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STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective study. PURPOSE: To assess the radiological, clinical features and surgical outcomes of six patients of elementary school age with lumbar disc herniation (LDH). OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: LDH is common in people in their fourth and fifth decades. However, the condition is extremely rare in c…

Worldwide incidence of malignant melanoma has been constantly increasing during the last years. Surgical excision is effective when primary tumours are thin. At later disease stages patients often succumb, due to failure of metastasis control. Therefore, great efforts have been made to develop improved strategies to tr…

PURPOSE: Meniscus repair has gained increasing interest over the last two decades as loss of meniscus tissue predisposes to early onset knee arthritis. Although there are many reports of meniscus repair outcome in short-term studies, data on the long-term outcome of meniscus repair are still scarce. The purpose of this…

[Purpose] To review the physical therapy educational program model, professional curriculum, and gender representation at major universities, as well as the quality and scope of physical therapy practice in Saudi Arabia. [Methods] Information regarding course curriculum, gender representation, and the quality and scope…

AIM: The aim of this study was to report on the severity and incidence of children injured by treadmills and to promote the implementation of safety standards. METHOD: This retrospective review of children with treadmill friction injuries was conducted in a single tertiary-level burns centre in Australia between Janua…

Of 846 adolescents interviewed near their 15th birthday, 51% could drive a motorcycle. A further 13% intended to learn. Drivers reported friends (mean age 16.5 years) as the most common source of instruction. Forty-four per cent of drivers and 69% of intending learners planned to apply for licences. Thirty-five per cen…

BACKGROUND: The magnitude of pre-transplant a-fetoprotein (AFP) changes has been advocated to be a superior predictor of hepatocellular cancer (HCC) recurrence following liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to compare AFP dynamics and last pre-transplant AFP as risk factors for post-transplant HCC recurrenc…

OBJECTIVES: To determine the functional trajectory in the last year of life in end-stage renal disease managed without dialysis. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study of functional status over time and toward death. SETTING: Three renal units in the United Kingdom. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with Stage 5 chronic kidney dise…

BACKGROUND: The use of mesalamine for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC) is common, and may rarely cause nephrotoxicity. One of the clinical signs of nephropathy is hematuria or dark urine. We aimed to evaluate the effect of hypochlorous acid (HA) found in household bleach on the color of urine among pediatric UC…

Extended periods of hydro-climate extremes with excessive or scarce rainfall associated with high or low temperatures have resulted in an imbalanced water cycle and inefficient socio-economic systems in several regions of Iran. However, there is a lack of comprehensive investigations on short-term to long-term variatio…

Large quantities of radionuclides released by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident entered terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The resulting radioactive contamination of large omnivorous wild mammals such as wild boar (Sus scrofa) and Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) varied greatly depending on location, season…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: to present epidemiological features and clinical manifestations of TBE in patients residing in Grodno region. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 124 case histories of patients with TBE in “Grodno Regional Infectious Clinical Hospital” in 2010 – 2014. RESU…

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The therapeutic management of acute diverticulitis has evolved over the last years in favour of an initial conservative approach with laparoscopy rather than a primary anastomosis. We studied the management of sigmoid diverticulitis in the Digestive Surgical Unit to assess it in comparison to actual pr…

Over the last few years anomalies in temperature and precipitation in northern Russia have been regarded as manifestations of climate change. During the same period exceptional forest fire seasons have been reported, prompting many authors to suggest that these in turn are due to climate change. In this paper, we exami…

Background. Minimally invasive intramedullary stabilization is a widely accepted method for treating long bone fractures in children. Indications concerning age and type of fracture have increased in the last decade. The aim of our study was to assess outcome in intramedullary Kirschner wire stabilization used to treat…

OBJECTIVE: In an evaluation of our patients with parotid gland neoplasms, we noticed that patients with a Warthin's tumour were heavy smokers. The aim of this study was to confirm earlier findings in the literature concerning a possible association between smoking and the development of a Warthin's tumour. METHODS: A…

In a retrospective study we analysed 50 resections for primary liver tumors performed between 1 July 1979 and 31 December 1991 at the Department of Surgery of the University of Cologne. The mean resectability rate was 28%. Hospital mortality after resection was 22% and could be reduced to 4% during the last 4 years. Th…

The cervical smear histories of 36 women with invasive cervical cancer were compared to those of 120 age-matched controls, drawn from local registrar's offices. Of the cases 47% were screened at least once, while for the controls this figure was 68%. The relative risk of getting invasive cervical cancer for women scree…

AIM: The present work aims at evaluating the clinical and radiological midterm results of the femoral neck prosthesis CUT. METHOD: 67 femoral neck prostheses of the type CUT were implanted in 63 patients between 4/1999 and 5/2003 (average age 56 years). At an average follow-up time of 5.1 years (min.: 2.9; max.: 6.9)…

INTRODUCTION: First-ray metatarsophalangeal arthrodesis is a classic surgical procedure in the treatment of severe hallux valgus, hallux rigidus, revision surgery, and inflammatory arthritis. The objective of this study was to verify if metatarsophalangeal plate arthrodesis could correct the M1M2 intermetatarsal angle.…