Background: The acquisition of manual skills is essential in preclinical dental training. Background music improves the learning of many manual skills, though we found no data on the consequences of background music on preclinical manual skills training of dental students.
Objective: The first aim of this project was to explore whether listening to slow background music could reduce the stress of students when learning how to perform cavity preparations and restorations in a simulation laboratory.
Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze retrospectively the treatment of patients referred for carotid artery stenosis to a vascular surgical unit in the 1990's. Main attention was paid to the appropriateness of the indications for CEA.
Material And Methods: In the Pirkanmaa region (population of 440 000), all carotid surgery is performed in the regional University Hospital.
Objective: To evaluate regional differences in the use of a vascular surgical service in the treatment of critical lower limb ischaemia and incidence of amputation in the 1990s in a well-defined geographical area.
Design: Retrospective study.
Setting: One university and five county hospitals, Finland.