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One hundred and sixty-five cholecystectomies were performed in the 12 year period 1980-1991 Only 67 were performed in the first 10 year period but in the last 2 years (1990-1991), 98 patients underwent cholecystectomy. While patients with biliary tract disease occupied 0.4% of General Surgical beds in 1966-68 patients…

Mycotoxins have been named "agents in search of a disease," and the considerable progress in analytical methodology over the last 10 years has not changed this very much. The following are factors that contribute to the difficulty of making a diagnosis: (1) nonspecificity of lesions; (2) masking of mycotoxic effects by…

Mycoses of the hairy part of the head have been effectively treated in the two last decades in Armenia. The number of trichophytosis patients has reduced from 32.7 per 100,000 in 1965 to 5.4 per 100,000 in 1987. The share of anthroponotic trichophytosis among all trichophytosis forms has reduced from 24.9 to 6.7 percen…

Various alloplastic materials have been used to reestablish proper function of paretic upper eyelids. Modifying Morel-Fatio's method, the spring had been bent in a W-fashion and located in such a position that three dimensional movement of the lower branch was possible. Complications of the original method like swellin…

In the last 7 years 53 patients with liver abscesses were treated at surgical clinic of Charité. Since November 1982 we treated in 27 cases with solitary and multiloculary liver abscesses by percutaneous drainage of the abscess diameter more than 3 to 4 cm. 12 patients with multiloculary small biliary liver absces…

To estimate the importance of a number of variables influencing the results of the lymphocyte transformation test (LTT), we analysed retrospectively the results of 250 LTTs on healthy control lymphocytes tested during the last 5 years as part of the routine LTT program. Prospectively, frozen cells from 3 donors were te…

Incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing during the last years. 5% of the population get affected. From these a group of patients with a higher carcinoma risk must be separated: that with adenomas, familial polyposis and ulcerative colitis. Nourishment seems to be one of the main factors for the development of canc…

Lung function was studied in 29 children suffering from recurrent bronchitis (average number of bronchitis attacks per year: 4.2 +/- 0.5). Most of them (73%) were 1--7 years old. The date of exploration in relation to the last acute bronchitis was on average 6 weeks. Lung mechanics, residual functional capacity, blood…

During the last 5 years in a community hospital of 219 beds, the most common cause of death (primary and secondary or contributory) was pulmonary embolus. In the US fatal pulmonary emboli occur in 5 patients for 1,000 inpatients, nonfatal pulmonary embolism in 20 patients per 1,000 inpatients, about 142,000 patients su…

OBJECTIVE: Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is a relatively rare condition in children. The recovery rate is reported to be generally complete. In the current study, the long-term urological outcome of children with ATM was assessed. METHODOLOGY: The medical records of children with ATM admitted to Queen Mary Hospital,…

BACKGROUND: Drug related problems interfere with the desired treatment outcomes of type 2 Diabetes mellitus. This study was conducted to determine prevalence of drug related problems and associated factors among patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in public health institutions of Kemisse town, northeast Ethiopia fro…

AIMS: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. We assessed changes in the use of breast cancer screening 2007-2012 in Switzerland, and associations with socioeconomic and health-related determinants. METHODS: We used the nationwide and representative data from the Swiss Health Surveys 2007 and 2012.…

OBJECTIVE: Spinal deformity (SD) in children with intramedullary spinal cord tumours (IMSCT) can occur at presentation or postoperatively due to neurogenic and mechanical factors on a background of future spinal growth. Deformity is associated with pain, functional decline and reduced quality of life but spinal instrum…

To provide a descriptive review and improve our understanding of the clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of pediatric anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) in China.The clinical data and outcomes of patients under 16 years of age with newly histopathologically-confirmed ALCL in 10 large single institutions i…

PURPOSE: To assess the technical feasibility and safety of image-guided percutaneous biphasic monopolar pulsed electric field (PEF) ablation of primary and metastatic tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: With institutional review board (IRB) approval and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance…

BACKGROUND: Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and overweight have more risk to develop changes in blood pressure that increase cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In this study, the relationship between blood pressure (BP) with the body mass index (BMI) and the average of the last three measurements of…

BACKGROUND: Many evidence-based recommendations advocate against the use of routine chest x-rays for asymptomatic, low-risk outpatients; however, it is unclear how regularly chest x-rays are ordered in primary care. Our study aims to describe the frequency of, and variation in, routine chest x-ray use in low-risk outpa…

AIMS: The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of direct catheter-based thrombectomy (d-CBT, without thrombolysis) and the feasibility and safety of d-CBT performed in an interventional cardiology centre. METHODS AND RESULTS: This single-centre, prospective observational registry based on the pre-specified proto…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the value of cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) for the treatment of Crowe type Ⅲ developmental dysplasia of hip (DDH) in adults. METHODS: Between September 2013 and September 2015, 50 patients (51 hips) with Crowe type Ⅲ DDH were treated. There were 20 males (20 hips) and…

AIM: Lacosamide is an antiepileptic drug approved for the treatment of focal epilepsy in adult patients. The aim of this observational study was to review our centre's experience with lacosamide and to characterize its effectiveness and tolerability as an adjunctive antiepileptic drug in a retrospective cohort of child…