Type 2 diabetes mellitus compromises the survival of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients treated with (R)-CHOP - the PLRG report.

Comorbidities impair the prognosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMT2) increases the risk of other comorbidities, e.g.

Clinical use of polyvalent intravenous immunoglobulins during intensive polychemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is seen in almost 30% of cases of cancer among children. Drop in absolute neutrophil count (ANC) and immunosuppression during chemotherapy are causing the significant increase in the risk of other complications, which can lead to prolonged hospitalization, higher costs of therapy and increased mortality.

Methods: The analysis concerned 78 patients treated for ALL at the Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Transplantology.

Correlation between allopregnanolone levels and depressive symptoms during late menopausal transition and early postmenopause.

Objectives: This observational, cross-sectional study included 140 women with climacteric symptoms. The aim of the study was to evaluate the correlation between the presence and severity of depressive symptoms and allopregnanolone levels in women during late menopausal transition and early postmenopause.

Methods: The study group was divided into two groups: 45 women in late menopausal transition and 95 early postmenopausal women.

Leg length discrepancy treatment with subtrochanteric shortening osteotomy and blade plate fixation.

Background: Subtrochanteric femoral shortening osteotomy is a method of surgical treatment of lower limb discrepancy (LLD). It is less commonly used due to numerous limitations and the resulting decrease in height, which is an undesirable effect for most patients. The aim of this study was to analyze the results and complications of treatment of leg length discrepancy (LLD) by femoral shortening osteotomy fixed with a blade plate and screws.

Qualitative motor assessment allows to predict the degree of motor disturbances.

Objective: Early diagnosis is necessary in order to determine neurological integrity and the potential risk of improper development, and also to undertake possible early intervention. The quantitative assessment consists of observation of motor development, and provides information about whether a child performs an activity (movement) expected at a given life period. The qualitative assessment of motor performance verifies whether a specific activity is performed properly.

Mental health of adults treated in adolescence with scoliosis-specific exercise program or observed for idiopathic scoliosis.

Objective: To examine general mental health in adult males and females, who in adolescence participated in a scoliosis-specific therapeutic exercise program or were under observation due to diagnosis of scoliosis.

Design: Registry-based, cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection.

Methods: Sixty-eight subjects (43 women) aged 30.

Phemister epiphysiodesis in leg length inequality treatment--evaluative outcome analysis.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Phemister epiphysiodesis for leg length inequality (LLI) treatment in comparison with epiphysiodesis techniques currently in use and to determine factors that may influence outcomes.

Materials And Methods: Nineteen girls and sixteen boys with a mean skeletal age of 12.2 years and a mean functional LLI of 3.

Valgus slipped capital femoral epiphysis: subcapital growth plate orientation analysis.

The aim of the study was to determine the risk factors of unusual, lateral direction of epiphyseal displacement in primarily unilateral slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) patients with a special focus on radiological parameters of an unaffected hip. A total of 115 patients (75 boys, 40 girls), mean age 13.2 years (8.

Corrective bracing for severe idiopathic scoliosis in adolescence: influence of brace on trunk morphology.

Aim. The aim of the work was to study whether wearing a corrective brace by adolescent girls with severe idiopathic scoliosis can influence external shape of the trunk. Methods.

Bilateral androblastoma (Sertoli-stromal cell tumor) of the ovary: a rare cause of virilization in a teenager.

A case of a 17-year-old patient diagnosed with bilateral androblastoma of the ovary is presented. The patient was admitted because of secondary amenorrhea, hirsutism and acne. After clinical, ultrasonographic and hormonal examinations an androgen-producing ovarian tumor was suspected and consequently laparotomy with right ovarian tumor excision and left ovary exploration was carried out.

Conservative management of neuromuscular scoliosis: personal experience and review of literature.

Purpose: The principles of conservative management of neuromuscular scoliosis in childhood and adolescence are presented.

Methods: Analysis of personal experience and literature review. The topic is discussed separately for patients with flaccid or spastic paresis.

Evaluation of scoliosis today: examination, X-rays and beyond.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the techniques of evaluation of patients, suffering from idiopathic scoliosis.

Methods: The presentation is provided, concerning the medical history, clinical examination, conventional radiography, stereo-radiography, surface topography, ultrasounds, computer tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, focusing on the points specific for the pathology of idiopathic scoliosis.

Results: Use of the scoliometer became systematic in the clinical evaluation.

