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Information technology in postgraduate medical education has developed rapidly over the last 5 years. This report describes the experience of setting up a computer-based information system in postgraduate centres in the West of Scotland. It includes a viewdata service, library facilities, computer-assisted learning, wo…

PURPOSE: The purpose of our study was to evaluate clinical outcomes and return to sports after medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in middle-aged active patients with concomitant patella-femoral joint (PFJ) osteoarthritis at time of surgery. METHODS: One-hundred and fifty-one patients who underwent medial…

UNLABELLED: WHAT'S KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT? AND WHAT DOES THE STUDY ADD?: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy is effective for the treatment of paediatric renal stones with favourable short-term safety. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for treatment of paediatric renal stones is also safe for the kidney and the child…

BACKGROUND: Patients after Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) often develop pain, impaired ROM, abductor weakness, and progression of osteoarthritis (OA) in early adulthood. Based on intraoperative observations during surgical hip dislocation, we established an algorithm for more detailed characterization of the un…

To explore the feasibility of anterior medial fenestration approach in situ reduction and fixation in the treatment of PipkinⅠ and Ⅱ femoral head fractures,and to explore the clinical effect of this operation.Hips of two anti-corrosion adult specimens treated with formalin were dissected, then anatomical…

ObjectiveTo evaluate the real-world safety, efficacy, and steroid-sparing effects of anifrolumab in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) treated at a tertiary referral center in Denmark.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective observational study of all SLE/discoid lupus patients who received at least one infusi…

PURPOSE: To describe the natural course of adult-onset foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). DESIGN: Retrospective study. METHODS: We reviewed the charts of all consecutive patients with adult-onset foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy who underwent SD-OCT at ba…

BACKGROUND: Pediatric and adults patients share basic aspects of multiple sclerosis; however, pediatric patients may have distinctive clinical features and disease course. OBJECTIVE: To compare the demographic and clinical characteristics between patients of pediatric-onset and adult-onset multiple sclerosis. METHODS…

Outcomes following surgery for chronic epilepsy are generally good; however, seizures persist/recur following initial surgery in some patients. We hypothesize that in patients who require multiple surgeries for intractable epilepsy, an identifiable pathologic substrate can be found in the subsequent surgical specimen,…

BACKGROUND: Tacrolimus has been increasingly used for liver transplantation during the last decade. The drug has immunological advantages in short- to medium-term follow-up. However, data on longitudinal follow-up are lacking. AIM: The aim of the present report was to examine the impact of tacrolimus in primary adult…

IMPORTANCE: In a period of dynamic change in health care technology, delivery, and behaviors, tracking trends in health and health care can provide a perspective on what is being achieved. OBJECTIVE: To comprehensively describe national trends in mortality, hospitalizations, and expenditures in the Medicare fee-for-se…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of posterior percutaneous endoscopy via vertical anchor technique combined with trench technique for single-segmental central cervical disc herniation. METHODS: Between July 2017 and August 2019, 13 patients with the single-segmental central…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the main reasons of acetabular component initial instability after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) and to discuss the prevention and management. METHODS: The clinical data were retrospectively analyzed from 19 patients undergoing revision for acetabular component initial instability after pr…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of percutaneous reduction by leverage and fixation using nonabsorbable suture with neck wear knot loop ligature to treat tibial intercondylar eminence avulsion fractures under the arthroscope. METHODS: Between February 2003 and December 2008, 28 patients with tibial intercon…

OBJECTIVES: To study the characteristics of people visiting homeopaths in a total adult population in Norway. METHODS: Data from a total population cross sectional health survey conducted in 1995-1997 in Central Norway (HUNT 2) with 65,495 participants. Variables included in the analysis were age, marital status, educ…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the preliminary results of the Dutch section of a large multicentre study of screening for prostate cancer, the European Randomized study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC), initiated in the Netherlands and Belgium in 1991. MATERIALS AND METHODS: After a series of five pilot studies which…

INTRODUCTION: Pertussis is a communicable disease that primarily affects infants. Vaccination has led to an important reduction in the incidence of the disease, however, resurgence of the disease has been observed. This study aimed to analyze the incidence of pertussis and assess the vaccination effectiveness (VE) of d…

PURPOSE: To determine time trends and characteristics associated with opioid analgesic prescribing to patients with cancer who are approaching the end of life. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This population-based cohort study used data on 29,825 patients diagnosed with five common cancers-lung (34.2%), colorectal (19.9%), fema…

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the incidence of urinary incontinence and its development over time, to compare the effects of alternative definitions on the incontinence rate and to explore risk factors for incontinence after radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) for clinically localized prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND MET…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of retrograde muscle release in treatment of mild to moderate type ischemic muscle contracture of forearm classified by Tsuge. METHODS: Between March 2010 and September 2018, 11 patients with mild to moderate ischemic muscle contracture of forearm were treated with retrograd…