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Piracetam, a derivative of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), has been used extensively for treatment of myoclonus in a variety of conditions, but not in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). We have treated a patient with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy who had frequent and inconvenient morning myoclonus with…

OBJECTIVE: Study patients diagnosed of pericardial effusion and pericardiocentesis was made. We search the etiology, complications and the cnic's mortality. METHOD: 69 patients of Clinic Hospital of Zaragoza admitted in the critical care unit. RESULTS: We present 69 patients with 20-87 years old, 21 women and 48 men.…

Available data for obstetric care in the University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur from 1987 to 1999 were reviewed. Despite incomplete data, we were able to determine fairly well the practice of obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia in the unit, and the changes over the years. There was a decline in the use of gener…

Multiplex wide incisions and often deforming scars following varicose surgery are out of date. Nowadays cryoprobes are used to remove epifascial varicose veins, while endoscopy is used to treat transfascial (perforating) venous insufficiency. We analyse the results of 1000 cryovaricectomies performed in the last 8 year…

We developed a simplified Politano-Leadbetter ureteral reimplantation associated with the psoas-hitch technique in 10 female patients, aged between 22 and 80 years, who were affected by pelvic ureteral pathology. After the standard ureteral mobilization through an intravesical and extravesical approach, the ureter was…

Special attention is given by the health legislation for protection of vulnerable groups and those who are exposed to high risk. The system of health care service is restructured and expanded in the way that accessibility, efficiency and effectiveness are improved. Public health insurance programme has priority and fun…

Enteric fever is still a common health problem in many countries, especially in children. Thus a ten-year retrospective study was carried out to evaluate the clinical and laboratory properties of enteric fever and the incidence of antimicrobial resistance in children. Throughout the past 10 years, Salmonella was isolat…

Limited evidence is available regarding the accuracy of recall for cancer screenings. We compared the self-report of stomach cancer screening with medical records in 337 residents of a rural town in northeastern Japan, who were eligible for annual screening offered by the town. Frequencies of attendance within the last…

From 1972 to 1992 inclusive, the author performed 263 surgical procedures for the relief of intractable epilepsy. The purpose of this report is to review 112 temporal lobectomies for the treatment of drug-resistant complex partial seizures. There were 90 adults and 22 children, in whom there were 61 left-sided procedur…

During the last decade, the usefulness of functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) has been clearly demonstrated in adult patients. Several recent studies have described the use of FESS in children. Most of the patients in these earlier studies have been school age or older. This paper will examine the follow-up of 4…

We reviewed 46 cases of Crohn's disease diagnosed during the period between 1978-1988, with the intention to analyse the age, sex, presentation, evolution, complications and diagnosis. The majority of patients were women, with a mean age of 39. In the last years we have seen an increment in our number of cases. The mea…

Postoperative intussusception is a rare but serious complication which occurs usually during the early postoperative period with intermittent, but progressing intestinal obstruction with characteristic appearance of mucus-bloody stools. Two children with postoperative intussusception have been observed among 381 childr…

This study reports the results of a survey on smoking of 214 children aged 7 to 9 years and 182 children aged 15 to 17 years. It was found that 27.1% of the younger group and 79.5% of the older group had tried to smoke a cigarette (even if just a few puffs). The frequency of continued smoking, as expected, was much gre…

Ivermectin paste formulation (200 micrograms/kg) was administered orally to 27 horses (13 Thoroughbreds and 14 of mixed breeding) to evaluate activity against adult Onchocerca spp in the ligamentum nuchae. Ages, known or estimated, of the horses ranged from 1 to 22 years. Single or multiple doses (1 to 5) of the drug w…

Although considered by many as the operation of choice in the treatment of duodenal ulcer, hyperselective vagotomy without drainage is not unanimously accepted because little is known about its long-term efficiency in preventing ulcer recurrence. The long-term results of 203 patients with duodenal ulcer, treated by hyp…

Fifty years after the publication of Harold Gillies' work, an assessment of zygomatic injuries is made, in the light of a half century of medical advances. Recent experience suggests that the fractured orbital floor is the commonest and most significant component of all zygomatic injuries. Exploration of 582 floors in…

BACKGROUND: End-of-life periods are often characterised by suboptimal healthcare use (HCU) patterns in persons aged 65 years and older, with negative effects on health and quality of life. Understanding care trajectories (CTs) and transitions in this period can highlight potential areas of improvement, a subject y…

PURPOSE: To report the clinical outcomes, radiologic evolution, and survivorship of a series of patients affected by the postmeniscectomy syndrome and treated with a polyurethane scaffold at a minimum 10-year follow-up. In addition, the radiologic evolution of these patients was also assessed. METHODS: All the patient…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical results of the tibial Inlay technique for the medial collateral ligament (MCL) reconstruction using Achilles tendon allograft in recovery of medial instability of the knee. METHODS: Between January 2011 and December 2012, 21 patients underwent tibial Inlay reconstruction of the MCL…

UNLABELLED: Thalidomide monotherapy has demonstrated consistent results in the treatment of advanced multiple myeloma. We report a 9-year follow-up of a French multicenter nonrandomized phase II study that evaluated the effect of oral thalidomide in 120 patients with advanced multiple myeloma. Independent predictors of…