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The authors present their experience with 93 patients operated at the First Surgical Clinic of the General Faculty Hospital and First Medical Faculty, Charles University Prague on account of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) assembled during 36 year starting in 1962. They analyze 91 patients followed up in collabora…

A very large meta-analysis of the Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer has revealed an increasing risk of breast cancer with longer durations of use of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT). This risk increase is restricted to current users of HRT or women who ceased use recently. A 35% increase of the…

The author discusses the present role of extracorporeal shock wave treatment of urolithiasis. The views are based on personal experience and a review of the recent literature. Compared with the original device, second generation lithotriptors have led to almost painless treatment. They are less effective in fragmenting…

Enteric fever is still a common health problem in many countries, especially in children. Thus a ten-year retrospective study was carried out to evaluate the clinical and laboratory properties of enteric fever and the incidence of antimicrobial resistance in children. Throughout the past 10 years, Salmonella was isolat…

Although several Plio-Pleistocene hominids are found in association with stone and bone tools, it has been generally assumed that at any one time the hominid with the largest brain was the toolmaker. Fossils recovered over the last decade suggest that early hominids subsequent to 2.5 million years ago all might have us…

From 1972 to 1992 inclusive, the author performed 263 surgical procedures for the relief of intractable epilepsy. The purpose of this report is to review 112 temporal lobectomies for the treatment of drug-resistant complex partial seizures. There were 90 adults and 22 children, in whom there were 61 left-sided procedur…

Although systemic failure continues to plague patients receiving combined-modality treatment for limited small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), improvements in chemotherapy, including use of cisplatin/etoposide-based regimens, and radiotherapy have produced increases in median, 2-year, and 5-year survival over the last decade.…

The treatment of recurrent inguinal hernia by classical hernioplasty, ie, via the anterior approach and using endogenous tissue for repair, was evaluated in 163 patients operated on between 1980 and 1987. One hundred fifteen patients had a first recurrence and 48 had a multiple recurrence; 58% were of the direct type;…

Between 1984 and 1987 reported pertussis cases in North Carolina increased threefold. Pertussis immunization rates were examined for those years in three one-year cohorts drawn from a random selection of North Carolina birth records. The percentage of children immunized with three DTPs at eight months of age was 58.1,…

During the last years the non-surgical drainage of the bile ducts developed to an efficient treatment method and is a real enrichment in the concept of treatment of the malignant obstruction of the bile ducts. In no more radically operable carcinomas in the area of the bile ducts, the pancreas or the porta of the liver…

A combined epidemiological and clinical study of vibration-induced white finger (VWF) was carried out involving 115 men in four fluorspar mines. The overall prevalence of VWF was found to be 50% among 42 vibration-exposed subjects, while that of constitutional white finger (CWF) was 5-6% in all men studied. The VWF lat…

BACKGROUND: Evidence is increasing of high HIV risks among southern African men who have sex with men (MSM). This represents the first study of HIV risks and human rights contexts among MSM in Lesotho. METHODS: Two hundred and fifty-two men who reported ever having anal sex with another man were accrued with snowball…

INTRODUCTION: We evaluated outcomes in children with chronic kidney disease stage 5 (CKD 5) treated in the first pediatric dialysis unit in Poland during 1973-2012. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The retrospective analysis included 208 children with CKD 5 undergoing renal replacement therapy (RRT), stratified into four decades…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of the treatment of scoliosis with a pedicle screw system through paraspinal intermuscular approach (PIA). METHODS: This is a retrospective case series study. A total of 10 patients diagnosed with scoliosis had surgical indications and treated with a pedicle screw system in…

Aviation alters the composition of the atmosphere globally and can thus drive climate change and ozone depletion. The last major international assessment of these impacts was made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1999. Here, a comprehensive updated assessment of aviation is provided. Scientifi…

OBJECTIVE: To search for a threshold of pulmonary oxygen toxicity in patients with acute respiratory failure. DESIGN: Retrospective study over a 10-year period. SETTING: Three intensive care units of two university hospitals. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-four patients with acute respiratory failure ventilated…

Survival in high-risk neuroblastoma has improved with multimodal treatment approaches and numerous studies have focused on treatment-related side effects. This study examines the prevalence, severity and risks of late effects following high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation in high risk neurobl…

BACKGROUND: To investigate the clinical safety and efficacy of foldable capsular vitreous body (FCVB) in the treatment of severe silicone oil-dependent eyes. METHODS: Five patients (5 eyes) of severe silicone oil-dependent eyes underwent FCVB implantation from December 2019 to July 2020. The preoperative and postopera…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical effect of intertransverse approach microendoscopic discectomy for far lateral lumbar disc herniation. METHODS: From February 2005 to February 2010, 73 patients with far lateral lumbar disc herniation were treated with intertransverse approach microendoscopic discectomy. Their clinica…

OBJECTIVE: To determine intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) discontinuation rate and its causes and related factors among women attending the OPD/family planning clinic in Mahila Chikitasalaya, SMS Medical College, Jaipur from January 2012 to December 2012. METHODS: 387 women who had an intrauterine device (IUD)…