Case reports are considered as the lowest level of evidence while at the same time they are frontiers of evidence collection. case reports are professional stories about novel medical events and will worth publication only if they possess complexity, proper data collection, justified diagnosis, and legitimate intervention as well as appropriate language, punctuation, and syntax. A case report m...

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSEH) is a rare entity. We report a case of thoracolumbar SSEH in a 69 years-old woman, that occurred in 2005 without an etiologic factor to justify it. She recovered ad integrum after surgical decompressive treatment. We reviewed and discussed etiology, presentation, diagnostic approaches, and treatment.

医疗护理需要更新的地图。从 护理角度分析从医生及患者中 收集到的数据（ “ 大数据” ） 并以案例报告的形式在医学文 献上发表， 这是一种有助于更 新我们的医疗护理地图的工 具。地图是一种通用沟通工 具， 不同文化和语言的人都能 理解。每当我旅行到一个新的 城市时， 我首先要做的事情之 一就是查看地图。地图通常注 重呈现数据的一种特定概念或 策略， 这些数据是从大量可能 性中甄选而出， 且地图会因时 而变。从历史地图中不仅可以 洞悉过去已知的情况， 还能提 供关于地图本身的文化线索。 新的策略及新的思维方式通常 需要新的地图。地图是某一地区或领域的符号表 征，这些表征体现出地图中各种 元素之间的相互关系。导航地图 （包括路线图、地形图及天文图 等）是当今常用的一类地图。人 们如何利用地图来定向和定位是 一种高度的文化现象，且随时间 变化。例如，中世纪欧洲的 T-O (orbis te...

The usefulness of clinical research depends on an assessment of causality. This assessment determines what constitutes clinical evidence. Case reports are an example of evidence that is frequently overlooked because it is believed they cannot address causal links between treatment and outcomes. This may be a mistake. Clarity on the topic of causality and its assessment will be of benefit for re...

INTRODUCTION Deformities of the uvula are considered as the dark area of otorhinolaryngology practice. This little and plain part of the human organism has various functions and its abnormalities might cause serious disabilities. CASE PRESENTATION In our case report, we present a unique deformity of the uvula in a 56-year-old woman. DISCUSSION The aim of this report was to present a very ra...

An expert group of 40 pain specialists from 16 countries performed a first assessment of the value of predictors for treatment success with 5% lidocaine-medicated plaster in the management of cancer pain with neuropathic components and trigeminal neuropathic pain. Results were based on the retrospective analysis of 68 case reports (sent in by participants in the 4 weeks prior to the conference)...

Current guidelines for certain cancer therapies mainly provide recommendations for therapy options treating the primary tumors. However, first-choice treatments for advanced or metastasizing tumors are described only rarely if at all. In such cases, one or more individual treatment options are chosen by the physician depending on the medical need of the patient and considering the acceptance of...

objective: several studies have compared ferric sulfate and formocresol pulpotomy in primary molars. the results of these studies, however, could not be compared due to differences in evaluated outcomes (clinical, radiographic, or histologic) and follow up duration. the aim of the present study was a systematic review of similar studies and a metaanalysis of their results to provide the latest ...