introduction: to report the experience of the jordan university hospital with respect to the surgical treatment of otosclerosis and to compare results and complications with published studies.   materials and methods: the medical records of all patients who underwent stapes surgery for otosclerosis at the jordan university hospital during the period january 2003 to december 2010 were reviewed. ...

In the Jordanian Society many factors contributed to the occurrence of maxillofacial injuries. Analysis of 131 cases of maxillofacial injuries indicated higher involvement of males. The most susceptible age group was 0-5 years; mandibular fractures were commoner than those of the middle third of the face. In Jordan the incidence of violence is less frequent than that of road traffic accidents. ...

1479. WHO Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Definition often Underdiagnoses Serious Respiratory Viral Infections in Hospitalized Jordanian Children Najwa Khuri-Bulos, MD, FIDSA; Bhinnata Piya, MPH; Asem Shehabi, DSC; Samir Faouri, MD; John V. Williams, MD, MPH; Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, FIDSA and Natasha B. Halasa, MD, MPH, FPIDS; University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Vanderbilt University...

1479. WHO Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Definition often Underdiagnoses Serious Respiratory Viral Infections in Hospitalized Jordanian Children Najwa Khuri-Bulos, MD, FIDSA; Bhinnata Piya, MPH; Asem Shehabi, DSC; Samir Faouri, MD; John V. Williams, MD, MPH; Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, FIDSA and Natasha B. Halasa, MD, MPH, FPIDS; University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Vanderbilt University...

1479. WHO Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Definition often Underdiagnoses Serious Respiratory Viral Infections in Hospitalized Jordanian Children Najwa Khuri-Bulos, MD, FIDSA; Bhinnata Piya, MPH; Asem Shehabi, DSC; Samir Faouri, MD; John V. Williams, MD, MPH; Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, FIDSA and Natasha B. Halasa, MD, MPH, FPIDS; University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Vanderbilt University...

1479. WHO Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Definition often Underdiagnoses Serious Respiratory Viral Infections in Hospitalized Jordanian Children Najwa Khuri-Bulos, MD, FIDSA; Bhinnata Piya, MPH; Asem Shehabi, DSC; Samir Faouri, MD; John V. Williams, MD, MPH; Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, FIDSA and Natasha B. Halasa, MD, MPH, FPIDS; University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Vanderbilt University...

Introduction: To report the experience of the Jordan University Hospital with respect to the surgical treatment of otosclerosis and to compare results and complications with published studies.   Materials and Methods: The medical records of all patients who underwent stapes surgery for otosclerosis at the Jordan University Hospital during the period January 2003 to December 2010 were reviewed. ...

PURPOSE To study a sample of keratoconus patients, who were referred to Jordan University Hospital for possible penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), and provide basic epidemiological analysis. METHOD A descriptive study; we reviewed the medical records of 308 keratoconus patients referred for possible PKP. The following parameters were collected and analyzed: sex predilection, age at presentation,...

OBJECTIVE To study the quality of life (QOL) and psychiatric symptoms in epilepsy patients at the Jordan University Hospital (JUH), and to compare these findings with those from Middle Eastern and Western literature. METHODS Fifty epilepsy patients, aged 18 years, or older, attending the Neurology Clinic at Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan over a 6-month-period from March to Septembe...