98,318 papers found

Acute cerebellar ataxia in childhood following viral infection is a self-limited disease. The disease with recurrent course has rarely been reported. At the Department of Pediatrics, Ramathibodi Hospital, three children with recurrent episodes of acute cerebellar ataxia following nonspecific viral infection were encoun…

PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of phaco-endocycloplasty in an exclusive cohort of primary angle closure disease/glaucoma. METHODS: The study was interventional and non-comparative, carried out at a tertiary level eye care Institute. All adult patients (>&…

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical and radiological results of cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) using the CP ESPdisc prosthesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Prospectively collected data of 56 patients with CSM have been analyzed. The mean a…

BACKGROUND: The indiscriminate use of antibiotics brings an alarming reality: in 2050, bacterial resistance could be the main cause of death in the world, resulting in the death of 10 million people, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In this sense, to combat bacterial resistance, several natural substan…

OBJECTIVE: To report concave-side distraction technique to treat congenital cervical scoliosis in lower cervical and cervicothoracic spine. To evaluate and compare clinical and radiographic results of this procedure with classic hemivertebra resection procedure. METHODS: This study reviewed 29 patients in last 13 year…

PURPOSE: The primary aim was to evaluate the accuracy of navigation in opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO). The secondary aim was to examine mid-term outcomes after HTO. METHODS: Inclusion criteria were patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis who underwent computer-assisted HTOs. Mechanical axis (MA…

BACKGROUND: Since pediatric cancer drug development is a global enterprise, we sought to provide an overview of the landscape of intercontinental clinical trials in pediatric oncology opened over the last decade. METHODS: ClinicalTrials.gov was systematically searched to identify all clinical therapeutic trials which…

BACKGROUND: A few case reports have described accidental eye injuries caused by fish hooks. The severity of ocular injuries is dependent on the involved ocular structures. Severe ocular injuries due to fish hooks are rare. We describe open globe and penetrating eyelid injuries from fish hooks at the Baltic Sea. METHOD…

Fabry disease, an X-linked inherited lysosomal storage disorder, is caused by mutations in the gene encoding α-galactosidase, GLA. In patients with Fabry disease, glycosphingolipids accumulate in various cell types, triggering a range of cellular and tissue responses that result in a wide spectrum of organ involv…

Spain is the second largest EU Member State with an area of 504,645 km(2) and is the fifth most populated one with a total of 46.5 million inhabitants. The number of dentists working in Spain has grown rapidly in the last 20 years. In December 2014, there were 33,346 practising dentists with a ratio of one dentist for…

Palliative radiotherapy (PRT) is useful in the management of many patients with brain metastases, but the need for this treatment in the general cancer population is unknown. The objective of this study was to estimate the appropriate rate of use of PRT for brain metastases (PRT.Br). Ontario's population-based cancer r…

The climate crisis is the greatest threat to global health. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have increased the temperature of the Earth by over 1.5 °C and caused sea levels to rise by over 24 cm since the beginning of the 20th century. 2024 was the warmest year on record and the last 10 hottest years…

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the association between use of oral contraception and risk of pelvic endometriosis. DESIGN: We compared use of oral contraception in women with and without endometriosis. PARTICIPANTS: Eligible for the study were women with primary or secondary infertility (n = 393) or chronic pelvic pain (n = 4…

BACKGROUND: HIV infection continues to be epidemic of public health importance with a prevalence of 1.1% and incidence of 0.33/1000 population having low-intensity mixed epidemic. Ethiopia has adopted the 90-90-90 by 2020 target but its progress was not yet assessed. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the trend of H…

AIMS: Studies assessing radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of ventricular tachycardia (VT) in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) report VT recurrences, but have not evaluated the impact of RFA on relevant clinical events during follow-up. We aimed to investigate relevant RFA outcomes in a multicentric re…

BACKGROUND: Androgen deprivation therapy has been associated with worsened body image in prostate cancer patients. Body image and physical presentation changes were investigated in patients receiving a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (triptorelin) as part of treatment for locally advanced or metastatic prostate…

INTRODUCTION: We aimed to compare results of treatment of oblique-spiral metacarpal and phalangeal fractures with screw only or mini plate plus screw, respectively. METHODS: A total of 43 patients who were operated with a diagnosis of displaced, irreducible, unstable, rotational oblique-spiral metacarpal and proximal…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term efficiency after abdominal sacrohysteropexy in women with uterovaginal prolapse. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a retrospective chart review at our tertiary referral urogynecology unit. Thirty women of childbearing age with uterovaginal prolapse who wanted…

Aneurysm of the ampulla of Galien is a rare but serious cause of cardiac failure in the neonate or child. The diagnosis is suspected on finding a continuous murmur on auscultation of the skull. It is an intracranial arterio-venous malformation which is sometimes responsible for a very important shunt between the arteri…

OBJECTIVE: Prevalence of asthma and overweight has increased simultaneously during the past decades. Several studies have reported an association between these two health problems, but it is unclear whether this relation is causal. We hypothesize that children with asthmatic symptoms are less physically active, which m…