OBJECTIVE To prospectively follow up patients requiring microvascular reconstruction of head and neck defects to determine preoperative factors predictive of surgical complications. METHODS A prospectively collected database comprising 300 consecutive microvascular head and neck reconstructions performed by a single surgeon (D.S.A.) in a tertiary care hospital over a 6-year period was reviewe...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterised by organ dysfunction arising directly or indirectly from the effects of chronic hyperglycaemia. The chronic complications of diabetes are traditionally classified as macroor microvascular depending on the underlying pathophysiology. The microvascular triad of retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy is unique to diabetes.1 Most patients with diabetes will ...

Objective: To determine the frequency of complications microvascular decompression for patients with trigeminal neuralgia undergoing surgical decompression. Materials and Methods: A descriptive case study was carried out in Neurosurgery Unit 1, Lahore General Hospital. The included 80 who fulfilled inclusion criteria. Informed consent obtained possible outcomes surgery were explained beforehand...

BACKGROUND The long-term outcome of patients with both diabetes and schizophrenia remains unclear. AIMS To explore whether having schizophrenia increases the risk of advanced complications and mortality in people with diabetes. METHOD This is a population-based matched cohort study using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. A total of 11 247 participants with diabetes and s...