Eponyms - are they relevant?
This study was performed to investigate the value of eponyms of fractures amongst orthopaedic/casualty trainees. Our results show eponyms are not favoured.
Emergency Medicine↗
Biomedical subjects
A Khashaba
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Acute intraosseous disc herniation.
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Accidents, Traffic↗
Broken arm wrestler.
An unusual injury following an arm wrestle is presented, that of a fractured humerus.
Adult↗
Congenital cholesteatomas of the middle ear: a different experience.
A retrospective analysis is presented of 44 cases of congenital cholesteatoma of the middle ear. Twenty-one patients had cholesteatoma localized to the posterosuperior mesotympanum in complete contrast to the commonly reported anterosuperior location seen in only two cases. The remaining 21 patients had cholesteatoma involving either the entire mesotympanum or epitympanum or both. The posteriorly located congenital cholesteatomas might represent a completely different entity and originate from the trapped epithelial cell rests in the posterior mesotympanum during the development of temporal bone. All but one patient were treated by using a closed tympanoplasty. Eight patients underwent a single-stage surgery. A preplanned second-stage procedure was performed in 33 patients, and three are awaiting their second stage. Residual disease was seen in 19 (57%) patients undergoing second-stage surgery. No patient has had recurrent disease so far. Thirty-eight (85%) patients had a preoperative air-bone gap of > or = 30 dB. Of the 33 patients considered for hearing results, 16 (48%) had a postoperative gap within 10 db.
Adolescent↗
Surgical treatment of cholesteatoma in children.
Treating cholesteatoma in children is still controversial. This article reviews 93 cases of pediatric cholesteatoma operated on from 1983 to 1991 in the Gruppo Otologico, Placenza, Italy, and details the results in 83 children who underwent the intact canal wall technique. During second-stage surgery, residual cholesteatoma was detected in 38% of patients. Recurrent cholesteatoma was detected in 10% of patients treated with the intact canal wall technique. Residual cholesteatoma was seen in the middle ear cleft in 63%, in the epitympanum in 26%, and in the mastoid in 11% of cases. Social hearing level (< 25 dB) was achieved in 85% of cases with suprastructure, whereas only 53% of patients without suprastructure had these levels. In the treatment of cholesteatoma in children by use of the intact canal wall technique, a preplanned second-look operation is mandatory to eradicate the disease.
Adolescent↗
Cerebrospinal fluid leak after translabyrinthine acoustic neuroma surgery.
Cerebrospinal fluid leakage is the most common complication of translabyrinthine acoustic neuroma surgery. This retrospective study reviews patients who had translabyrinthine acoustic neuroma surgery at the Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Italy, and ENT Department of Bergamo General Hospital, Bergamo, Italy, during the last 6 years. The incidence of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage was 6.2%, and 75% of these patients underwent another surgery to control the cerebrospinal fluid leakage. A modification of translabyrinthine approach was used in patients with highly pneumatized temporal bones to prevent cerebrospinal fluid leakage in these high-risk patients.
Adolescent↗
Benign osteoblastoma of the mastoid part of the temporal bone: case report.
Osteoblastoma is a benign bone lesion that mainly affects the long bones and rarely the temporal bones. Very few cases have been reported in the literature. This paper reviews the literature, discusses the differential diagnosis, clinical presentation, and CT scan findings of such a condition and details our experience with a young patient who had a temporal bone (mastoid process) osteoblastoma.
Adolescent↗
Correlation between circulating schistosomal antigen, schistosomal complement C3 and intensity of infection.
53.7% of the already parasitologically proved schistosomiasis cases showed circulating schistosomal antigen (C.S.A.) in their sera with significantly higher levels than the controls, with no correlation between the level of C.S.A. and the foecal egg count. Significant higher levels of schistosomal complement C3 were found in schistosomiasis patients as compared to the control group, with no significant difference in the mean level of C3 between patients with positive and negative C.S.A.
Adolescent↗
Study of congenital toxoplasmosis in Egyptian newborns.
Five hundred cord blood samples of normal, full term, apparently healthy newborns of both sexes and of different social classes were studied for Toxoplasma antibodies. Eighty nine cases (17.8%) showed a seropositivity for IgG antibodies while specific IgM antibodies were found in 3 cases. A significant higher percentage of seropositivity was found among newborns whose mothers had a previous history of abortion (p less than 0.01), still birth, prematurity or delivery of infants with congenital anomalies (p less than 0.001). The relation between seropositivity and maternal lymphadenopathy and/or fever during pregnancy was highly significant (p less than 0.001). Also, a highly significant (p 0.001) relationship was observed between mothers' contact with cats and seropositivity for toxoplasmosis. No statistical differences were found in the seropositivity between the 2 social classes studied, nor between the sexes. The study ensured that the problem of congenital toxoplasmosis in Egypt should be seriously considered and emphasized the importance of serological screening before and during pregnancy for those women who are at greater risk and of newborns.
Egypt↗
Schistosomiasis and transient nephritis in children.
Transient nephritis, manifested by albuminuria may be caused by the deposition of the circulating schistosomal antigen in the kidney glomeruli.
Adolescent↗
Ascorbic acid effect on intestinal iron absorption in different types of anaemias.
The study deals with investigations on anaemia due to iron or protein calorie deficiency and that associating acute glomerulonephritis, nephrosis and schistosoma haematobium. The rate of intestinal iron absorption using an oral dose of ferrous sulphate equivalent to 4 mg clemental iron/kg body weight was studied. The supplementing action of ascorbic acid in iron absorption in these cases was also investigated. The rate of intestinal iron absorption was enhanced in pure iron deficiency anaemia, acute glomerulonephritis and schistosoma haematobium, retarded in kwashiorkor, marasmus and nephrosis. Ascorbic acid markedly promoted iron absorption in normal subjects but slightly in pure iron deficiency anaemia. It improved iron absorption in acute glomerulonephritis and schistosoma haematobium but not in kwashiorkor, marasmus and nephrotic cases. It is concluded that ascorbic acid supplementation is of certain beneficial effect in alleviating the state of anaemia when intestinal iron absorption is not impaired. Also, it may prove to be of value to be given along with protein rehabilitation in anaemias associating protein deficiency.
Anemia↗