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The results of 231 oesophageal resections and reconstruction in 395 patients with thoracic oesophageal carcinoma presenting in the last 20 years are reported. In patients over 70, the incidence of multiple pathology and postoperative complication was high. The most frequent causes of death after surgery were pulmonary…

OBJECTIVE: To describe VVI-pacemaker longevity by model type at our institution and report on a long-lasting model and the longest-lasting pacemaker to be described in the literature. BACKGROUND: Cardiac pacemakers are becoming increasingly common in the United States. Presently their batteries are expected to last up…

INTRODUCTION: Deviations from the approved trial protocol are common during clinical trials. They have been conventionally classified as deviations or violations, depending on their impact on the trial. METHODS: A new method has been proposed by which deviations are classified in five grades from 1 to 5. A deviation o…

The Authors discuss their experience in the use of pubo-vaginal sling in the treatment of female urinary stress incontinence. In the last 5 years (1997-2002) 35 patients with type 3 incontinence underwent pubo-vaginal sling with rectus fascia or porcine skin. Healing was obtained in 74.2%, de novo urgency in 5.7%, obst…

Concentrations of metals in birch leaves were measured around the Severonikel smelter at Monchegorsk, Kola Peninsula, northwestern Russia, between 1991 and 1994. Concentrations of Ni, Cu and Fe near the smelter were 6-12 times higher than the recent regional background concentrations, while concentrations of Mn and Zn…

Cancer of the stomach is, in Switzerland, the fourth most common malignant tumor in both sexes. The five year survival rate is between 10 and 20% in Europe; where the cancer is diagnosed early, however, the patients have a survival rate of 85-95%. Of the 305 cases diagnosed in the last 5 years, 51.5% were operatively c…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the sexual behavior of freshmen undergraduate students according to demographic, economic, psychosocial and behavioral characteristics, and evaluate the prevalence of risky sexual behavior and its associated factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of the census type with undergraduate students…

AIM: High-quality national representative data on obesity in Romanian children are needed to shape public health policies. To provide a unified data landscape on national prevalence, trends and other factors associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity in Romanian children aged 6-19 years, across the last decad…

AIMS: To study the refractive development in children with Down's syndrome longitudinally. METHODS: An unselected population of 60 children with Down's syndrome was followed with repeated retinoscopies in cycloplegia for 2 years or more (follow up 55 (SD 23) months). Accommodation was assessed with dynamic retinoscopy…

PURPOSE: To compare outcomes after TKA for osteoarthritis between patients younger than 55 years and older patients. METHODS: A cohort of 61 patients aged 55 years or younger was prospectively matched for gender, body mass index and knee function with patients with median age of 66 (range 60-70) years.…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: No previous large-scale studies have evaluated the prognosis of ulcerative colitis (UC) over a period of three decades in a non-Caucasian population. The aims of this study were to update the current information on the natural course of UC in a sizable cohort of Korean patients and to evaluate chan…

BACKGROUND: Interactions among several environmental, behavioral, social, and biological variables contribute to the epidemiology of infectious diseases (IDs) and have an impact on the healthcare system and hospitalizations. We evaluated trends in ID hospitalizations at our Department for Infectious Diseases in the las…

BACKGROUND: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is an evidence-based intervention focused on premature and low-birth-weight (LBW) infants. In different healthcare systems, outpatient KMC programmes (KMCPs) have been pioneers in the follow-up of these high-risk newborns.Here, we describe an overview analysis performed in an unpr…

BACKGROUND: Migraine-and episodic headache-is one of the most common types of primary headache. Migraine is considered a serious health problem that affects the quality of life. During university life, students often report increased levels of stress, depression, anxiety, and irregular sleep, all of which are associate…

BACKGROUND: Limited studies conducted on children <2 years old and/or involving a skin prick test (SPT) for fresh milk (FM) have examined the predictive value of allergometric tests for outgrowth of cow's milk allergy (CMA). We investigated the optimal decision points for outgrowth (ODP) with SPT for commercial cow's m…

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a neglected parasitic disease that causes neurological symptoms. However, little is known about the long-term impact of this infection on health. We contacted participants from a randomized controlled trial on albendazole treatment for NCC in Ecuador 12&#xa0;years after trial completion (14-…

BACKGROUND: Leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium leprae infection, mainly affects skin and peripheral nerves and may further lead to disability and deformity if not treated timely. The new case detection rate of leprosy in children reflects the active transmission of leprosy infection. This study aims to present the epidem…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the pattern of speaker activity related to both flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) during plenary sessions at the main (endo)urological international meetings over the last 10&#xa0;years. METHODS: We reviewed the meeting programs of the main endourological intern…

BACKGROUND: There are few studies exploring the prognostic factors in patients with aquaporin-4 (AQP4)-IgG positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). OBJECTIVE: To assess the predictors of outcome in patients with AQP4-antibody positive NMOSD from a United Kingdom (UK) population. METHODS: A retrospecti…

The aim was to determine the contributions of foot mechanoreceptive sensation, vision and their interaction on postural stability during quiet stance, balance perturbations and adaptive adjustments. Postural stability was measured as anteroposterior torque variance in Young (n = 25, average age = 25.1 years) and Elderl…