OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate one-stop surgery (OSS) for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) regarding symptom relief and patient satisfaction. OSS in our setting means only one visit to the hospital for surgery and no hospital appointments for preassessment or follow-up. We hypothesised that relief of symptoms with OSS is comparable with that in non-OSS patients reported in the lit...

Eleven patients who had islet cell tumours of the pancreas removed over a 20-year period were reviewed. Two had died, one in the postoperative period and one 10 years post-operatively. The remaining nine were traced and eight of them were personally interviewed and tested. All nine were well and free from recurrent symptoms. Five of the eight had evidence of subnormal insulin production in resp...

BACKGROUND/AIM The aim of this study is to establish follow-up protocols for adult patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) in a recently founded adult immunology clinic in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey, where a clinical immunology center for adults was not available previously. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 25 patients with CVID aged 18 years and older were included i...

BACKGROUND Physical activity has been associated with many benefits throughout the life course. As levels of physical activity appear to be insufficient in large populations, the development of effective interventions to promote or maintain activity levels in young people are therefore of key public health concern. Physical activity intervention research in young people is challenging, but this...

first five years should include an annual physical exam, whereas data for years six through fifteen could be collected by a clinical questionnaire. Dr. Simek explained that the current workshop was designed to help participants gain an accurate understanding of the current FDA recommendations on LTFU and, through group discussions, to enable the FDA to receive feedback on ways to improve the cu...

Propylthiouracil (PTU) is known to induce myeloperoxidase antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (MPO-ANCA) in patients with Graves disease (GD). Previously, we showed that serum MPO-ANCA were frequently seen in patients with GD treated with PTU. In this study, we analyzed 13 patients with positive MPO-ANCA examining a long-term clinical consequence of these patients as well as antibody titers d...

The randomized controlled trial of the Geriatric Evaluation Unit (GEU) at the Sepulveda Veterans Hospital was the first to document the clinical and cost-effectiveness of hospital-based comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). Frail elderly inpatients were assigned randomly to the GEU for CGA, therapy, rehabilitation, and placement (N = 63), or to standard hospital care (N = 60). At one year, ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke databases are established to systematically evaluate both the treatment and outcome of stroke patients and the structure and processes of stroke services. Comprehensive data collection on this common disease is resource-intensive, and national stroke databases often include only patients from selected hospitals. Here we describe an alternative national stroke datab...

BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) is common among older adults and leads to significant disability. Volatile anesthetic gases administered during general anesthesia (GA) have been hypothesized to be a risk factor for the development of AD. The objective of this study is to systematically review the association between exposure to GA and risk of AD. METHODS We searched electronic databases i...

THE LONG-TERM results of transplantation against a true positive historic crossmatch due to IgG alloantibody are unclear. Tacrolimus is a novel immunosuppressive agent that has been found to be safe and effective in renal transplantation. l We report herein our long-term experience with 47 patients (mean age 41.8 :!: 14.3 years) who underwent cadaveric renal transplantation against a positive h...