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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical effects of spinal canal decompression and pedicle screw reduction and fixation, and intervertebral bone grafting fusion for the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis associated with nerve compression symptoms. METHODS: Postlaminectomy vertebral lamina reconstruction and pedicle s…

Hospital admission rates for childhood asthma have increased in many countries. To study if this is also true for Norrköping Hospital, paediatric admission rates for asthma every fifth year were examined for the period 1973 to 1993. Admission rates were found to have fallen over the last 10 years, especially in ch…

The "amotivational syndrome" which has been associated with marijuana use has not been examined systematically in relation to marijuana use and mental health. Light and heavy users were solicited by personal contact. They were asked to complete anonymous questionnaires which measured marijuana, alcohol and cocaine use,…

PURPOSE: To describe resident-reported experience in brachytherapy in Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education-accredited radiation oncology training programs over the last 5 years. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Archived reports of Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education final resident case logs from t…

In 65 cases of benign epilepsy of childhood with controtemporal EEG, 15 were followed-up for 5-7 years, 27 were 8-9 years and 23 were 10-14 years. Last seizure happened 4-14 years ago. Their present age ranged from 14 to 23 years. The disease was not related to sex but negatively correlated to age when first seizure oc…

Out of 5410 blood samples 715 samples were found positive for Salmonella typhi. Enteric fever was prevalent for last three years in Rourkela. In last two years, a number of multidrug resistant strains of Salmonella typhi was isolated which constituted almost 16.1% of the total isolates. In this study, chloramphenicol s…

102 persons with pseudoexfoliation without glaucoma, not attending follow-up controls, underwent re-examination. The time elapsed since last control was greater than or equal to 5 years in 39%. In those with monocular pseudoexfoliation, 30% became binocularly affected. Only 3 persons had developed glaucoma (2.9%). Prob…

BACKGROUND: In developed countries, the prevalence of asthma in children has significantly increased in the last decades. However, there is no information about the trends of asthma in Latin America. AIM: To determine changes in asthma prevalence between 1994 and 2002 in Chilean schoolchildren. MATERIAL AND METHODS:…

Between 1973 and 1986, 141 patients with esophageal carcinoma have been operated. The overall resection rate was 59% (83/141). We preferred the operative resection by abdominal and right-sided thoracic approach. Only in 4 patients with generally high risk an abdomino-cervical blind dissection of the esophagus was perfo…

To compare the career profiles of thoroughbred racehorses in Germany in different decades all horses which raced for the last time in the years 1966/67, 1976/77 and 1986/87 were selected from the annual report of the German Thoroughbred Racing Association. The number of racing horses increased within decades while the…

The incidence of carcinoma corporis uteri and myoma uteri in the last 25 years was studied. The number of carcinoma of the uterine body is increasing in relation to other gynaecological cancers. Most cases occurred in the 6th and 7th decade of life. Small uterine cavities (up to 7.5 cm) and uterine weight of less than…

Following the last compensatory epidemic of scarlet fever in 1995 the number of cases decreased, although the decrease rate was low. In 1999 the incidence rate for the entire country was 25.1 per 100,000 (range from 11.5 to 38.6 in different voivodeships). Incidence in urban areas was 92% higher than in rural areas. Tw…

To investigate the relapse rate in patients with bronchial asthma remission, a questionnaire study was performed. The answer sheets from 450 of 865 patients who first visited Saitama Medical School Hospital before the age of 16 were obtained. 281 patients had been in asthma remission more than one year after the last t…

The public image of dentists and dental visits were surveyed in 1980 by interviewing a national sample of 648 Finns 15-50 years. 67 persons who reported having last visited a dentist more than 5 years ago were excluded from this report. 55% of the interviewees had visited the same dentists earlier, 69% of these had bee…

In the symposium on 'Changes in the disease picture of pulmonary tuberculosis', the themes mentioned above were discussed. Dr. Ohmori analyzed the present state of the epidemiology of tuberculosis in Japan. The stagnation in the decline of incidence rate of tuberculosis has been observed from the end of the 1970's. It…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of asthma and respiratory symptoms in an urban population. MATERIAL: Eight hundred men and women aged 20-44 years, living in the capital Reykjavik and suburbs. METHODS: Participants answered a questionnaire, underwent skin prick testing for atopy, spirometry and a test for bronch…

In the developing countries, where socioeconomic and hygienic conditions are inadequate, hepatitis A is mainly a childhood infection. Improvements in environmental conditions cause a decline in the exposure to hepatitis A virus and a change in the age-distribution of the incidence. In the Sardinian population 3-11 year…

The last few years has been a period of great change for the health service. A survey was undertaken to examine trends between 1976 and 1991 in the number of available beds within area health boards. Data collection included a survey of area health boards. The survey found that between 1976 and 1991 available beds decr…

BACKGROUND: Peer methodology (PM) is an adaptation of the privileged access interviewer methodology and is used for prevalence studies. PM estimates higher drug consumption frequencies among school and college students than self reports, since it minimizes underreporting. AIM: To assess drug abuse among students using…