Seven patients with acute central cervical spinal cord injury were operated upon during the subacute stages following injury, when their condition had improved and become stable for seven to ten days. Myelography in each case showed significant anterior compression of the spinal cord. The rapid improvement in function following the operation in these patients was gratifying and emphasizes the p...

room where an experienced vaccinator carries on his work. We have seen ourselves women removing the lymph from the infants' arms even before they had reached the hospital gate. Needless to say, the results were negative. The same thing happens amongst the prisoners in the jail, where every prisoner has to be vaccinated on admission. It was therefore of importance to put this out of their power,...

Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease To the Editor: We appreciate the editorial by Drs Popma, Kuntz, and Baim1 highlighting the recently published comparison of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry and the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) study.2 In particular, it is gratifying to have them reco...

Literary sympathy and transnational solidarity are still uncomfortable bedfellows in critical thought about the politics of fiction. This essay reconsiders their relation context writing refugee crises by examining Valeria Luiselli’s reflexive, self-scrutinizing adoption sentimental mode. Her novel Lost Children’s Archive both solicits repurposes engagement to stage a deeply self-conscious exam...

Oral lichen planus is a relatively common autoimmune disease affecting the middle-aged population. Although no treatment is necessary for a benign asymptomatic case, in case of erosive lichen planus, topical corticosteroids form the mainstay of treatment. In case of failure, apart from tacrolimus, cyclosporine, using the "swish and spit" technique, is a valid therapeutic intervention. In our ca...

social aspects of their patient's problem. But it is gratifying that in recent years there is an increasing awareness that the queries which epilepsy raises are not concerned solely with accurate diagnosis of the cause and with instituting the best treatment of the fits, but also with ens!iring that the epileptic is given the fullest opportunities to take his place as a full and active member o...

Science is a career where you do what you love everyday. Our science is built on the shoulders of those who came before us, and in turn we provide shoulders for our students and colleagues to build upon. Of course, seeing the seeds of ideas that we plant bear fruit as interesting science is why I love being a scientist. Looking back it also has been a particularly gratifying challenge to mentor...

In recent years, underwater dance has received more and attention from creators audiences for its novel scenes innovative technique handling. Experiments with are gradually increasing in both Western Eastern communities. It is gratifying to see that dance, as a new creative arena, full of possibilities inspirations be explored; it also thought-provoking brings technical challenges perspectives ...

CONTEXT Minimal access surgery (MAS) in children are common place and performed worldwide with gratifying results as the learning curve of the surgeon attains plateau. We share our experience of this technically evolving modality of surgery, performed at our setup over a period of 5 years. We also review and individually compare the data for commonly performed procedures with other available se...

Residual pain after total hip replacement may be due to a number of causes both local to and distant from the hip. We describe pain related to the psoas muscle after total hip replacement in nine patients. All presented with characteristic symptoms. We describe the key features and management. Gratifying results were achieved with treatment. This diagnosis should be considered when assessing pa...