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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of unilateral pedicle screw fixation through the pedicle of fractured vertebra in combination with the short segment of pedicle screw in the treatment of thoracolumbar fracture of mild to moderate instability. METHODS: Twenty-six patients with single segment thoracolumbar fracture r…

BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to examine neurosurgical scientific publications and change in the trends in major neurosurgical journals during the last 10 years. METHODS: The peer-reviewed articles published in 12 prominent neurosurgical journals over the last 10 years were analyzed. The journals were grouped…

By comparing the current quality investigation data of cultivated soils in Zhejiang province with the past data, changing characteristics of organic matter and pH value of the soils in this province over last 50 years were analyzed. The results showed that content of organic matter and pH value of the cultivated soils…

AIM: Gastrointestinal tract is the commonest site for neuroendocrine tumors. Appendix, ileum and rectum were considered to be common sites for these tumors. However, there has been change in pattern of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors over last few years. There is limited data available on epidemiology and patter…

OBJECTIVE: Report on the clinical results following bilateral globus pallidus interna deep brain stimulation in four patients (one female and three males) with severe cervical dystonia, mean age 48 years (range 37-67). METHODS: All four patients had failed extensive medical and botulinum toxin treatment. The mean dura…

BACKGROUND: In recent years in Mexico, a decreased Bacillus Calmette and Guérin (BCG) coverage has been observed concomitantly with new cases of tuberculosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study is a descriptive and analytical evaluation regarding both BCG vaccine acquisition and coverage as reported by official sou…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to report our results treating symptomatic incurved toenail with a K-D (S&C Biotech, Seoul, South Korea) device. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between October 2007 and March 2008, 19 patients (31 cases) underwent treatment of symptomatic incurved toenails with a K-D. The mean age of…

OBJECTIVE: Despite a current overall survival (OS) > 20 years in patients undergoing surgery for diffuse low-grade glioma (LGG), there is no study focusing on functional status in long-term survivors. Here, a unique cohort of LGG patients followed for at least 15 years after mapping-guided resection is reported with an…

OBJECTIVE: There are scarce data on the mortality after hip fracture surgery for patients treated in the most recent years. The objective of this study was to analyze whether the overall initiatives introduced over the last decade for elderly patients with hip fractures had a positive impact on the 1-year mortality. M…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Until recently, people in Australia with a history of injection drug use (IDU) were deferred indefinitely from donating blood. Knowledge gaps regarding policy non-compliance and the prevalence of blood donation practices amongst people who inject drugs (PWID) precluded changes to this policy.…

INTRODUCTION: Obesity shows a multifactorial disease and presents a serious public health problem, with an alarming epidemic character. According to NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) from 2015 to 2016, 39.6% of American adults and 18.5% of young people were obese and 7.7% of adults and 5.6% of y…

In recent years, the incidence of melanoma has increased more dramatically than any other malignancy. We compared the number of publications between melanoma and other cancers in the last two decades. We performed a systematic search on PubMed using the search terms "melanoma" and "cancer" to determine the number of pu…

BACKGROUND: Health research is very important for formulating evidence-based policies. AIMS: To assess the health research funding and its output in the last 5 fiscal years (2013/14 to 2018) in Pakistan. METHODS: Information about health research funding was retrieved from 3 major local agencies, the Higher Education…

PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW: We investigate articles in the literature published in the last 5 years (2014-2019) regarding ultrasound education in the specialty of urology. RECENT FINDINGS: Ultrasound has been touted as the modern day stethoscope. Medical educational governing bodies have encouraged the incorporation o…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review article aims at giving an update on studies investigating correlates of aggression in personality disorders during the last 5 years. RECENT FINDINGS: Most data refer to borderline personality disorder (BPD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). In BPD, emotion dysregulation, h…

We present a 650-year Antarctic ice core record of concentration and isotopic ratios (δ(13)C and δ(18)O) of atmospheric carbon monoxide. Concentrations decreased by ~25% (14 parts per billion by volume) from the mid-1300s to the 1600s then recovered completely by the late 1800s. δ(13)C and δ(18)…

We report our anesthetic and perioperative management of 1000 cases of congenital heart surgery in Okayama University Medical School over the last six and a half years. Most of these patients were anesthetized by fentanyl and all patients were managed in our ICU postoperatively. Although hospital death rate in all pati…

BACKGROUND: For many years, national surveys have shown a consistently disproportionately high prevalence of menthol smokers among African Americans compared with the general population. However, to our knowledge, no prior study has quantified the harm that menthol smoking has caused on that population. In this work, w…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the functional and anatomic outcomes of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in patients with angioid streaks. METHODS: The authors retrospectively evaluated 6 consecutive patients (6 eyes) with CNV secondary to angioid streaks. All patients were treated with standard…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of the endourological treatment of ectopic ureterocele in children in a large series and with a long-term follow-up. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective, descriptive study of patients with ectopic ureterocele who had undergone surgery in our institution in the last 15 years wa…