... Methods This descriptive caseseries was conducted between 1997 and 2003, at Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology It ... choice for large soft tissue defects of the distal extremity and it solves the problem of donor site morbidity in the immediate vicinity of the flap It is however a technically demanding procedure ... excellent coverage Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2008, 3:15 List of abbreviations POP: plaster of paris, CR: case report, pre op: pre...
... OA of the knee is extremely common, with some studies showing that OA of the knee occurs in at least 30% of people after the age of 50 years, and in 80% of people older than 75 years [4,5] Of ... deterioration of SF-36 PCS scores at the month time point Discussion Traditional and labeled use of Hyaluronic Acid (HA) Orthovisc® for treatment of pain due to OA of the knee involves a seriesof ml ... trial of arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee The New England Journal of Medicine 2002, 347:81-88 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and...
... Auckland, New Zealand CW is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Science at The University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand HC is an Orthopaedic Surgeon in the Department of Paediatric ... Bohler’s angle and crucial angle of Gissane: a caseseries Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2011 6:2 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient ... production of Figure Author details Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Starship Children’s Hospital, Park Road, Auckland, New Zealand 2Department of Engineering Science, The University of Auckland,...
... Auckland, New Zealand CW is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Science at The University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand HC is an Orthopaedic Surgeon in the Department of Paediatric ... Bohler’s angle and crucial angle of Gissane: a caseseries Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2011 6:2 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient ... production of Figure Author details Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Starship Children’s Hospital, Park Road, Auckland, New Zealand 2Department of Engineering Science, The University of Auckland,...
... manuscript, WF and DM participated in the design of the study, NEM and AyS assisted with the collection of data and conceived of the study, MK and AlS participated in the design and coordination of the ... Unusually young age distribution of primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma: caseseriesand review of the adult literature World Journal ofSurgical Oncology 2010, 8:56 Page of ... control of their primary malignancy before consideration of OLT and were free of extra-hepatic disease at the time of transplantation Twelve patients had recurrence of disease after a median of 11.7...
... because of low rates of local control in some seriesand concerns about side effects and induction of malignant transformation [2,5,6] Careful examination reveals that many of these series have ... complete removal of the tumor and is currently alive without evidence of disease and marked pain relief, but suffers from impaired extremity function, complete loss of bladder function and a permanent ... al [3] presented a series from the MD Anderson and found a local control rate of 70% using doses of 36-66 Gy Even after exclusion of all nonextremity tumors and all patients with gross total resection...
... proportion of nail tissue in this area Secondly, one could debate the role of trauma The hallux is typically an area of the forefoot more prone to abuse from footwear and one-off injury In one caseseries ... were a enlargement of the lesion (38%) and bleeding (19%) Further studies are required to better understand the aetiology and pathology of this unusual but serious tumour Seven of the twenty one ... 27 cases based on a mainly white, urban population A third of cases in this series were misdiagnosed before reaching the skin clinic with a proportion of patients having been seen by a number of...
... mucoepidermoid carcinomas: a caseseriesand review of the literature Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:277 Author details Department ofSurgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, ... mucoepidermoid carcinoma (case 1) Jindal et al Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010, 4:277 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/277 Page of Table Review of the literature of pulmonary mucoepidermoid ... differentiation of the tumor Consent Written informed consent was obtained from patients two, three and from patient one’s father for publication of this case report and accompanying images A copy of the...
... effect of treatment on generally colic symtoms, n = 913 Crying of colicky infants, andof normal infants, is common during the evenings A total of about 50% of the crying occurs between pm and midnight ... Gastrointestinal symptoms of infantile colic and their change after light needling of acupuncture: a caseseries study of 913 infants Chinese Medicine 2011 6:28 Page 10 of 10 Submit your next manuscript ... data of the medical history were presented as mean and standard deviation (SD) The discrete data of rated subjective variables were presented as medians and frequencies The distribution of the...
... foods would cause symptoms and increase eosinophil counts Carrots, apples, pears and grapes were first introduced and symptoms did not return The introduction of potatoes and string beans caused ... one of the obstacles to the use of oral inhaled Page of corticosteroids is that they must be used indefinitely [10] Diets, however, may offer a better alternative to steroids, as prospective studies ... review of the manuscript Author details Department of Biology, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, N9B 3P4, Canada 2Allergy and Clinical Immunology/Pediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine...
