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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) to the nucleus accumbens (NAcc-DBS) was associated with antidepressant, anxiolytic, and procognitive effects in a small sample of patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression (TRD), followed over 1 year. Results of long-term follow-up of up to 4 years of NAcc-DBS are described in…

BACKGROUND: Plastic surgery training has undergone tremendous change and transitioned through many models over the years, including independent, combined, and integrated. This study evaluates how these changes and others have affected plastic surgery applicants' demographics and academic qualifications over the last 30…

BACKGROUND: Malaria is a serious public health concern in the world, and it causes a major socioeconomic problem in Ethiopia. Malaria data trend analysis of health facilities is useful to understand the prevalence and incidence of malaria cases and implementing evidence-based malaria control strategies. Hence, the main…

To evaluate patient compliance with Papanicolaou (Pap) smear screening after tubal ligation compared with other methods of birth control in patients who develop cervical cancer, a retrospective review of 262 women with cervical cancer diagnosed at age < or = 70 years was undertaken at the Albert Einstein College of Med…

Without antidepressant therapy, episodes of clinical depression last from 2 months to several years, with an average of around 5 to 6 months. One-third of the patients recover within a year; probably one out of four untreated episodes may last more than 2 years. Depressive episodes occur, on the average, every 2 to 3 y…

A program of platelet cryopreservation has been developed at the Baltimore Cancer Research Center which now provides substantial proportion of the platelet transfusion requirements of alloimmunized patients. The program has gradually grown in size during the last eight years and in 1979 approximately 1600 units of froz…

PURPOSE: To develop regression models for predicting adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) progression using machine learning with clinical and radiographic data. METHODS: We included female patients aged 10 to 13 years diagnosed with AIS at our institution between 2007 and 2020. Only those with mild-to-moderate AIS (i…

The Mason gastric bypass as performed over 8 years on 171 patients for the treatment of massive exogenous obesity. The first 26 patients had a large pouch constructed, and poor long-term weight loss occurred. In the last 6 years, 145 patients had a smaller pouch with a 5.5 percent immediate postoperative complications…

We analysed determinants of risk of cervical cancer in women aged less than 45 years using data from a case-control study conducted in Italy. Cases were 261 women aged < 45 years with histologically confirmed invasive cervical cancer. Controls were 257 women aged < 45 years, with acute, non-neoplastic conditions, judge…

INTRODUCTION: Population aging is a feature of all countries in the world. According to statistics, the Republic of Serbia is one of the countries with the majority of the elderly. Taking this into account, are articles on the elderly well represented in domestic medical journals? OBJECTIVE: The aim of the paper was t…

Many children in developing countries continue to sustain caustic esophageal injures. The first line of treatment is dilatation, unless contraindicated, where 60% to 80% success rate is expected. In cases of failure, esophageal replacement is the only hope for achieving normal swallowing. Over the last 30 years, more t…

BACKGROUND: The dismembered pyeloplasty is the operation of choice for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). Recently, with the advent of improved minimally invasive techniques and equipment, laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty has gained popularity. We present our experience with a minimally invasive open pyelop…

Our purpose is to evaluate long-term changes in corneal endothelial cells after Ex-PRESS shunt implantation for the treatment of glaucoma in Chinese patients by comparison with the contralateral eye. In this retrospective observational study, glaucoma patients with a single eye undergoing Ex-PRESS shunt implantation su…

We report a 40-year-old male who self-administered sildenafil for 10 years, in progressively increasing doses from 100 mg per occasion in the 1(st) year to 1300 mg per occasion in the 9(th)-10(th) years of (ab)use. The frequency of abuse was 2-3/week. The only adverse effect of concern that was reported was transient (…

We describe a surgical approach that allows multicystic dysplastic and nonfunctioning hydronephrotic kidneys to be removed on an outpatient basis through a 2.5 to 3 cm. subcostal incision. In the last 5 years 40 children (age 4 months to 5 years, mean 8.2 months) were scheduled for outpatient nephrectomy in an ambulato…

Recent trends in cesarean section deliveries in Canada were explored using 1970-1988/89 hospitalization data from Statistics Canada's morbidity data base. The rate in Canada increased from 5.8 cesarean sections per 100 hospital deliveries in 1970 to 19.5 in 1988/89 and paralleled the increase in rates seen in the Unite…

To examine publication trends pertaining to fertility-sparing management in patients of reproductive age with gynecological malignancies.Ovid MEDLINE was used to aggregate all publications on gynecological cancers and fertility between 1946 and 2022. Original research, reviews, case series/reports, and editorials were…

INTRODUCTION: Racial/ethnic discrimination indicates the stereotyped or unkind conduct of superiority towards other persons based on their race or skin color. The UK General Medical Council published a statement supporting zero-tolerance approach to racism in the workplace.&#xa0;We aimed to systematically review racial…

BACKGROUND: There has been a significant increase in the incidence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) over the last 25 years although there is no recent data from England. We aimed to analyse changes in incidence within a defined English population over the last decade and compare this to recent and histor…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare oral and implanted oestrogens for their effects in preventing postmenopausal osteoporosis. DESIGN: Non-randomised cohort study of postmenopausal women treated with oral or depot oestrogens and postmenopausal controls. SETTING: Gynaecological endocrine clinic in tertiary referral centre. P…