This was a retrospective review of 394 patients with distal radius fractures referred to hand therapy from fracture clinic service provided by 24 hr acute medical care facility. Only those treated conservatively closed reduction and cast immobilisation were included. Age, gender, the number treatments received prior discharge identified, as well whether treatment alone or if they for specialist...

Pain originating from ophthalmic disease has been well documented. A series of patients presenting with eye or periorbital pain attributed to cervical region dysfunction were diagnosed and treated with injections of subcutaneous lidocaine followed by triamcinolone acetonide. Twelve patients, 11 women and 1 man, ranging in age from 20 to 82 years had an evaluation including a complete eye examin...

This report provides an overview of major results we have obtained in the research project “Constructions of Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff Optimal Codes for Multiuser MIMO Systems with Applications to MIMO Mobile Communications” supported by National Science Council under contract number NSC98 2221 E 009 045 MY3 during August 2009 July 2012. In this report, we are concentrating explicit code ...

OBJECTIVE Present experience in diagnosis and treatment for referred otalgia secondary to cervical spine degenerative disease (CSDD). STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study of 123 patients with ear pain. SUBJECTS AND METHODS All patients had a normal otologic examination and diagnosed with unspecified otalgia. The causes for referred otalgia were categorized into Group I: otalgia from non-cervi...

Surface electrical stimulation (SES) is being investigated as a noninvasive method to evoke natural sensations distal to electrode location. This may improve treatment for phantom limb pain as well as provide an alternative method to deliver sensory feedback. The median and/or ulnar nerves of 35 subjects were stimulated at the elbow using surface electrodes. Strength-duration curves of hand sen...

Most of the 30000 circumcisions performed in the United Kingdom each year are done on boys aged under 15.1 Controversy exists over whether all these procedures are necessary or justified.' 2 Gairdner reported that the foreskin develops entirely normally and free of problems in all but 1% of boys by the age of 15.2 Rickwood and Walker, however, suggest that up to 6% of boys in Mersey region are ...

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The purpose of the study reported here was to compare the bactericidal effectiveness of tetracycline and co-trimoxazole (a combination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) in treating cholera. The study, an open-ended random trial using adult patients with cholera cases confirmed by stool culture, was carried out in March 1993 at the Cholera Treatment Unit (CTU) of the Hospital de Apoyo Depart...