98,332 papers found

AIM: To investigate whether semen quality has changed in New Zealand over the last 20 years. METHOD: A retrospective study from 1987 to 2007. The sperm concentration, volume of seminal fluid, and the percentage of motile sperm were analysed from the first semen sample of 975 men presenting as sperm donors in Auckland…

This is a descriptive study of thymomas notified to the national Danish Cancer Registry and registered by the departments of pathology during the years 1943-1993. A total of 433 cases of benign and malignant thymomas were included over these 50 years with an increase of the incidence to a stable rate of 2.5/million/yea…

We evaluated retrospectively the complications of pediatric spinal anesthesia in our center based on the histories of 50 spinal anesthesia cases (5-15 years of age, 0.56%) over the last 15 years. Five cases (10%) showed transient hypotension. In the prospective study of those under 5 years of age (35 children), there w…

We have reported a case of primary carcinoma of the gallbladder and reviewed 42 other cases seen at the Marshall University School of Medicine affiliated hospitals over the last 27 years. Most of the patients were female (74.5%) and elderly (mean age 66.9 years), and had metastatic or locally invasive disease (79%); 95…

Heavy metal contamination of aquatic environment has attracted global attention owing to its abundance, persistence, and environmental toxicity, especially in developing countries like Bangladesh. Five heavy metals, namely chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) were investigated in surface and…

OBJECTIVE: To sort out the literature related to conjunctival bacteria and summarize research hotspots and trends of this field. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The relevant literature data from 1900 to 2019 was retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database. After manual selection, each document record includes ti…

BACKGROUND: In this study, we aimed to review retrospectively the records of 5 patients who were treated in our hospital and to review the current approaches in diagnosis and management of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). METHODS: The series of patients diagnosed with AIP during the last seven years (January 2006 - Augu…

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Three issues associated with surgical treatment of rectal cancer are discussed in the present study. Necessity of standardisation of preoperative irradiation, based on interdisciplinary consensus is considered. The most urgent task is increasing the proportion of sphincter saving resections carried out…

AIM: to evaluate etiological agents involved in acute pancreatitis in children, as well as clinical, laboratory and radiological findings and the illness clinical course. PATIENTS AND METHODS: we reviewed the cases of acute pancreatitis diagnosed over the last 15 years. The criteria used for cases to be included were…

Event-related potential (ERP) correlates of the serial position effect in short-term memory were investigated using a memory scanning task. Nine normal young adults (18-39 years) indicated whether a probe item was a member of a previously presented 5-item memory set by pressing 1 of 2 reaction-time buttons. Three types…

Injuries account for 3.6 million hospital admissions and approximately 100 billion dollars in health care costs annually. Surgical educators have expressed concern about the adequacy of postgraduate trauma education in light of this trauma epidemic. The purpose of this report was to evaluate our residents' trauma expos…

BACKGROUND: Early therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty (TKP) for Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is thought to have a worse visual prognosis than the delayed optical penetrating keratoplasty (OKP) after successful conservative treatment of AK. This has led to a tendency to prolong conservative therapy and delay penetrating…

Motivation to learn has been linked to learning outcomes, academic performance, learner well-being, and choice of medical specialty. Previous studies showed successful educational interventions to optimize students' levels of motivation and learning strategies. The purposes of this study are (1) to describe undergradua…

Five patients (mean age 44 years--range 21-67 years) with arachnoiditis of different origin who posteriorly developed syringomyelia are presented. The etiopathogenic mechanism of the arachnoiditis was post injury in one case, 2 patients had history of meningitis (tuberculous and pneumococcic) and in the other two no re…

OBJECTIVES: Cladribine tablets (CLAD) for adult patients with highly active relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) have been available in Italy since 2018. We aimed to assess predictors of no-evidence-of-disease-activity-3 (NEDA-3) status after 24 months of the last dose of CLAD. RESULTS: We included 88 patients (70.…

CONTEXT: Stroke is the second leading cause of death and the primary cause of disability worldwide. It is uncertain what care patients with stroke receive in their end of life and what trends in care are in recent years. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to investigate the changes in the use of intensive and…

OBJECTIVE: To observe the medium-term clinical and radiological outcomes of anterior release internal distraction in treatment of severe and rigid scoliosis. METHODS: Between March 2009 and March 2012, 26 patients with severe and rigid scoliosis were treated with anterior release, posterior internal distraction, and t…

In our institute we have performed 124 vertical banded gastroplasties. Patients with a follow-up beyond 3 months were studied with a barium meal, in order to evaluate the efficiency of surgery and the eventual complications. Seventy-nine patients have had one or more X-ray investigations at various times after surgery…

While addiction is increasingly recognized as a chronic condition, little information is available on the actual duration of addiction and treatment careers. The purpose of this study was to estimate the duration and correlates of years between (a) first use and at least a year of abstinence and (b) first treatment adm…