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PURPOSE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of MicroPulsetransscleral cyclophotocoagulation (µP-TSCPC) up to 24-months follow-up using a standardized fixed protocol in patients with various types of glaucoma. METHODS: Prospective, nonrandomized, non-comparative interventional case series of µP-TSCPC perform…

BACKGROUND: Subtalar dislocations are uncommon, representing ~1% of all traumatic dislocations. We present two cases of closed medial subtalar dislocation and a systematic literature review of the last 25 years. METHODS: We performed an Embase, Medline, Pubmed and Cochrane search of the literature written in English b…

Three hundred and eighty-six patients with acute myocardial infarction in the past 11 years between 1975 and 1985 were investigated retrospectively to clarify fatality, cause of death and long-term prognosis in relation to their risk factors and age. The average number of patients admitted in each year was 24.4 for the…

BACKGROUND: Tuberoplasty is a therapeutic option for irreparable massive rotator cuff tear (RCT). However, no study has reported long-term outcomes after arthroscopic tuberoplasty. METHODS: We evaluated 16 patients who underwent arthroscopic tuberoplasty for symptomatic irreparable massive RCT without pseudoparalysis.…

In a mixed ward for skin and venereology patients the erythromycin consumption was 6-8 fold higher than in other wards at the same hospital. Erythromycin-resistance occurred in 15.5% of the infecting Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from this ward, compared with 3.5% in other wards of the hospital and 2.3% in Den…

BACKGROUND: Recurrent anterior shoulder instability is a common traumatic injury, the main clinical manifestation of which is recurrent anteroinferior dislocation of the humeral head. The current follow-up study showed that the effect of arthroscopic Bankart repair is unreliable. AIM: To evaluate the clinical efficacy…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence and clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with cervical cancer over the last two decades in Beijing so as to provide scientific rationales for the management of cervical cancer. METHODS: Stratified cluster sampling was employed to analyze a total of 1399 invasive cervic…

The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC) in Upper Egypt, after 6 years of putting prohibition law into action. A total number of 3730 girls between the ages of 10-14 years were recruited to participate in this study. They were mainly preparatory school students (three u…

In a follow-up study during 20 years (1975-1994) we observed, beside clinical aspects, the evolution of pleuropneumopathies in infants and small children (1-3 years of age), and the etiology of these infections. The casuistry includes 456 children-237 infants (51,97%) and 219 small children, between 1-3 years of age (4…

OBJECTIVE: To compare mean serum total testosterone, bioavailable-testosterone, and dihydrotestosterone levels between transdermal testosterone and oral testosterone undecanoate treatment. METHODS: Multicentre, randomized, cross-over study; 44 men >18 years, testosterone ≤2.5 ng/mL. Two patches (Testo…

INTRODUCTION: Academic dermatologists in Australia and New Zealand provide high-quality and meaningful contributions to the understanding of disease and therapeutic translational research. Concerns have been raised by the Australian Medical Association regarding the decline of clinical academics in Australia as a whole…

The beginning of postinfancy increase in BMI has been termed the adiposity rebound, and an early rebound increases the risk for obesity in adolescence and adulthood. We examined whether the relation of the age at BMI rebound (age) to subsequent BMI is independent of childhood BMI.From the electronic health records of 2…

PURPOSE: To evaluate radiation therapy (RT) to treat refractory pain in plantar heel spur. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From 1984 to 1994, 141 patients with refractory painful plantar heel spur (170 heels, because of bilateral disease) underwent RT. Quantitative criteria were used to evaluate heel pain and ankle function pr…

Diagnostic imaging techniques, symptom awareness and education of local sources of referral in vestibular schwannomas, including general practitioners, have all improved in the last 10 years. The referral patterns in vestibular schwannomas in Cambridgeshire in the period 1981-1993 has been reported.(1) A direct compari…

The purpose of this study is to identify possible factors which could influence the seizure recurrence after anti-epileptic drug (AED) withdrawal in children with partial epilepsy. AED was discontinued in 82 children who had been free of partial epileptic seizures for 2.0-11.0 years (mean 4.7 years). Twenty-four patien…

INTRODUCTION: Multiple myeloma (MM) is considered as a disease of the old with the reported median age of 60-70 years. The disease occurred a decade earlier in the Indian subcontinent. The literature on MM in adolescents and young adult (AYA) is limited. We studied the disease characteristics and outcomes of the AYA-MM…

UNLABELLED: In the recent years an increase in the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has been observed world-wide, including Poland. In the Department of Nephrology of Gdańsk School of Medicine, an increase in the incidence of TB has been observed among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD). The aim of t…

BACKGROUND: Age-appropriate receipt of ≥ 2 measles-containing vaccine (MCV) doses has been considered evidence of immunity against measles. Transmission of measles is rarely reported among such persons. METHODS: We report a measles outbreak in a middle school in Beijing that has high coverage with ≥ 2 do…

INTRODUCTION: Previous studies have shown that the state of oral health in the area of Podrinje Canton is really poor. Taking into account that in the last five years are implemented two projects in the municipality it is necessary to examine the impact of preventive measures in dentistry on the oral health. THE RESEA…

Studied are changes in diagnosis in a random sample of 10% of all first admissions to psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric wards of general hospitals in Israel from 1983 to 1990 with follow-up evaluation to 1991. This included 4,570 hospitalizations of 2,220 patients. Data were extracted from the National Psychiatric…