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OBJECTIVE: To study a standardized technique for endometrial rollerball ablation and various methods of preoperative preparation. STUDY DESIGN: All patients had refractory symptomatic menorrhagia and previously failed conservative surgery and other…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this pilot was to determine whether a strength and flexibility program in frail long-term care facility (LTC) residents would result in improved function. DESIGN: A prospective, randomized, controlled, semicrossover trial…

This study consisted of 26 male patients with distal biceps tendon ruptures, 2 of whom had bilateral injuries, making the total number of ruptures 28. The average age at injury was 45 years. The treatment groups were the following: 3 were treated…

One hundred fifteen patients with signs and symptoms of Mortons' interdigital neuroma were studied in an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of a staged treatment program. The first stage consisted of patient education, footwear modifications, and…

Obesity is a global epidemic with multiple associated comorbid conditions. The laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is the gold standard operation in the fight against obesity. This review outlines the common technical aspects of the procedure, as…

BACKGROUND: Although repeat radiation treatment has been shown to palliate pain in patients with bone metastases from multiple primary origin sites, data for the best possible dose fractionation schedules are lacking. We aimed to assess two dose…

Reduction mammaplasty is usually performed to relieve painful symptoms and physical signs of macromastia. Justification for reduction mammaplasty should be based on the probability of relieving these clinical signs and symptoms. This retrospective…

Outcome data were collected on 239 patients who underwent endoscopic release of the transverse carpal ligament. The procedure was performed on 333 hands in 239 patients. All patients had failed to respond to nonoperative management for carpal tunnel…

A randomized clinical experiment to compare two types of endotracheal tubes utilized a block design where each of the six participating anesthesiologists performed tube insertions for an equal number of patients for each type of tube. Five…

OBJECTIVE: Advanced laparoscopic procedures are increasing being used in gynecologic surgery. The da Vinci robotic system (Intuitive Surgical Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA) can further augment laparoscopic surgery. We describe our initial experience…

INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the feasibility of laparoscopic cytoreduction for primary advanced ovarian cancer. METHODS: All patients with presumed stage 3/4 primary ovarian cancer underwent attempted laparoscopic cytoreduction. All patients had CT…

The goals of optimal antimicrobial therapy are to treat infection effectively, to improve the clinical condition of the patient, and to prevent the emergence of resistant bacterial strains. For ideal drug usage the World Health Organization…

Streptococcus pneumoniae, the most important respiratory tract pathogen implicated in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), is becoming increasingly resistant in vitro to the beta -lactams and macrolides, and fluoroquinolone resistance has been…

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