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PURPOSE: To describe characteristics of recurrent intermittent exotropia after bilateral lateral rectus (BLR) recession, and identify factors associated with poor outcome after unilateral medial rectus (MR) resection for recurrent intermittent exotropia. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 124 patients who have under…

OBJECTIVE: Among patients with status epilepticus, we sought to determine the rate of endotracheal intubation, identify the physician specialties responsible for endotracheal intubation, and characterize the trend in use of endotracheal intubation over the last 20 years. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study u…

PURPOSE: To report long-term results of accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking treatment in patients with progressive keratoconus in the pubertal period. METHODS: Patients with progressive keratoconus aged 14 and younger were retrospectively reviewed. Thirty-five eyes of 23 patients, who were followed for at least…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine the association of pregnancy history with trajectories of cognitive function in older women. METHODS: Participants were 1,025 women (mean age = 73.1 ± 9.6 y) enrolled in the Rancho Bernardo Study who attended a clinic visit between 1988 an…

Therapeutic practices in equine reproductive medicine have dramatically evolved over the last 20 years but current usage is not described. The aims of this study were to provide a description of medication use and clinical findings of reproductive examinations alongside measures of reproductive efficiency in thoroughbr…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Due to the relative lack of reports on the medium- to long-term clinical and radiographic results of modular femoral cementless revision, we conducted this study to evaluate the medium- to long-term results of uncemented femoral stem revisions using the modular MRP-TITAN stem with distal diaphys…

BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the predictive role of left ventricular mass and its reduction on the development of new-onset microalbuminuria (MA) in newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. METHODS: A total of 207 nondiabetic, normoalbuminuric patients without clinical organ damage (aged 50.8 ± 10.1 years, 1…

BACKGROUND: Global temperature increased by approximately half a degree (Celsius) within the last 150 years. Even this moderate warming had major impacts on Earth's ecological and biological systems, especially in the Arctic where the magnitude of abiotic changes even exceeds those in temperate and tropical biomes. The…

INTRODUCTION: As the number of medical journals is continuously increasing, their quality becomes a very reliable tool used by the editors in order to increase readership. As a consequence, the structure and the content of submitted papers are carefully revised before publication. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of our study…

BACKGROUND: Over the last two decades several new surgical methods for repairing a regurgitant mitral valve have been proposed. Unfortunately, early applications of such techniques were not always encouraging because the evaluation in the operating room led to false optimism due to a marked difference between static an…

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…

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine the long-term effects of parity, age at first childbirth, and age at last childbirth on mortality in postmenopausal women. STUDY DESIGN: The data were from the Women's Health Initiative involving 106,760 postmenopausal women. We used propensity score matching to create matched samples, w…

OBJECTIVES: Studies have shown improved patient quality of life with supportive care rather than aggressive treatment at the end of life. This study evaluated the symptoms that patients in Thailand with gynecologic cancers experienced and the interventions that they received at the end of life. METHODS: The medical re…

PURPOSE: To determine which residency programs the fellows of the top 10 orthopaedic sports medicine fellowship programs attended and whether residents are selected from the same residency programs multiple years. METHODS: The residency programs of current and former fellows at each of the top 10 orthopaedic sports me…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of upper airway ventilation function after molar distalization with aligners in adult patients by computational fluid dynamic simulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 15 subjects were included (3 males and 12 females, with an average age of 20.00&#x200…

AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate outpatient and inpatient dental care for patients with disabilities from 2014 to 2023. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A time series analysis was carried out with data from Brazil's public healthcare system, considering the outpatient productivity of Special Needs Dentistry specialists…

BACKGROUND: Biosurfactants are natural bioactive compounds produced from fungi, bacteria and plants. These molecules have several properties that enable them to be involved in various industrial applications. The surface-active properties of biosurfactants allow their use in various sectors, such as agriculture, health…

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common metabolic disorder that significantly affects public health. Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the serious complications of diabetes. DFU has a wide spectrum of bacterial isolates comprising Gram-positive, Gram-negative, aerobic bacteria and anaerobes. In the last two de…