A retrospective study conducted at central Haiti's Albert Schweitzer Hospital in the June 1991-January 1992 period sought to assess the numbers of malaria cases seen at the hospital in 1982-1991, the distribution of cases by age and sex in 1988-1991, and the validity of official reports indicating an overall decline in malaria cases. Review of the hospital's laboratory records (1982-1986, 1988-...

conclusions laparoscopic cholecystectomy as the method of choice in treatment of gallbladder stone is associated with high success rate. this approach is increasingly being performed because of the decrease in patients’ hospital stay, morbidity, and rapid return to normal life. patients and methods this is a retrospective study. medical records of patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystec...

PURPOSE Understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer (PaCa) is still insufficient. This study evaluated the associations between concentrations of selenium (Se) and copper (Cu) in the serum of PaCa patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 100 PaCa patients and 100 control subjects from the same geographical region in Poland. To determine the average concentrat...

BACKGROUND The incidence of molar pregnancy has demonstrated marked geographic and ethnic differences. The reported data in Nepal is inconsistent with minimal published literature. Thus, we designed a study to determine prevalence of molar pregnancies and demonstrate clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients attending a tertiary care center in eastern Nepal. METHODS A retro...

IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a common glomerular disease whose etiology is unknown. Previous studies have described the clinical and laboratory features but none have specifically compared patients during different time periods. This 20 year retrospective study was performed to assess trends in the severity of IgAN from 1989-2008. We reviewed 57 patient charts that contained a confirmed biopsy dia...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to assess preserved umbilical cords as chemical exposure media to investigatein utero chemical exposure. Furthermore, we aim to apply preserved umbilical cords to retrospective studies of the relationship betweenin utero chemical exposure and neurodevelopment disorders. METHODS Two sets of preserved umbilical cord samples were analyzed for exposure to polyc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical results among patients undergoing arthroscopic repair of circumferential labral lesions. METHODS This was a retrospective study on 10 patients who underwent arthroscopic repair to circumferential labral lesions of the shoulder, between September 2012 and September 2015. The patients were evaluated by means of the Carter-Rowe score, DASH score, UCLA score, vi...

BACKGROUND The association between chlamydia infection and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a key parameter for models evaluating the impact of chlamydia control programs. We quantified this association using a retrospective population-based cohort. METHODS We used administrative health data sets to construct a retrospective population-based cohort of women and girls aged 12-24 years who ...

BACKGROUND Sjögren's syndrome (SS) has been associated with bronchial hyperresponsiveness and asthma; however, no population-based cohort study has been performed. We evaluated the risk of asthma in patients with primary SS in a nationwide population. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. The primary SS gro...

AIM The aim of the present study was to compare the extraoral and transbuccal approaches for the treatment of mandibular angle fractures with regard to postoperative complications. PATIENTS AND METHODS An electronic search for relevant articles without language and date restrictions was performed in July 2016. Inclusion criteria were studies in humans including randomised controlled trials (R...