BACKGROUND There is a lack of information regarding the oncological safety of robotic intersphincteric resection (ISR) with coloanal anastomosis. The objective of this study was to compare the long-term feasibility of robotic compared with laparoscopic ISR. METHODS Between January 2008 and May 2011, consecutive patients who underwent robotic or laparoscopic ISR with coloanal anastomosis from ...

BACKGROUND For more than a century, appendicectomy has been the treatment of choice for appendicitis. Recent trials have challenged this view. This study assessed the benefits and harms of antibiotic therapy compared with appendicectomy in patients with non-perforated appendicitis. METHODS A comprehensive search was conducted for randomized trials comparing antibiotic therapy with appendicect...

Analytical Methods-The total and non-fermentable reducing substances in the urine were determined by the gasometric methods of Van Slyke and Hawkins (2) and recorded in terms of glucose. Diurnal Excretion of Reducing Xubstances-In the two cases studied the daily amount of fermentable and non-fermentable reducing substances excreted was determined on several successive days. The diurnal excretio...

THis paper presents the results of a study of the chemical composition of subretinal fluid from cases of retinal detachment, with particular reference to the protein and ascorbic acid content of the fluid. Many workers have studied the chemical composition of subretinal fluid obtained from patients undergoing surgery for retinal detachment. It is generally agreed that the subretinal fluid conta...

The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of caries in 7-12-year-old children from Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1989 and 1995. Systematic random samples were drawn from the population of children enrolled in public schools. The surveys were carried out by trained examiners using the DMFT index and WHO diagnostic criteria. There was an increase in the percentage of children free o...

Homosexuality plays an important role in the diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiology of venereal diseases. Jefferiss (1966) found that 89 (15 per cent.) of 604 males with gonorrhoea seen at St. Mary's Hospital in London admitted homosexual contact. Ekstr6m (1970) found that 12 per cent. of 100 males aged 14 to 19 years who reported for treatment of venereal disease in Copenhagen had engaged in h...