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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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This article is a collaborative effort of five nurses who have worked together for a total of 173 collective years. We have experienced vast changes in the field of neonatology during the last 40 years and wish to share some of the significant developments as we experienced them in our unit. We realize that the various…

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…

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…

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…

A retrospective study of the causes of maternal mortality over the past 20 years in the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, was undertaken. Anaesthesia contributed to 4.4% of all maternal deaths and to 5.7% of 'true' maternal deaths. In the last 10 years studied it did not contribute to maternal mortality. It was conc…

OBJECTIVES: To assess changes in prevalence of malnutrition and its associated factors among people living in Dutch nursing homes in 2009, 2013 and 2018. DESIGN: Secondary data analysis of the International Prevalence Measurement of Care Quality (LPZ) study. SETTING: Dutch nursing homes. PARTICIPANTS: Residents livi…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether varus-valgus laxity of cruciate-retaining (CR) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) changes between 1 year and >5 years after surgery based on postoperative limb alignment. METHODS: One hundred twenty-one varus osteoarthritic knees that underwent CR TKA were inc…

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…