Original Article
Surgical Results of Open Reduction and Plating of Humeral Shaft Fractures
Management of humeral shaft fractures has been the subject of controversy (Böhler, Ekkernkamp and Muhr, Nast-Kolb and Schweiberer). The problem of non-union, wound infection...
Stereotactic Microelectrode-guided Posteroventral Pallidotomy and Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease
Medications for Parkinson’s disease (PD) is effective for several years, but is followed by motor fluctuations, dyskinesias and progression of bradykinesia and rigidity. This...
Operative Treatment of Displaced Talar Neck Fractures
Talus is a weight bearing bone with peculiar anatomy and blood supply. It forms the ankle joint with the medial and lateral malleoli, subtalar...
Abdominal Surgery in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infected Patients—Early Local Experience
The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is rising at an exponential rate in Singapore. The surgical experience with this disease remains limited.
This...
Malignant Ovarian Germ Cell Tumours: Experience in the National University Hospital of Singapore
One of the most remarkable advances in the management of gynaecological cancers is in malignant ovarian germ cell tumours. Before the early 70s, some...
A Phase II Study of Combined CPT-11 and Mitomycin-C in Platinum Refractory Clear Cell...
Platinum resistance, either de novo or acquired, is a major obstacle in the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer. Platinum-resistance has been classified into the...
Single Agent Paclitaxel in Resistant and Relapsed Epithelial Ovarian Cancer After First-line Platinum-based Chemotherapy—Experience...
Ovarian carcinoma ranks fourth among causes of death in women and is the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancies in Western countries. In...
Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma—The KK Hospital Experience
Endometrial carcinoma comprises a morphologically heterogeneous group of tumours. Several authors during the 1960s and 1970s described an unusual variant of endometrial cancer containing...
Radiotherapy as Local Adjuvant Treatment for Endometrial Carcinoma—A Review of 45 Patients
Radiotherapy as an adjunct to surgery has long been used in the management of endometrial carcinoma with the intent to improve local tumour control...
Outcome of Obstructive Uropathy After Pelvic Irradiation in Patients with Carcinoma of the Uterine...
Radiotherapy is the mainstay treatment for locally advanced carcinoma of the cervix. It is also administered as an adjuvant therapy to patients deemed at...