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PURPOSE: To report long-term results of Artisan-Verisyse phakic intraocular lenses (PIOLs) to correct myopia, hyperopia, and/or astigmatism and the percentage of additional keratorefractive surgery to eliminate residual refractive errors. DESIGN: Retrospective, nonrandomized, interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS:…

PURPOSE: Due to the theoretical role of treatment margins (TMs) in cancer, we have correlated biochemical outcomes with post-implant TMs in patients treated with brachytherapy for early stage prostate cancer. METHODS: From November 1998 through September 2003, 492 of a planned total of 600 patients with 1997 AJC clini…

BACKGROUND: Loss to follow-up (LTF) challenges the reporting of antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes, since it encompasses patients alive but lost to programme and deaths misclassified as LTF. We describe LTF before and after correction for mortality in a primary care ART programme with linkages to the national vi…

OBJECTIVE: To treat severe hypospadias with a transplant of autologous in vitro cultured urothelial cells on acellular dermis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: During 2000-2002 six patients aged 14-44 months with severe hypospadias were treated surgically with autologous urothelial cell transplants. All were born with scrotal or…

OBJECTIVES: We retrospectively examined our clinical data on hydatic cysts of the liver collected over the last 10 years in order to determine a classification which could be used to guide future therapeutic decisions. METHODS: From 1982 to 1992, hydatic cysts of the liver were surgically removed in 378 patients (mean…

A great number operative techniques for correction of retroverted uterus are reported in the last years. The aim of these different methods is correction of the retroversion of the uterus, which is connected with pelvic congestion and symptomatic relief. We present a clinical case of 26 years old patient with one Caesa…

BNM, a 40 years Hindu male presented with history of intermittent fainting attacks and had increase in body weight for last 2 years. He used to take a lot of sweets to recover from the attact. His body wht was 100 kg. His fasting blood sugar was 50 mg/dl and insulin glucose (I/G) ratio was 0.6. CT scan of abdomen showe…

This paper described the trend of official maternal mortality rate in Serbia excluding provinces for the last 30 years and it was investigated whether it was underregistered. Data for calculation of the official rate of maternal mortality were obtained from the publications of the official health statistics. Five hundr…

Between 1984-1990 80 secondary implantations of an anterior chamber lens in aphakic eyes have been completed. The average follow-up period was 3.1 years, some of the patients checked on during the last 6 years. The most relevant complications to mention being retinal detachment (2), as well as cystoid macular edema (1)…

During the last 10 years (1973-1982), we have surgically treated 9 children for large echinococcus cysts with intraventricular localization. In 7 cases the cysts were localized in lateral ventricles and in 2 cases in IVth ventricle and cerebellum. The children were from 3 to 11 years old. All cases were with signs of m…

The treatment of inflammatory bowel disease has gone through a dramatic evolution in the last 40 years. Although the medical treatment has shown little progress during this time, surgical concepts have continued to change. Resection of the disease with formation of a well-functioning ileostomy stoma was a great milesto…

The article deals with data confirming changes in epidemiology of tuberculosis and its pathomorphism during the last years. A considerable decrease in the incidence rate among children, adolescents, young people is noted. Prevalence of tuberculosis and death rate have also dropped. Primary tuberculosis in children most…

BACKGROUND: The efficacy of antenatal corticosteroids for neonatal preterm complications wanes beyond 7 days after treatment. The neurodevelopmental effects of longer treatment-to-birth intervals have not been adequately evaluated. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the impact of antenatal corticosteroid timing on…

To address the impacts of past climate changes, particularly since the last glacial period, on the history of the distribution and demography of marine species, we investigated the evolutionary and demographic responses of the intertidal batillariid gastropod, Batillaria attramentaria, to these changes, using the snail…

BACKGROUND: Short-term results (24 to 36 months) after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) have been extensively described. Little is reported on the patients operated > or = 5 years ago. We analyzed the results of weight loss, resolution of co-morbidities and nutritional complications of patients submitted to the silicon…

BACKGROUND: Moroccan authorities carry out regular surveys on population and family health (NSFFP 1980, NSPH 1992, SPFH 2004, NSPFH 2011). These surveys constitute valuable resources for monitoring socio-economic and health indicators. They provide an evidence base for health decision makers to help them to optimize he…

BACKGROUND: Chronic patients are required to access their chronic medicines on a regular basis, often only to refill their repeat prescriptions. Adherence to chronic medicines is challenging and has stimulated health care providers to devise differentiated service delivery models of care to decentralise chronic medicin…

BACKGROUND: Ribonucleosides and RNA are an underappreciated nutrient group essential during Drosophila larval development and growth. Detection of these nutrients requires at least one of the 6 closely related taste receptors encoded by the Gr28 genes, one of the most conserved insect taste receptor subfamilies. OBJEC…

Pyrogallols (1,2,3-trihydroxybenzenes) are abundant in Nature, easily oxidized, and are central precursors to important natural products. The rich chemistry of their oxidized derivatives, the hydroxy-o-quinones, has been studied for over a century and still attracts the interest of the scientific community. Only in the…

This minireview will discuss the improvements in Oxford Nanopore (Oxford; sequencing technology that make the MinION a viable platform for microbial ecology studies. Specific issues being addressed are the increase in sequence accuracy from 65 to 96.5% during the last 5 years, the ability to obtain a quantifiable/predi…