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Sixty-five patients (aged between 3 years 5 months and 60 years) suffering from medically resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) were operated on over a period of 33 months in Bethel Epilepsy Center. Thirty-three patients had mesial TLE and 32 patients had TLE of different etiology. The postoperative follow-up lasted 2…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of Cross-Union surgery for the treatment of pseudarthrosis of the tibia (PT) with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). METHODS: The clinical data of 8 children of PT with NF1 who met the selection criteria between January 2018 and December 2023 was retrospectively analyzed. There we…

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…

OBJECTIVE: Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome are rare inherited tubulopathies characterized by hypokalemic, hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis. This study aimed to clarify the frequency of the phenotypic and genotypic subgroups, clinical features, long-term management, and prognosis of children diagnosed with Bartt…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the difference of anterior knee pain between mobile-bearing prosthesis and fixed-hearing prosthesis after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS: Between January 2008 and October 2008, 72 patients with osteoarthritis were treated with primary TKA. All patients were randomly divided into fixed-bea…

It is reported on the results of after-examinations in children with megaureters. The average interval between first operation and last after-examination is 8.1 years (1 to 14 years). Of altogether 63 children ten died, eight of their disease, including the postoperative complications. Eleven children were nephroureter…

The aim of this study is to relate the evolution of blood pressure (BP) measured every 5 years during 10 years in 12,824 healthy adults and children from both sexes. At the first evaluation, 2,856 were 4-15 years of age, 1,471 were 15-25, 6,590 were 25-45 and 1,907 were 45-65. The result of BP were adjusted according t…

BACKGROUND: This study examined: (1) levels of cancer-specific distress more than one year after genetic counselling for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC); (2) associations between sociodemographic, clinical and psychosocial factors and levels of distress; (3) the impact of genetic counselling on family…

This paper summarizes a 26.5-year experience in one centre with intracranial tumefactions in children. In 337 craniotomies done on 285 patients, the death rate within 30 days of operation was 6.7% for cases and 5.6% for procedures. Since 1965, the case and operative mortalities have been 2.0 and 1,7%, respectively. The…

The 2002 Dutch Euthanasia law applies to patients aged 12 years and older. Developments in end-of-life care and decision-making in the last decade have sparked the debate about usefulness and necessity to extend euthanasia to include children under 12 years of age. This paper describes two opposite positions: the affir…

Cuminum cyminum and Carum carvi are the sources of cumin and caraway seeds respectively, which have been used since antiquity for the treatment of various indications in traditional healing systems in wide geographical areas. Cumin and caraway seeds are rich sources of essential oils and have been actively researched f…

Chemiluminescent (CL) detection techniques for DNA assays and immunoassays have become very popular in recent years. This review discusses recent advances in those CL assays that have occurred over the last few years. In the monoplex assay section, different classes of CL labels including nanoparticle, DNAzyme, acridin…

In recent years, defibrillators that use a biphasic waveform instead of the traditional monophasic waveform have become increasingly common. In fact, since we last published on this topic in 2001, most defibrillator suppliers have begun concentrating solely on developing and marketing biphasic defibrillators while phas…

Polycystic ovary syndrome is one of the most common endocrinopathies worldwide and for many years it was one of the most difficult to elucidate. In the last 10 years, understanding of this condition has increased greatly. It is now clear that polycystic ovary syndrome is not an ovarian disease, rather it is a disorder…

In this work, the authors support the therapeutic validity of gastric-duodenal resection in urgency surgery. This study has been made on 479 cases observed during the last 21 years (1957-78). In 58 of them we have made a sinking of ulcer, in 421 patients we have made, immediatly, a gastric-duodenal resection with B II…

AIM: To present results of the keratoprosthesis method used at The Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy. METHODS: A retrospective case series analysis was used to describe the development of new types of keratoprostheses and methods of implantation as well as different ways of leukoma strengthening. R…

The severity of thyroid dysfunction in patients with beta-thalassaemia major is variable in different series. An exaggerated thyrotropin response to thyrotropin-releasing-hormone (TRH) has been found in 1 out of 5 beta-thalassaemia major patients. Because it is not well known how many of these patients will develop ove…

Atypical, non-diarrhoea associated haemolytic uraemic syndrome (D-HUS) is a heterogeneous disorder with a generally poor outcome, although this view has now been questioned. The clinical and laboratory features of 23 children with D-HUS, representing a third of all patients with HUS seen during the last 26 years, were…

BACKGROUND: Despite the widespread use of medical contraception in France, the prevalence of abortion remains stable. A cross-sectional population-based survey was designed to study the characteristics of current contraceptive use in France, the different types of contraceptive failure, and the reasons reported for not…

Recently, many researchers paid more attentions to the association between air pollution and respiratory system disease. In the past few years, levels of smog have increased throughout China resulting in the deterioration of air quality, raising worldwide concerns. PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter…