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OBJECTIVE: To discuss the effectiveness and the safety of accurate decompression via foraminoplasty in treating lumbar lateral recess stenosis patients who accompanied by disk-flavum ligamentum space and bony lateral recess stenosis, and to analysis the short-term effectiveness of the surgical procedures. METHODS: For…

BACKGROUND: Palliative care focuses on improving the quality of life and comfort of patients in the last stages of their disease by providing relief for pain and other distressing symptoms, and it integrates physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects. The main objective of this study is to assess the impact of pall…

Among patients hospitalized in 1983-1992 were 416 (239 women) who were immobilized for at least 2 hours due to stroke, orthopedic surgery, or sepsis. 128 (30.8%) had pressure ulcers (PU); 100 (31.2%) had diabetes (DM), including 12 with IDDM and 118 with NIDDM; age (mean +/- SD) was 74.3 +/- 9.5 years. Those with IDDM…

BACKGROUND: Tobacco use in Spain is still high, with many smoking related deaths. However, a decrease in smoking prevalence in men has been observed in recent years, with a stabilisation or an increase among women. This paper studies the evolution of cancer mortality in Barcelona city (Catalonia, Spain) according to ag…

PURPOSE: We evaluated the natural evolution of detrusor voiding contractility in boys who underwent posterior urethral valve ablation using pressure flow analysis, which is a mathematical computerized analysis of pressure flow studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Among 30 boys with posterior urethral valves who were being…

AIMS: Evaluation of pattern of recurrences of 290 patients with an Ewing's sarcoma family tumor (ESFT), who relapsed after adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS: Retrospective analysis at a median follow-up of 16.6 years (range: 5-32) from the primary therapy. RESULTS: There were 378 recurrences, treated by s…

Four magnetic profiles across the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge reveal magnetic anomalies that show trends parallel with the ridge axis and symmetry about the ridge axis. The distribution of bodies that could cause these anomalies supports the Vine and Matthews hypothesis for the generation of patterns of magnetic anomalies…

Variations of air quality, meteorological conditions and the effect of pollution control measures on particle matter concentrations in Beijing were all analyzed during APEC (from 1st to 12th in November) in 2014 based on the atmospheric pollutant monitoring data, monitoring components of PM2.5, meteorological and remot…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the outcomes among patients treated for gastric adenocarcinoma in a referral hospital, and to identify possible trends during the last decade. METHODS: All patients evaluated for gastric adenocarcinoma during the period 1999-2009 were included. RESULTS: Of 397 patients, 52% were curatively res…

PURPOSE: The presence of women in urology has gradually increased in the last 35 years with an accelerated rate in the last decade. We evaluated manuscript authorship trends by gender. Manuscript authorship is a metric that has been used as a marker of academic productivity. We hypothesized that the number of first and…

UNLABELLED: The aim of the study was to explore whether diagnosis and managing children with progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME) were improved during the last decade. METHODS: The retrospective study included children with PME treated in the Institute during the last 25 years. Investigation time was divided in…

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The eradication rate of() has been decreasing recently in Korea due to antibiotics resistance. The aim of this study was to investigate the trend of eradication rate and clinical factors affecting the eradication rate ofin the last 10 years in west Gyeonggi-do, Korea. METHODS: The trends of eradicatio…

BACKGROUND: The aim was to evaluate the characteristics and cardiovascular complications of a large Belgian cohort of adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2DM)&#xa0;<45&#xa0;years. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 886 patients diagnosed with T2DM&#xa0;<45&#xa0;years and 933 T2DM patients diagnosed at the age betw…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence and associated factors of doing clinical breast examinations (CBE) and mammogram (MMG) in the Southern and Northeast Brazilian regions, focusing on some social inequalities. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study using data from the 2008 National Household Sampling Survey (PNAD)…

STUDY DESIGN: Risks and benefits of using a tibial graft for posterior spinal fusion in neuromuscular scoliosis were evaluated in a long-term follow-up study. A consecutive series of 72 patients underwent posterior spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis. OBJECTIVES: Radiologic outcome was assessed to evaluate the q…

Surface (0-5 cm) and subsurface (-5 to 15 cm) soils from burned forest areas in South of France were analyzed to determine contents of 14 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their distribution profile. The sampling procedure allowed us to study the effect of the frequency of fire as well as the influen…

During the 11 year period (1987-1997), there were 23,584 livebirths at Songklanagarind Hospital. The average incidence of low birth weight was 8.17 per cent, it has increased slightly during the last 6 year period (8.53 per cent) compared to the first 5 year period (7.59 per cent). There has been little decrease in the…

The Lead Abatement Strike Team (LAST) was developed in 2002 by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) in response to community concern about management of children with elevated blood lead levels (EBLLs). Fourteen hundred backlog properties (housing at least one child with EBLLs) were identified through in…

PurposeAssess long-term outcome of combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy (CTT) in primary congenital glaucoma (PCG).MethodsData of PCG patients treated with CTT by a single surgeon between 1976 and 1993 were reviewed for reduction in intraocular pressure (IOP), visual acuities, surgical success rates, and need for repe…

OBJECTIVE: This study was done to assess the prevalence of cancer chemotherapy-induced osteoporosis among survivors of cancer in Saudi Arabia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients who received chemotherapy due to malignant disease attending oncology and orthopedic clinics between June 1, 2006 and November 30, 2006, were the…