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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…

Research toward the mechanisms underlying obesity-linked complications has intensified during the last years. As a consequence, it has become clear that metabolism and immunity are intimately linked. Free fatty acids and other lipids acquired in excess by current feeding patterns have been proposed to mediate this link…

AIM: To investigate the association between couples' communication before the wife's death to cancer and the widower's feelings of guilt and regret after the loss, in a population-based data. METHODS: Men (n=907) younger than 80 years and living in Sweden, who had lost their wives due to cancer, were asked 4-5 years a…

BACKGROUND: Recent clinical trials have shown increased, rather than decreased, mortality in patients treated with antiarrhythmic drugs after acute myocardial infarction. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether these findings had an impact on prescription of antiarrhythmic drugs after acute myocardial infarction. METHODS: We…

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…

OBJECTIVE: Induced abortion could increase the risk of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) in the next pregnancy. We aimed to explore the associations between characteristics of previous induced abortion and grades of current PAS. METHODS: A retrospective case-control study was performed in eligible pregnant women with PA…

To analyze the variation characteristics of pertussis toxin IgG (PT-IgG) and filamentous hemagglutinin IgG (FHA-IgG), as well as the immune protection and infection status of pertussis in Henan Province.A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 31 townships (streets) selected from 16 prefecture-level cities in Henan Pr…

Background: Bronchiectasis is poorly characterised in secondary care. Methods: Over 6 months, 410 bronchiectasis patients attended our clinics. One hundred randomly selected patients were characterised in detail. Results: Patients had a mean and standard error of mean (S.E.M.) age of 57 (2) years and a median and inter…

AIM: Total dislocation of the talus first reported in 1680. It is a rare injury and without associated fractures is even rarer. Is generally considered to be one of the most disabling ankle injuries and occurs after high energy trauma. The primary goal of our study is the retrospective evaluation of complete talar extr…

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between gait instability and falls history in people with vestibular disorders. A total of 247 people (164 women, 83 men) participated in the study (mean age = 62.5). Falls history within the last 6 months and scores on the Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) were compar…

Lymph node involvement is the major prognostic factor in gastric carcinoma. The benefit of extended regional lymph node dissection D2 is still controversial. For Japanese, these dissection can improve significantly long-term survival, while in western countries discussion is still open. Rationale for extensive lymphade…

The accurate locoregional staging of rectal cancer is important in choosing and planning therapy. The diagnostic contribution of endorectal ultrasonography and of Computed Tomography is well known because both methods have been widely used in the last ten years. More recently, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been…

BACKGROUND: In the last years of life, burden of disease and disability and need of health- and social care often increase. Social, functional and psychological factors may be important in regard to social- and health care utilization. This study aims to describe use of health- and social care during the last year of l…

Road traffic injuries are the second leading cause of death in Iran. The study investigated the prevalence and the influencing factors of Road traffic crashes (RTCs) among truck drivers in southeast Iran. In this cross-sectional study, 592 truck drivers were recruited using a multi-stage sampling method from November 2…

Recent Mediterranean droughts have highlighted concerns that climate change may be contributing to observed drying trends, but natural climate variability in the region is still poorly understood. We analyze 900 years (1100-2012) of Mediterranean drought variability in the Old World Drought Atlas (OWDA), a spatiotempor…

The rate of change of climate codetermines the global warming impacts on natural and socioeconomic systems and their capabilities to adapt. Establishing past rates of climate change from temperature proxy data remains difficult given their limited spatiotemporal resolution. In contrast, past greenhouse gas radiative fo…

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…