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AIM: To describe technical evolution of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for total colonic aganglionosis (TCA) either Duhamel or Swenson procedures conducted by a single pediatric surgical team. METHODS: 18 children with histologically proven TCA were managed between March 2018 and March 2022. All underwent laparoscop…

PURPOSE: The aim was to evaluate which clinical and radiographic variables are independent (true) risk factors for hip subluxation in nonambulatory children below 5 years of age with cerebral palsy. METHODS: Patients were recruited from a population-based hip surveillance program. Inclusion criteria were birth…

Mid- to late-Holocene sea-level records from low-latitude regions serve as an important baseline of natural variability in sea level and global ice volume prior to the Anthropocene. Here, we reconstruct a high-resolution sea-level curve encompassing the last 6000 years based on a comprehensive study of coral microatoll…

Data for time trends in the prevalence of occupational asthma (OA) and rhinitis (OR) are not known. To investigate trends in the prevalence and incidence of OA and OR over time, we reviewed the available literature. We analysed 15 cross-sectional and 4 longitudinal studies published from 1980 to 2006. In workers expose…

Education and income are strong predictors of health and longevity. In the last 20 years many efforts have been made to understand if these relationships are causal and what the possible role of policy should be as a result. The evidence from various studies is ambiguous: the effects of education and income policies on…

Shoulder arthroscopy is an orthopaedic procedure that has grown significantly in popularity over the last 40 years. The 2 principle patient positions during shoulder arthroscopy include the beach chair position and lateral decubitus position. This Technical Note details the operating room setup for shoulder arthro…

In the last few years a new line of research has appeared in the literature. This line of research, which may be referred to as experimental semiotics (ES; Galantucci, 2009; Galantucci and Garrod, 2010), focuses on the experimental investigation of novel forms of human communication. In this review we will (a) situate…

Structures, taxonomic distribution and biological activities of steroid glycosides isolated from marine organisms over the last 8-10 years are reviewed. The bibliography includes 130 references.

In small but growing numbers, Americans are taking an innovative approach to controlling health-care costs: They're haggling with their doctors. Fed up with mounting health bills, consumers ae getting as much as 30% off everything from eye exams to fertility procedures just by agreeing to pay upfront. Others are holdin…

OBJECTIVE: To discuss issues surrounding the current auditing practices associated with third party insurance prescription claim programs. DATA SOURCES: Audit examples obtained during the last 10 years associated with third party audit methodology. SUMMARY: Many unattended issues are associated with third party pharm…

In the last quarter of a century the elderly population has increased rapidly and now represents 18% of the UK population. The profile of the elderly population is changing. There is a projected increase in the number of people aged 75 and over of 46.4% between the years of 1985 and 2025. The expected rise in people ag…

Perirenal urinomas may develop when obstruction to urinary flow creates sufficient back pressure to produce extravasation of urine. Such fluid collections have been described as mainly sonolucent. However, in the last 2 years, we have imaged five neonates with multiple, marked septations of the urinoma, four with poste…

Over the last few years, and concurrent with wider debates about the quality of patient care, increasing numbers of practising nurses and nurse educators have expressed interest in using conceptual models of nursing as a basis for planning and delivering nursing care. In the light of such interest, this paper identifie…

Training at IMA has been during the last years an expanding activity which reflects the growth of the French MEDLINE network. Initially, before 1973, when IMA was the only centre in France to have access to the MEDLARS system, courses were aimed at increasing the general level of awareness of the biomedical community.…

Two basic operative approaches for anterior maxillary ostectomy have been used by most surgeons; the Wassmund (1935) and Wunderer (1962) techniques. Both have been clinically and experimentally tested and found to be sound procedures (Bell 1969, Jensen et al. 1976, Sokoloski et al. 1976). The author has developed and u…

A 50-year-old Japanese female with choriocarcinoma showed three unusual features: the primary tumor developed in the vagina ectopically without uterine lesion; the first symptoms of atypical vaginal bleeding and coughing occurred 23 years after the last pregnancy; and the tumor appeared during postmenopause. The possib…

22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) has a wide range of clinical features including endocrine abnormalities. We aimed to characterize growth patterns, hypoparathyroidism, and thyroid dysfunction of individuals with 22q11.2DS. Anthropometric and laboratory measurements were obtained from the charts of 48 individuals (…

INTRODUCTION: It is known that recurrences continue to occur after the follow-up period of 1-5 years usually used in most hernia studies. By reviewing the data in the Herniamed Hernia Registry documenting the time interval between the recurrent operation and previous inguinal hernia repair, the present study ide…

The growth pattern is reported of 16 patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency in whom therapy was started after the age of 3 years. Treatment was initiated at a mean chronological age (CA) of 4.7 years (range 3.0-7.2) and at a mean bone age (BA) of 10.4 years (range 10.2-13.2)…