OBJECTIVE Atrophy and a high T2 signal of the hippocampus are known to be the principal MR imaging findings of hippocampal sclerosis. The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not individual MRI findings correlate with surgical outcome in patients with this condition. MATERIALS AND METHODS Preoperative MR imaging findings in 57 consecutive patients with pathologically-proven hippo...

OBJECTIVE A set of five maneuvers for meniscal injuries (McMurray, Apley, Childress and Steinmann 1 and 2) was evaluated and their sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and likelihood were calculated. The same methods were applied to each test individually. METHODS One hundred and fifty-two patients of both sexes who were going to undergo videoarthroscopy on the knee were examined blindly by one...

The preoperative hypocycloidal sellar tomograms, angiograms, and pneumoencephalograms of 100 patients being evaluated for prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas were reviewed and the results correlated with surgical findings at transsphenoidal exploration. The majority (53%) of tumors encountered were microadenomas. Although sellar volume was normal in 72%, sellar shape on tomography was abnorm...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Incidental gallbladder cancer (IGBCA) has risen worldwide and its prognosis depends on complete radical cholecystectomy (CRC). This study evaluated surgical findings during re-operation and survival of patients with IGBCA. METHODS Demographics, surgical treatment, staging, and survival data for all IGBCA patients who underwent surgery at Instituto Oncológico Fundació...

Vascular masses occurring in the peripheral retina have been described extensively in the literature. Many terms, including "presumed acquired hemangiomas," "hemangioma-like," "angiomatous masses," "angioma-like," "peripheral retinal telangiectasis," and "vasoproliferative tumors," have been suggested that reflect the lack of the known histological features and the potentially variable causes. ...

BACKGROUND Tendon disorders are common problems in sports and are known to be difficult to treat. Only limited information is available concerning treatment of proximal hamstring tendinopathy. To the authors' knowledge, no histopathologic findings of proximal hamstring tendinosis have been published. HYPOTHESIS Surgery (semimembranosus tenotomy and exploration of the sciatic nerve) is an effe...

Case Description- Umbilical hernia is occasionally seen with different levels of complexity in animals This emergency condition requires quick diagnosis and is corrected with various surgical approaches. The aim of this paper is to report the surgical correction of an eviscerated umbilical hernia with extensive adhesion in a bovine calf. Twenty days old indigenous male bovine c...

BACKGROUND The study was designed to determine the validity and reliability of the Bahasa Melayu version (MIDAS-M) of the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire. METHODS Patients having migraine for more than six months attending the Neurology Clinic, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, were recruited. Standard forward and back translation proc...

BACKGROUND As a well-known theory in studying the effective factors on behaviour, the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) is frequently used in evaluating the health behaviour of people and healthcare providers, but rarely applied in studying the behaviour of health policymakers. The aim of the present study is to design and validate a TPB-based measurement tool for evidence utilisation in health...