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BACKGROUND: At our academic tertiary care medical center, we have noted patients referred for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) who increasingly require advanced cannulation techniques. This trend is noted despite increased endoscopist experience and annual ERCP volume over the same period. AIM: To…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the presentation, assessment, treatment, and pregnancy outcomes of 22 women with a rudimentary uterine horn. METHODS: We reviewed the data regarding the outcomes of patients with a rudimentary horn pregnancy (RHP) who were managed at Peking Union Medical College Hospital over the last 30 years.…

Animal companionship can have many physical and psychological benefits; however, animals can also be a source of zoonotic infection, including enteric illnesses; it has been estimated that in Canada, nearly 85,000 enteric illnesses due to eight pathogens occur each year related to animal contact. There is a lack of bas…

PURPOSE: To assess the long-term visual acuity (VA) outcome after congenital cataract surgery at Imam Hossein Medical Center (Tertiary Referral Center) (2004-2014). METHODS: In this descriptive study, records of 120 patients with a history of congenital cataract surgery were studied. Those with traumatic, metabolic ca…

BACKGROUND: Periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) is an effective treatment for preosteoarthritis and early osteoarthritis in young and active patients with hip dysplasia. However, conversion to total hip arthroplasty (THA) for failed PAO is difficult owing to morphologic changes. The objective of the present study was to inv…

OBJECTIVE: To study the microsurgical decompression combined with cervical artificial disc replacement clinical efficacy for the treatment of cervical spondylosis. METHODS: From January 2006 to November 2011, 21 cases of cervical spondylosis, totally 23 intervertebral spaces, were under the microscope disc decompressi…

OBJECTIVE: Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS) is a serious complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD) with a multifactorial pathophysiology and possible increasing incidence. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the independent associations of PD duration, age, dialysis fluids, and kidney transplantation wi…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of secondary prevention of breast cancer and associated factors. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the city of Pelotas, southeastern Brazil, in 2002. The study sample comprised 879 women aged 40 to 69 years. Information was collected on demographic…

1. The authors present 86 children and adolescents with rheumatic heart disease of the Pediatric Cardiology Service of the Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia who received valve replacements in the period between September, 1964 and April, 1973, a series which is more numerous and of longer follow-up than any published u…

PURPOSE: To discuss the results obtained by giving adjuvant treatment for childhood ependymoma (EPD) at relapse after complete surgery only. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Between 1993 and 2002, 63 children older than 3 years old entered the first Italian Association for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology protocol for EPD (gro…

This study evaluated the long-term myopia control effect and safety in children wearing Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) spectacle lenses. Participants who completed the 2-year RCT were followed for a total of 6 years; their cycloplegic refractions and axial length were measured. Group 1 (n =&#…

Five cases of primary lymphoma of the thyroid followed at our hospital during the last decade are reviewed. The clinical and pathological characteristics are analysed and the therapeutical approach described. The age at the diagnosis ranged between 26 and 76 years, with a female versus male predominance (4 out of 5 cas…

To evaluate the clinical efficacy of posterior lumbar interbody fusion combined with Ponte osteotomy in the treatment of patients with degenerative scoliosis.The medical records and imaging data of degenerative scoliosis in department of orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital from 2013 to 2022 were retrospe…

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has set elimination (interruption of transmission) as an end goal for schistosomiasis. However, there is currently little guidance on the monitoring and evaluation strategy required once very low prevalence levels have been reached to determine whether elimination or resu…

INTRODUCTION: In 2020, 282,421 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in Spain, and urological neoplasms (UN) were among the most frequent ones. Cancer treatment in eldery people is challenging due to fragility and comorbidities of these patients. To meet the needs of treating UN in the eldery, it is necessary to optimize…

PURPOSE: In advanced peripheral ischemia, tibial artery prosthetic bypass grafting is virtually the last chance for limb salvage when conservative treatment and other methods of revascularization have failed. METHODS: For this study we reviewed our 7 years of experience with below-popliteal artery polytetrafluoroethyl…

One hundred twelve hips in 101 Chinese patients received a primary cemented Exeter total hip arthroplasty (Howmedica, Hong Kong). Average age was 65 years. The most common diagnosis was avascular necrosis. Average follow-up period was 6 years (range, 3 years to 9 years, 6 months). The Harris hip score improved from a p…

Background Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) often present in the Emergency Department (ED) with acute and debilitating pain and other SCD-related complications. Objectives The objective is to analyze the causes of ED visits of pediatric patients with SCD, assess the burden of ED admission due to SCD in relation…

BACKGROUND: Hispanic individuals comprise the second-largest subpopulation after non-Hispanic White (NHW) individuals in the United States (US). We compared the relative contribution of Hispanic individuals to the ten most common causes of cancer-related deaths and studied enrollment of Hispanic patients in multination…

The spatial distribution of dengue and its vectors (spp. Aedes) may be the widest it has ever been, and projections suggest that climate change may allow the expansion to continue. However, less work has been done to understand how climate variability and change affects dengue in regions where the pathogen is already e…