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We investigate the status of sensitization in kidney transplant recipients and analyze the trend of induction and maintenance therapy in patients of different PRA levels. Despite the fact of the decreased percentages of kidney transplant recipients with presensitization history, the mean PRA levels of all kidney recipi…

The aim of this paper is to retrospectively assess the long-term clinical and radiological results in a group of patients treated with Brånemark TiUnite implants supporting mostly single-tooth and partial restorations. The clinical records of 90 consecutive patients (mean age 55.9 years; range 21-82 years), treate…

BACKGROUND: In the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), use of its Sensitive files leads to incomplete ascertainment of mortality, largely because of losses to follow-up. To account for these losses, we compared two censoring approaches for evaluating mortality. METHODS: In a hybrid approach, most participa…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy and safety of circumferential cremasteric lysis in the treatment of adult symptomatic retractile testicles. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective chart review of all patients who had undergone circumferential cremasteric lysis at a single institution performed by a single sur…

PURPOSE: To compare the clinical results of labral repair with labral debridement in patients undergoing arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement. METHODS: Between July 2008 and December 2011, 67 patients (73 hips) underwent arthroscopic treatment for femoroacetabular impingement. The repair group consisted of 33…

This retrospective cohort study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and tolerance of rituximab (RTX) for the management of myasthenia gravis (MG).This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on 61 patients with refractory and non-refractory MG who received RTX. The Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Liv…

UNLABELLED: The laparoscopy has been more and more frequently indicated in the last years, for the complementary diagnosis of intraabdominal diseases and abdominal repercussion of systemic diseases. Modern equipaments including videolaparoscopy and the use of either forceps or biopsy needle permit higher safety and sig…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the present status of diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) by analyzing the clinical data of patients admitted during last 10 years to our hospital, in order to look for a significant diagnostic strategy to improve the diagnostic level. METHODS: The data of patients diagnosed to have PE in last 1…

OBJECTIVES: We investigated the support environments in companies in Ishikawa prefecture that aim to maintain a balance between work and treatment of their employees' diseases. The relationships between these strategies, company size, and type of industry were examined. METHODS: In 2016, as a part of a survey, questio…

UNLABELLED: To evaluate the results of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for extremely high myopia with a minimum follow-up of 10 years. Istanbul Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Extremely high myopic patients treated with LASIK between 1995 and 1997 with a minimum follow-up of 10 years are reviewed ret…

Prader-Willi syndrome is a genetic disorder that is associated with short stature, partial growth hormone deficiency, small hands and feet, learning and behavioural problems, and hyperphagia leading to severe, often morbid, obesity. Growth hormone therapy is associated with an improvement in height and body composition…

BACKGROUND: In 1995-1996 a study was commenced investigating the experience of 'false-positive' women, i.e. who had undergone further investigations following routine breast screening and received a clear final result. These women were found to experience significantly greater adverse psychological consequences at 1 mo…

Mitochondrial DNA sequence data for 295 individuals of the marine bivalve Macoma balthica (L.) were collected from 10 sites across the European distribution, and from Alaska. The data were used to infer population subdivision history and estimate current levels of gene flow. Inferred historical biogeography was expecte…

Over the last 30 years, our private cleft lip and palate team has developed an increasing activity based on the Victor Veau's concept: "All the structures are present and only deformed". Our goal is to achieve an anatomical and fully functional repair in every fields with the first operation. A few recent refinements h…

To explore the best surgical approach for infant with congenital cataract by comparing long-term follow-up results of bilateral congenital cataract surgery by different approaches conducted during infant age at last time of visit.This retrospective case control study includes 108 eyes of 54 infants with bilateral conge…

AIM OF THE STUDY: To analyse the state and the structure of the neonatal lethality in the largest perinatal center of Bulgaria 'Maichin dom' during the last five years, and to compare them with the national data on neonatal mortality. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective study on the evolution of neonatal lethality i…

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) uniformly decreased in all industrialized countries from 1950 to 1985. However, since 1985 an upsurge of the disease has been observed, probably due to the increases in AIDS and immigration. It is for this reason that in the last decade all industrialized countries have intensified their c…

OBJECTIVE: It has been reported that approximately 50% of invasive cervical malignancies are diagnosed in patients who have never been screened and that 10% of the remaining cervical cancer patients have not had a Pap smear in the 5 years before diagnosis. We sought to determine whether this holds true among a universi…

OBJECTIVE: Rheumatic fever has become infrequent in developed countries. Recent regional epidemics, particularly in North America, brought our attention to this disease in our area. In the French Caribbean Islands, rheumatic fever remains an important health problem despite much progress in the last 15 years. METHODS:…

BACKGROUND: A multicenter European Registry, SEARCH-MI, was instituted in the year 2002 in order to assess patients' outcomes and ICD interventions in patients with a previous MI and depressed LV function, treated with an ICD according to MADIT II results. In this analysis, we evaluate the influence of the time elapsed…