AIMS AND METHOD Risperidone long-acting injection (RLAI) is the first atypical antipsychotic drug to be available in a ‘depot’ formulation. The evidence base underpinning its use is small.We sought to evaluate its early use in clinical practice by a naturalistic follow-up study of the first 50 patients to be prescribed RLAI in one National Health ServiceTrust. RESULTS At 6 months, 54% of patien...

The design features of the research reactor IRT-2000 in Sofia and accumulated experience in the past prior to the partial dismantling of obsolete reactor systems are outlined. The present status of the ongoing refurbishment to a low power reactor IRT-200 and its planned utilization are briefly described.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To assess the safety and surgical technique of bilateral simultaneous cochlear implantation in children. STUDY DESIGN Prospective case series at a tertiary academic pediatric hospital. METHODS Surgical times, complications, and patient outcomes are reported from the first 50 consecutive simultaneous cochlear implants performed at the Hospital for Sick Children between ...

Biliary atresia is a rare neonatal disease of unknown etiology, where obstruction of the biliary tree causes severe cholestasis, leading to biliary cirrhosis and death in the first years of life, if the condition is left untreated. Biliary atresia is the most frequent surgical cause of cholestatic jaundice in neonates and should be evoked whenever this clinical sign is associated with pale stoo...

Correspondence to: Narimantas Evaldas Samalavičius, Institute of Oncology, Vilnius University, Santariškių 1, LT-08660 Vilnius, Lithuania. E-mail: [email protected] The aim of the study was to share the experience and first results of implementation of transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) technique for the removal of rectal adenomas, early rectal cancer or rectal stricture in t...

With increased experience in preoperative evaluation, surgical approach and postoperative care of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy can be performed with an acceptably low risk of death. Most patients, even those in a very compromised state, have excellent, long lasting results.