OBJECTIVE Obesity leads to severe long-term complications and reduced life expectancy. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery induces excessive and continuous weight loss in (morbid) obesity, although it causes several abnormal anatomical and physiological conditions. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS To distinctively unveil effects of RYGB surgery on β-cell function and glucose turnover in skelet...

a 70 year old male presented with right lower quadrant pain and anorexia for about 72 hours prior to hospital admission. he underwent laparotomy with impression of acute appendicitis. the operative finding was an inflamed tumoral appendix without appendicular base involvement, and appendectomy was done. the patient had an uneventful post-op course. due to the pathology report of prostatic carci...

Method From July 2013 up to September 2014 four high risk patients with low EF below 30 %, concomitant mitral valve disease (3 pts), ventricular aneurism (1 pt), and severe coronary artery disease were operated using on pump beating heart technique. Al pts were first connected to the IABP through the femoral artery and then put on CPB machine with a double venous cannula in the superior and inf...

BACKGROUND Although the numbers of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are increasing, there is only a small number of studies investigating driving safety after TKA. The parameter 'Brake Response Time (BRT)' is one of the most important criteria for driving safety and was therefore chosen for investigation.The present study was conducted to test the hypotheses that patients with right- or left-sided...

PURPOSE To compare the posterior corneal curvature changes, in terms of corneal power and asphercity, following Refractive Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (ReLEx SMILE) procedure for low, moderate, and high myopia. METHODS This retrospective, non randomized, comparative, interventional trial; included 52 eyes of 26 patients, divided in three groups: low myopia (myopia ≤3 D [diopters] sphe...

A 70 year old male presented with right lower quadrant pain and anorexia for about 72 hours prior to hospital admission. He underwent laparotomy with impression of acute appendicitis. The operative finding was an inflamed tumoral appendix without appendicular base involvement, and appendectomy was done. The patient had an uneventful post-op course. Due to the pathology report of prostatic ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of non-keratometric ocular astigmatisms on visual and refractive outcomes after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for correction of myopic astigmatisms. METHODS Seventy one eyes of 36 subjects were enrolled in this study. Patients underwent PRK for treatment of myopia. Subjects were evaluated for refractive error, keratometry, and visual acuity before and six mo...

CA 15.3 is widely applied for long term follow-up and monitoring therapy of breast cancer patients. The present study was conducted to assess the role of CA 15.3 in association with Nottingham Prognostic Index (NPI) to detect outcomes of breast cancer patients. Blood samples were collected from 85 nonmetastatic breast cancer patients and 57 patients with benign breast disease (BBD). CA 15.3 was...

BACKGROUND There is limited literature investigating preoperative physical therapy (pre-op PT) treatment on pain intensity and disability after musculoskeletal surgery. The purposes of the present cohort study were to describe patient characteristics for those who had and did not have pre-op PT treatment and determine whether pre-op PT influenced the length of postoperative physical therapy (po...

INTRODUCTION The field of refractive surgery continues to evolve amid continued concerns as to which surgical technique minimizes the risk of inducing ectasia. PURPOSE To compare clinical outcomes between PRK, LASEK and Epi-LASIK in moderately to highly myopic eyes (-4.00 D to -8.00 D). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective chart review of 100 PRK eyes, 100 LASEK eyes (with alcohol) and 97 ...