formerly. Typically, earlier in childhood, there had been an unsuccessful attempt in urethroplasty in 39 patients, and straightening of the penis (excision of the chord) in seven cases. Dermal urethral fistula in the urethra was formed in 23 (34%) males: in 12 cases the aperture was situated in penoscrotal zone; in eight patients—in the shaft of the penis and in three patients-located in the co...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of routine measurement of postductal oxygen saturation as an adjunct to routine clinical examination in the asymptomatic newborn. DESIGN AND SETTING Prospective study in a district general hospital. PATIENTS All 6166 infants inborn between 1 April 1999 and 31 March 2001. INTERVENTION Oxygen saturation was measured over two minutes, after the age of 2 hours a...

the aim of this study was to assess skin colonization by malassezia species in full-term healthy newborn calves and their dams. two hundred samples from the skins and ears of 50 neonatal calves and their dams were examined on two occasions, first and fourth weeks after birth. all of the samples were determined by cytological examination and fungal culture. the isolated yeasts were identified fo...

Background: Stillbirths and neonatal deaths when poorly documented or collated, negatively affect the quality of decision interventions. This study sought to assess routine mortalities stillbirth records in health facilities propose interventions improve data gaps.
 Method: Descriptive cross-sectional was employed. carried out at three (3) purposively selected Offinso North district. recor...

objectives: monitoring development in infancy results in early detection of developmental delay, and early intervention can prevent sever complications of developmental disorders. the purpose of this study was to determine quality of developmental screening of 3-12 months infants referred to tehran health centers, through comparing with screening by bayley infant neurodevelopmental screener ii ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the safety of confining histological examination to gall bladders with radiological and macroscopic features suggestive of cancer. DESIGN Retrospective study. Setting Department of Histopathology, National Hospital of Sri Lanka. METHOD Analysis of all cholecystectomies performed at a tertiary care hospital during a one year period. Computerised histopathological reports ...

A retrospective study of the histopathological findings of more than 11,443 appendices submitted as surgical specimens over 14 years was performed in this department. In most cases routine histopathological examination added little clinically important information to other clinical and operative gross findings, but a variety of interesting and uncommon lesions were identified. In 85 cases clini...

temporo mandibular joint disorders are the most important ethiologic factor for chronic orofacial pain and have a relatively new place in scientific researches and clinical studies in dentistry. since dentists can play an important role in diagnosis and treatment of these disorders, routine dental examination should include functional examination of osteomatognatic apparatus.

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is well established in the management of diabetes mellitus, but its role in neonatal glycaemic control is less clear. CGM has provided important insights about neonatal glucose metabolism, and there is increasing interest in its clinical use, particularly in preterm neonates and in those in whom glucose control is difficult. Neonatal glucose instability, incl...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether the current practice and incurred cost of histologic examination of tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy specimens is warranted. STUDY DESIGN Review article based on medical literature. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A retrospective PubMed review of all pertinent literature regarding tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and related surgical pathology was conducted. References of th...