Discrepancy in clinical versus radiological parameters describing deformity due to brace treatment for moderate idiopathic scoliosis.

Background: The shape of the torso in patients with idiopathic scoliosis is considered to reflect the shape of the vertebral column, however the direct correlation between parameters describing clinical deformity and those characterizing radiological curvature was reported to be weak. It is not clear if the management proposed for scoliosis (physiotherapy, brace, surgery) affects equally the shape of the axial skeleton and the surface of the body. The aim of the study was to compare clinical deformity of (1) idiopathic scoliosis girls being under brace treatment for radiological curves of 25 to 40 degrees and (2) non treated scoliotic girls matched for age and Cobb angle.

Mechanical strength of an acrylic resin palatal denture base reinforced with a mesh or bundle of glass fibers.

The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the mechanical strength of an acrylic resin palatal denture base reinforced with a mesh or bundle of glass fibers. Silicon and stone casts of an edentulous maxilla (Frasaco) were used to manufacture palatal denture bases (n = 20) using heat-polymerized acrylic resin (SR Triplex Hot). The denture bases were reinforced with either 1 or 3 layers of glass-fiber mesh (Stick Net) or with a bundle of unidirectional glass fibers (Stick).

Estimation of the stress related to conservative scoliosis therapy: an analysis based on BSSQ questionnaires.

Background: Adolescent girls treated with a brace for scoliosis are submitted to prolonged stress related to both the disease and the therapy. Currently proposed quality of life questionnaires are focused on the outcome of therapy. Bad Sobernheim Stress Questionnaire (BSSQ) enables monitoring of patients being under treatment with a brace or exercises.

Comparison of fibrinolytic and metabolic system parameters in obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome and women with simple obesity.

The present study aimed to assess the fibrinolytic and metabolic system parameters in obese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and to compare them in obese PCOS patients and women with simple obesity. We studied 19 obese women with PCOS (age: 25.1 +/- 4.

Comparison of mechanical strength of palatal denture bases made from various plastic materials.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to compare the mechanical strength of palatal denture bases made from various plastic materials.

Materials And Methods: A form and models of an edentulous jaw (Frasaco) were used in the study. The denture bases were made from Zhermacryl H Plus and SR Ivocap Plus (both acrylic resins) and the polyurethane Microbase.

Relationship between climacteric symptoms and serum galanin levels in post-menopausal women.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the possible relationship between climacteric symptoms and serum galanin concentrations in post-menopausal women.

Materials And Methods: We studied 38 women who attended the Department of Gynecological Endocrinology in Poznan because of climacteric complaints. The control group comprised 16 women [mean age 22.

Human papillomavirus DNA presence of the upper respiratory tract mucosa of healthy children.

The papillomaviruses are a group of small DNA (8 kbp) viruses which induce papillomas in human and animals. Most of them can also transform epithelial cells of human and other vertebrates. Examinations of children with Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP), using PCR method with specific primers, revealed HPV type 6 or/and 11 in 98%-100% tissue samples.

Relationship between climacteric symptoms and serum serotonin levels in postmenopausal women.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the possible relationship between climacteric symptoms and serum serotonin concentrations in postmenopausal women.

Materials And Methods: We studied 39 women who attended the Department of Gynecological Endocrinology in Poznan because of climacteric complaints. We evaluated climacteric symptom severity with the use of the Kupperman scale and we measured 17beta-estradiol, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and serotonin serum concentrations by radioimmunoassay.

Dega's transiliac osteotomy in the treatment of spastic hip subluxation and dislocation in cerebral palsy.

The study presents the long-term results of operative treatment of spastic subluxation and dislocation of hip joints in cerebral palsy children with open reduction and pelvic transiliac osteotomy by Dega. The subjects were 25 patients (30 hips) and the follow-up lasted from 3 to 25 years (average 12 years). Final examinations were carried out after the end of body growth.

Muscular strength after extensive operative treatment of congenital talipes equinovarus.

Maximum isometric voluntary contraction (MIVC) strength of muscles (extensors, plantar flexors, pronators and supinators of the foot) in children with congenital talipes equinovarus who underwent extensive operative treatment was evaluated. The first group consisted of 28 children (50 clubfeet) operated on with posteromedial-lateral release aged 7 months to 76 months (mean, 22 months), with mean follow-up period of 85 months. The second group consisted of 32 children (39 clubfeet) operated on with complete subtalar release from Cincinnati incision aged from 3 months to 50 months (mean, 11 months), with mean follow-up period of 51 months.