In 82% of cows, contamination the genitals with conditionally pathogenic microflora E. coli was established in 17% cases, S. aureus - 15%, P. mirabilis 14%, pyogenes pyogenes, R. vulgaris, C. albicans 14.0%; aureus, coli, mirabilis, albicans, A. fumigatus, M. racemosus 12% cases latent endometritis. salpingitis, microorgans were isolated association 28.5% cases; 27.7% fumigatus 25.2%; 13.1%, re...

INTRODUCTION This is a retrospective case series of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) which were incompletely excised in National Skin Centre, Singapore from 1991 to 1995. This study compared the characteristics of completely excised versus incompletely excised cutaneous SCCs. MATERIALS AND METHODS All patients with histologically confirmed SCCs were traced from computerised medical d...

Although minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) has widely been developed in patients with lumbar diseases, surgeons risk exposure to fluoroscopic radiation. However, to date, there is no studies quantifying the effective dose during MIS-TLIF procedure, and the radiation dose distribution is still unclear. In this study, the surgeons' radiation doses at 5 places on...

Retrospective data from 1,821 women and 1,064 men with one or more siblings, provided anonymously using a computer-assisted self-interview, were used to identify risk factors for sibling incest (SI); 137 were participants in SI. In order of decreasing predictive power, the risk factors identified by the multiple logistic regression analysis included ever having shared a bed for sleeping with a ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) during pregnancy is poorly understood in Egypt-a country with a high birth rate. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of ASB among pregnant women booking at El Hussein and Sayed Galal Hospitals in Al-Azhar University in Egypt; and to observe the relationship between ASB prevalence and risk factors such as socioeconomic level and pe...

BACKGROUND Reports on genitourinary (GU) trauma during the Iraqi conflict have been limited to battlefield injuries. We sought to characterise the incidence, mechanism of injury, wounding pattern, and management of lower GU injuries sustained in civil violence during the Iraqi war. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 2800 casualties with penetrating trauma to the abdomen and pelvis were treated a...

BACKGROUND During the horrific war in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the years 1996-2007 the number of casualties is estimated to be 5.4 million. In addition, 1.8 million women, children and men were raped, many as a social weapon of war. Many of these women still suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mutilated genitals. OBJECTIVES To assess a short-term interventiona...

INTRODUCTION Adequate anatomic and physiologic functions of the genitalia are fundamental prerequisites for sexual well-being and reproduction. Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS) compromises female sexual life and makes reproduction impossible. AIM To assess the psychosexual effect of vaginal reconstruction using the laparoscopic Vecchietti technique in patients with MRKHS. MET...