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OBJECTIVE: To assess the mid term patient outcome after operative treatment of a displaced intra-articular calcaneal fracture using the modified Palmer technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighteen operatively treated intra-articular fractures of the calcaneus in 16 patients (nine males, seven females) were retrospective…

A number of published case series provide short-term and intermediate success rates for the surgical treatment of glaucoma with trabeculectomy. There is little information, however, regarding long-term outcomes that extend beyond 10 years. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study to determine the long-term outcome…

Background India continues to have unsafe abortions despite progressive legislation since the past five decades facilitating ease of access to abortion services. This study describes abortion care-seeking patterns (social/therapeutic/humanitarian/sex-selective/safe/unsafe), preferences (public/private/at home), and the…

The aim of this study was to describe the profile of patients diagnosed with Dravet syndrome (DS), their clinical management, and the impact of DS on their quality of life (QoL) and family. Data of 80 patients from 11 centres in Spain was collected. Patients (47.5% female) were 12.7 (9.6) years on average (SD, standard…

OBJECTIVE: We described biochemical outcome in regards to different treatment modalities in patients with acromegaly in Bulgaria. PATIENTS AND METHODS: It was a retrospective analysis using data from the Bulgarian Acromegaly Database. Patients with eligible data on at least one treatment modality were included in the…

BACKGROUND: Patellar tendon reconstruction is technically demanding and is indicated in patients with chronic ruptures (i.e., still present more than six weeks after injury). The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of this procedure in patients with impaired function following patellar tendon rupture.…

1. The number of heart transplant operations performed in the United States grew modestly as indicated by a 12% increase from 1990 (n = 2,108) to 1995 (n = 2,360). From 1990 (n = 203) to 1995 (n = 871), lung transplant procedures increased by 329%. This trend has continued with 723 procedures performed in 1994 and 871…

Northern forests are important ecosystems for carbon (C) cycling and lakes within them process and bury large amounts of organic-C. Current burial estimates are poorly constrained and may discount other shifts in organic-C burial driven by global change. Here we analyse a suite of northern lakes to determine trends in…

Hypertension has emerged as important public health problem in India. During the later half of the last century, epidemiological studies in India reported that hypertension (diagnosed by systolic blood pressure (BP) ⩾160 and/or diastolic BP ⩾95 mm Hg) increased from about 1% in 1950's to 15%…

The Punung Fauna is a key component in the biostratigraphic sequence of Java. It represents the most significant faunal turnover on the island in the last 1.5 million years, when Stegodon and other archaic mammal species characteristic of earlier Faunal stages were replaced by a fully modern fauna that included rainfor…

OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence, form of presentation, symptoms, diagnostic methods and treatment most commonly used, and prognosis of leiomyoma of the bladder in our setting. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective, multicenter analysis of the last 700 cases submitted to surgery for a bladder tumor that was foun…

In a retrospective study we tried to define the diagnostic value of different x-ray studies in 43 histologically proved acoustic neuromas. We divided the examinations into such which definitely confirmed a clinical suspicion i.e. formed the last preoperative studies, and into others, which only increased the clinical s…

In the last fifty years, there has been a great improvement in social and health conditions. This have led to a significant increase in human lifespan as never seen before. In Italy, older persons are the fastest growing sector of society, mainly due to scientific progress but also to a decrease in the natality rate. A…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Long-term exposure to air pollution increases cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality, but it is not clear which components of air pollution are the most harmful, nor which time window of exposure is most relevant. Further studies at low exposure levels have also been called for. We analyzed two Sw…

The prevalence of postnatal growth faltering (PGF) in preterm infants with very low birth weight (VLBW) (<1500 g) is a universal problem. Growth improvement is expected as neonatal care is optimized. Objectives: To determine if there has been a decrease in the prevalence of PGF and an improvement in height at 2 years i…

The aim of this study was to investigate the outcome of a paediatric onset of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in a cohort of subjects with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and in a matched-age population-based control group without PSC.We identified 28 IBD-PSC cases (median age at IBD diagnosis 12.5 years, 25-75th…

PURPOSE: To report the outcomes of prosthetic replacement of the ocular surface ecosystem (PROSE) treatment in pediatric patients with chronic ocular surface disease associated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN). DESIGN: Retrospective, interventional case series. METHODS: Patients aged…

In the recent years, short-term heart rate variability (HRV) describing complex variations of beat-to-beat interval series that are mainly controlled by the autonomic nervous system (ANS) has been increasingly analyzed to assess the ANS activity in different diseases and under various conditions. In contrast to long-te…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to report the survival analysis of partial lateral facetectomy and Insall's procedure in patients with isolated patellofemoral osteoarthritis, and to assess the risk and protective factors for failure of this procedure. METHODS: From 1992 to 2004, all subjects with isolated patel…

OBJECTIVES: The advances of minimally invasive surgery in urology over the last years have enabled a progressive and constant implementation of endourology and laparoscopy in pediatric patients. We perform a review of our experience, as a general hospital, with minimally invasive surgery performed in pediatric patients…