INTRODUCTION Hemorrhoidal disease is one of the commonest anorectal disorders worldwide. Stapled hemorrhoidopexy (SH) is a treatment modality associated with low postoperative pain and early mobilization. AIM To assess long-term outcomes after SH. MATERIAL AND METHODS All 326 patients who underwent SH in 1999-2003 were invited by mail to participate. For each patient we analyzed their medic...

BACKGROUND While a great deal has been published regarding the short- and medium-term outcomes of gastric bypass surgery, much less information is available regarding long-term follow-up. Such information would be valuable in changing attitudes towards this surgery. METHODS 342 severely obese patients underwent gastric bypass between June 1990 and April 2003 by a single surgeon. Careful preop...

OBJECTIVE To examine the long-term effects of smoking on labour market outcomes using twin data matched to register-based individual information on earnings. METHOD Twin data for Finnish men born 1945-1957 was used to remove the shared environmental and genetic factors. The results were subjected to extensive robustness testing. Lifetime cigarette consumption was measured by (cumulative) ciga...

Th e aim of off ering renal transplantation to patients with end-stage renal failure is to achieve a longer and better quality of life than can be achieved with dialysis therapy. For most patients this is being achieved, but the longterm results come nowhere near what could be expected for the normal age-matched population. Th e Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDAT...

OBJECTIVE Malignant meningiomas are rare and have worse prognosis than benign meningiomas. We report our experience of a malignant meningioma and review relevant literature in an attempt to investigate the clinical features, treatment, and prognosis of these tumors. METHODS Fifteen patients underwent surgical treatment for intracranial malignant meningiomas between year 1990 and 2012 in our i...

In our department, we have attempted to reduce the incidence of complications of conventional esophagectomy. The objective of this retrospective study was to report the short-term outcomes of esophagectomy. We reviewed 138 consecutive patients who had undergone subtotal esophagectomy by combined laparotomy via a 12-cm upper abdominal vertical incision combined with right anterior muscle-sparing...

The aim of the study is to evaluate anatomic and functional late-term outcomes of robotic mesh sacrocolpopexy (RMS) at a single tertiary-care institution. Following IRB approval, a retrospective chart review of a prospectively collected database on consecutive patients who underwent RMS for symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse and had 3 year minimum follow-up was performed. Data collected included...

PURPOSE Retractile testis is considered to be a variant of normal testis in prepubertal boys. There is no agreed-upon management of retractile testis. The aim of this study was to provide data on the long-term outcomes of patients with retractile testis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study retrospectively reviewed the medical record of 43 boys who were referred for suspected undescended or retra...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether maternal report of infant behavioral dysregulation at 6 months is associated with a higher prevalence of behavioral concerns at 5, 14, and 21 years of age; and to assess the extent to which maternal and social factors may affect reported child behavior outcomes. METHODS From the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy cohort of 7223 live singleton bab...

introduction: skull base meningiomas constitute a large proportion of the meningiomas, which are the most common benign brain tumors. the treatment of skull base meningiomas is specially challenging and controversial due to the proximity of these tumors to the vital brain structures. radiosurgery is now emerging as an efficient alternative treatment modality which involves the ablation of tumor...