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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…

BACKGROUND: Intra-articular osteoid osteoma of the elbow is very rare,‏ and diagnosis is challenging. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten patients with intra-articular osteoid osteoma of the elbow were treated with open surgery. Outcomes and postoperative surgical complications were evaluated. RESULTS: The mean age of…

As a result of a 1990 survey by questionnaire, the symptoms of atopy among all 4,952 school children aged 5 to 16 years in the municipal district of Viborg, Denmark, were registered. Random checks, made among children who were recorded as having symptoms, and others who were recorded as having none, accorded well with…

OBJECTIVES: To provide an overview of Toxocara prevalences in dogs and cats in Europe from the last 25 years. METHOD: Systematic review of the literature. RESULTS: Over the past 25 years, prevalence studies of Toxocara spp. have been published from 26 European countries. The average prevalences were 14.6% for T. cani…

Associated factors of the Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) score were investigated in 55 patients who had had generalized MG for more than 5 years. In multivariate analysis, correlates of the MG-ADL score at the last follow-up were the total number of fast-acting treatments (FTs) (standardized regr…

PURPOSE: To examine the validity of self-reported eye disease, including cataract, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy (DR), and self-reported surgical treatment for cataract and DR in the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES). DESIGN: Population-based, cross-sectional study. PAR…

OBJECT: Spinal deformities are significant problems in children with spastic cerebral palsy. The treatment of their spasticity by selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) may worsen or improve these problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of and change in degree of thoracolumbar scoliosis, thoracic k…

AIM: To investigate the outcome of contact lens (CL) fitting in aphakic children following lensectomy for congenital cataract. METHOD: Retrospective data of 205 aphakic children who visited for CL fitting following lensectomy from 2008 to 2018 were collected. Data includes the demographic details, CL parameters in fir…

Humans have had a major impact on the environment. This has been particularly intense in the last millennium but has been noticeable since the development of food production and the associated higher population densities in the last 10,000 years. The use of fire and over-exploitation of large mammals has also been reco…

During the last 20 years at least 23 cases of motor neuron disease have been reported in HIV-1 seropositive patients. In this report we describe the clinical picture of a young man with HIV-1 clade C infection and flail arm-like syndrome, who we were able to follow-up for a long period. We investigated and prospectivel…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical results of the "figure-of-eight" suture-button technique in the arthroscopic treatment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tibial avulsion fractures. METHODS: This was a retrospective study reviewing data from September 2013 to June 2019. A total of 27 patients (13 males and 14 female…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the potential impact of deferral of blood donors at high risk of HIV infection in a west African city where blood is screened for HIV antibodies but no other special measures are taken to protect the blood supply. DESIGN: Cross sectional study. SETTING: National Blood Transfusion Centre and Proj…

We compared sociodemographic characteristics, sexual risk behaviours and sexual health experiences of 266 heterosexual black Caribbeans recruited at a London sexual health clinic between September 2005 and January 2006 with 402 heterosexual black Caribbeans interviewed for a British probability survey between May 1999…

A significant decrease in the incidence of most STDs has been reported in Norway during the last decade, especially the last 5 years. Today, syphilis, hepatitis B and gonorrhoea are almost non-existent with incidence rates (IR) of 1.1, 0.9 and 4.4 per 100,000 respectively. The frequency of genital herpes, however, has…

UNLABELLED: Treatment of patellofemoral osteoarthritis in young patients is a challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. Concern about loosening and wear in active young people render arthroplasty more suitable for older patients. Osteochondral allografts may be a good alternative, but reports of experience with such grafts i…

OBJECTIVE: To study the occurrence of breast cancer in women with breast cysts. DESIGN: Prospective follow-up study. SETTING: Office surgical practice. PATIENTS: All 742 women referred to the practice with breast cysts diagnosed by means of aspiration or, occasionally, biopsy between 1969 and 1985. MAIN OUTCOME MEA…

The primary objective of the Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program (HDFP) was to determine, in a community-based population of hypertensive subjects, the effect on 5-year all-cause mortality of standardized intensive drug treatment, designated stepped care, compared with the usual community care, designated refe…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Wolfram syndrome is a rare genetic disease with characteristic brain involvement. We reviewed the brain MR images of patients with Wolfram syndrome to determine the frequency and characteristics of common neuroradiologic findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the imaging d…

Combined anterior and posterior surgery is useful for fixed deformity of the lumbar spine. The specific indications for and clinical outcome parameters after combined surgery for patients with degenerative lumbar scoliosis have not been well defined. We retrospectively reviewed 14 consecutive patients with degenerative…