With the death of A. W. Prichard, on January 13th, another old landmark of the medical profession in the West of England passed away. Born at the " Red Lodge," Park Row, Bristol, seventy-three years ago, he took a great deal of interest in this house, and during his life enriched its collection of old Bristol valuables by several gifts. He was the son of Augustin Prichard, a prominent surgeon o...

The honour of addressing you at the oustet of another official year falls to me. I understand the rule in the election of president to be, out of three years one year for Bath, alternating with two consecutive years for Bristol. It is not very often that a country doctor is the recipient of the distinction, so I feel all the more deeply the honour which has been conferred upon me by the members...

OBJECTIVE To determine the utility of perfusion MR imaging in the differential diagnosis of brain tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-seven patients with pathologically proven brain tumors (21 high-grade gliomas, 8 low-grade gliomas, 8 lymphomas, 6 hemangioblastomas, 7 metastases, and 7 various other tumors) were included in this study. Relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) and time-to-peak (...

PURPOSE To assess the prevalence of KRAS, BRAF, and TP53 mutations in cases of low-grade and high-grade serous carcinomas and to evaluate the clinical outcomes of these morphologically distinct carcinomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with primary invasive serous carcinomas were classified according to the universal grading system. Grade 2 serous tumors were excluded. A total of 100 patient...

PURPOSE To evaluate the outcome of single screwrod anterior instrumentation for thoracolumbar burst fractures with incomplete neurological deficit. METHODS 16 men and 5 women aged 22 to 55 (mean, 34) years underwent single screw-rod anterior instrumentation for thoracolumbar burst fractures with incomplete neurological deficit. The vertebrae involved were T10 (n=2), T11 (n=2), T12 (n=7), L1 (...

In an investigation of the changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) in subarachnoid hemorrhage , CBF was monitored in 14 patients who underwent surgery within 3 days of the onset of hemor rhage. On admission, one patient was neurological grade I, one was grade II, seven were grade III , and five were grade IV. Computed tomography showed diffuse , thick subarachnoid hemorrhage with or without intrac...

BK virus-hemorrhagic cystitis (BKV-HC) is a potential cause of morbidity and mortality in patients having undergone allogeneic stem cell transplantation (Allo-SCT). We analyzed the clinical features of BKV-HC following Allo-SCT and reported the utility of leflunomide therapy for BKV-HC. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2005 to June 2014, among the 69 patients underwent Allo-SCT in our insti...

The aim of this study was to investigate the microsurgical techniques of hemilaminectomy, used in the excision of intradural extramedullary (IDEM) tumors, and to illustrate its clinical effects. Clinical data obtained from 16 patients (seven males, nine females) with IDEM tumors, which were treated at the China-Japan Union Hospital between January 2009 and December 2011, were retrospectively an...

The Survey In 2000 a survey was conducted in Los Angeles area using a questionnaire, which was distributed among ministers, educators, church administrators, and laity. Since the variables of this research were very complex and difficult to measure, no attempt was made to produce any conclusive and quantifiable results, but instead patterns in data were looked for, and the researcher sought to ...