Methods: From lYYO-lYY3,38 cases of unilateral retinoblastoma were treated in National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo. Except for 9 eyes with absolute glaucoma, suspicious extraocular extension or refusal of conservative therapy, all of them were treated conservatively. Ocular hyperthennia using Legendijk’s applicator were combined with radiotherapy, selective ophthalmic arterial injection by ...

No systemic pharmacological treatment has been shown to convincingly reduce the incidence of restenosis after angioplasty or increase the formation of collaterals in ischemic tissue in patients. The lack of success of many pharmaceutical agents in reducing restenosis rates or in inducing angiogenesis post-angioplasty and following stent implantation has encouraged the development of new technol...

www.thelancet.com Vol 382 August 3, 2013 377 In The Lancet, David Mendelow and colleagues report the results of their second randomised STICH (STICH II) trial of early surgery compared with initial conservative treatment for patients with superfi cial lobar intracerebral haemorrhage. They included 597 patients from 78 centres in 27 countries; 589 of 597 patients were available for follow-up at ...

reye's syndrome is defined as fatty liver degeneration and acute encephalopathy following diffused abnormal mitochondrial activity. we reported a two year old girl admitted with lethargy and meningismus despite no evidence of blood sugar decrease, history of previous viral disease or drug use, complete tests showed reye syndrome as the final diagnosis. conservative protocols and treatment inclu...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the intensive care unit randomised trial comparing two approaches to oxygen therapy (ICU-ROX) pilot phase, which included the first 100 patients of an overall sample of 1000, was to examine feasibility. DESIGN Investigator-initiated, prospective, parallel-group, pilot randomised controlled trial. SETTING Six medical-surgical intensive care units (ICUs) in Australi...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a nonatherosclerotic acute coronary syndrome for which optimal management remains undefined. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed a retrospective study of 189 patients presenting with a first SCAD episode. We evaluated outcomes according to initial management: (1) revascularization versus conservative therapy and (2) percutaneous coronar...

Temporo-mandibular Joint disorders can be treated with varying methods ranging from conservative management, including drug therapy and occlusal splint therapy, to surgical management which should ideally be the last resort. After the introduction of arthrocentesis as a non-invasive and conservative treatment modality, it was observed that many cases did not require the surgery of the temporoma...

Introduction: Subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema is a rare complication after tonsillectomy. This case presentation and literature review summarizes the existing literature on this unusual complication.  Materials and Methods: This study presents a case of a 21-year-old man who developed a cervical subcutaneous emphysema 6 days after tonsillectomy, whereby conservative treatment produced sp...

Giant condylomata are not usually seen nowadays in developed nations, but such cases are still seen in the under-resourced countries. Condylomata acuminata are commonly transmitted through sexual intercourse. Generally diagnosed based on their appearance. Giant condyloma acuminata also named Buschke- Löwenstein tumour (BLT) is a slow growing cauliflower-like tumor, locally aggressive and destru...