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OBJECTIVE: To introduce the application of Photoshop CS16.0 (PS) software in preoperative osteotomy design of ankylosing spondylitis kyphosis (ASK), and to investigate applied values of the preoperative design. METHODS: Between March 2009 and March 2013, 21 cases of ASK were treated through preoperative osteotomy desi…

Neuromyelitis optical (NMO) and neuromyelitis optical spectrum disorder (NMOSD) are inflammatory autoimmune demyelination diseases affecting the central nervous system. We investigated the efficiency of low-dose rituximab treatment in 31 Chinese patients with NMO/NMOSD across a median period of 2.29 ± 0.…

We have been investigating the yearly change of prevalence rate of childhood allergic diseases using same method and in same region in five primary schools in Fukuoka City for the last fifteen years. From 1981 to 1995, revised ATS-DLD questionnaire had been administered yearly to the first graders of primary school chi…

Actinomycosis is a non opportunistic chronic infection caused by a superior bacteria that forms grains in the pus or affected organs. Fifty four cases have been reported in the last 50 years in the chilean literature, 51% were abdominal actinomycoses, 25.5% pelvic and 18.5% pulmonary. Fourteen cases have been treated i…

AIM: To determine an association between when the study was performed, the robustness of the study and the outcomes for insertional and non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy surgery. METHODS: We performed a systematic review in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines to assess the methodology of studies investigating th…

PURPOSE: This retrospective study of patients with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations aims to assess the efficacy of embolization distal to the origin of the last normal branch of the pulmonary artery. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 30 consecutive patients with 38 untreated pulmonary arteriovenous malformations u…

BACKGROUND: Despite longer lifespans, guidelines for prostate cancer treatment recommend surgery for those with over 10 years of life expectancy, potentially leaving older patients undertreated. This study examines the outcomes of radical prostatectomy (RP) in a large cohort of men older than 75 years. MATERIALS…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose was to study the long-term outcomes of primary trabeculectomies that were successful at 1 year. DESIGN: A retrospective study of patients with various types of glaucoma who had trabeculectomies that were successful at 1 year and who had a follow-up of at least 10 years. PARTICIPANTS: There were…

INTRODUCTION: Expandable endoprostheses are used to restore limb function and compensate for the sacrifice physis involved in carcinologic resection. Long-term outcomes of the last generation of knee "non-invasive" expandable endoprostheses are required. Objectives were to report on oncologic results of bone sarcoma re…

PURPOSE: Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe epileptic condition characterized by multiple seizure types including tonic seizures, slow spike-and-wave discharges on electroencephalography (EEG), and cognitive impairment. LGS can occur in apparently healthy subjects or in patients with preexisting brain damage. Th…

BACKGROUND: In intervention studies (DASH), high fruits and vegetables intake lower blood pressure (BP). Less is known on long-term effects of fruits and vegetables intake on BP, especially in European population. OBJECTIVE: To study the relation between fruits and vegetables intake and BP change in the SU.VI.MAX stud…

Morbid obesity affects about 300, 000 patients in Poland. The number and type of bariatric procedures performed between 1993 and 2003 has been based on data collected from Polish surgeons active in this field. During the years 1993 - 2003, 1285 primary bariatric procedures were performed in total. Amongst these 79.1% w…

The North American beef cattle industry has endured many changes throughout the years but is encountering some of the most dramatic challenges in history during the first decade of the 21st century. The US beef cattle inventory increased from 1990 to a high of 103.5 million in 1996 and since has declined to a low of 94…

OBJECTIVE: The morbimortality of elderly patients, (age 70 years or older), who underwent surgery for valvular and coronary artery disease in the last 17 years was analyzed. PATIENTS AND METHOD: A total of 1,305 patients (654 valvular, 531 coronary and 120 combined) operated from January 1985 to December 2000 were ret…

We report a poisoning with paliperidone palmitate, a once-monthly, long-acting injectable antipsychotic. The patient suffered from deep sedation and dystonia. She had been treated with extended release intramuscular paliperidone for several years and had received her last injection 8 days prior to admission. The…

PURPOSE: Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate is highly effective for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia. Despite its steep learning curve the procedure is an efficient treatment, especially for large prostate glands. We determined the change in enucleation efficiency with time with increased operative exper…

BACKGROUND: During the last 20 years, survival rates of head and neck carcinoma patients in the United States and Europe have plateaued. To determine the factors that can reduce mortality rates, we examined changes in clinical presentation and survival rates across 24 years of treatment of head and neck carcinoma patie…

This study explores the role of a particular social cue-the sequence of demonstrated actions and events-in preschooler's categorization. A demonstrator sorted objects that varied on both a surface feature (color) and a nonobvious property (sound made when shaken). Children saw a sequence of actions in which the nonobvi…