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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectivity and safety of posterior osteotomy for thoracolumbar stress fracture in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) through the gap of a pathological fracture. METHODS: Between April 2012 and August 2015, 8 patients with AS combined with thoracolumbar stress fracture were treated with posterior o…

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.…

PURPOSE: In our study, the characteristics, treatment approach and long-term outcomes of condyle fractures treated in the pediatric plastic surgery and reconstruction unit in the last 10 years were evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study consisted of two retrospective and prospective sections with the participati…

INTRODUCTION: Systematic reviews are a growing research methodology in the health sciences, and in other disciplines, having a significant impact on librarian workload. In a follow up to an earlier study, an environmental scan was conducted at Queen's University to determine what has changed, if anything, since the int…

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of low physical activity (PA) in Peruvian adults and to identify associated factors. METHODS: An analytical study was performed using data from the 2017-2018 Nutritional Food Surveillance by Life Stages survey. The outcome variable was low PA (yes…

There is increasing interest in the use of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) in the prostate cancer pathway. The European Association of Urology (EAU) and the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) now advise mpMRI prior to biopsy, and the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS)…

BACKGROUND: The objective was to compare the use of emergency primary health care services on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve to a normal Saturday. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The material comprises data obtained from reimbursement claims from all doctors on out-of-hours duty in Norway in the period 2008-18. The number of c…

There has been an exponential increase in plastic surgery cases over the last 20 years, surging from 2.8 million to 17.5 million cases per year. Seventy-two percent of these cases are being performed in the office-based or ambulatory setting. There are certain advantages to performing aesthetic procedures in the office…

For any kind of therapeutic intervention in allergic diseases such as environmental control, pharmacological, or immunomodulating treatment including educational programs, children are addressed separately from adults. Health authorities like the Food and Drug Administration in the United States of America or the Europ…

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effect of event repetition on the amount and nature of story-grammar produced by children when recalling the event. METHOD: Children aged 4 years (N=50) and 7 years (N=56) participated in either 1 or 6 occurrences of a highly similar event where details varied across the occurrences.…

The growth capacity of probiotic Lactobacillus paracasei A13, Bifidobacterium bifidum A1 and L. acidophilus A3 in a probiotic fresh cheese commercialized in Argentina since 1999 was studied during its manufacture and refrigerated storage at 5 degrees C and 12 degrees C for 60 days. Additionally, viable cell counts for…

Calcaneal fractures (CF) are uncommon injuries in childhood; most data concerning CF originate from studies of adult trauma. In a retrospective analysis, we evaluated CF in children treated in our department over the last 5 years. In addition, we reviewed the current literature concerning the mechanism of injury, diagn…

AIM: Patients with thoracic trauma constitute one third of all the trauma cases, in west Sicily were recorded 941 thoracic trauma during the period between 2006 and 2009. Sicily is one of the Italian regions with the highest rate of obesity: some studies have demonstrated that obesity is an independent risk factor for…

Canada now allows donations from men who had sex with men (MSM) if their last sexual contact with a man was more than 5 years ago. We modelled the impact of this policy on supply and safety. Approximately 4500 new donors will be added and assuming compliance to the new policy remains unchanged, the worst-case scenario…

The authors are showing their experience on 394 locally advanced breast cancer in the last 10 years. In this trial were included the tumours larger than 5 cm, multiple tumours, tumours invading the skin or the thoracic wall with invaded or fixed axillary or supraclavicular nodes and acute carcinomatous mastitis. The op…

In this study the development of dental caries was observed in Finnish immigrant children between 5 and 8 years of age. Baseline variables that could predict caries were identified. Dental health in this group of Finnish immigrant children was already very poor at the age of 5 and deteriorated further up to 8 years of…

The function of the masticatory system was analyzed in 19 patients (13 women and 6 men), aged 39 to 68, randomly selected from a group of 165 patients who had been treated with osseointegrated oral implants within the last 7 years (average 3.5 years). The patients were well satisfied with the functional capacity of the…

Beginning with 1954, I. Kiricuta suggested and successfully used the stopping of the orifice in the vesico-vaginal fistula by omentum. It is presented the own experience during the last 33 years on 130 surgical cases (50 surgical fistulas, 65 complex vesico-vaginal fistulas on the intense irradiated tissues, 15 fistula…

We reviewed 444 EEGs of 62 women with medically refractory epilepsy, followed up for at least 5 years and that had 5 or more EEGs. According to our definitions we found 18 patients (29%) with frequent seizures, 16 (25.8%) with very frequent seizures, 16 (25.8%) with controlled seizures and 12 (19.3%) with occasional se…

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…