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OBJECTIVE: Minimally invasive surgery is increasingly gaining importance in breast surgery parallel to other surgical branches. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a method that has radically changed the approach to breast surgery in the last decade of the 20(th) century. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the adapta…

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Appropriate treatment of patellar dislocation in children and adolescents remains a subject of debate. Ligamentous transfer or "soft rod" is a technique for realigning the extensor mechanism that can be adapted to children. We analyzed results obtained in our patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Betwe…

To analyze possible early abnormalities in bone resorption in type 1 diabetes mellitus the urinary excretion of the collagen crosslinks pyridinoline and deoxypyridinoline was evaluated by immunoassay in 26 prepubertal diabetic patients (mean age 7.8 +/- 1.6 years, mean duration 3.0 +/- 1.1 years) and 46 healthy childre…

PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to (1) examine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in adolescents and young adults in the U.S., including those who had a dental visit in the last year but not a medical visit and (2) to determine an association between last visit to the dentist and HPV vaccination…

Village girls, 9.5-18.5 years of age, inhabiting various regions of Poland, were surveyed in 1967 (n = 7,886), 1977 (n = 7,771), and 1987 (n = 11,479). Based on the source of income of the families, three groups were identified: farmers, farmer-workers, and nonfarmers. The girls were also divided on the basis of the nu…

OBJECTIVES: To determine incidence rates and risk factors of remote seizure after perinatal arterial ischemic stroke. METHODS: We retrospectively identified a population-based cohort of children with perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (presenting acutely or in a delayed fashion) from a large Northern Californian integ…

OBJECTIVES: We aim to report the efficacy and safety of rituximab (RTX) in patients diagnosed with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) or juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) refractory to conventional treatment. METHODS: A retrospective review was made of all medical records of patients with JSLE or JIA treat…

OBJECTIVE: Treatment of extremely large cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is challenging. Although volume-staged stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a possible multimodal treatment option for such lesions, reports of these procedures are scarce. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of volume-staged SRS in pati…

OBJECTIVE: to describe the epidemiological profile, risk behaviors, frequency of prior history of syphilis in women living with AIDS and to investigate associated factors. METHODS: a cross-sectional study conducted with women living with HIV attending at Reference Center for AIDS in São Paulo. Demographic, behavi…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the method and effectiveness of coracoplasty with mini-incision for subcoracoid impingement syndrome. METHODS: Between May 2006 and September 2011, 4 patients with subcoracoid impingement syndrome were treated, including 3 cases of congenital dysplasia of the coracoid process and 1 case of an…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Increasing life expectancy in Western countries in the last decades has resulted in a significant gradual increasing number of octogenarians referred for cardiac surgery. There is a need for a critical evaluation of the long-term surgical outcome and quality of life in the elderly. The aim of…

Among the identified barriers to HPV vaccination is the concern that women may compensate for their reduced susceptibility to cervical cancers by reducing cervical cancer screening. This exploratory study examined the relationship between cervical cancer screening rates and HPV vaccination. We conducted a cross-section…

BACKGROUNDS: We evaluate the feasibility and safety of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) as the first-line investigation in heart transplant patients and the rate of coronary allograft vasculopathy detected using CCTA. METHODS: From September 2003 to June 2009, we prospectively included 65 heart transpla…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of interferon-beta-1b (IFNbeta-1b) treatment on total contrast-enhancing lesions (CEL), white matter lesion load (WMLL), and cerebral atrophy (CA) in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) using serial monthly MRI. METHODS: An open-label baseline-vs-treatment cro…

Divergence times estimated from molecular data often considerably predate the earliest known fossil representatives of the groups studied. For the order Primates, molecular data calibrated with various external fossil dates uniformly suggest a mid-Cretaceous divergence from other placental mammals, some 90 million year…

PURPOSE: A majority of individuals treated with taxane agents for breast cancer (BC) develop chemotherapy-induced neuropathy (CIN) yet questions remain regarding long-term prognosis of this neurologic complication. We sought to characterize CIN chronicity in terms of persistence rate, predictors, and neuromotor dysfunc…

Opposing acute lymphoblastic leukemia, sparse data about AYAs with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is available. Overall, 125 AYAs (age 10-35&#x2009;years) treated during the last two decades were evaluated and compared to 385 older patients. CBF leukemia was more frequent in AYAs (21.6% vs. 8%,&#x2009;<&#x2009;0.001); ho…

BACKGROUND: Bedside inferior vena cava filter (IVCF) placement by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance has previously been shown to be a safe and effective technique, especially for critically ill patients, with initial experience of a prospectively implemented algorithm. The purpose of this study was to evaluate t…

AIM: The aims of this study were to evaluate the characteristics of childhood vasculitides and to establish the first registry in Turkey, an eastern Mediterranean country with a white population. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A questionnaire was distributed to the main referral centers asking for the registration of the Henoc…

PURPOSE: We previously evaluated the performance of a newly devised dysfunctional voiding symptom score to quantify abnormal voiding behaviors in children. The symptom score ranges from 0 to 30 with higher scores indicating greater severity. In this study, we test the performance of the symptom score in monitoring effe…