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OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the outcomes and complications in patients with myelomeningocele who have undergone spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective study of 40 consecutive patients with myelomeningocele with neuromuscular scoliosis who underwent spinal art…

INTRODUCTION: Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a progressive and disabling disease with severe socioeconomic burdens. In the last 30 years, a growing number of publications have reported significant advances in understanding ONFH. However, only a few studies have clarified its global trends and current statu…

PURPOSE/BACKGROUND: The favorable effect of clozapine on psychotic symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant (TR) schizophrenia (SCZ) in short-term studies is well established. However, prospective studies of the long-term outcome of clozapine treatment on psychopathology, cognition, quality of life, and functional…

Cases of food poisoningin England and Wales have almost tripled over the last eight years.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate possible changes in the social, cultural and economical profile of our HIV infected patients appearing during the last five years and their potential impact on incidence, prevention, and follow-up of HIV infection. METHODS: We conduce a retrospective analysis of demographic, sociocultural, clini…

PURPOSE: We have been performing radial shortening osteotomies for patients with negative ulnar variance and Lichtman stage 2 or higher Kienböck disease. Although we previously reported the results of this procedure 10 years after surgery, reports on follow-up beyond 10 years remain scarce. This study aimed to inv…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate effectiveness of tickborne encephalitis (TBE) vaccination by time interval (<5, 5-10 and 10+years) postvaccination. DESIGN: A retrospective, matched case-control study PARTICIPANTS: Cases-all adult (age 18-79) TBE cases in Switzerland reported via the national mandatory disease reporting surveil…

I have performed total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using patient- specific instrumentation (PSI) (TRUMATCH&#xae; Personalized Solutions, DePuy Synthes Joint Reconstruction, Warsaw, Indiana) since July 2009. Since that time, I have performed over 600 of these procedures, all at the same hospital and all using the same perso…

BACKGROUND: Global variations in epidemiology of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) exist. This study is designed to examine demographic and clinical features of T1DM over the past 3 decades as well as evolving trends in epidemiology over last 50&#x2009;years. METHODS: Clinical characteristics of 925 patients with T1DM o…

PURPOSE: We assessed how well preoperative serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) reflects the largest cancer in consecutive untreated radical prostatectomies during the last 20 years at Stanford University. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 1,317 consecutive radical prostatectomies were divided into 4, 5-year periods…

Dog management in the United States has evolved considerably over the last 40 years. This review analyzes available data from the last 30 to 40 years to identify national and local trends. In 1973, The Humane Society of the US (The HSUS) estimated that about 13.5 million animals (64 dogs and cats per 1000 people) were…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the trends in first and last authorship of women within clinical retina research over the last 25 years. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: First and last author names were retrieved from original articles published between January 1, 1995, and January 1, 2021, in the American Journal…

There is a widespread lack of systematic knowledge about myocarditis in children and young adults in European populations. The MYO-PL nationwide study aimed to evaluate sex differences in the incidence, clinical characteristics, management and outcomes of all young patients with a clinical diagnosis of myocarditis, hos…

STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study. PURPOSE: This study aims to investigate postoperative shoulder imbalance (PSI) &#x2265;5 years postoperatively in patients who underwent posterior spinal fusion using hooks at the upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) for Lenke type 1 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). OVER…

Systematic reviews (SRs) are published with an increasing rate in many fields of biomedical literature, including orthodontics. Although SRs should consolidate the evidence-based characteristics of contemporary orthodontic practice, doubts on the validity of their conclusions have been frequently expressed. The aim of…

BACKGROUND: Outcomes after arthroscopic femoro-acetabular impingement (FAI) surgery are promising in the short-term but have rarely been evaluated in the mid-term (e.g., about 5 years). Here, our objectives were to obtain mid-term data on functional and radiographic outcomes, to identify prognostic factors, and to dete…

BACKGROUND: There is growing concern about the economic impact of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in Brazil and worldwide. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the economic impact of CVD in Brazil in the last five years. METHODS: The information to estimate CVD costs was taken from national databases, adding the direct costs with ho…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD), and the timing of first ADRD diagnosis, on Medicare expenditures at end of life. DATA SOURCES: Monthly Medicare payment data for the 5 years before death linked to the National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS) for decede…

While the frequency of patch test reactivity to many cosmetic allergens has decreased over the last 20 years, we have previously shown that in our clinic, the patch test reactivity to p-phenylenediamine (PPD) has remained stubbornly high between 2.5% and 4.2% in the years when patch testing was performed with 1% PPD. F…