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OBJECTIVE: To explore the safety and preliminary effectiveness of transintervertebral release, bone impaction grafting, and posterior column compressed-closing in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fracture combined with moderate to severe spinal kyphosis. METHODS: The clinical data of 21 elderly patients with os…

BACKGROUND: Since January 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has raged around the world, causing nearly a million deaths and hundreds of severe economic crises. In this scenario, Italy has been one of the most affected countries. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated significant correlations between C…

BACKGROUND: Scientific research is an essential component in guiding improvements in health systems. There are no studies examining the Sri Lankan medical research output at international level. The present study evaluated the Sri Lankan research performance in medicine as reflected by the research publications output…

UNLABELLED: Adolescence is a complicated phase of maturation during which a great deal of physical, neurological and social development occurs. Clinically this phase is thought to be the last chance to arrest the development of the disorder of stuttering before it becomes chronic in adulthood. However, little treatment…

There are only a few published studies related to the population-based etiology of hypopituitarism. New risks for developing hypopituitarism have been recognized in the last 10 years.. To present data regarding the etiology of hypopituitarism collected in a tertiary center over the last decade. This is a cross-sectiona…

BACKGROUND: Tobacco consumption constitutes a public health problem among adolescents. National addiction surveys in Mexico have documented a growing trend in this habit over the years. OBJECTIVE: Describe the prevalence of tobacco consumption among a sample of high school students sample in Tampico, Tamaulipas and id…

INTRODUCTION: It was the aim of this study to assess whether the changes in the diagnostic techniques and treatment modalities have altered the epidemiology of male factor infertility in the last decade. MATERIAL AND METHODS: From September 1999 to July 2003, 822 patients were evaluated for infertility in a University…

BACKGROUND: Specialist training in gastroenterology and hepatology is not standardised in different European countries. AIM: The aim of this survey was to assess the different teaching and socioeconomic aspects of training programmes in Europe. METHODS: Seventy questionnaires were distributed to last year trainees or…

PURPOSE: Patients with epilepsy have a higher risk of accidental injuries. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of accidental injuries and quality of life in patients with epilepsy and generalized tonic-clonic seizures and their association with patient-related factors. METHODS: This is an observationa…

Welfare states increasingly rely on aging in place policies and have cut back on institutional long-term care (LTC) provision. Simultaneously, the major determinants of LTC use, that is, dementia and living to very old age, are increasing. We investigated how increasing longevity and concomitant dementia were associate…

BACKGROUND: Programming deep brain stimulation in dystonia is difficult because of the delayed benefits and absence of evidence-based guidelines. Therefore, we evaluated the efficacy of a programming algorithm applied in a double-blind, sham-controlled multicenter study of pallidal deep brain stimulation in dystonia.…

A systematic review of the published literature was conducted to analyze the management evolution of brain metastases from different cancers. Using the keywords "brain metastasis", "brain metastases", "CNS metastasis", "CNS metastases", "phase III" AND/OR "Randomized Controlled Trial" (RCT), relevant articles were sear…

BACKGROUND: To explain the difference in the incidence and relative survival in a population-based cohort of women with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) postdiagnosis in the last forty years. EOC is the most common type of all ovarian cancers, but there is inadequate information about the variations related to long-term…

INTRODUCTION: Chronic renal insufficiency is a clinical syndrome including increased urea in the serum and creatinine concentration with or without decrease of urine production. Numerous diseases may induce chronic renal insufficiency. In developed countries these are most often diabetes mellitus, glomerulonephritis an…

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Little is known about the risk factors of suicide mortality among multiple attempters. This study aims to investigate the predictors of suicidal mortality in a prospective cohort of attempters in Taiwan, focusing on the time interval and suicide method change between the last two nonfatal attempts.…

IMPORTANCE: Antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein IgG (MOG-IgG) are increasingly detected in patients with non-multiple sclerosis-related demyelination, some of whom manifest a neuromyelitis optica (NMO) phenotype. Cortical involvement, encephalopathy, and seizures are rare in aquaporin 4 antibody (AQP4-IgG…

BACKGROUND: Due to demographic changes an increasing number of hip osteoarthritis can be expected with corresponding effects on the health care system. Hence, the objectives of our study were to obtain substantiated evidence about current medical care situation of hip osteoarthritis patients including outpatient care s…

To investigate long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and related factors in children with severe hemophilia A (HA) who received regular low-dose prophylaxis.Clinical data of severe HA children who began to receive regular low-dose coagulation factor Ⅷ (FⅧ) prophylaxis in Peking Union Medical Co…

OBJECTIVES: To compare rates of restricted activity and associated symptoms and problems in the last 6 months of life with those in the period before the last 6 months of life. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Greater New Haven, Connecticut. PARTICIPANTS: Community-living persons aged 70 and older (N=754).…

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the trends in the context of implant therapy in a 3-year patient population and compare it with data obtained over the last 20 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All adult subjects who received treatment in the context of implant therapy between 2020 and 2022 were included in this retrospective study…