Government agencies and other national and international institutions are asked to perform forecasts over the medium term. In particular, the EU Stability and Growth Pact contains the obligation to formulate stability programmes over four years, covering a general economic outlook as well as the projected development of public fi nances. However, the current practice of performing medium-term e...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Endonasal laser dacryocystorhinostomy (ELDCR) has many potential advantages over conventional external DCR. Although the short term results of this technique have been reported, little is yet known of the long term results, and the occurrence of late rhinostomy failure. The aim of this study was to examine the results at 3 and 12 months following ELDCR. METHOD The notes of all...

Early failures have seen titanium fall from favour as a material for cemented femoral stems. Between 1989 and 1994, we performed a prospective review of a consecutive series of 122 cemented total hip replacements using the Ultima straight textured titanium stem, and report the fiveto ten-year clinical and radiological outcomes. There were no revisions for loosening of the femoral stem. Revision...

The results of a multi-surgeon, multi-implant series of patellofemoral joint arthroplasties performed over a ten year period are presented. All patellofemoral joint arthroplasties performed from 1997 to 2006 were retrospectively reviewed using case notes, radiographs and clinic appointments until their latest follow-up period. One hundred and one arthroplasties in 91 patients were followed up f...

INTRODUCTION The cryopreservation of rabies virus has been described in detail in the literature. To date, little information is available on the use of cryoprotective agents for cold preservation of this virus, and the available data focus only on short-term virus preservation. In this study, we investigated the medium-term cryopreservation of samples of rabies virus using different cryopreser...