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PURPOSE: To determine the long-term cognitive outcomes in children who underwent intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. METHODS: This single-center study enrolled 186 children between 3 and 6 years of age and included 101 children in the final analysis:…

Between October 1973 and mid-January 1987, 500 patients underwent a modified Fontan operation at the Mayo Clinic. This included 163 patients with tricuspid atresia, 154 patients with double inlet ventricle, and 183 patients with other complex single ventricle malformations. There have been 80 hospital deaths (16%). In…

INTRODUCTION: Obesity in childhood and adolescence has reached alarming proportions in Europe and the United States. As the incidence of childhood obesity has increased during last few years, the consequences of obesity in children, including type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular disease, have also increas…

INTRODUCTION: Some studies have considered abdominal aortas of 2.6-2.9 cm diameter (ectatic aortas) at age 65 years as being abnormal and have recommended surveillance, whereas others have considered these normal and surveillance unnecessary. It is, therefore, not clear how to manage patients with an initial aortic dia…

Tubular renal toxicity is a side-effect of long-term therapy with nucleos(t)ide analogue(s) (NA) in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). There are no established surrogate markers in plasma of early NA-related toxicity. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a protein produced by tubular cells following renal damag…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the surgical management of rigid post-traumatic thoracolumbar kyphosis (RPTK) by simultaneous posterior-anterior circumferential releasing, correction and anterior corpectomy with preserved posterior vertebral wall. METHODS: Twenty patients with RPTK were treated between October 2004 and October…

IMPORTANCE: Choroidal nevus is a precursor for uveal melanoma and there are no known risk factors besides white race. Female sex hormones have been hypothesized to play a role in the pathogenesis of uveal melanoma. OBJECTIVE: To explore the association between female reproductive factors and choroidal nevus in the US…

Through socio-hygienic monitoring of the Northern administrative district of Moscow in 2006-2010 the study of nutritional status and morbidity rates for alimentary-associated diseases of the digestive tract, the endocrine system, cardiovascular diseases and obesity - was conducted in children (5-11 years old), adolesce…

PURPOSE: Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) can serve as adjunctive treatment for vestibular schwannomas (VS) for residual or recurrent tumor after surgical resection. However, it is poorly understood whether prior surgical resection influences the risk of facial nerve injury from GKRS. METHODS: An institutional database…

Changes in sex hormones and bone turnover were studied longitudinally in 31 women aged 47-54 years who were approaching the menopause. Every 6 weeks for 2-3 years, hormones and biochemical estimates of the bone turnover were determined and the bone mass was measured at two forearm sites by single photon absorptiometry.…

The rate of frostbite was examined with questionnaires filled by 1095 reindeer herders frequently exposed to cold, in particular in driving snowmobiles in the winter. Altogether 443 frostbite injuries, most (72%) of them on the face, had occurred during the last two years, especially when driving a snowmobile. The prev…

BACKGROUND: The dismembered pyeloplasty is the operation of choice for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). Recently, with the advent of improved minimally invasive techniques and equipment, laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty has gained popularity. We present our experience with a minimally invasive open pyelop…

To describe temporal trend and characteristics of newly HIV-diagnosed patients in a medical care area in Northwest Spain over the last 10 years. All newly diagnosed patients for HIV-infection from 2004 to 2013 at a reference medical care area in Northwest of Spain were identified. Epidemiological, virological, immunolo…

BACKGROUND: Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is a rare and aggressive primary brain tumor. While high dose methotrexate (HDMTX) regimens remain standard of care, it remains unclear if optimization of HDMTX doses and the addition of rituximab provide clinical benefit. Over the last 30 years, standard care…

BACKGROUND: In the Romagna Region of Italy, mammography screening for breast carcinoma (BC) was implemented as a routine practice in the regular healthcare system. The Romagna Cancer Registry evaluated the effects of self-selection for mammography on the stage of BC at the time of presentation. METHODS: Of the 851 inv…

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the femoral head-shaft angle (HSA) is a predictor of hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS: The patients were recruited from a population-based hip surveillance program. Inclusion criteria were age under 5 years, bilateral CP, Gross Mot…

OBJECTIVE: Tentorial meningiomas are complex lesions that may not always be completely resected without significant morbidity or mortality. In this study, we evaluate the outcomes of tentorial meningiomas treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS). METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of a prospectively comp…

Febrile children of both sexes, aged between 0-15 years coming to the Civil Hospital over the last 12 years had their blood tested for malarial parasite. Five hundred and twenty-six slides positive for Plasmodium were analysed for species and stage identification. Of the total 59.3% children with malaria were between 5…

Through the potency monitoring program at the University of Mississippi supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a total of 18108 samples of cannabis preparations have been analyzed over the last decade, using a validated GC/FID method. The samples are classified as sinsemilla, marijuana, ditchweed, hashis…