Introduction: Since first described by Cadavas, A free medial sural artery perforator flap (MSAP) is getting popularity day by day. Specially, where the micro surgeons are desired to have thin, pliable flap with long pedicle and less donor site morbidities. For its above-mentione...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i330816
Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common type of peripheral nerve entrapment; it affects females more than males; it may be idiopathic or secondary to other disorders especially diabetes mellitus. Carpal tunnel syndrome mostly affects manual workers and may be bilate...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i330817
Background: The prevalence of animal bites is high, of which the vast majority are from cats’ and dogs’. There is a wide variation in severity of such bites from mild to lethal. The evidence in the literature with respect to management does not provide a solid ground on which suc...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i330818
Perpetual advances in the diagnostic tools, local plus systemic cancer treatments, and ensued lengthened survival times led to striking increments in the incidence rates of brain metastases (BMs), with a collective incidence range of 20-40% for all solid cancers. Stereotactic rad...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230807
Khairunnisa Che Ghazali, Nutrimala Nadia Nasip, Ahmad Junaidi Ahmad Hamidi, Karthigesu Aimanan, Siti Nur Hamizah Hamidon, Chin Tek Jee & Aisah Munirah Wahi·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2021
Sigmoid volvulus complicating pregnancy is a rare condition with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Therefore, a high index of suspicion is needed, and additional radiological imaging is beneficial if both mother and fetus are stable. A 28 years old lady, gr...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230810
Introduction: Microsurgery is a relatively new speciality with steep learning patterns. Before practice in real fields surgeons need adequate training to gain the expertise. Different types of living and non-living simulators are used to gain the efficiency. As the living simulat...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230812
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is strongly correlated to ischemia caused by stress that is involved in dysfunction of endothelium leading to angiopathy, particularly diabetic nephropathy (DN). Immediately after occlusion of an artery, free radical production paired with reduc...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230806
Objective: The aim of this work is to investigate the diagnostic value of platelet count (PC), mean platelet volume (MPV), the PC to MPV ratio and platelet distribution width (PDW) for prediction of pre-eclampsia (PE). Subjects and Methods: This prospective cohort study included...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230808
Iron deficiency is one of the most common nutrient deficiencies, affecting 2 billion people in worldwide. It is also the leading cause of anemia. Estimates of the national prevalence of anemia in Bangladesh have remained constant at 74% for the past 30 years. This high rate of an...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230809
Aims: To evaluate the mean area of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and the flow area within the CNV and determine their value in monitoring the effect of aflibercept therapy. Study Design: prospective, interventional study. Place and Duration of Study: Tanta University Hospita...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230811
Introduction: Stress is an indispensable part of modern life. Although unavoidable, persistent stress can have a negative physical and psychological impact on anyone. Medical professionals are historically high stress professional cohort. The current study aimed to elucidate the...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230814
Introduction: The evaluation of the differences in radiological cervical sagittal parameters between symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals with radiologically- confirmed (CDDD) is fundamental for understanding the normal variation in sagittal plane parameter between individual...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230803
Aims: To assess the knowledge of hand hygiene among health care workers in the Paediatrics Department and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH). To determine the hand hygiene practice among health care workers. To determine the barriers to...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230804
Background: Some trials have shown decreased weight of fetal kidney in cases of reduced neonatal weight and infants with growth-restriction at birth. In infants with growth-restriction due to poor nutrition, most of the fetal blood supply is directed to vital organs such as fet...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230805
Background: Posterior Mediastinal lesions are relatively common and represent 23-30% of all mediastinal lesions; 40% of these lesions are an incidental finding. Multidetector CT (MDCT) has shorter imaging time and better spatial resolution than MRI, especially in mediastinum; it...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i230802