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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of the controlled distraction-compression technique using an expandable titanium cage (ETC) in posttraumatic kyphosis (PTK). METHODS: We retrospectively studied and collected data on 20 patients with PTK. From January 2014 to December 2017, the controlled dist…

OBJECTIVE: To provide scientific evidence for breast cancer prevention and control through epidemiological analysis of the incidence, mortality and survival rate of female breast cancer in Beijing. METHODS: The registration data of females in Beijing urban area from 1982 to 2001 were retrospectively reviewed. The inci…

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…

Liver transplantation (LT) is the definitive treatment of end-stage liver disease. The long-term survival following LT spurred more interest in improving the quality of life of patients. This was a cohort study that included 23 pediatric liver transplant recipients who underwent LT due to hereditary or metabolic liver…

BACKGROUND: In the United States, only 13% of transplant surgeons are women. We evaluated gender distribution and trends of American authorship over the past 10 y in high-impact solid organ transplantation journals to gain insight into the current status of women authorship in transplantation. METHODS: Original articl…

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…

OBJECTIVE: With the current aging of the world's population, primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is increasingly detected in the elderly. Yet data on the presentation and outcome of PHPT in this group are scarce. The objective was to describe a cohort of patients aged 75 years or more with PHPT observed in our endocrine…

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…

Self-perceived psychological stress as a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) was evaluated in a general population study comprising 6,935 men aged 47 to 55 years at baseline without previous myocardial infarction. In 1970 to 1973, the men answered a question about psychological stress defined as a feeling of…

Instrumental observations of subsurface ocean warming imply that ocean heat uptake has slowed 20th-century surface warming. We present high-resolution records from subpolar North Atlantic sediments that are consistent with instrumental observations of surface and deep warming/freshening and in addition reconstruct the…

UNLABELLED: Cancer registry data obtained from the Kuwait Cancer Registry at Kuwait Cancer Control Center (KCCC) of Ministry of Health, State of Kuwait. The data covers the years 1974 to 2007. AIM OF THIS STUDY: was to estimate the magnitude of the cancer problem in Kuwait over the period 1974-2007. MATERIALS AND MET…

OBJECTIVE: Less than one third of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) achieve the cut-off value proposed as good metabolic control by most guidelines, HbA<7%. However, HbAreductions and prevention of severe hypoglycemia (SH) have shown clinically relevant benefits. The study objective therefore was to assess…

To investigate the epidemiology, characteristics and risk factors of functional constipation (FC) in children aged 0-4 years in Xi'an.From October, 2020 to June, 2021, a prevalence survey was conducted among 2 615 children aged 0-4 years in Xi'an by group sampling. The related factors of FC were investigated by questio…

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…

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…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In the late 1990s, the Nordic countries, with Norway at the top, were among the countries with the highest prostate cancer mortality in the world. We present updated mortality rates from the Nordic countries and discuss possible interpretations of changes in trends. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Age-st…

Early and longterm results in surgery for colorectal cancer during the last two decades were investigated by a retrospective analysis of the data of 1,203 patients. During the last 10 years we registered a significant increase in more advanced tumors of the stage III and IV from 37 to 52%. Nevertheless operative mortal…

BACKGROUND: Improved immunosuppressive regimens and management strategies in renal transplantation (RT) have increased patient and graft survival during the last years. The aim of our study was to analyze the causes, risk factors, and evolution of mortality after renal transplantation. METHODS: We studied 3365 renal t…