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Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the relation of collateral filling to ischemic or infarcted liver following selective embolization of hepatic artery with microcoils in patients with iatrogenic hemobilia. Methods: We performed retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes and post-embolization angiograms in…

Continuous development of new materials, improved operative technique and exact patient selection lead to increasing survival rates of unicondylar sleigh arthroplasties during the last decade as it's demonstrated in this review on the literature. During the 80s the average survival rate after 5 years was 85 %, after 9…

Cervical screening in England is provided free of charge by the National Health Service to all women aged 20-64 years. Computerised call and recall was introduced in 1988 and women receive an invitation every 3-5 years. Smears are taken by the local family doctor, by his/her nurse or at community clinics. Approximately…

A two-dose mass vaccination programme with a combined vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) was adopted in the Netherlands in 1987, replacing the selective schoolgirl vaccination strategy introduced in 1974. To obtain insight into the effect of mass vaccination and the population's immunity, the antibody lev…

Among 257 patients with clinical diagnosis of Down's syndrome, 56.4% of male gender, in whom cytogenetic studies were performed, 14 (5.4%) had normal karyotypes and 243 (94.6%) had 21 trisomy. Of these last, 225 (92.6%) had free 21 trisomy, 10 (4.1%) showed mosaics, 8 (3.3%) had translocations. Average maternal age of…

Hycanthone at a dose of 2.5 mg kg body weight was given in 1973 and 1974 to persons found by a sedimentation concentration technique to be excreting Schistosoma mansoni eggs. In a further two campaigns oxamniquine was used (15 mg/kg body weight). The last treatment was given after the 1976 survey and stools of children…

Adaptive cognitive control (ACC) involves behavioral adjustments to environmental changes and can be instantiated by implicit knowledge, including temporal predictability of task-relevant events. For example, our past driving experiences might inform us that yellow traffic signals generally last between 3 and 6 s. This…

OBJECTIVES: To examine the contraceptive preferences of women based on their age and to track changes in these preferences over time. METHODS: This was an observational, retrospective cross-sectional study. Data from 2742 patients were evaluated for this study. The patient group of the first 4 years was classified as…

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the changes in running performance and the sex differences between women and men in 24-hour ultra-marathons held worldwide from 1977 to 2012. METHOD: Changes in running speed and ages of the fastest 24-hour ultra-marathoners were determined using single- and multi-level regression analy…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: during the last 30 years we have observed only two children (aged 6 and 3 years) with systemic reactions after tetanus vaccine, given unnecessarily 5 and 10 months after appropriate primary immunization. The adverse reactions after tetanic toxoid appear to be directly related to excessive titre of…

PURPOSE: To report the results of plication augmentation of the augmented Anderson procedure in patients with infantile nystagmus syndrome and face turn. METHODS: In this retrospective study, all patients who underwent plication augmentation of the augmented Anderson procedure between August 2015 and November 2018 wer…

BACKGROUND: This study was conducted in Yazd Province, Central Iran aimed to investigate the relationship between adverse events and breast cancer during 2012-2014. METHODS: Hospital-based case-control study of 150 women with breast cancer and 150 healthy women (did not have breast cancer) was conducted. Sampling was…

OBJECTIVE: To determine immunity to tetanus in male blood donors with previous diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT)/tetanus toxoid (TT) vaccination. DESIGN: A cross sectional study, conducted in September 1999. SETTING: Blood bank, Muhimbili Medical Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS: Using an antigen competitio…

Inheritedgene mutations (pathogenic variants) cause 10% of breast cancers.pathogenic variants predispose carriers to triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC); around 30% of patients with TNBC carrypathogenic variants. The 2018 NCCN Guidelines for Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast and Ovarian recommend genetic c…

Active surveillance (AS) of papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PTMC) is emerging as an alternative to immediate surgery. While thermal ablation has also shown promise for low-risk PTMC, it has not been prospectively studied in patients appropriate for AS. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ultrasou…

BACKGROUND: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) occurs in 1% to 2% of total knee arthroplasties (TKAs). Although two-stage exchange is the preferred management method of patients with chronic PJI in TKA in North America, one-stage exchange is an alternative treatment method, but long-term studies of this approach have not…

BACKGROUND: Zenker diverticulum (ZD) is a pseudodiverticulum and usually affects males in the 6th-9th decade of life, symptoms include dysphagia, regurgitation, chronic cough, aspiration, halitosis and weight loss. Surgery has been the mainstay treatment of symptomatic ZD and can be divided into external and intralumin…

BACKGROUND: Dermatologic surgery is a fruitful research area that has spawned numerous randomized control trials (RCTs). OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of reporting of randomization, blinding, sample size, and power analysis in RCTs published in the journal Dermatologic Surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Randomized co…

INTRODUCTION: Thoracic aortic injury (TAI) is burdened with high mortality (80-90%). The diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm has changed radically over the last couple of years. The authors present their experience with diagnosis and treatment of TAI at the University Hospital Trauma Centre. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 24…

To evaluate pallidal DBS in a non-DYT1 form of hereditary dystonia. We present the results of pallidal DBS in a family with non-DYT1 dystonia where DYT5 to 17 was excluded. The dystonia is following an autosomal dominant pattern. Ten members had definite dystonia and five had dystonia with minor symptoms. Four patients…