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Dec 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-15-799
Yasuo HirayamaCorresponding author
Objective: Hospital construction work, among other environmental factors, is a risk factor for invasive aspergillosis (IA). Methods: We retrospectively surveyed the incidence of IA in hematology-oncology patients before and during hospital construction and studied the effectiveness of prophylactic o…
Dec 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2471-7061.jcrc-15-661
Evita ZoucasCorresponding author
Following multivisceral pelvic resections, the pelvis and perineum are often reconstructed using myocutaneous flaps. Abdominal wall defects after harvesting rectus abdominis flaps can be reinforced with mesh. Primary reconstruction using synthetic mesh was presently evaluated. Fifty-eight patients w…
Oct 2015
Jennifer S. WooCorresponding author
The mitotic count is the most frequent reason for discordance between pathologists in modified Bloom and Richardson (mBR) scoring. Recently, the phosphohistone H3 (PHH3) immunohistochemical stain has been proposed as a potential surrogate marker for mitotic figures. This study examines the differenc…
Oct 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-15-726
Dao-Ming TongCorresponding author
Background: A higher incidence of symptomatic lacunar infarction (LI) was confirmed in metropolitan areas. The aim of this study was to determinethe prevalence characteristics and early predictors of LI in a population of elderly outpatients in northern China. Methods: From February 2011 to March 20…
Oct 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-8572.joa-15-691
Hany Abdel RahmanCorresponding author
Background. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare disease in the pediatric age group; it represents 1% of all pediatrics malignancies, however, it is the predominant malignancy arising in the nasopharynx in this age group. Although NPC is a chemo-radiosensitive disease yet, the optimal dose of ra…
Jun 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2374-9431.jbd-12-164
Virgilio Lima-GomezCorresponding author
Objective: To identify the efficacy of focal photocoagulation to maintain or achieve best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) ≥20/40 in eyes with clinically significant macular edema (CSME) that had a focal angiographic pattern. Material and Methods: Non-experimental, retrospective, longitudinal, descrip…
May 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-14-382
Emad RaddaouiCorresponding author
Background/Aims: Thyroid disorders are a common, worldwide clinical problem in general practice.It presents predominantly as a thyroid nodule. Each thyroid nodule has a risk of cancer. The incidence of thyroid cancer is much more common in Saudi Arabia in comparison to the West. There is a worldwide…
May 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-4496.jtc-14-395
Amal AlhefdhiCorresponding author
Background: Medullary Thyroid Cancer (MTC) is a rare malignancy, accounting for less than 3% of all thyroid cancers and causes significant morbidity and mortality. MTC is often due to an underlying mutation of the RET proto-oncogene, which can result in additional endocrinopathies that must be scree…
May 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-14-493
E PrunierCorresponding author
In autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients for whom granulocyte-colony stimulating factor fails to mobilize a sufficient number of peripheral blood stem cells, plerixafor proposes an option for successful rescue mobilization. This paper evaluates the efficacy of plerixafor to mob…
Aug 2014 DOI 10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-13-313
Drayton A. HammondCorresponding author
Objective: Ablation of foci within the atria has been shown to resolve symptoms of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. However, no standard has been established for anticoagulation after the procedure. Enoxaparin has been well described in the literature as a means to provide anticoagulation aft…
Feb 2014 DOI 10.14302/ISSN.2372-6601.JHOR-13-344
Emad RaddaouiCorresponding author
Context: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNA) is increasingly replacing excisional lymph node biopsy in the assessment of various lymphoid lesions. Recent changes in the classification of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, namely the WHO (World Health Organization) Classification of Tumors of Haematopoietic a…
Feb 2014 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-13-211
D. GustCorresponding author
Recruitment of couples is important for study success. The multi-centered HPTN 052 clinical trial was designed to evaluate whether immediate versus delayed use of ART by HIV-infected individuals would reduce transmission of HIV to their HIV-uninfected partners. The objective of this study was to ret…
May 2013 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-12-137
Alok KumarCorresponding author
Background: HAART has resulted in significant decline in morbidity and mortality from HIV. However, it is unclear if the trends have continued in the current HAART era. An understanding of healthcare utilization patterns is important for optimization of care and resource allocation. We examined the…
A. S. Sardenberg RodrigoCorresponding author
Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Paulistano, Americas Serviços Médicos São Paulo, Brazil
Distant metastases generally indicate disseminated disease and the standard treatment for these patients is palliative chemotherapy. Retrospective series showed that selected patients with metastatic lung cancer and a solitary extrathoracic disease could be effectively treated with curative intentio…