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Cardiac surgery in the octogenarians is increasing in the industrialized countries and therefore represents a growing population. In order to better define the benefits of cardiac surgery in this population, we reviewed all consecutive octogenarians patients operated during the last 10 years. Out of 3,409 patients oper…

PURPOSE: This study analyses our results after revision surgery for failed trapezectomy and suspension arthroplasty with painful proximalisation of the 1(st) metacarpal using the Mini TightRope(®). PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a prospective observational study, 5 patients (4 women and 1 man) with an average age of 62…

For the past few years, people everywhere have been "going Paleo." Websites and social media touting the benefits of eating a "Paleo diet" and following a "Paleolithic life style" serve as calls to arms for health-conscious individuals seeking information about the latest health and fitness trends. Many of these people…

INTRODUCTION: During a century with a decreasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Denmark, the last 15 years have seen an increase. We describe the epidemiology of TB in children in Denmark with the focus on the impact of immigration. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data from the national TB surveillance of 1990-1999 were ana…

An analysis of 24 schizophrenic patients, treated at the psychiatric clinic in Plzen during the last 20 years with the onset of the disease in childhood or adolescence. Not a single case was observed with onset of the disease under the age of 10 years, at the age of 10-14 years six times, at the age of 15-18 years 18 t…

Transplant kidneys face increased functional demands in comparison to physiological conditions, and glomerular hypertrophy (GH) appears to be a common compensatory mechanism. Adaptive GH could contribute to improved graft function, but a so-called "maladaptive" response may lead to shortened graft survival. We assessed…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to present the effective design of N-plasty of the iliotibial band and surgical results of its use as a treatment for refractory external snapping hip. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated 17 patients (24 cases) with external snapping hip who underwent N-plasty between October 2013…

AIM: To evaluate the long-term follow-up results of external dacryocystorhinostomy (Ex-DCR) and to assess the role of some factors in its success. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between January 1990 and November 2002, 437 nasolacrimal systems of 387 patients were operated on and included in the study. The success rates were de…

A retrospective study was performed on 255 consecutive patients admitted to a single hospital from 1953-1983 with a follow-up of 100%. The number of proximal esophagogastric junction and fundus tumors increased significantly over the last 4 decades from 21% to 44% (p less than 0.001), accompanied by a significant decre…

Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) has developed in the last 30 years many notable applications to the spectrometry of radioisotopes, particularly in radiocarbon dating. The instrumentation science of trace element AMS (TEAMS) that analyzes stable isotopes, also called Accelerator SIMS or MegaSIMS, while unique in man…

This review describes some recent developments in the area of asymmetric catalysis using organometallic complexes of ligands which contain two or three P-O or P-N bonds. This category of ligands has, until the last five years or so, been underrepresented in asymmetric catalysis, particularly in contrast to phosphine li…

It has been presented flow of socio-medical development and implementation on former Yougoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina territory in last thirty years. The names of those who are deserved for socio-medical development and its insufficiency on the organization on health system and some specific parts of it. Doubtles…

Bone fixation of the suprapubic suspension sutures has been used in conjunction with transvaginal needle suspension in 115 women with genuine stress urinary incontinence over the last two years with excellent results being obtained. Utilizing the pubic tubercle as the fixation point for the suspension sutures (rather t…

For optometrists, malpractice claims are relatively rare and seldom result in litigation. Therefore, there are very few reported court cases dealing with the optometric malpractice issue. In fact, within the last ten years there have been only five reported cases. Claims involving failure to diagnose have been the most…

The prevalence of knee osteotomy seems to have diminished. Better total knee arthroplasty (TKA) results, greater survival, increased use of unicompartmental arthroplasty, and decreased surgeon confidence for osteotomy are likely causes. However, continued use of knee osteotomy is encouraged by this author. TKAs are not…

The incidence of gastric lymphoma, unlike that of carcinoma, is increased in these last years. In spite of all that, until today, there isn't codified therapeutic trend. There are many reasons: different patterns of histological classification, the importance of the different adjuvant therapies. Personal experience in…