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BACKGROUND: Adolescents exhibit numerous risky sexual behaviors leading to initiation of sexual intercourse not mindful of the many consequences. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and pattern of sexual risky behavior and its association with sexual initiation. METHODS: This was a school-based descriptive cross-s…

Anal cancer is a rare diagnosis, but incidence has been increasing over the past decade. Anal cancer is associated with the human papilloma virus (HPV), specifically the high-risk subtypes of 16 and 18. In addition, the precursor lesion for anal cancer is high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) and its trea…

Basing our work on ideal aesthetic features of the feminine figure and focusing our attention on the waist, we add several points to the abdominoplasty classification. We have carried out 150 abdomino plasties in the last 5 years: 60% of the patients presented with musculoponeurosis alterations, for whom plicature of t…

Lipid nanoparticles have attracted many researchers during recent years due to the excellent tolerability and advantages compared to liposomes and polymeric nanoparticles. High pressure homogenization is the main technique used to prepare solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) encapsulating different type of drugs, however th…

We have made steady gains in improving overall survival in patients with metastatic, unresectable, colon cancer in the last 5 to 10 years. The backbone of systemic treatment for most patients remains combination chemotherapy, but the field is becoming increasingly biomarker driven, with exciting new targeted therapies…

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has been one of the most important developments in surgery in the last century. By reducing the incision to small puncture wounds, morbidity, pain, adhesions and scarring are reduced. Due to their small size, neonates have not benefited from the advances in endoscopic surgery as rapidly…

The incidence of rheumatic fever has a declining trend in Slovakia. In 1972 there were 26.7 primary attacks and 8.7 relapses per 100,000 children aged 0-14 years, in 1990 there are 0.5 primary attacks and 0.4 relapses and in 1991 0.4 primary attacks and no relapses. The interregional (former regions) distribution was t…

Twelve patients with fracture of the penis have been treated in this department during the last 18 years. Their mean age was 41.5 years (range 25-55) and two-thirds of the injuries resulted from coitus. Eleven patients underwent immediate exploration and repair of the tunica albuginea and only 1 still has sexual dysfun…

In the light of our more than 24 years long experience, the original method of varicose veins surgery without stripping is analysed on 1236 patients operated during the latest year, out of the total number of 5,501 patients operated during the last 5 years; a statistic analysis is made and the advantage of the surgery…

BACKGROUND: The efficacy of stroke units (SU) has been amply demonstrated in randomised trials. However, no long-term studies analysed their effectiveness in daily practice over several years of operation. METHODS: Observational study from the stroke data bank of our neurology ward that includes consecutive stroke pat…

Sixteen children with late onset Perthes' disease were surgically treated at an average age of 12 years 1 month (9 years 4 months to 15 years) by soft tissue release and articulated hip distraction. Two patients had additional diagnosis of Down syndrome and one suffered from geleophysic epiphyseal dysplasia. Fifteen hi…

The Fontan operation was originally employed for patients with tricuspid atresia, but its application has been extended to those with a variety of complex defects in which there is functionally only a single ventricular chamber. The outcome of 225 modified Fontan operations carried out between 1984 and 1990 at the Chil…

During the last 3 years we treated 5 women with an important urethral diverticulum. In this paper we present their case studies and a literature review. Four patients were treated by vaginal resection of the diverticulum, and in one patient, that underwent periurethral surgery earlier on, the diverticle was approached…

The authors describe the case of a 3.5 years old boy with abdominoscrotal hydrocele. The abdominal mass increase in the last days with abdominal pain symptoms and, in the operation, they found nonspecific reaction of the appendix and lymph nodes in the ileocecal zone. A review of the literature is made.

Debris from a late Pliocene asteroid impact is spread across at least 600 kilometers of the ocean floor in the southeast Pacific. On the basis of iridium concentrations in sediments from six deep-sea cores, the asteroid diameter was at least 0.5 kilometer; the impacting projectile may have been one of the largest in th…

We describe our experiences during the last 5 years with 19 cases of epidermoid inclusion cysts of the clitoris resulting from circumcision. There were 14 children and 5 adults. The management consisted of complete excision of the cyst, and reconstruction of the clitoris, wherever possible.

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The aim of this work was to study the technique of percutaneous osteosynthesis of lumbar and thoracolumbar spine fractures without neurological deficit and to report preliminary results. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This retrospective study included 15 patients with lumbar or thoracolumbar spine fractur…

The coexistance of tuberculous infection (TB-infection) and lung cancer in patients treated in Pulmonary Department of Medical Academy in Lublin during last ten years (1990-2000) has been evaluated. Inclusion criteria involved: aging from 50 to 80 years, tobacco smoking, tuberculous infection in present or in past, lun…

PURPOSE: To investigate the long-term outcome of full macular translocation (FMT) for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to identify predictive factors. DESIGN: Retrospective, uncontrolled case series. PARTICIPANTS: Patients were considered for FMT if they had low vision in the fellow eye and chor…

[Purpose] The risk of falls in the elderly is an important public health problem. Suitable tests may help detect those at risk of falling. This study determined which balance test for older adults generates the most reliable results in terms of fall risk assessment, based on the number of falls over the last 12 months.…