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BACKGROUND: We studied the results of mitral valve repair in patients with severe mitral regurgitation of nonrheumatic etiology. METHODS AND RESULTS: Between January 1988 and April 2002, 116 patients, of which 59 were male and 57 female, with severe mitral regurgitation of nonrheumatic etiology, underwent mitral valve…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effectiveness of new techniques of mitral valve reconstruction (MVR) that have evolved over the last decade, such as aggressive anterior leaflet repair and minimally invasive surgery using an endoaortic balloon occluder. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: MVR via conventional sternotomy has been an est…

Treatment of molar teeth with severe furcation involvement allows for differing therapies of which the tunneling procedure has been least studied. While subsequent root caries in furcal exposed teeth was believed a major shortcoming, successful periodontal therapy is primarily dependent upon the stability of the attach…

From 1969 to 1983, 89 patients underwent replacement of a prosthetic heart valve, an average of 66 months after initial implantation, because of primary failure of the prosthesis in 39 patients (44%), endocarditis in 16 (18%), systemic valve-related complications in 16 (18%), and periprosthetic leaks in 13 (15%). In th…

In Europe, the Quaternary is characterized by climatic fluctuations known to have led to many cycles of contraction and expansion of species geographical ranges. In addition, during the Holocene, historical changes in human occupation such as colonization or abandonment of traditional land uses can also affect habitats…

PURPOSE: The objective was to evaluate the use of German health insurance claims data on medications over the last 10 years by a review of published studies. METHODS: PubMed and Scopus were searched for relevant studies published in 1998 through 2007. RESULTS: A total of 70 studies were included. Use of these data in…

INTRODUCTION: In the last time, there is a negative dynamics of indicators of the health of the child population in Ukraine in connection with socio-economic problems. AIM: The analysis of the data of the incidence and the prevalence of diseases among the children of the Poltava region in comparison with those of Ukra…

Vibrio parahaemolyticus was discovered by Tsunesaburo Fujino after a shirasu food poisoning outbreak in 1950, but at that time the isolate was named Pasteurella parahaemolytica, not Vibrio. Although the isolate resembled Vibrio, some properties did not correspond with those of Vibrio. For example, the curved cell form…

The use of nanoparticles in stem cell research is relatively recent, although very significant in the last 5 years with the publication of about 400 papers. The recent advances in the preparation of some nanomaterials, growing awareness of material science and tissue engineering researchers regarding the potential of s…

For the last 40 years diseases of the heart has ranked as the primary cause of death in Puerto Rico, being cancer the second. In the National Vital Statistics of the Department of Health of Puerto Rico for the year 2002, cancer is listed as the main cause of death and diseases of the heart ranks as the second most freq…

Among the 831 students in the first and last-but-one year of medical studies, 21% were smokers, 4% occasional smokers, 63% non-smokers and 5% former smokers. There were no statistically significant difference in smoking habits between the first and fifth years of study. The different semesters did, however, reveal sign…

Echinococcus of the kidney is a rare form of hydatid disease, and accounts for 2 to 3 per cent of all echinococcoses. Over a ten-year period (1987-1996), eight patients with age ranging from 30 to 61 years are diagnosed and treated. Five of them (62.5 per cent) are discovered in the last two years. In seven instances (…

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is now well established as an alternative to open thoracotomy for major pulmonary resections of bronchogenic carcinoma and benign disease. More than 900 VATS major pulmonary resections have been performed in our center over the last 5 years and we here describe our method for…

The safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of an oral solution of itraconazole and its active metabolite hydroxyitraconazole were investigated in an open multicenter study of 26 infants and children aged 6 months to 12 years with documented mucosal fungal infections or at risk for the development of invasive fungal…

OBJECTIVE: To describe socio-economic inequalities in dental pain and dental caries in 5 and 12-year-old children enrolled in a birth cohort. METHODS: This prospective study was carried out with children enrolled in a birth cohort in Pelotas, Brazil. The main outcome was history of dental pain in the last six months,…

An epidemiological evaluation of the protective effect for dying of stomach cancer by screening programme for stomach cancer was conducted with applying a method of case-control study. And also in order to carry out an efficient screening programme, the age groups who should be intensively recommended to receive screen…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence and associated risk factors of massive subretinal hemorrhage (SRH) in patients with retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP). METHODS: A total of 187 eyes of 135 treatment-naıve patients diagnosed with RAP were evaluated retrospectively. Clinical records including the time bet…

OBJECTIVE: To observe the incidence, causes and deviation angle of axial offset in patients with fracture ununited treated by Ilizarov bone transport technology. METHODS: From January 2007 to December 2012, 10 patients with fracture ununited were treated by Ilizarov bone transport including 8 males and 2 females with…

BACKGROUND: Vertebral body tethering (VBT) offers an alternative treatment for patients with idiopathic scoliosis. We present our finalized Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study results on VBT. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed patients with Lenke Type IA/B curves who underwent V…

BACKGROUND: Up to 7.5% of tined-lead removals in patients having sacral neuromodulation (SNM) therapy are associated with a lead breakage. It is still unclear what adverse effects can be caused by unretrieved fragments. The aim of our study was to describe the lead removal technique we have been using for the last 2&#x…