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The relationship between reproductive factors and risk of lymphoid neoplasms was investigated in a hospital-based case-control study conducted in northern Italy on women with histologically confirmed incident Hodgkin's disease (HD) (n = 68), non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) (n = 180) and multiple myelomas (MM) (n = 71), a…

We present the case of a 54-year-old gentleman who presented with abdominal distension and a CT scan of his abdomen revealed a large (25 cm) left hepatic lobe tumor. He received chemotherapy for over 1.5 years. The CT scans at the completion of this therapy revealed that the tumor had actually slightly grown in…

It is a 27 years old patient, childbirths three, menarche 13 years, regular cycles, with dismenorrea incapacitante twice a year, referring light dispareunia, which was refered a our hospital. She had been hospitalized three days ago presenting left neumotorax, it was the third time she have had the same clinical square…

A total of 2,624 groin operations were performed in 2,202 infants and children aged 6 months-14 years during the last 4.5 years. Preventive analgesia was used in all operations, and included ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve block combined with inguinal canal infiltration. In 6 patients transient postoperative qua…

The authors describe their experience with Lemperle's method of reduction mammoplasty. It is based on the procedure of Wise and Strombeck and involves resection of the lower quadrants. We used this operation in seventy patients of the age between seventeen and 55 years during last five years. Six of our cases (8.6%) we…

Hydatid cyst, the larval cestod of Echinococcus granulosus infects both man and animal. In the last five years, fourteen cases have been surgically treated in the Universities Hospitals of Cairo (9) and Ain Shams (5). The highly infected site was the liver and the least was the spleen. On the other hand, a total of 2,8…

During the last few years there has been some criticism concerning the medical training of young doctors. The present study analyses the satisfaction with the medical training (hospitals and general practices) in 401 courses of medical training in the county of West Zealand, Denmark, during the years 1995-1997. The 401…

There were 53 cases where caesarean hysterectomy was done during the last 5 years at Eden Hospital, Calcutta. Majority of the cases were in the age group of 22-32 years and parity varied from 0 to 6. There were 54.71% cases which were due to rupture of previous caesarean section scar mostly lower uterine segment done i…

Autotransplantation of 33 maxillary canines was followed up in 29 patients with an average age of 27.5 years. The mean follow-up period was 6.0 years. Endodontic treatment was performed in 23 teeth. Signs of root resorption were found in an increasing number of canines during the follow-up period. At the last examinati…

Knowledge of the molecular mechanisms on malignant tumors is very critical for the development of new treatment strategies like molecularly targeted therapies. In last 5 years, many investigations suggest that stathmin is over-expressed in a variety of human malignant tumors, and potentially promotes the occurrenc…

In medical malpractice litigation, the cooperation of medical experts is important. However, the appointment of experts has become problematic in Japan, apparently because many medical experts refuse to act in this capacity. However, this supposition has not until now been supported by quantitative evidence, since the…

The aim of this study was assessment of the usefulness of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of the adult nonpalpable testicle. We reviewed retrospectively the case notes of five adult patients with cases of impalpable testis that were evaluated and treated laparoscopically in our institutions. All five patient…

In a study made during 5 years, from 1990 to 1994 on 8363 subjects with acute diarrhoea disease, we found 486 cases (5,81%) in which the etiologic agent was belonging to a species of enterobacteria; as follows: Shigella (69,13%), Salmonella (27,78%) and Yersinia enterocolitica (3,08%), and which were isolated predomina…

During a 10-year period from 1982 to 1992, 36 children and infants were treated for esophageal stricture. The severity of the stricture was indicated by the degree of feeding intolerance manifested by delays in growth and development and confirmed by fluoroscopy and endoscopy. Their ages ranged from one month to seven…

We report 14 patients with epidermoid cyst of the testis (monodermal teratoma). In 7 patients (5 treated within the last 5 years) the mass was excised and adjacent testicular tissue was biopsied. Seven patients underwent radical inguinal orchiectomy. Carcinoma in situ was not detected in any testicular tissue examined.…

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…