PTC) and the indications for fusion. As such, we assessed a single institute's experience in the management of large PTCs (>35 degrees) in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who were either fused or not fused. A retrospect…

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the demographic, clinical and hemodynamic characteristics of patients who underwent percutaneous mitral valve (MV) repair over the last decade, as well as to determine the potential changes in trends of these parameters among patients with structural and functional MR (SMR and FMR).…

AIMS: About 60% of the oral cancer arise on a pre-existent potentially malignant disorder of oral mucosa like the oral proliferative verrucous leukoplakia. The treatment with the photodynamic therapy of these lesions represents, in the last years, an innovative, non-invasive and effective therapeutic possibility to ach…

BACKGROUND: Second and third surgeries were demonstrated as safe and efficient in recurrent diffuse low-grade glioma (LGG). Here, the feasibility of more than 3 resections is investigated. METHODS: Patients who underwent 4 or 5 operations for recurrent initially WHO grade 2 IDH-mutated gliomas were consecutively selec…

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: A quarter of patients waiting for kidney transplantation are patients with previous graft failure. Outcome of first and second renal transplant make these the gold standard for end renal stage disease, but this is not so clear in the case of third and further renal transplant, especially at…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate trends and patterns in CT usage among children (aged 0-17 years) in The Netherlands during the period 1990-2012. METHODS: Lists of electronically archived paediatric CT scans were requested from the Radiology Information Systems (RIS) of Dutch hospitals which reported >10 paediatric CT scans ann…

BACKGROUND: We wanted to evaluate survival and functional morbidity following radiation treatment of brain tumors in children less than 4 years old. PROCEDURE: Outcome was evaluated for 222 children who were less than 4 years old when they were irradiated at University of Toronto Centres, 1958-1995. The status of the…

Few studies have been published on the pharmacologic response to treatment of patients whose seizures begin after 40 years of age. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of chronic pharmacotherapy on the seizure control of such patients. We retrospectively studied the seizure frequency recorded during a 12-…

Last two decades witnessed great advances in the surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. However, the number of studies evaluating the long-term results of these treatment methods is relatively low. During recent years, besides radiological and clinical studies, questionnaires like SRS-22 assessing subjective funct…