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AIM: The aim of the present study was to investigate the timing and sequence of the eruption of permanent teeth in Syrian schoolchildren. METHODS: A total of 1211 children aged 5-13 years were included. Every permanent tooth was scored according to its clinical stage of eruption. The significance of difference wa…

As our understanding of phosphate homeostasis has expanded over the last 20 years, additional quandaries have surfaced. Though the phosphate bucket list remains full, we are confident that the next 20 years will lead to major fundamental discoveries. In this commentary, we provide an example of how findings from a basi…

As result of long-years monitoring of density and diversity of Ixodidae living on Tomsk territory and in suburbs it has been shown that at least two species of ticks (I. persulcatus and I. pavlovskyi) inhabit there simultaneously. It has been studied that percent of I. pavlovskyi increased nearby town buildings. In the…

Neurilemmoma in postaural region arising from great auricular nerve is an extremely rare tumour. An 11 years boy presented with pain and swelling behind his left ear for last 3-4 years. The clinical examination revealed the swelling appeared to be diffuse with the margin being ill defined. On radiological examination a…

We evaluated how temporary disruptions to primary cervical cancer (CC) screening services may differentially impact women due to heterogeneity in their screening history and test modality. We used three CC models to project the short- and long-term health impacts assuming an underlying primary screening frequency (i.e.…

Studies on the treatment of nonsyndromic craniosynostosis demonstrate decreasing morbidity and mortality; however, complication rates still range from 5% to 14%. Here, the authors present their last 10 years' experience treatment of nonsyndromic single suture craniosynostosis. A retrospective review was performed on pa…

OBJECTIVE: Treatments of pelvic organ prolapse are pelvic floor rehabilitation, surgery by abdominal or vaginal route, with or without prosthesis, and pessaries. Since last decade, increasing elderly patients seen for pelvic organ prolapse require to redefine the place of the obliterative vaginal surgery, among the exi…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate changes in rates of cerebral infarction and intracerebral hemorrhage, comorbidity profile, and case fatality rates in Quebec over 15 years. METHODS: A population-based admission-to-discharge cohort study was conducted, selecting first stroke events from hospital discharge data (MedEcho) from 198…

BACKGROUND: Infectious spondylitis (IS) is an infrequent disease, although there are few data on its real incidence. To date, only one study, carried out in Denmark, that rigorously assesses the incidence of this disease has been published. OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of IS in the nonpediatric population of…

AIM: There is a lack of consensus in the international literature pertaining to the prevalence of tinnitus for the overall population, as well as sex and age sub-groups, suggesting the need for country-specific prevalence estimates. We aim to find prevalence estimates of tinnitus that are representative of the New Zeal…

Ninety-two patients with pituitary adenomas have been treated during the last 5 years. Sixty-three of these patients had more than 6 months follow-up, and they form the basis of this report. Eighteen had non-functioning adenomas (NFA), and 36 had functioning adenomas (FA). The mean marginal dose was 22.5 Gy (NFA 19.5 G…

In the last ten years, 120 patients were admitted to our clinic with empyema. Empyema and effusion have been investigated for pathogenesis. Microbiologic studies of pleural aspiration fluid showed that Staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen, found in 44 patients (36.7 percent). Other pathogens found were st…

Our experience concerns 36 infants ventilated for bronchiolitis over the last five years. Among the infants admitted in the pediatric department during the same period 11% have been ventilated. Their age ranged between 1.5 and 49.5 weeks (mean 9.2 weeks) and their weight between 2,700 and 8,000 g (mean 3,841 g). Fourte…

BACKGROUND: To assess the long-term clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of the edge-to-edge mitral repair added to septal myectomy in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. METHODS: This is a single-center study of 26 patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopat…

The alcohol drinking at the young age is a risk factor of alcohol addiction later in life, and is connected with school problems, binge drinking, tobacco addiction, illegal drug use, violence, crime commitment, and risky sexual behaviors. Alcohol drinking in the last 12 months is declared by 78% Polish children. The ai…

Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery often require extraction of surgical specimens. The use of standard retrieval bag can be expensive, especially in case of multiple specimens during the same operation. We describe the use of a folded glove-finger as cheap alternative and easily reproducible means of specimen extra…

The epidemiological features of 298 imported malaria cases during 2008-2012 in Guangzhou were analyzed. Among the cases, 169 (56.7%) were falciparum malaria, 106 (35.6%) were vivax malaria, and 23 (7.7%) were unidentified. The proportion of falciparum malaria cases was raising gradually in the last 5 years. Most of the…

The aim of this study is to identify the use of cervical cancer screening and sociodemographic determinants associated with proper screening, overscreening, and underscreening in the Italian target population. Cross-sectional data from the national last available survey 'Health and use of health care in Italy,' conduct…

Total lumbar disc replacement (TDR) has been widely used as a treatment option for 2-level symptomatic degenerative disc disease. However, recent studies have presented conflicting results and some authors concluded that outcome deteriorated when disc replacement was performed bisegmentally, with an increase of complic…

Primary umbilical neoplasms are exceptionally rare. Neurofibromas histologic findings vary from collagenous to myxoid matrix according to the neoplastic elements differentiation. We present a case of neurofibroma in the supraumbilical region undergoing cystic myxomatous degeneration. A 75-year-old female presented to t…