OBJECTIVE Cerebellar hemorrhage remote from the site of surgery may complicate neurosurgical procedure. The exact pathophysiology of this type of hemorrhage is poorly understood. We retrospectively compared 16 patients who had remote cerebellar hemorrhage (RCH) with a case-matched control cohort, to determine the significance of perisurgical and surgical factors that may predispose patients to...

Background and Aims. To establish the efficacy and safety of ilaprazole, levofloxacin, and amoxicillin as a first-line eradication treatment for Helicobacter pylori. Methods. Patients with gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, or gastritis, as detected by esophagogastroduodenoscopy with confirmed H. pylori infection between September 2014 and November 2015, were enrolled in the study. All participants...

We report a rare presentation of a 66-year-old female with diffuse metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary involving liver, lymphatic system and bone metastases. The neoplastic cells were positive for CK7 and OC125, while negative for CK20, thyroid transcription factor 1, CDX2, BRST-2, chromogranin, synaptophysin, estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal grow...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate the association between accompanying systemic disorders and major complications developing in the early postoperative period in patients who underwent simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty with combined spinal and epidural anaesthesia. METHODS In the present study, the medical records of a total of 456 patients we...

The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the gait of 20 patients with hemiplegia secondary to cerebrovascular accident (CVA) before and after a treatment regimen of resisted pelvic motions. Ten women and 10 men were studied, with a mean age of 48 years and a mean duration post-CVA of two months. Nine subjects (45%) were right hemiplegic, and 11 subjects (55%) were left hemiplegic. ...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is prevalent in elderly populations. Recommended methods of nutritional screening are often too complicated and time-consuming for routine application in frail, very old, hospitalized patients. OBJECTIVE Our aims were to identify risk factors for development of malnutrition in very old hospitalized patients and to evaluate the total Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) sc...

PURPOSE Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is the most common form of diabetes with clinical consequences giving rise to chronic multiple organ complications. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms are genetic variations that have been linked to T2DM, and micro/macrovascular complications. The link between MTHFR and T2DM however is strongly dependent on the ethnic group studied....

conclusions la increases the risk of cva and dementia. the la pathology is unknown. the epidemiological studies revealed the age, diabetes, smoking and atherosclerosis are related with la. our findings showed that cimt as an atherosclerosis marker was higher in la patients than control group. results totally 200 patients were studied, 102 in normal group and 98 in ila group. the mean age of pat...

Changes in the human nail frequently serve as an indicator of local and systemic disease. Alterations in the morphology, structure and growth characteristics of the nail accompany chronic cigarette smoking; yellow pigmentation of the nail plate--referred to as the "nicotine sign"--is common. The clubbed yellow nail may indicate the presence of lung cancer. In contrast to the ominous nature of t...