98,336 papers found

A review of 30 failed sphincter pharyngoplasties is presented. Failure may be caused by inappropriate surgical planning, inadequate surgical technique, or inappropriate patient selection. Problems with surgical planning and technique that lead to failure were low flap placement, flap dehiscence, and flaps not approxima…

On the basis of a total of 3692 surgical interventions performed on biliary pathways, of which 431 (11,6%) for lithiasis of the hepato-choledocus, the authors discuss the indications, the limitations and the results of surgical treatment in this affection. The postoperative death rate was 10,3% in the first 10 years of…

Among the last 7000 consecutive autopsies from our department, nine cases of primary reticulum cell sarcoma (non hodgkinian malignant lymphoma) of the central nervous system were discovered. Another case was found by cerebral biopsy. There were six males and four females (mean age 43.5 years). Mean duration of illness…

During the last two decades, criteria have been developed for the diagnosis of brain death that are applicable to adults and children over 5 years of age. To identify brain death, EEG and evoked potentials (EPs) have been extensively used as diagnostic tools in conjunction with the clinical examination and other labora…

Since prostatic carcionma is hormone dependent, treatment of this tumor has been carried out in this department over the last 10 years employing antiandrogens, particularly cyproterone acetate (CPA), associated in some cases with orchiectomy. Of 500 patients thus treated, the author reports on 236 patients with a 5-yea…

Last two decades witnessed great advances in the surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. However, the number of studies evaluating the long-term results of these treatment methods is relatively low. During recent years, besides radiological and clinical studies, questionnaires like SRS-22 assessing subjective funct…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the perceptions and beliefs of rural high school teachers about student suicide completion in their school and their perceived self-efficacy in identification of suicidality in students (suicidal ideation, plans and behaviours). DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey methodology.…

OBJECTIVE: To identify the profile of studies published on palliative care in oncology and to analyze their levels of evidence. METHOD: A scoping review. Inclusion criteria published in the last 5 years, in English, Portuguese or Spanish. Exclusion criteria incomplete articles, paid for, or those without results. RES…

An up to 12-year follow-up of 51 single-coated STAR revealed that 15 ankles had undergone fusion. The mean time from primary surgery to the first revision was median 51 months. In a series of 58 double-coated STAR ankles followed up to 5 years only one ankle had to be revised for component loosening. In this series the…

In the Netherlands, the influenza epidemic of the 2004/'05 season started late. The background value of 3 cases of an influenza-like illness per 10,000 inhabitants per week was exceeded from week 1 until week 14 of 2005. The magnitude of the epidemic was the largest of the last 5 years, namely 104 per 10,000 inhabitant…

INTRODUCTION: Since the late 1990s, a number of factors have reduced the threshold for parathyroidectomy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. This study examined whether this has translated into increased numbers of parathyroid operations over the last decade. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed o…

INTRODUCTION: In the last few decades mortality from cancer among children and adolescents has not decreased homogeneously in industrialized countries. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological pattern and temporal trend of mortality from cancer in individuals aged less than 20 years old living in the…

Between 1975 and June 1987 55 children underwent first permanent pacemaker (PM) implantation. The patients' age at time of implantation ranged between 1 month and 17 1/2 years (mean 5 5/12 years). In all cases - except a 17 years old girl who received a transvenous endocardial lead - only epicardial screw-in electrodes…

PURPOSE: An improvement in iodine status in the Veneto region (Italy) in the last decade has been documented. Our aim was to estimate the incidence of autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) in this region over the period 2012-2022. METHODS: A retrospective population-based study conducted in Veneto using the population registry…

Climate changes across the past 24,000 years provide key insights into Earth system responses to external forcing. Climate model simulationsand proxy datahave independently allowed for study of this crucial interval; however, they have at times yielded disparate conclusions. Here, we leverage both types of information…

The Swiss Ablation Registry provides a national database for electrophysiologic studies and catheter ablations. We analyzed the database to provide an in-depth look at changing trends over the last 20 years. During the study period a total of 78622 catheter ablations (age 61.0 ± 1.2 years; 63.7% male) were perform…

BACKGROUND: Long-term outcomes of revision dacryocystorhinostomy are less known. The aim of this study was to assess the long-term outcomes of revision powered endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). METHODS: Retrospective review of all consecutive revision powered endoscopic DCRs performed over a period of 10 years f…

BACKGROUND: In this study, our aim was to identify the validity of the prophylaxis indications for patients who received tetanus prophylaxis, determine the ratio of high-risk wounds to the number of patients with immunity, and to evaluate the tetanus immunity of specific age groups. METHODS: Patients who applied to th…

BACKGROUND: Palliative medicine services have invested in the community to support people dying at home. To develop end-of-life care for older people, we need to know where they die. AIM: To examine trends in age and location of death over the last 20 years. DESIGN: Retrospective death certificate review. METHOD: Al…

The aim of this retrospective study was to verify whether the daily number of insulin injections could have affected metabolic control in 181 unselected diabetic patients (age 0.66-14.75 yr at onset of diabetes) followed in our clinic from the 1970s to the 1990s. They were evaluated regularly since onset of disease for…