Increasing Importance and Costs Associated With Publishing for Dermatology Residency Applicants.

The financial costs associated with publishing in academic journals have steadily risen in recent years, reflected by higher publishing fees and the emergence of open access (OA) publishing models. Research remains an essential part of academia and has special significance for residency applicants. Due to recent changes in some objective measures used to rank residency applicants, such as abandoning numerical United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 scores and transitioning pre-clinical grades to Pass/Fail, other objective measures have gained significance: in particular, the quality and quantity of research activities including manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations have become more important in residency applications.

Polymyositis Presenting With Nontraumatic Rhabdomyolysis and Dysphagia: A Case Report.

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) are a rare, heterogeneous group of diseases with a characteristic clinical presentation consisting of muscle inflammation and weakness. They often present with accompanying extra-muscular findings, most notably in the skin, lungs, and joints. Inflammatory myopathies are also identified by their characteristic laboratory abnormalities, including a 10- to 50-fold increase in creatinine kinase, elevated liver enzymes, and characteristic electromyography and magnetic resonance imaging findings.

Minimally invasive interventional therapy for Tarlov cysts causing symptoms of interstitial cystitis.

Background: Tarlov cysts (TC) are present in 4.6% of the population and represent a potential source of chronic pain. When present at lumbosacral levels, symptoms are classically described as perineal pain/pressure, radiculopathy, and headache.

High sacrectomy for locally recurrent rectal cancer: Can long-term survival be achieved?

Background: Locally recurrent rectal cancer involving the upper sacrum is generally considered a contra-indication to curative surgery. The aim of this study was to determine if a survival benefit was seen in patients undergoing high sacrectomy.

Methods: All patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer involving the sacrum above the 3rd sacral body between 1999 and 2007 were retrospectively reviewed.