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AIM: To compare the clinical and functional outcomes between combined anterior and posterior 2-segment spinal fusion and posterior 3-segment spinal fusion in patients with thoracolumbar (TL) burst fractures at risk for posttraumatic kyphosis without neurological deficit. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty-seven patients wit…

This article deals with the history of the development of terminology and classification of allergic (vasomotor) rhinitis during the last 50 years.

Over the last few years the scientific debate on Non Conventional Medicines and their integration with the academic or dominant medicine in our western society has activated a cultural transformation process. This article discusses the main reasons of the need for an integration between the supposed only scientific, ma…

A look at the temporal impact of advancements in therapeutic options in the last 10 years-from fluorouracil to irinotecan and oxaliplatin-on overall survival in a population-based cohort.

There can be few important areas of working life that have seen more changes in fashion and style than the process of management. Anyone who has been close to management and management education over the last 25 years will have been washed over by a constant stream of new theories, techniques and 'guaranteed solutions'…

Significant improvements have taken place in the composite resin systems during the last 20 years. The author discusses the principles of photoenergy for curing, the optimization of particle size, the placement of posterior composite resins, and the three techniques for placing composite resin inlays and onlays.

During the last 25 years, there has been much progress in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of venous thromboembolic disease. The guest editor believes that a great deal remains to be done and attempts, in this article, to outline some of the challenges remaining by developing themes put forth by the various aut…

Auditory testing of neonates has received considerable attention in the last few years. As a result, several machines have been devised for this type of evaluation. It has been proposed that this equipment can be utilized by volunteer personnel to assess the hearing of infants. This investigation indicates that even tr…

BACKGROUND: As future cardiovascular disease mortality trends have public health implications, we aimed to project ischemic heart disease (IHD), cerebrovascular disease (CeVD), and heart failure (HF) mortality rates for adults (40-79 years). METHODS AND RESULTS: In this population-level study, we linked the yea…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of posterior short-segmental fixation with bone cement augmentation in treatment of stage Ⅲ Kümmell's disease with spinal canal stenosis. METHODS: Between June 2012 and January 2017, 36 patients with stage Ⅲ Kümmell's disease and spinal canal stenosis…

Catatonia has been described in children with intellectual disabilities (IDs). These are the first three published cases of catatonia in adults older than 50 years of age with IDs. They were followed using the KANNER scale and, in one case, creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) monitoring. Case 1 is a 67-year-old Caucasian wh…

BACKGROUND: According to studies from Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, live vaccines may reduce the female-male mortality ratio (MR) whereas inactivated vaccines increase this ratio. We used data from The Gambia to examine whether similar tendencies could be found in a different setting. SETTING: Forty villages in the Faraf…

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of, and factors associated with, accessing maternal healthcare services (MHC) by Indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional survey among Indigenous women of reproductive age. SETTING: Two upazillas (subdi…

The alcohol drinking at the young age is a risk factor of alcohol addiction later in life, and is connected with school problems, binge drinking, tobacco addiction, illegal drug use, violence, crime commitment, and risky sexual behaviors. Alcohol drinking in the last 12 months is declared by 78% Polish children. The ai…

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively study the effects of the use of Intacs microthin prescription inserts (Addition Technology Inc, Fremont, Calif) for the postoperative management of corneal ectasia resulting from laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK). METHODS: In this prospective nonrandomized clinical trial, 10 eyes of 7 pa…

BACKGROUND: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) can be performed in several ways using a minimally invasive approach (MIDCAB). Using the left anterior small thoracotomy (LAST) approach, only the LAD can be grafted. To expand the indications for MIDCAB from single-vessel disease to double-vessel disease, we…

Two national oral pathfinder surveys were conducted in the Republic of Slovenia in 1987 (1623 subjects) and 1993 (1567 subjects). The assessment forms used in the surveys were those of the World Health Organization. Persons aged 6, 12, 15, 18, 35-44 and 65 years or older were examined in all nine geographical areas of…

AIM: To report the results of an early series of patients who underwent modified Koyanagi repair for severe hypospadias. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 24 boys (age: 9 months to 11 years) with proximal hypospadias, chordee, and poor urethral plate underwent modified Koyanagi repair between September 2008 and Januar…

Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) are the most common malignancy in young male adults. They can be bilateral, and occur as a synchronous or metachronous tumor. The authors intend to characterize the prevalence and outcome of metachronous TGCT in the last 12 years of experience at our center. Cancer data base of our ce…

Major progress has been made over the last 30 years in reducing the prevalence of malnutrition amongst children less than 5 years of age in developing countries. However, approximately 27% of children under the age of 5 in these countries are still malnourished. This work focuses on the childhood malnutrition in one of…