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BACKGROUND: Academic authorship is a critical productivity metric used for academic promotion. OBJECTIVE: To characterize temporal changes in female representation in academic authorship in ten primary urology journals as the complement of female urologists is increasing. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Publicatio…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short-and medium-term efficacy of posterior medial branch block in the treatment of persistent pain after percutaneous vertebral augmentation. METHODS: From January 2018 to January 2023, a total of 1, 062 patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures underwent percutaneous verte…

BACKGROUND: Aggressive medical care at the end of life can be harmful to patients and families, but its prevalence in use among younger cancer patients is unknown. The goal of the study was to report on the use of aggressive care and hospice services for patients younger than age 65 years. METHODS: Using the HealthCor…

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the outcome of surgical reconstruction for renal artery in Takayasu arteritis-induced renal artery stenosis (TARAS). METHODS: A retrospective chart review was conducted on 33 consecutive patients with TARAS, who underwent aortorenal bypass (ARB) with autologous saphenous vein graft. There were 9…

To explore the clinical effects of autologous follicular unit extraction (FUE) transplantation in the treatment of small area secondary cicatricial alopecia (hereinafter referred to as cicatricial alopecia) after burns.A retrospective observational study was carried out. According to the adopted treatment methods, 18 p…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the indications, outcomes, and complications of scleral buckle removal over the past decade and compare to previously published data. METHODS: Forty nine eyes of 49 patients who underwent scleral buckle removal and had at least 6 months of follow-up were included in this retrospective study. Recor…

OBJECTIVES: To study a sample of asthmatic children to get to know how the disease is managed by caretakers and to identify predictive factors associated with attendance in emergency room for asthma. METHODS: A cross-sectional study nested in a cohort was undertaken in the urban area of Pelotas, Southern Brazil. 981 c…

The objective of this work is to estimate the time and value of the non-professional care, also called informal care, provided to people with limited autonomy in Spain, and to analyze its evolution between 2008 and 2021. We used as the main source of information the Survey of Situations of Disability, Personal Autonomy…

INTRODUCTION: Influenza virus is a common agent of pediatric infections. Most cases are mild, but severe illness and death can occur. We aimed to analyze severe cases associated the influenza virus and compare it with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). METHODS: This is a retrospective study of 0-17-year-old patie…

AIMS: To investigate the epidemiology of diabetes diagnosis and screening in Australian general practice. METHODS: Cross-sectional study using electronic health records of 1,522,622 patients aged 18+ years attending 544 Australian general practices (MedicineInsight database). The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes and d…

OBJECTIVES: To review the published literature regarding disorders of sex development (DSD) in Africa which will highlight clinical characteristics, and challenges of evaluation and treatment of DSD. CONTENT: We performed systematic review of articles published on DSD in Africa between January 2001 and December 2020.…

Numerous studies have shown that climate change affects the timing of migration and bird laying dates, but the resulting changes in the duration of breeding seasons and their fitness consequences remain largely unknown. We compared breeding parameters of 343 individually marked female Eurasian reed warblers, a multi-br…

PURPOSE: To describe the clinical presentation and management of Curvularia endophthalmitis and compare with previous published literature. METHODS: Retrospective interventional comparative case series and literature review. Eight cases with culture-proven Curvularia endophthalmitis from January 2000 to March 2018 und…

The introduction of disease-specific therapy for patients with type I Gaucher disease (GD1) was a revolution in the management of patients, but not without cost. Thus, the management of mildly affected patients is still debated. We herein report a long-term follow-up (median (range) of 20 (5-58) years) of 103 GD1 patie…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of open arthrolysis in treatment of the patient with stiff knee in late stage after primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS: Between January 2014 and October 2017, 7 female patients (7 knees) with stiff knee in late stage after primary TKA were admitted. The patients wer…

BACKGROUND: In the last two decades there have been several studies describing the prevalence of intestinal parasites in Nepal; however, there is a lack of surveillance data in the country. METHODS: We searched literature in PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google Scholar and local peer-reviewed journals published from 1990 t…

BACKGROUND: We performed an interposition arthroplasty using the abductor pollicis longus tendon for arthrosis in the basal joint of the thumb that needed surgery from 1995 to 2010. In 2001 47 patients (55 thumbs) were reviewed after 3.5 (1-5) years. The pain relief was excellent in 32 thumbs, and 25 patients improved…

Although the perioperative event rate has declined over the past 30 years, as a consequence of the developments in anesthesiology and surgical techniques, perioperative cardiovascular complications are still a significant clinical problem. At the end of the last century, a pooled analysis of several large studies found…

BACKGROUND: Although ceramic-on-ceramic bearings for total hip arthroplasty (THA) show promising results in terms of bearing-surface wear, fracture of the bearing, insertional chips, and squeaking remain a concern. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: Our primary objective of this report was to determine overall survivorship of a tita…

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: We studied a cementless anatomic stem combination with a cementless press-fit cup. The purpose of this work was to assess prospectively in a homogeneous consecutive series of patients, the clinical and radiological outcome of this prosthesis at five years follow-up. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The seri…