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This is the case of a young woman, 16-year-old, calling to our Department because of the appearance, in the floor of the mouth, of a mass progressively growing until about 5 cm diameter. Through fine needle biopsy was diagnosed of epidermoid cyst. Despite its size and infrahyoid site was removed successfully. Perusal r…

Embryologists have dreamed of their own particular philosophers stone for 100 years. During that time they have repeatedly demonstrated the likely existence of signalling molecules or morphogens that control the pattern of development in the embryo. Now at last seems possible that some of these morphogens may have been…

During the last 5 years, over 1,500 minor lacerations in children were treated in the emergency room of Nahariya Regional Hospital, by the adhesive "Hystoacryl Blue," with gratifying results. The method, its advantages, and special precautions are described.

The malposition of breast prostheses without capsular contracture has become an increasingly frequent event. In our experience with 40 patients over the last 5 years, we have found multiple-layer breast capsulorrhaphy to be a simple, safe, and reliable technique. With this method, repositioning of the breast is easier,…

The standard patient with colonic cancer is described. For the last 30 years surgery has been able to cure nearly 50% of colorectal cancers with 5% perioperative mortality. Technical novelties such as the stapler, antibiotics and colon wash have not improved this crude rate. Moderate improvement in cure rates can reaso…

Preliminary considerations are made about the aesthetic surgery of the hands, stressing the fact that little interest has been devoted to this field. The senile changes of the hand are analyzed, mentioning the presence of sagging and wrinkling, the appearance of senile lentigos and senile keratoses, as well as dilatati…

The age-adjusted cardiovascular mortality rate has fallen by 40% in the United States over the last 30 years, primarily since the late 1960s. Although cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death in this country, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease have dropped to below 50%, and the rate contin…

On the occasion of 50th anniversary of foundation of the Medical Academy of Białystok, a brief history and the present state of the School are described. The main achievements over the last 50 years are presented.

The objective of this work was to gain more insight into the controversial characteristics of meningiomas occurring during childhood and adolescence. Management of meningiomas is an important field in pediatric neurosurgery. Every pediatric neurosurgeon has tried to resolve the problems relating to the clinical charact…

A newly recognized type of cerebral astrocytoma has been described in the last 5 years among patients under the age of 30. The designation of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma has been suggested for this neoplasm on the basis of its unique histological features. These include abundant lipid droplets in the astrocytic cytop…

CD4+ T-cell level is one of the important criteria for categorising HIV-related clinical conditions to determine initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). The present study is undertaken to analyse baseline CD4 count at which persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) were getting registered for ART in India. It also examin…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to report the outcome of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children with sickle cell disease and to compare the patients who had surgery as emergency with those who were operated as routine. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 72 patients (males 48, females 24) less than 14 years of a…

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hospitalized patients of sarcoidosis in the Republic of Croatia, its distribution in relation to sex and age as well as its geographical distribution. The data on sarcoidosis patients hospitalized in Croatia in the last six years, from 1997 to 2002, were analyz…

A prospective study of 82 patients with acute renal failure was carried out over the last 2 years. Mean age of the patients was 35.6 years (8-82 years). Male to female ratio was 3.5:1. The etiological factors were septicaemia in 18 patients (21.95%), aminoglycoside toxicity in 16 patients (19.51%), open heart surgery i…

457 patients with a bronchial carcinoma of the years 1947--1962 are compared with 126 patients of the years 1969--1970 and set up in comparison to the whole clinical material of the years 1960--1975. In the period between 1969 and 1970 radical resections were performed in 20% more patients than in the first period (194…

INTRODUCTION: In 1967 Donald Ross introduced the subcoronary Ross procedure consisting of transplantation of the autologous pulmonary valve into aortic position. We describe our 15-year experience in Ross procedures. METHODS: 576 subcoronary operations have been performed (436 male and 140 female patients); the mean a…

AIMS: The aim of this study was to report long-term clinical outcomes of a modern convertible metal-backed glenoid (MBG) in total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA). METHODS: After a minimum of 15 years, a previously studied cohort of 35 patients who received a modern convertible MBG during the period 1996 to 2005 was contac…

OBJECTIVE: To find out the clinical outcome of posterior decompression with occipitocervical fixation and fusion in patients with Craniovertebral junction instability. METHODS: Eighty consecutive patients of cranio vertebral junction (CVJ) compression were treated in the department of neurosurgery, Jinnah Postgraduate…

Today, orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the treatment of choice for the endstage of various liver diseases, a 1-year survival rate of 80% and a 5-year survival rate of 70% in elective patients without tumor is reported in international surveys. The liver transplant program of the Inselspital Bern is very small…