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Davey RB·Pediatric surgery international
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…
Borden Katherine L B·Translation (Austin, Tex.)
The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E plays important roles in controlling the composition of the proteome. Indeed, dysregulation of eIF4E is associated with poor prognosis cancers. The traditional view has been that eIF4E acts solely in translation. However, over the last ∼25 years, eIF4E was…
Tozzoli Renato·Autoimmunity reviews
Conventional immunological methods for the detection of serum autoantibodies have been an essential tool for the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases for 40 years: in the last decade autoantibody tests have become accepted criteria for the diagnosis and classification of the main systemic and organ-specific autoimmune dise…
Rinonapoli E, Mancini G B, Pucci G, +2 more·Revue de chirurgie orthopedique et reparatrice de l'appareil moteur
INTRODUCTION: This study refers to the first 76 Total Condylar knee prostheses that were implanted in 66 patients, with a minimum follow-up of 10 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: There were 54 women and 12 men with an average age of 65 years (range 45-81). The diagnosis was osteoarthrosis in 63 knees and rheumatoid arthr…
Gómez Gil E, Trilla García A, Godás Sieso T, +4 more·Actas espanolas de psiquiatria
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the epidemiology of transsexualism in the autonomous community of Catalonia according to data gathered at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, the single public hospital providing specialized psychiatric and endocrinological care for transsexual patients in this community. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Pre…
Liu Jiaxin, Chen Li, Duan Xin, +1 more·Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of early preoperative mobilization on the rehabilitation of the elderly patients with hip fractures after operation. METHODS: The clinical data of 16 elderly patients with hip fractures between February 2017 and April 2018 who met the selection criteria was retrospectively analyzed. T…
Niu Xingbang, Zhang Haiping, He Simin, +4 more·Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical efficacy and the indications of posterolateral fusion and pedicle screw short-segment fixation via injured vertebra for treating old thoracolumbar fracture combined with kyphosis in elderly patients. METHODS: Between January 2012 and December 2014, 24 patients with old thoracolum…
Dreyfuss U Y, Boome R S, Kranold D H·Journal of hand surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Ninety cases of synovial sarcoma of the hand, including eight case reports have been described during the last fifty years, (1934-1984). 8.5% of all synovial sarcomata involve the hand, and affect predominantly individuals under the age of thirty. The five-year survival of these cases was 18% and the ten-year survival…
Kohler J A, Radford M·British medical journal (Clinical research ed.)
Parents of 18 children who died of cancer in the last five years were interviewed. The mean duration of terminal care was 5.6 weeks, the median being two weeks. Most children died peace-fully at home after a brief but obvious period of deterioration. More counselling is needed for families in this situation.
Ferreira Laura da Cunha, Setúbal Sérgio, Keim Luiz Sérgio, +1 more·Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
Patients' data during daily clinical care are extremely important for improving the allocation of healthcare resources and for assessing healthcare demands. The prospective gathering of these data over decades allowed us to describe the trends of infectious diseases in a tertiary hospital. The results concerning the pe…
Casas Duran F, Valduvieco I, Oses G, +4 more·Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico
PURPOSE: Comorbidity assessment is essential in the triage of care for men with prostate cancer (PC). The aim of this study was to validate the Spanish version of the revised Charlson index (RCI) in PC. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 731 PC patients diagnosed from 1993 to 2008 were referred to our Radiation Oncology Departmen…
Del Core Michael, Beckwith Terri, Phillips Lee, +3 more·Journal of pediatric orthopedics
BACKGROUND: Madelung deformity arises from a partial distal radial growth disturbance in combination with an abnormal hypertrophic ligament spanning the volar radius and carpus, termed, the Vickers ligament. The purpose of this study is to report long-term clinical and radiographic outcomes following Vickers ligament r…
Condes Emilia, Barros Carlos, Merino Francisco, +1 more·Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiological characteristics and evolution of a cohort of HIV-infected patients in Madrid (Spain) over a period of 25 years. METHODS: Longitudinal, prospective, cohort study of all patients diagnosed with HIV infection seen at the Hospital de Móstoles (1983-2008). RESULTS: Of the 21…
Ferreira Jorge, Silveira Pedro, Marques J Agostinho·Revista portuguesa de pneumologia
The Portuguese version of the Marks Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ-M) has already proven to have good diagnostic properties, and is suitable for use with Portuguese asthma patients. The last forty years have seen a worldwide rise in the rate, morbidity, mortality and economic burden associated with asthma a…
Caballero Alcántara J, Moreno Cerro A, Carrero López V, +4 more·Actas urologicas espanolas
Between 1974 and 1992, both inclusive, 204 renal adenocarcinomas were treated in the Urology Unit of the '12 de Octubre' Hospital, of which 54 (26.4%) were diagnosed by chance. The relative frequency of these renal tumours has experienced a highly significant progressive increase, from 0 in the 1974-1978 interval, to 1…
Joss E, Carrel R, Vuille J C·Helvetica paediatrica acta
A prospective study to evaluate well-child examinations was based on a sample of 750 children drawn at random from the patients of 15 practising paediatricians who participated in the study. These children were followed from the age of 3 months, when each who was vaccinated also received a specified examination, until…
Ozzello Daniel J, Dallalzadeh Liane O, Liu Catherine Y·Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
PURPOSE: To describe the treatment of nine patients with chronic, low clinical activity score thyroid eye disease with teprotumumab. METHODS: A retrospective series of patients with chronic thyroid eye disease (TED) and low clinical activity score (CAS) treated with teprotumumab infusion therapy. Inclusion criteria: a…
Charoenwat Busara, Suwannaying Kunanya, Paibool Watuhatai, +3 more·BMC public health
BACKGROUND: The incidence of acute diarrhea in Thai children under five years of age has increased over the last three decades. Even though mortality has significantly declined, the burden and cost of medical treatment are still high. Our objectives are to describe the burden and pattern of acute diarrhea cases that re…
von Mutius E·Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Considerable variation in the prevalence of childhood asthma and allergic conditions has been shown in previous studies. These differences may in part be attributable to methodological problems in defining childhood asthma and wheezing illnesses. However, the results of recent surveys using identical study instruments…
Zieliński A, Czarkowski M P·Przeglad epidemiologiczny
During the last decade shift in incidence of pertussis toward the older age groups was observed. Also marked increase in incidence of pertussis in the second half of 1997 and first half of 1998 has occurred in our highly vaccinated population. In lieu of those facts question arises on effectiveness of national vaccinat…