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INTRODUCTION: Population aging is a feature of all countries in the world. According to statistics, the Republic of Serbia is one of the countries with the majority of the elderly. Taking this into account, are articles on the elderly well represented in domestic medical journals? OBJECTIVE: The aim of the paper was t…

Many children in developing countries continue to sustain caustic esophageal injures. The first line of treatment is dilatation, unless contraindicated, where 60% to 80% success rate is expected. In cases of failure, esophageal replacement is the only hope for achieving normal swallowing. Over the last 30 years, more t…

We describe a surgical approach that allows multicystic dysplastic and nonfunctioning hydronephrotic kidneys to be removed on an outpatient basis through a 2.5 to 3 cm. subcostal incision. In the last 5 years 40 children (age 4 months to 5 years, mean 8.2 months) were scheduled for outpatient nephrectomy in an ambulato…

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Dislocation is a well-known complication of total hip arthroplasty. The risk can be reduced to one or two cases per thousand using a double mobility cup. The survival rate achieved with the Bousquet implant is 95% at 10 years. The complications with this implant are early mobilization and inguinal…

Our purpose is to evaluate long-term changes in corneal endothelial cells after Ex-PRESS shunt implantation for the treatment of glaucoma in Chinese patients by comparison with the contralateral eye. In this retrospective observational study, glaucoma patients with a single eye undergoing Ex-PRESS shunt implantation su…

BACKGROUND: The incidence of sexual transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS is globally higher in young people. This study evaluated the prevalence of sexual reproductive behaviors among undergraduate students of Mashhad, Iran. METHODS: The study was conducted on 605 students in twelve non-medical faculties of a gr…

Pneumonia, an acute lower respiratory infection, is the single largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide. In this study, we aimed to assess the treatment practices of parents/caregivers for the management of pneumonia in children under 5 years of age in a rural community of West Bengal and to determine th…

INTRODUCTION: Racial/ethnic discrimination indicates the stereotyped or unkind conduct of superiority towards other persons based on their race or skin color. The UK General Medical Council published a statement supporting zero-tolerance approach to racism in the workplace. We aimed to systematically review racial…

BACKGROUND: There has been a significant increase in the incidence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) over the last 25 years although there is no recent data from England. We aimed to analyse changes in incidence within a defined English population over the last decade and compare this to recent and histor…

A multitracer study of a small aquifer in northern Switzerland indicates that the atmosphere in central Europe cooled by at least 5 degreesC during the last glacial period. The relation between oxygen isotope ratios (delta18O) and recharge temperatures reconstructed for this period is similar to the present-day one if…

To explore the surgical methods and clinical outcomes of severe angular kyphosis with the length of the spinal cord constant in the osteotomy area.Clinical data from 20 patients with severe angular kyphosis who underwent surgical treatment from January 2017 to December 2020 in the Department of Spinal Surgery,Hangzhou…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate factors associated with condom use at last sexual intercourse among adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 368 sexually active adolescents aged 13-17 years from eight public high schools on Santiago Island, Cape Verde, 2007. The level of significance was 5.0% o…

In this paper, the evolution of mortality since 1960 has been reconstructed for Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt. The procedure has been to collect in each country all the existing data (population register, surveys, etc.), to check chronological and spatial cohesion and to estimate reliability, before making a fina…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare oral and implanted oestrogens for their effects in preventing postmenopausal osteoporosis. DESIGN: Non-randomised cohort study of postmenopausal women treated with oral or depot oestrogens and postmenopausal controls. SETTING: Gynaecological endocrine clinic in tertiary referral centre. P…

A 72 years old lady presented with a gradually increasing abdominal mass for the last 25 years, with more rapid increase in the last 05 years. Examination revealed a large mass spanning the whole abdomen. CAT scan revealed a huge retroperitoneal tumour, with tortuous ureters passing through the tumour and three tiny no…