Purpose: To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of lateral rectus muscle recession with Y-splitting versus recession only in the surgical treatment of up/down shoot in Duane retraction syndrome patients. Material and Methods: In this prospective study, 42 patients of Duane ret...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1530989
Ogechukwu F. Amadi, Awoere T. Chinawa, Isaac N. Asinobi, Uchenna Ekwochi, Obinna C. Nduagubam, Chukwunonso C. Iheji, Chikezie J. Okamkpa & Ikenna K. Ndu·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2021
Objective: As more care is provided for children in outpatient facilities, it is increasingly important to understand the potential for disease transmission and this is particularly so for nosocomial infections which are infections originating in hospitals. Knowledge of the profi...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1530990
Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex medical condition characterized by elevated androgen levels, menstrual irregularities, and small cysts on one or both ovaries. The prevalence of PCOS is 6 to 10% in women. C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute-phase protein...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1530987
Staphylococcus aureus is ubiquitous, and highly adaptive pathogen that colonizes the skin and mucous membrane of the anterior nares, MRSA most often causes skin infections. In some cases, it causes pneumonia (lung infection) and other infections. If left untreated, MRSA infection...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1530988
Background: Placenta is a vital feto-maternal organ for promoting pregnancy, foetal growth and development. Placenta varies in weight, size, thickness, form and consistency. The weight of the placenta is functionally significant because it is related to villous surface area and f...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1530983
Drug use evaluation (DUE) is a systematic approach to study the utilization of marketed drugs. These studies are proved invaluable for policy makers to get inputs on the use of drugs so that they can review their strategies. In this prospective observational study, we have conduc...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1530984
Background: The increasing incidence of morbid obesity is a crisis in national healthcare which has precipitated an increase in bariatric surgery. Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity, with a mean percentage of weight loss after 2 years of 68.2% for laparoscopi...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1530985
Background: The research was designed to model animals which mimic the exposure to the radiofrequency radiation [RFR] by habitual users of RFR-enabled devices and to observe possible aberrations in behaviours that are attributable to exposures. The research was designed to model...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1530986
Orbital lymphangioma commonly occurs in the first decade of life. It is usually congenital, slow growing and can lead to orbital haemorrhage, ptosis, orbital cellulitis, proptosis and compressive optic neuropathy. A 14-months-old male child was brought to the eye clinic with su...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1530982
The increasing commercial necessity to valorise commodities such as gelatine has led to significant developments in its processing and the outcome of these refinements has resulted in new applications in fields such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, food and nutrace...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i1530981