BACKGROUND Over the years, hysteroscopy has been increasingly performed for various gynecological disorders. In this study, we present a review of hysteroscopic procedures performed over a 2-year period analyzing the complications associated with it. METHODS Seven hundred twenty-six hysteroscopic procedures performed at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Kiel over a pe...

Wish you and your family a Happy New Year! This issue of Asia Pacific allergy (AP Allergy) is very meaningful because it has been successfully published for full four years (16 issues so far) since the launching ceremony on November 6, 2010 and its inaugural issue release on April 30, 2011. Thank you very much for your support. AP Allergy has been recognized as an important journal in the field...

Mitral Valve; Balloon Dilatation / history. In 1982, Kanjii Inoue, a Japanese cardiac surgeon, developed the concept that a thickened and deteriorated mitral valve could be widened as a synthetic balloon. This concept was similar to the one used in the surgical closed mitral commissurotomy1. Subsequently, the double-balloon technique was introduced in Saudi Arabia as an alternative method to th...

SINCE thiouracil was introduced to clinical therapeutics in I943, antithyroid treatment for thyrotoxicosis has widely increased and proved more and more effective as the years have passed, partly as the result of experience but also through the use of more effective agents, such as carbimazole and methimazole. It is thus possible now to assess their relative value in comparison with surgical tr...

This study was undertaken to analyse admission data on all patients seen in the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Trauma Unit during the period 24 April 1984 - 31 March 1989. Data were retrieved from computerised records completed on admission and were reviewed descriptively. Variations in age, sex and population group pattern for different causes of injury were evaluated together with...

Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinicopathological findings and the efficacy of the treatment modalities used in patients with olfactory neuroblastomas. Study Design. Retrospective record review. Setting. Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, medical oncology outpatient clinic. Subjects and Methods. There were 3 stage A tumors, 5 stage B and 11 stage C according to ...

INTRODUCTION Laryngeal involvement by cartilaginous tumors is rare. However, although accounting for only 1% of laryngeal tumor pathology, they are the most frequently occurring non-epithelial neoplasms. The most probable location is the endolaryngeal surface of the cricoid cartilage. Their symptoms are variable, depending on the size and location, and may include hoarseness, stridor, and dyspn...

kConFab, the Australian/New Zealand consortium for research into families at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer, has completed collection & recruitment of 1,421 families during the past 14 years. Biological material, genetic, epidemiological, and psychosocial data are collected from affected and unaffected, female and male participants over the age of 18. This material is available to peer ...

Personal or P-drug selection teaches students to use impartial, objective information to make prescribing decisions. It is an important exercise recommended to reduce irrational prescribing and improve the prescribing behaviour of healthcare professionals. The exercise of P-drug selection has not been widely implemented in health professions schools in South Asia. This article describes the aut...