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Fibroepithelial polyp of the ureter is a very rare benign tumor of the urinary tract that can present complications as urinary tract infection, hematuria, or urinary retention. Its incidence has increased in recent years. Its recognition and proper management are important to avoid invasive surgeries.We present the cas…

OBJECTIVE: To test the safety and efficiency of radiofrequency endometrial ablation as a nonhysteroscopic treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding. DESIGN: A multicentre trial. SETTING: Nineteen clinics in six countries. METHODS: From February 1990 to December 1994, 1280 women were treated with radiofrequency end…

The 5-HT(7)receptor (5-HT(7)R), characterized in 1993, is the most recently described member of the serotonin family. Since its discovery, 5-HT(7)R has been the subject of extensive research due to its widespread distribution in the brain, suggestive of multiple central roles. The focus of this review is to illustrate…

Conventional varicocelectomy is often complicated by high recurrence rate, ranging from 6 to 25% and the persistence usually is due to residual venous communications. We report our experience of 21 years in varicocele correction using 3 different operative techniques on 389 adolescents. In the first 12 years (120 patie…

The prevalence of recurrent and residual aneurysms following Woven EndoBridge (WEB) treatment is not insignificant. The goal of this systematic review was to evaluate retreatment methods for such aneurysms and their outcomes. PubMed, Embase, and Scopus databases were systematically searched, and results were reported a…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of hyperventilation and breath-holding on hormonal activity and the acid-base balance in men. Three different experimental procedures were carried out with 11 trained subjects aged 24.5 years. In experiment I, all subjects performed hyperventilation for 3 min mai…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Colorectal cancer is a major cause of cancer death in European countries and differences in screening implementation may in part explain USA vs European survival differences. Despite the evidence, no study has evaluated the population colorectal cancer screening (CCS) coverage in any European count…

Objective Letters of recommendation (LORs) are an inescapable aspect of the application process. Standardized LORs (SLORs) have been developed and compared with traditional narrative LORs (NLORs). This study investigated whether there was a difference in degree of association between LOR types and face-to-face intervie…

AIM: To investigate poisoning exposures to chemicals that were unlabelled, mislabelled or not in their original containers in New Zealand over the last 10 years, based on calls to the New Zealand National Poisons Centre (NZNPC). METHODS: Call data from the NZNPC between 2003 and 2012 were analysed retrospectively. Par…

Few studies have examined the ability of individuals with learning disabilities, in general, or with Down syndrome, specifically, to discriminate speech. The purpose of this study was compare the speech discrimination abilities of eight children with Down syndrome (aged 5.7 to 12.8 years) to seven nonverbal mental-age…

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of overweight among Japanese children and adolescents has steadily increased during the last 20 years. Thus, we utilized the 1978-1981 data collected by the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry to construct reference curves of body mass index (BMI) for contemporary Japanese c…

UNLABELLED: In the last 2 years, we have performed combined pancreas-kidney transplantation in 38 Type I diabetics with nephropathy. The mean age of the recipient group was 35 years (range 24-51) with a mean duration of diabetes of 22 years (range 13-41). All patients received quadruple immunosuppression with OKT3 indu…

Over the course of the last 5 years, we have instituted peritoneal dialysis on 26 (7.7%) of 338 complex postoperative cardiac bypass cases. The mean age of dialysis patients was 0.64 +/- 0.75 years with a range of 0.1-2.5 years. The indications for the start of dialysis were oliguria (15 cases), fluid overload (three c…

BACKGROUND: Implantation of the Actifitpolyurethane meniscal scaffold in patients who have pain after partial meniscectomy provides short-term pain relief and better function. But there is a lack of information about medium-term outcomes. The objective of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the MRI and functional o…

BACKGROUND: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) utilizing quadriceps tendon autografts with a patellar bone block (QTB) has gained popularity in children and adolescents, with favorable patient-reported outcomes being reported at 2 years postoperatively. The incidence of arthrofibrosis after ACLR in pediat…

Signet ring cell adenocarcinomas (SRCCs) are a rare and aggressive histological subtype of adenocarcinomas typically with poor prognosis usually secondary to late stage at detection. In the small bowel, they constitute only 1% of all malignancies. In the last decade, there have been multiple case reports and small case…

OBJECTIVE: To study the effectiveness of tibial transverse transport combined with the antibiotics embedded bone cement in the treatment of chronic infection of foot and ankle with lower extremity ischemic diseases. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed on 28 patients with ischemic diseases of lower extremit…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of arthroscopic medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction combined with tibial tuberosity transfer for recurrent patellar dislocation. METHODS: Between February 2012 and December 2013, 24 patients (24 knees) with recurrent patellar dislocation were treated with ar…

BACKGROUND: Lyme borreliosis (LB) and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) are two vector-borne diseases transmitted by ticks. Both diseases are endemic and have been reported in all regions of the Czech Republic including urban agglomerations, but in varying proportions. Because of the natural conditions in the border areas,…

CONTEXT: Evidence is mixed regarding the impact of advance directives (ADs) on the utilization of end-of-life treatments. OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the effect of AD on the utilization of end-of-life treatments during the last month of life in older patients. METHODS: Taipei City Hospital initiated an advance c…