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BACKGROUND: The underlying pathology of recurrent IIIrd (and VIth) Nerve palsy are often unknown. Long-term observation sometimes reveal surprising causes. PATIENT: At the first presentation in the clinic the patient was 5 years old and suffered from the second episode of the palsy (which regressed quickly). Two recur…

The early outcome for severely injured patients has improved in the last 20 years, but the level of continuing long term disability in such patients is not known. A large cohort of severely injured patients (ISS > 15) were interviewed and examined approximately 5 years following their injury. We present the preliminary…

In the last 5 years 16 patients with cholecystosis were observed. In this period the most recent diagnostic and therapeutic techniques were used including ultrasound which allowed to diagnose 60% of adenomyomatosis, 33.3% of cholecystosis and 6.7% of gallbladder polyposis. In 6 cases a traditional open surgery cholecys…

Hypospadias is a common congenital anomaly in male newborns. The incidence is about one in 300 live male births. In the U.S., about 6000 boys with hypospadias are born each year. For this study, we collected 117 recent (with the last 5 years) cases (88 fresh and 29 referred) who received an operation in our department.…

We present 4 cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma from different locations (parotid, submaxillary, larynx and auditory duct) and we underline the supraglottic origin of one of them. We point out the good clinical behaviour of this carcinoma, with a long tested survival, more than 5 years, in 2 of our cases. All of them sh…

Presentation of 9 cases of synergistic genitalia and perineum necrosing fascitis treated in our service over the last 5 years. The contents of the disease and its terminology has been reviewed by the light of the existing literature. In our series, patients mean age was 65 years. Three of our 9 patients had diabetes me…

Forty nine asthmatic children were studied to clarify the relationship between the respiratory threshold of acetylcholine (RT-Ach) and the prognosis for asthma. In those patients who had asthmatic attacks fewer than 60 days in the last year, there was a statistically significant relationship between RT-Ach and the numb…

Nine cases of multiple-shot suicides (suicides involving more than two gunshot wounds) examined in the last 6 years at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. State of Maryland, are reported. All victims, with the exception of one, were white: three were women and six were men, with ages ranging from 22 to 81 years.…

True polar wander, the shifting of the entire mantle relative to the earth's spin axis, has been reanalyzed. Over the last 200 million years, true polar wander has been fast (approximately 5 centimeters per year) most of the time, except for a remarkable standstill from 170 to 110 million years ago. This standstill cor…

For the last 7 years we administered therapeutic doses of radiation therapy as adjuvant treatment after radical prostatectomy in 45 patients at high risk for recurrence, that is patients with pathological stage C (seminal vesicle invasion) or stage D1a (microscopic involvement of the resected pelvic lymph nodes) diseas…

During the last 2 years an open lung biopsy was performed in 16 children aged from 2 to 14 years. Fourteen of these had a chemotherapeutic induced immunodeficiency and a radiological picture of diffuse pulmonary infiltrate. A definite diagnosis was established in 11 cases: 5 pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis, 2 CMV infe…

In the period between 1960--1978 36 children dead with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) were studied. Nine cases were found to be in pathological remission, i.e., without any leukaemia infiltrations (7 of these were seen in the last 5 years). The remaining 27 could be divided into two groups on the basis of nuclear…

Among 466 children under the age of 12 years who presented with eczema in a 5-year period, 68 p. 100 were atopic. 136 had various atypical signs of atopy. 44 suffered from pityriasis alba of sufficient intensity to justify referral for this reason; 10 had the typical features of seborrhoeic dermatitis of infants. 27 su…

Many observational studies have reported outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR), but there are no recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses including all available bioprostheses and allografts. The objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the outcomes after AVR…

BACKGROUND: Due to the national dynamic zero-COVID strategy in China, there were no persistent local transmissions of SARS-CoV-2 in Beijing before December, 2022. However, imported cases have been frequently detected over the past 3 years. With soaring growth in the number of COVID-19 cases in China recently, there are…

PURPOSE: Although artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) has become an established treatment for moderate to severe stress urinary incontinence (SUI), implantation can be challenging. This study aimed to review the outcomes of laparoscopic AUS (LAUS) implantation and revision in women presenting with SUI. METHODS: We revi…

PURPOSE: The objective of the study is to evaluate of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) with the use of EX-PRESS drainage implant. Evaluated was the decrease of intraocular pressure (IOP), visus stabilization, perimeter Humphrey - related finding (T 30-2), Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) and possibility of reducing…

In a 24-month, multicenter, single-arm, prospective study, 56 pediatric liver transplant patients with or without basiliximab induction were converted at 1-6 months post-transplant from standard calcineurin inhibitor (CN) therapy (± mycophenolic acid), to everolimus with reduced exposure to CNI (tacrolimus n=…

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to assess clinical and computed-tomography (CT) outcomes at least 2 years after humeral head resurfacing to treat concentric gleno-humeral osteoarthritis. HYPOTHESIS: Humeral head resurfacing provides similar outcomes to those achieved with stemmed humeral head implants. MA…

Recent studies have implicated physiological and metabolic abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other psychiatric disorders, particularly immune dysregulation or inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and environmental toxicant exposures ('four major areas'). The aim of this study was…