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This study reports 4 cases of Behçet Syndrome which came under our observation and were surgically treated for vascular or gastrointestinal manifestations. These cases included 3 males and 1 female, mean age 26.5 years, of which 2 were treated with implantation of prosthesis for aneurysm of the abdominal aorta wit…

Azoospermia in two spermiograms, normal FSH and normal testicle size are sufficient for the diagnosis of excretory azoospermia and constitute an indication for surgery. Over the last 15 years, in 642 men an epididymo-vasostomy was performed for inflammatory (51%), inborn (44%) or acquired (5%) epididymal obstruction. I…

In a five year retrospective study of 360 patients with homozygous (SS) sickle cell disease, eighteen (5%) were found to have neurological complications. Their ages ranged from 7 months to 21 years with a mean of 11.1 +/- 6 years. Of those with neurological complications, twelve (67%) of the patients had cerebrovascula…

The DSM-III is the first criteria-based, multiaxial classification system of mental disorders. Since its introduction in 1980, it has received more attention than any previous nosology in the history of psychiatry. The present report attempts to gauge the impact of DSM-III on diagnostic practice at one of the largest u…

A rising incidence and mortality rate from cancer of the colon and rectum has been observed in some Chilean regions. An estimated 1.350 hospital admissions and 650 deaths occurred in the last decade. Cumulative risk for developing these lesions is estimated at 0.75% under 60 and 1.52% under 75 years of age. Mean age at…

Ischemic necrosis of the bones in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) usually appears when treatment with corticosteroids is initiated. The most frequent site is the hip, while the knee and shoulder are less frequently involved. A 21-year-old man was admitted because of bilateral shoulder pain 3 years after diagnosis of…

A histopathological analysis of 2,150 cases of lung epidermoid (squamous cell) carcinomas, diagnosed between March 1949 and December 1983, was performed. The ratio men/women was 14.9:1. The study included 851 lung surgical specimens (199 pulmonectomies, 456 lobectomies and 196 segmentectomies, atypical resections and l…

Rising mean sea level, it is proposed, is a significant indicator of global climate change. The principal factors that can have contributed to the observed increases of global mean sea level in recent decades are thermal expansion of the oceans and the discharge of polar ice sheets. Calculations indicate that thermal e…

The census study in 1972, including all Danish psychiatric institutions, was the fourth in a series, the first being performed in 1957. In the 15-year period from 1957 to 1972 the total number of hospitalized psychiatric patients, including day-patients, has been almost unchanged, about 240-260 per 100,000 population.…

Administration of taurine to a cat suffering from naturally occurring chronic (about 3 years) epilepsy caused disappearance of the clinical manifestation of the seizures as well as a marked improvement in the previously grossly abnormal EEG. The treatment consisted of injections of taurine initially, followed by a more…

The percentage of aseptic loosening of different types of total hip prostheses in 771 cases has been evaluated. The time of follow-up ranged between 1/2 and 6 years. In prostheses of the Charnley-Müller type of loosening was 7.8% in the Charnley-Müller-Weller type with a 2-year shorter follow-up it was 2.4%.…

BACKGROUND: Infant mortality has dropped considerably in India over the last 5 years. A sharp contrast to this decline in national average of infant mortality is the rate recorded during 2014-2015 from the southernmost district of Saiha, Mizoram having a common international border with Myanmar. As this district s…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to present the clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of pediatric collagenous gastritis (CG). METHOD: This is a retrospective cohort study. Patients were identified via query of the institutional pathology database. Clinical data was obtained by review of medical records…

INTRODUCTION: Bipolar II disorder (BDII) accounts for the majority of patients with bipolar disorder (BD), yet evidence supporting first-line mood stabilising treatment with lithium and lamotrigine is scarce, and the certainty of the evidence is very low. This highlights a critical evidence gap within psychiatric care.…

AIMS: Over the last four decades, in-hospital mortality from acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has declined. We characterized the patients who died in our cardiovascular intensive care unit (CICU) over a 15-year period. Based on these data, we described the changing patient population in the CICU. METHODS: This retrospec…

BACKGROUND: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQL) and long-term survival between patients after oncologic esophagectomy with narrow gastric tube (NGT) reconstruction and whole stomach (WS) reconstruction. METHODS: Between 2007 and 2008, a total of 104 patients undergoing esophagectomy were included in t…

Knee anomalies are common in patients with congenital short femurs who require lengthening to correct limb-length discrepancies. We retrospectively reviewed the incidence of knee arthritis and the factors influencing its occurrence after femoral lengthening using the Wagner method. Twenty-three patients with congenital…

Results from 26 hips of 24 Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease patients were evaluated retrospectively. There were 22 male and two female patients in the study group. The mean age of the patients was 8.3 years and the mean follow-up was 13.03 years. All the patients were older than 6 years of age and all of them had latera…

During the last 10 years (1975-1985), a total of 18 cases of posttraumatic aneurysm at the level of the thoracic isthmus were operated on. Six of the 18 were women (19-71 years of age) and 12 were men (17-61 years of age). The mean age at the time of injury was, respectively, 22 and 25.8 years and, at the time of opera…