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INTRODUCTION: Retinoblastoma (RB) is a malignant tumor presenting in the eyes of infants and children, which endangers life, the eye and vision. The treatment of RB has undergone marked changes in recent years, and great progress has been made in our ability to preserve eyes. Over the last three decades most Israeli pa…

BACKGROUND: As palliative care research continues to expand across Europe, and the world, questions exist about the nature and type of research undertaken in addition to the research priorities for the future. This systematic review, which is the first stage of a larger scale study to identify the research priorities f…

PURPOSE: To examine age differences between Nova Scotia women aged 15-19 and their male sexual partners, and to determine if those adolescents with older partners were more likely to have engaged in sexual risk-taking behaviours. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey (response rate=91%) administered in May 2003 assessed t…

Theories of biological evolution advanced in the last 200 years are reviewed from the viewpoint of advances of modern genetics. The theory of gene networks as a key direction of systemic biology is a link connecting different evolutionary theories.

A case of recurrent pityriasis rosea in a 25-year old man is reported. He had his first attack 4 years ago and new outbreaks followed every year in winter with last 2 episodes occurring in the same year. All investigations were normal and no explanation for recurrences was found.

Until the past few years, it seemed to me that most physicians who were trained in internal medicine, as I was, were uninterested in anything that moved faster than 3 miles per hour. Not so, now. At the American College of Physicians (ACP) annual meeting last month on San Diego's spectacular harbor, the sessions on spo…

The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in Kambin triangle approach for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs).Between November 2017 and September 2018, 109 patients (144 vertebral bodies) with OVCFs, with a mean age of 76.7&#x200…

PURPOSE: Over the past two decades, vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has become an accepted and viable treatment modality for intractable epilepsy both in children and adults. Earlier studies have demonstrated short-term seizure outcomes, usually for up to 5 years; so far, none have reported an extended outcome in childre…

BACKGROUND: Aim of this prospective study was to evaluate mid-term clinical and radiographic outcomes in total hip arthroplasty using an acetabular cup made of an innovative biomaterial, Trabecular Titanium™, whose highly porous structure and mechanical properties have been designed to mimic those of the natural…

INTRODUCTION: Pain is the main reason why patients consult for degenerative and posttraumatic wrist conditions. While the many surgical techniques make choosing the appropriate procedure difficult, total wrist denervation, which has an "analgesic" aim, remains an accessible therapeutic solution to treat this symptomato…

Emergency ventilation techniques used during CPR have been refined over the last 40 years. The methods and equipment for emergency ventilation all have their advantages and disadvantages (Table 5), and the appropriate technique varies with the training and experience of the rescuer. Problems encountered during CPR with…

In 1985 a new tobacco act was passed in Iceland, which prescribed inter alia that warnings be printed on packages of tobacco goods. A prohibition on advertisement for tobacco has since been imposed; information on the injurious effects of tobacco has been disseminated in the schools and via TV. A law which limits smoki…

The authors have analysed their experience in treating spleen injuries with children in this institution. From 1970 up to 1988, 22 children were operated upon and splenectomy was done in all the children (5 isolated and 17 united spleen injuries), there were 3 autotransplantations of spleen parts in omentum and 1 case…

Holocene fluvial and marine deposits have accumulated in a graben-like structure on the northeastern margin of the Nile delta. This part of the delta, which includes Lake Manzala, Port Said, and the northern Suez Canal, has subsided rapidly at rates of up to 0.5 centimeter per year since about 7500 years ago. This subs…

Hyperparathyroidism as a cause of renal calculous disease has decreased considerably during the last 50 years. From 1972 to 1977, 5,034 cases of calculous disease were seen in 5 major hospitals in South Carolina and only 9 patients had hyperparathyroidism as the underlying etiology. There is a 0.178 per cent incidence…

In the newborn the following traumatic alterations of the nose can be seen: lesions of the soft tissues, flat noses (30--60%), damage by tubes, fixed nasal deformities (0.5%), treatable anterior septal dislocations (2--23%), and combined septal deformities (up to 50%). The literature of the last 100 years is reviewed a…

From 1955 to 1975, 417 patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) operations were performed at Sapporo Medical University. The last 118 operations (28.3%) were done by division through the left axillary incision without mortality. Forty patients were less than 2 years old and 14 were less than 1 year old. The ratio of girls to boy…

Following the last epidemic in 1995 the scarlet fever incidence in Poland has been gradually decreasing. In 2004-2005 this tendency was reversed as a consequence of the epidemic cycle of scarlet fever which in Poland has the duration of 7-9 years. In total 9,911 cases were registered (66.3% more then in 2004) correspon…