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BACKGROUND: Endothelial keratoplasty (EK) is used increasingly for the management of cases with endothelial dysfunction. Long-term outcomes of the surgery are not widely reported in the literature. We report our experience of EK in Chinese eyes at a University teaching hospital. METHODS: Retrospective analysis was per…

METHODS: We analyzed data on 7,538 children aged 2 to 11 years who participated in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the cross-sectional associations of history of ear infections with prevalence of ever-diagnosed asthma and the prevalence of wheezing in the last year in US children.…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is currently limited evidence on medium to long term community perceptions of public amenity where supervised injecting centres operate (SIC). Our objective was to investigate if community perceptions of public amenity have changed over time, comparing data collected prior to the establ…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the results and extrusion rates of the Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation through a needle-generated scleral tunnel, without a tube-covering patch, in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review of the charts of 106 Mexican children implanted with 128 AGVs operated between 1994 an…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of distal radius core decompression in the treatment of chronic wrist pain caused by various etiologies. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of 10 patients with chronic wrist pain treated with distal radial core decompression between January…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the long-term outcome of epilepsy with auditory features (EAF) and to identify the clinical predictors for prognosis. METHODS: The study involved consecutive EAF patients with a follow-up of ≥5 years. Terminal remission (TR) was defined as a period of ≥5 consecutive years of seizure…

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether subjects older than 75 years are included in the randomized controlled trials of antiparkinsonian medications conducted during the last 30 years and to identify study characteristics that are associated with the exclusion of patients of advanced age. METHODS: A systematic search was co…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate preoperative and postoperative spinopelvic parameters and the influence of lowest instrumented vertebrae on sagittal parameters in Lenke 5 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) patients. METHODS: A total of 42 patients (37 females, 5 males; mean age: 16.71 ±&#…

The psychedelic mushroom Psilocybe cubensis is cultivated worldwide for recreational and medicinal use. Described initially from Cuba in 1906, there has been substantial debate about its origin and diversification. The prevailing view is that P. cubensis was inadvertently introduced to the Americas when cattle were int…

The mental health of adolescents is a priority for successful development. Physical activity (PA) and exercise can have effects on the mental health of adolescents. This review analysed the effect that physical exercise interventions can have on the mental health of healthy adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age. T…

In the world, stroke suffers 5.6-6 million people a year. Stroke deaths are predicted to rise to 6.7 million in 2015 and to 7.8 million in 2030. Stroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide. The provision of specific therapy to patients with stroke in the form of thrombolytic therapy and neurosurgical operations…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge level of nurses and midwives about the level of knowledge about neonatal resuscitation and the effect of education on knowledge levels. METHODS: The research was applied in January 2016 to the nurses and midwives who worked in neonatal inte…

PURPOSE: Proximal humeral fractures (PHF) comprise approximately five percent of all fractures and this percentage will continue to increase due to the aging population with accompanying osteoporosis. Most PHF can be treated conservatively; however, in displaced fractures, surgical treatment is recommended. Retrospecti…

BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular adenoma (HA) is a rare benign liver tumor with increasing incidence affecting young women. In the last years, much has changed in diagnosis, classification, and treatment, due to the identification of different molecular subtypes. With the evolving knowledge, especially on molecular character…

BACKGROUND: While LAGB has become uncommon in the bariatric surgery practice, band removal with or without revision surgery is still common. Retained postoperative foreign body, of which surgical sponges are the most common, is a rare condition. We report a rare case of retained gastric band port and the attached tube.…

BACKGROUND: Juvenile hallux valgus (JHV) frequently results in an impaired quality of life because of pain and deformity. We used a validated clinical score to investigate the efficacy of lateral hemiepiphysiodesis of the first metatarsal base as a treatment for JHV. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, nonrandomized,…

PURPOSE: This study was aimed to explore and report the short term results of primary cementless hip arthroplasty in treatment of unstable intertrochanteric femur fracture in elderlys. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between March 2009 and Feburary 2012, 35 arthroplasty cases performed by single surgeon and followed up for mor…

AIM: To study mortality in very low birth weight infants (VLBW) and the impact variation how to register that. METHODS: Data from the Hessian neonatal register from a 24 years period were analyzed. The only outcome criterion was mortality. The whole study time was divided into 6 parts for a period of 4 years. The deat…

Laboratory and field experiments were conducted to evaluate the influence of de-oiled two-phase olive mill waste (DTPOMW) amendments on the sorption-desorption, degradation, leaching, and persistence of the herbicide diuron in a representative olive grove soil. The soil was amended in the laboratory with DTPOMW at the…