The impact of physical therapy intervention of dysphagia on preventing pneumonia in acute stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial.

Background And Objectives: Dysphagia is a common complication following stroke. It corresponds to the development of pneumonia, which is always associated with bad prognosis, longer hospital stays and increased mortality. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of physical therapy intervention of dysphagia on preventing pneumonia in acute stroke patients.

Mastopexy: with or without Acellular Dermal Matrix?

Unlabelled: In the years after unilateral breast reconstruction, the reconstructed breast resists ptosis more than natural breast tissue in the native contralateral breast. As acellular dermal matrix (ADM) becomes fully incorporated into the recipient's anatomy, thus reinforcing the inferior pole of the uplifted breast, we combined our mastopexy cases with ADM in an attempt to reduce the rate of recurrent ptosis.

Method: This was a prospective randomized analysis of a cohort of 24 patients, divided into two groups (A and B); all underwent primary unilateral mastopexy to correct grade III breast ptosis.

Dexamethasone intravitreous implant versus bevacizumab for central retinal vein occlusion-related macular oedema: a prospective randomized comparison.

Background: To compare the efficiency of dexamethasone implants to bevacizumab injections in macular oedema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion.

Design: Randomized clinical trial at Cairo University Hospitals.

Participants: Sixty eyes of 60 newly diagnosed patients with macular oedema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion with best corrected visual acuity 0.

Elevated BAFF (BLyS) and APRIL in Juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients: relation to clinical manifestations and disease activity.

Objective: To assess the level of B-cell activating factor belonging to the tumor necrosis factor family (BAFF) also known as B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) and A proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) in the serum of Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients and to detect their relation to the clinical manifestations and disease activity in the different subtypes of the disease.

Methods: Seventy-four consecutively recruited JIA patients were clinically examined, the Juvenile arthritis disease activity score in 27 joints (JADAS-27) calculated and Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) used to measure the functional status. Thirty-four healthy matched children served as controls.

Upper body lift.

An upper body lift is needed whenever a massive weight loss patient presents with a "dropped out" lateral inframammary crease. It is a combination of a brachioplasty, upper-back resection, and breast reconstruction. The operation is designed to reverse the particular deformity a patient presents with.

Detachable endoloop vs. elastic band ligation for bleeding esophageal varices.

Background: Variceal bleeding is a serious complication with a mortality rate that ranges from 20% to 50%. Patients who have variceal hemorrhage usually are treated by endoscopic injection sclerotherapy or elastic band ligation to eradicate the varices. Endoloop ligation is a newly developed technique for achieving hemostasis and variceal eradication.

Endoscopic diagnosis of colonic tuberculosis.

Background: GI tuberculosis is a diagnostic challenge, particularly in the absence of evidence of pulmonary infection. It may mimic many other abdominal diseases such as other infectious processes, tumors, and Crohn's disease. In the absence of positive laboratory and radiologic tests, the diagnosis is often established definitively by obtaining a surgical specimen.