This pilot study aimed to develop a new technique, complete laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (TME) with an intersphincteric resection (ISR) and coloplasty pouch anal anastomosis to avoid any further abdominal incision other than laparoscopic port sites, and to assess the impact on short-quality of life and oncological outcomes of this technique. After laparoscopic TME, large bowel was dis...

University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Corresponding author: David J. Kerr, MD, Nuffield Department of Clinical and Lab Sciences, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Level 4, Academic Block, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom; e-mail: david. [email protected] No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main....

in this study, the authors reported a case of woman with severe compulsion who became pregnant during the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. we carried out repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and behavior therapy simultaneously after repeated medications' refraction. the patient received 20 sessions 1 hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in right dorsolateral...

Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system (SSCN) in a disease characterized by chronic deposition of hemosiderin in the leptomeninges, subpial tissue, spinal cord, and cranial nerves. Previously the diagnosis of SSCN could only be made at autopsy or during a neurosurgical procedure. Now, however, a diagnosis of SSCN can be made non-invasively by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We pr...

The subject of tinnitus in the population extremes-children and the elderly-is ignored by the literature, probably because children do not complain of tinnitus spontaneously, whereas it is only one challenge among other major health problems in the elderly. A short review of the literature on this subject is presented. Presbytinnitus, defined as tinnitus that accompanies the progressive hearing...

introduction: it is believed that injury potential has a regulatory role in wound healing process and the application of exogenous electrical stimulation may serve to mimic the natural endogenous bioelectric current so that can improve the wound healing. up to now, this hypothesis has not been researched in surgically acute wounds. materials and methods: thirty nine male guinea pigs were random...

This paper documents the Late-Holocene environmental changes and human presence in northern Danube delta using a multidisciplinary approach that combines geoscientific data with archaeological findings, historical texts, maps. It follows formation progression of Chilia distributary reconfiguration socioeconomic activities. Sedimentary facies identified on five new cores by texture properties, m...