... rare combination of an endocrine tumour of the common bile duct and a follicular lymphoma of the ampulla of Vater: a case report and review of the literature World Journal ofSurgical Oncology ... stenting of the CBD Carcinoid tumours of the EHBD and ampullary follicular lymphomas, constitute exceedingly rare neoplasms We herein report the first caseof a synchronous development of these ... 2Department of Anesthesiology, University of Athens, Aretaieion Hospital, 76 Vas Sofias Ave., 11528, Athens, Greece 3Department of Pathology, University of Athens, Aretaieion Hospital, 76 Vas Sofias...
... JL, and SL contributed substantially in all parts of the study except from the collection of data MS, PW, and PR contributed substantially in the planning of the study and the collection of data ... of considered operable (p = 0.11) Of these 87 operations, R0- resection was achieved in 51 of 65 (78%) of the patients with primary tumor and 11 of 22 (50%) of the patients with first-recurrence ... importance and impact of optimal intra- and postoperative management Sogaard et al World Journal ofSurgical Oncology 2010, 8:81 http://www.wjso.com/content/8/1/81 While the rate of perioperative...
... in conception and design, acquisition of data, data analysis, and interpretation, manuscript drafting and final approval References Weiss SW, Goldblum JR: Enzinger and Weiss's soft tissue tumors ... with radiation therapy: a report of two cases and review of literature Cancer 1986, 57:2127 Meis JM, Enzinger FM: Inflammatory fibrosarcoma of the mesentery and retroperitoneum A tumor closely ... body of the epididymis, at head of the epididymis and in tunica vaginalis on subsequent exploration [2] Our patient presented with week history of a palpable mass with no precedent history of trauma...
... manuscript BP and MM assisted in drafting and reviewing the manuscript FA performed surgical interventions and reviewed the manuscript Both FA and BP participated in postoperative management of patients ... find a Shoham et al Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:39 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/39 Page of Table 1: CaseSeries Data Patient Mode of ventilation CVP BMI RRactual/set ... barotrauma, patient ventilator dysynchrony, and over use of sedative medications[5,6] In of our patients, the presence of autocycling resulted in evaluation and work-up for central hyperventilation...
... with oral doxycycline: a caseseriesand literature review Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:465 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online ... analysis, a new analysis of CSF and serum revealed high titers of CSF and serum Borrelia antibodies and a positive antibody index, consistent with LNB Treatment was given with 200 mg of oral doxycycline ... the change of taste of coffee) started improving within five days of treatment initiation At follow-up two months later, the symptoms had almost completely disappeared and CSF levels of mononuclear...
... cirrhosis after decompensation of cirrhosis: a caseseries Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4:375 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission ... diagnosis of abscesses remains difficult and can often be made only at necropsy Consent Written informed consent could not be obtained from the patients for publication of this caseseries because ... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010, 4:375 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/375 the patient became more and more encephalopathic and finally he developed multiple organ failure and...
... owing to seasonal precipitants and aerosolization of fine sand and silt, particularly in Filipinos and AfricanAmericans A number of methods assist in the diagnosis of symptomatic coccidioidomycosis ... rare presentation of an infectious organism is observed, as in our case The incidence of coccidioidomycosis is increasing, with the majority of reports from the states of Arizona and California ... differential of organisms may potentially cause the effusion, because numerous organs may serve as the foci of infection (Table 1), and because of limitations in commercially available confirmatory studies...
... the consultant incharge of the patient, performed the second operation, and has given approval of the manuscript Consent The role of transvaginal drains and the effect of intra-fallopian antibiotic ... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:97 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/2/1/97 absent bowel sounds were present The patient had a leucocytosis of 16.4 × 109.l-1 and C-reactive ... obtained from the patient for publication of this Case report and accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Acknowledgements No...
... prognosis of liposarcoma of the oral cavity is generally favorable because of the predominance of myxoid and well-differentiated types and the small size of these neoplasms [6,16] Wide surgical ... Liposarcoma of the tongue: a case report and review of the literature Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1992, 30:268-269 Saddik M, Oldring DJ, Mourad WA: Liposarcoma of the base of tongue and tonsillar ... summary, liposarcoma of the head and neck is rare, with only a handful of cases reported in the tongue Liposarcoma of the tongue typically presents as a slowgrowing painless mass, and may easily be...
... NNTp ofCohortstudies Table shows adverse event rates for all patients treated with MMF in all 18 cohortstudiesand for the set of 10 cohorts studies in which all patients had lupus nephritis and ... lupus nephritis from randomised trials and observational studies Materials and methods QUOROM (quality of reporting of meta-analyses) and MOOSE (meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology) ... reported Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol No Moore and Derry Table Outcomes ofcohortstudies All cohortstudies Outcome Number of cohorts Only...