Original Article
The Role for Preoperative Localisation Techniques in Surgery for Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperparathyroidism is well recognised as a clinical problem that has a myriad of presentation. The classical presenting symptoms of hypercalcaemia have been well documented...
Double Level Fractures of the Femur Treated with Closed Intramedullary Nailing
Closed locked intramedullary nailing of the femur has become the accepted means of treating fractures of the femur. The use of locking nails has...
Soft Tissue Cover in Compound and Complicated Tibial Fractures Using Microvascular Flaps
Compound tibial fractures are high-energy traumatic injuries, which are frequently associated with high incidence of complications like infection and failure of bony union leading...
Portable Chest Radiography: Comparison of High-resolution Digital Displays with Laser Printed Digital Film
In most institutions, about 10% to 25% of imaging examinations are recorded digitally (e.g. digital subtraction angiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound)....
Percutaneous Needle Aspiration in the Treatment of Hepatic Abscess: Factors Influencing Patients’ Outcome
Liver abscess traditionally has been treated by open surgical drainage, mortality rates being as high as 80% to 100% if left untreated. However, with...
Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Internal Auditory Canals and Posterior Fossa
Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is now the gold-standard examination for the exclusion of acoustic schwannomas or other posterior fossa tumours. We retrospectively reviewed...
Non-diagnostic Smears in Aspiration Cytology of Palpable Breast Lumps
A wide variety of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions have been described in the breast. Breast tissue is also subjected to many physiologic changes such...
Population-based Mammographic Screening in Singapore: What are Participants’ Views?
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Singapore and has been increasing in incidence since 1968. This rise is particularly marked...
Plasma Vitamins A, C and E in the General Population of Singapore, 1993 to...
The current disease pattern in Singapore (an island state of 3.3 million people composed of 76% Chinese, 14% Malays, 7% Asian Indians and 3%...
The Sensitivity and Specificity of Autoantibodies to the Sm Antigen in the Diagnosis of...
The presence of multiple autoantibodies is the hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Many of these autoantibodies target nuclear antigens e.g. histones, Sm, RNP,...