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BACKGROUND: Morphean basal cell carcinoma (BCC), is a distinct and aggressive skin cancer, usually requiring aggressive treatment from the start. OBJECTIVE: Assessment of the recurrences rate of morphean BCC and evaluation of significant prognostic factors for the clinical outcome of the neoplastic procedure. METHODS…

A retrospective analysis was done on 47 pediatric renal transplants performed over last 16 years at Bangalore, Karnataka. The median age and weight of the recipients at transplantation were 120 months and 21 kg respectively; male to female ratio was 30 to 17. Twenty two children had underlying glomerular disease and 23…

PURPOSE: An arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) for degenerative meniscus lesions and traumatic meniscus tears are two distinct entities and their long-term outcomes are rarely reported. The aim of this review was to compare the long-term (clinical and radiological) results of APM performed on stable knees for trau…

OBJECTIVES: Pulmonary parenchymal changes appear many years after the start of exposure to asbestos and their progression has been observed to continue many years after cessation of the exposure. The aim of the present analysis is to assess the risk of progression of radiological changes in the respiratory system, base…

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review of the results of operative treatment for paralytic thoracolumbar lordoscoliosis in six consecutive myelomeningocele patients treated with the Mayfield two-stage combined anterior and posterior fusion and instrumentation technique. OBJECTIVES: To assess the long-term stability of mye…

INTRODUCTION: This study was designed to assess the clinical and surgical findings and long-term results of therapy in patients treated for bilateral chronic cholesteatomatous otitis media. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A series of 54 patients who underwent mastoid surgery for bilateral acquired cholesteatoma were followed re…

Growth chart committee of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) has revised growth charts for 5-18-year-old Indian children in Jan 2015. The last IAP growth charts (2007) were based on data collected in 1989-92 which is now >2 decades old. India is in an economic and nutrition transition and hence growth pattern of Indian…

BACKGROUND: Nepal is seeing a surge in physical infrastructure in the past few years. Numerous workers enter the Kathmandu Valley to join the construction sector. OBJECTIVE: This was a descriptive survey that set out to understand the knowledge of and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS along with the use of condoms among cons…

PURPOSE: The Sight for Seniors (SFS) program was developed to provide eye care and eyeglasses to low-income seniors. METHODS: Residents from a Chicago Housing Authority senior development participated in SFS. A community liaison promoted SFS and enrolled residents. Patients received transportation, eye care that took…

A survey was conducted in order to gain a better understanding of actual practice policies followed by academically affiliated institutions regarding the use of prophylactic antibiotics during transesophageal echocardiography. Results revealed that 10 of the 20 centers routinely used intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis…

The therapeutic approach of hyponatremia is reviewed, and the authors describe their recent experience of a clinical case of a woman with acute hyponatremia. After analysing the main publications of the last years, they conclude that the way of correcting hyponatremia largely depends of its acute or chronic character.…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We describe the operators, techniques, success, and adverse event rates of adult emergency department (ED) intubation through multicenter prospective surveillance. METHODS: Eighteen EDs in the United States, Canada, and Australia recorded intubation data onto a Web-based data collection tool, with a g…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical efficacy of Tri-Lock bio-short prosthesis in artificial total hip arthroplasty(THA) in young patients with Dorr type C femoral medullary cavity. METHODS: From January 2010 to January 2014, 35 young patients(37 hips) with in the chimney-like femoral medullary cavity received Tri-Lock B…

UNLABELLED: The aim of the study was to assess changes in asthma prevalence between 1994/1995 (study I) and 2001/2002 (study II). Standardized ISAAC questionnaire was used. Randomly assigned population of school children 6-7 and 13-14 yrs of age was surveyed in Kraków and Poznań. RESULTS: The prevalence of…

Aiming to measure the prevalence of risky behaviors, familial disturbances and their interrelations, a probabilistic sample of 1904 teenagers (aged 15.5 +/- 1.8 years, 42% male) was surveyed using and anonymous and self applied questionnaire. Fifty two percent of the sample smoked, 54% consumed alcohol, 12.5% marihuana…

UNLABELLED: Having updated data on the prevalence of suicidal ideation and its associated factors is essential to guide preventive strategies. AIM: to examine the prevalence and relationship between sociodemographic factors, health indicators, and substance use with suicidal ideation in a community sample of adults in…

PURPOSE: The burden of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) has changed in the last 20 years but is still considered to be a major cause of cardiovascular mortality. The introduction of endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) and improved peri-operative care has resulted in a steady improvement in both outcomes and long-term sur…

Middle childhood and early adolescence have received disproportionately low levels of scientific attention relative to other life stages, especially as related to nutrition and health. This is partly due to the justified emphasis on the first 1000 days of life, and the idea that early deficits and consequences m…

INTRODUCTION: Multiple gestational and early life factors have been described as the variables that increase the risk for each phenotype of infantile wheezing. Our objective was to study the evolution of wheezing in a cohort of children followed up to 9-10 years of age and its relationship with different perinatal risk…

PURPOSE: To compare long-term clinical and radiographic results and survival rates between hybrid and cemented total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) performed on paired knees. METHODS: Seventy-two patients with hybrid and cemented TKAs performed on paired knees with NexGen® cruciate-retaining prostheses were retrospec…