Anti-inflammatory drugs are widely used to manage pain associated with stress fractures (SFxs), but little is known about their effects on healing of those injuries. We hypothesized that selective and non-selective anti-inflammatory treatments would retard the healing of SFx in the rat ulna. SFxs were created by cyclic loading of the ulna in Wistar rats. Ulnae were harvested 2, 4 or 6 weeks fol...

Background: Perianal fistula is a complicated disorder and most difficult to manage. New treatment methods would help surgeons to achieve a better outcome in patients with perianal fistula. Human amniotic membrane (HAM) has positive effects on wound healing in several conditions. The present study aimed to further determine the effect of HAM on wound healing of perianal fistula in rabbits.Metho...

introduction: patients referred to as having thalassemia major are usually those who come to medical attention in the first year of life and subsequently require regular transfusions to survive. those who present later or who seldom need transfusions are said to have thalassemia intermediahydroxyurea, an s-phase-specific and non-dna-hypomethylating chemotherapeutic agents is capable of inducing...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a third echocardiogram, performed 6 months to 1 year after the onset of Kawasaki disease (KD), as recommended by current American Heart Association guidelines, identified any case of coronary artery abnormalities when previous echocardiograms were normal. METHODS Children diagnosed with KD were identified by searching our institution's database. Cases were inclu...

Diarrhoea is one of the childhood diseases that result to high mortality. Despite World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation combination treatment regimen oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc supplements for management this disease, it effectiveness in treating preventing reoccurrence diarrhoea among under-five children remains a serious concern. Therefore, main objective study was assess ...