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This study was conducted to investigate marriage and fertility in long-term survivors with high-grade bone and soft tissue tumors following chemotherapy. We reviewed issues related to fertility in 47 patients (24 men and 23 women) who had survived for >5 years. The median age at diagnosis was 18.0±8.9 years and th…

INTRODUCTION: The social, medical and demographic changes of our population and the increase in the number of patients on waiting lists have led to some changes in the selection criteria of organ donors. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A retrospective, descriptive and comparative study of the liver cadaveric donors features acce…

During the past ten years, 145 patients (130 with ulcerative colitis and 15 with polyposis) have undergone colectomy and endorectal ileal pull-through operations at the UCLA Medical Center. The mean age of the patients at operation was 22.4 years (a range of seven to 56 years). All of the patients had a two stage opera…

BACKGROUND: Sexual behavior in young people is influenced by external factors that may increase their vulnerability. OBJECTIVE: to describe sexual behavior and other indicators of sexual and reproductive health among young people (16 to 24 years) in Catalonia and to identify factors associated with sexual risk behavio…

OBJECTIVES: The aim was to determine whether an intergenerational trend toward increased stature is slowing down, and whether body weight has recently increased among young men in Poland, as it has in Western European countries. METHODS: Data were taken from six national surveys of 19-year-old Polish male conscripts f…

OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in female author representation within original otolaryngology research between 2000 and 2015. METHODS: Original research articles published in 11 otolaryngology journals were analyzed for 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, and 2015. The genders of the first and last authors for each article we…

BACKGROUND: The LAST operation represents a good option for single left anterior descending artery (LAD) revascularization. We report our preliminary experience with the LAST operation performed with the aid of the "da Vinci" Intuitive robotic system. METHODS: From January 2000 to May 2001, 12 patients (11 males and 1…

OBJECTIVE: To observe the character of spino-pelvic sagittal alignment in patients with high-grade L5 isthmic spondylolisthesis, and to analyze the sagittal alignment alteration after operation. METHODS: Between January 2009 and June 2014, 25 patients with high-grade L5 isthmic spondylolisthesis underwent posterior su…

In order to define priorities for improvement of the Occupational Hygiene Service, Institute for Occupational Health, Tel Aviv University, consumer satisfaction was evaluated by postal questionnaire. The questionnaire covered items on service accessibility and quality, including staff courtesy and respect for the consu…

BACKGROUND: Long-term kidney outcomes of non-dialyzed children with Shiga-toxin Escherichia Coli hemolytic uremic syndrome (STEC-HUS) have been scantily studied. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate kidney outcomes and prognostic markers in these patients. METHODS: Non-dialyzed STEC-HUS patients followed for at least 5&#xa…

BACKGROUND: A key objective of the Medicare program is to reduce risk of financial catastrophe due to out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures. Yet little is known about cumulative financial risks arising from out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures faced by older adults, particularly near the end of life. DESIGN: Using th…

BACKGROUND: Patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm often are followed up with serial ultrasound examinations, but published studies usually describe rupture risk according to the diameter of the abdominal aortic aneurysm at diagnosis rather than by most recent ultrasound. Information in this form is misleading when us…

Only in the last few years have gynecologists begun to investigate the use of microsurgical technics. Investigators in Europe, Canada, and the United States have recently reported improvements in patency and intrauterine pregnancy rates using these meticulous technics. At Vanderbilt University Medical Center, gynecolog…

HIV prevalence among the general population in South Sudan, the world's newest country, is estimated at 2.9% and in Nimule, a town at the border with Uganda, it is estimated at 7.5%. However, there is limited data describing the HIV epidemic among female sex workers and sexually exploited adolescents (FSW/SEA) in the c…