97,285 papers found

Operative indications and type of resection represent a crucial issue of minimally invasive liver surgery (MILS), and they should not be modified by the increased experience of laparoscopic liver surgeons. The aim of this study was to define the indications for MILS and the learning curve in a high-volume hepatobiliary…

BACKGROUND: Malaria remains one of the world's major public health issues, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In Ethiopia, cases have declined over the last decade, and attempts to eradicate the illness are underway. The purpose of this study was to determine trends in malaria prevalence in selected area…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze clinical characteristics, cardiac outcome and response to therapy of an Italian pediatric population affected with acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in the last 15 years. METHODS: 135 patients with ARF (aged 2-14.9 years, mean 8.4+/-2.5 years) diagnosed from 1992 to 2006 at the Pediatric Rheumatology C…

Recent paleoclimate reconstructions have challenged the traditional view that Northern Hemisphere insolation and associated feedbacks drove synchronous global climate and ice-sheet volume during the last glacial cycle. Here we focus on the response of the Patagonian Ice Sheet, and demonstrate that its maximum expansion…

OBJECTIVES: To determine trends in dental caries prevalence and severity in Latin America and Caribbean. METHODS: A systematic review was done of studies published between 1970 and 2000 among 5-6- and 11-13-year-old children that used WHO caries diagnostic criteria. RESULTS: Over the last 30 years, there has been a s…

 The purpose of this study is to assess demographic, clinical, and unique morphological characteristics of distal anterior cerebral artery (DACA) aneurysm. The relation of outcome included Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) using various independent variables, Hunt and Hess clinical grade (H&H), Miller Fischer grade, i…

AIM OF THE STUDY: The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical, epidemiological, therapeutic and prognostic changes observed in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) during the last two decades. METHODS: Two cohorts of 200 patients with UGIB consecutively recruited during the period 1984-1987 (c…

BACKGROUND: Bacterial meningitis (BM) remains a considerable cause of morbidity. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate BM incidence rate trends in diverse age groups. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study based on the Israeli national registry. Inclusion criteria were acute admissions 2000 to 2019 with primary diagnos…

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic lung diseases frequently have depressive and anxiety symptoms, but there are very few studies looking at this in patients with bronchiectasis. AIM: This study aimed to investigate depression and anxiety and related factors among patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronc…

Objective The absence of a centralized health system has limited epidemiologic research surrounding vestibular schwannoma (VS) in the United States. The Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) comprises a unique medical consortium that covers a complete population of all ages in a well-defined geographic region over the p…

Since the early 2000s rituximab (RTX) has been thought of as an alternative treatment for steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS).This study aimed to determine the effects of RTX treatment on disease outcome and growth in pediatric SSNS and SRNS patients.The medical r…

PURPOSE: To assess the epidemiology of women and underrepresented minorities (URMs; Hispanic, African American, and Native American) in the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS). METHODS: An observational retrospective study of living ASOPRS members was identified through the ASOPR…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the consistency of the definition of normal-tension glaucoma (NTG). METHODS: All articles about NTG published between 1973 and 1997 from three clinical journals of ophthalmology were identified by a literature search. They were reviewed to determine criteria used to define NTG, including optic ner…

BACKGROUND: Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a type 2 inflammatory disease treated with sinus surgery when refractory to medical intervention. However, recurrence postsurgery is common. Dupilumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody, blocks the shared receptor for interleukin 4 (IL-4) and IL-13, key a…

Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty is a technique that has been developed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory over the last 5 years for the treatment of pulmonic, mitral and aortic valve stenosis in children and adults. This review will attempt to summarize recent advances in this new field of invasive cardiology…

Discontinuation of denosumab is associated with a rapid return of bone mineral density (BMD) to baseline and an increased risk of multiple vertebral fractures. No subsequent treatment regimen has yet been established for preventing either loss of BMD or multiple vertebral fractures after denosumab discontinuation. The…