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The European Communities Confederation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EC4) opened a Register for European Chemists in 1997. The operation of the Register is undertaken by a Register Committee (EC4RC). During the last 5 years more than 1,400 clinical chemists entered the register. In this article an upda…

The authors give an account of their experience with the treatment of secondary glaucoma in children with Sturge-Weber's syndrome, followed up on a long-term basis (mean follow up period 6 years). Sixteen eyes of 13 children, mean age 10.5 years during the last check-up were treated: four eyes by medicamentous treatmen…

PURPOSE: The study aims to evaluate visual outcome, central corneal thickness, and rebubbling rate in a cohort with oversized DMEK grafts after failed penetrating keratoplasty (PK). The unique feature of the study is a descemetorhexis diameter larger than the full-thickness graft, i.e., peripheral to the PK interface.…

We measured the amount of bone mineral in the medial tibial condyle 1 week postoperatively, after 1 year and after 4-5 years in 38 arthrotic knees randomized to a Freeman-Samuelson hydroxyapatite-coated (FS HA) or a Miller-Galante II (MG II) total knee arthroplasty. Clinically excellent results were recorded in both gr…

PURPOSE: The prevalence of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Spain has been evaluated in the last ten years by EPISCAN in 2007 and EPISCAN II in 2017. This study describes changes in the prevalence of COPD in an urban region of Spain in the last 10 years, its risk factors and underdiagnosis. PATIENTS AND…

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this systematic review was to compare the longevity of direct amalgam and composite resin restorations, in posterior teeth, through clinical, prospective or retrospective studies, with at least 5 years of follow-up. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Studies published in the last 15 years (from 2006 t…

Of 53,633 suspected dengue cases reported to a passive dengue surveillance system in Puerto Rico during 2005-2010, 949 individuals were reported on more than one occasion and 21 had laboratory-confirmed dengue on two separate occasions. Median time between illness episodes was 2.9 years (range: 62 days-5.3 years). Seve…

391 patients were studied, 288 males whose average age was forty years old, and 103 females whose average age was forty-five years old. They were divided into three groups, according to the values of the diastolic blood pressure in basal conditions: a) Normotensive (less than 90); b) Borderline (90); c) Mild Hypertensi…

BACKGROUND: Academic authorship is a critical productivity metric used for academic promotion. OBJECTIVE: To characterize temporal changes in female representation in academic authorship in ten primary urology journals as the complement of female urologists is increasing. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Publicatio…

There is considerable willingness in the entire medical society of Kyrgyzstan, which was directly involved in the reform process, to obtain reliable information about changes in population health that have occurred in the last decade, as well as about changes in mortality, which is the basic component of population hea…

The incidence rates of bronchogenic carcinoma based upon 414 cases that occurred in Olmsted County, Minnesota, over a period of 45 years are described. Histologic preparations were available for 97% of cases and were reviewed by one pathologist. The overall average annual age-adjusted rates per 100,000 person-years for…

Our study aimed to obtain a comprehensive review of the incidence of biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis (GN) at the Cairo University Hospitals, Egypt, over the last five years. We analyzed the clinical and pathological data of all renal biopsy samples that were performed during the period from July 2003 to July 2008. Ren…

To perform a laparoscopic appendectomy, three trocars are usually needed. In order to reduce abdominal wall trauma, we have adopted an umbilical one-puncture laparoscopic-assisted appendectomy (UOPLAA). We did a retrospective study of UOPLAA performed during last 2 years on 200 children aged from 5 to 18 years (median,…

Valve replacement has been one of the most important advances in the management of patients with valvular heart disease. The 10 and 15 year survival rate after isolated aortic and mitral valve replacement with the Starr-Edwards valve is 56 and 44%, respectively. At 5 and 7 years, survival with the Björk-Shiley, po…

The results of selective proximal vagotomy and pyloroplasty for duodenal and gastric ulcer in 464 patients over the last 5 years were evaluated in 438 cases. More than 75% of the patients were observed for 2 years after the operation. More than 25% were emergency cases, the incidence of intraoperative complications lik…

Data collected during the period July 1963 and June 1964 indicate that an estimated 78.1 million persons, or 42.0 percent of the civilian, noninstitutional population, made one or more dental visits within the year prior to interview. Approximately 16.6 percent of the population had never seen a dentist. These data are…

The conditions of the surgical care for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and in particular patients with chronic cavernous tuberculosis were investigated in some regions of West Siberia. In the last 5 years the activity of the surgical care and the proportion of the operated persons among the contingents of the pat…

BACKGROUND: Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) is the leading cause of spinal cord dysfunction globally. Surgical intervention is often recommended for moderate to severe cases, but the optimal surgical approach remains debated. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to validate the novel Cervical Surgical Score (CSS) for man…

BACKGROUND: Total knee arthroplasty is a successful procedure in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Searches in surgical technique have focused surgeons in particular on implant alignment. For this purpose, the use of robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty has become increasingly common in the last 10 years. METHOD…

From 1957 till 1980 48 operations for mediastinal tumors with 5 primary seminomas seating in the thymus gland, one deriving from a teratoma. No seminoma of the testes during the following long-term observation. In two cases the diagnosis of a primary seminoma was confirmed by post-mortem examination. One of the other p…