Honorary authorship in biomedical journals: how common is it and why does it exist?

Background: The number of coauthors in the medical literature has increased over the past 50 years as authorship continues to have important academic, social and financial implications.

Aim And Method: The study aim was to determine the prevalence of honorary authorship in biomedical publications and identify the factors that lead to its existence. An email with a survey link was sent anonymously to 9283 corresponding authors of PubMed articles published within 1 year of contact.

Risk factors for wound complication in pilonidal sinus procedures.

Background: Pilonidal disease is a common condition among young people. Complicated pilonidal surgical wounds are associated with considerable morbidity, including chronic sacral wound, loss of work time, and lifestyle limitation. The aim of our study is to report our experience with Karydakis procedure and explore the risk factors associated with infection and poor healing in pilonidal operation.

Cervical radiculopathy secondary to Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Background: Spinal cord/root compression is a rare complication of HL and usually seen in the setting of progressive, advanced disease. It is extremely rare to occur as an initial presentation of HL. We report a case of HL presented with bilateral cervical radiculopathy.