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BACKGROUND: Nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury (BSI) was first proposed at our institution in 1948. Since that time, treatment of patients with BSI has evolved from routine splenectomy to an aggressive spleen-preserving philosophy. This report summarizes our institutional experience for the last 50 years.…

Despite extensive measures to control aluminium exposure, chronic and acute episodes of aluminium intoxication still occur. The objective of this study was to analyse the changes in the aluminium content of dialysis fluid and the effect on serum aluminium in different dialysis centres in Spain in the last 8 years. For…

The extent and persistence of stunting and growth status across a 10-year period, and their relationship to changes in the home environment, have been analyzed using data from a 10-year longitudinal study of three birth cohorts, seen initially at 3, 5, and 7 years and examined annually thereafter. The children came fro…

INTRODUCTION: South Africa has very high levels of accidental trauma as well as interpersonal violence. There are more admissions for trauma in South Africa than for any other disease; therefore it can be regarded as the Number 1 disease in the country. Complex abdominal injuries are common, requiring specific manageme…

Most of the known neurotransmitters interact with more than one type of receptor. Some of them even dispose of receptor subtypes to exert their actions. Serotonin, far from being an exception to that, possesses at least 3 classes of receptors, which have all been reported to be heterogeneous, although convincing data o…

Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the evolution of an energetically costly brain in the genus Homo. Some of these hypotheses are based on the correlation between climatic factors and brain size recorded for this genus during the last millions of years. In this study, we propose a complementary climatic h…

During World War II, many nations took part in the war. Among the supporters of the Alliance there was also Brazil. In August 1944, under the leadership of President Getúlio Vargas, Brazil declared war on Nazi Germany and took part in the Italian campaign by sending many troops to support the Allies in the Central…

AIM: To construct an algorithm of the treatment tactics which would include modern conservative and surgical methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Endoscopy under anesthesia, endorectal ultrasonography, histological and radiological examinations, MRT. In the last 22 years, 310 patients with Crohn's disease (CD) have been tr…

BACKGROUND: The development of the surgical techniques of hepatic division has maken that the young age (less than one year old) is no longer considered a risk factor in the pediatric liver transplant (TH). AIM: To show our experience with the TH in children younger than one year, comparing these results with the rest…

OBJECTIVE We studied the C-peptide response to oral glucose with progression to type 1 diabetes in Diabetes Prevention Trial-Type 1 (DPT-1) participants. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Among 504 DPT-1 participants <15 years of age, longitudinal analyses were performed in 36 progressors and 80 nonprogressors. Progressors h…

Survival during the first year after first calving was investigated over the last 25 years, 1989-2013, as well as how the association of survival with season of calving, age at first calving (AFC) and within-herd production level has changed over that period. The data set contained 1 108 745 Dutch black-and-white cows…

AIM: To estimate the prevalence of toileting difficulties over time among older people (&#x2265;70&#xa0;years) with and without dementia receiving formal in-home care at baseline and to explore whether dementia at baseline was associated with toileting difficulties at the last assessment when adjusting for relevant cov…

To evaluate the safety and clinical efficacy of bilateral percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral burst fractures.It was a prospective study, 28 patients with osteoporotic thoraco-lumbar burst fractures who were treated in Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital from January 2021 to July 2021 were…

We assessed the long-term effect of thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) on motor symptoms and progression of Parkinson's disease (PD) in PD patients treated for resting and postural/action tremor. Thalamic DBS was performed in 17 patients with treatment-resistant resting and postural/action tremor. Nine patients were…

INTRODUCTION: Magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) for the surgical treatment of early onset scoliosis (EOS) allow non-invasive outpatient based distractions during spinal growth. The purpose of this study is to present the results of a single center case series of 22 patients, evaluate the effect of MCGR treatm…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the short-term effectiveness and the cause of the early complications of lumbar disc herniation with Coflex system in order to provide evidence for the prevention. METHODS: From November 2007 to August 2008, 37 patients (20 males and 17 females) were treated with Coflex system. The age was from 3…