Original Article
Factors Affecting Success in an Embryo Cryopreservation Programme
The first pregnancy resulting from the thaw and transfer of cryopreserved pre-embryos was reported in 1983 by Trounson and his team, in Melbourne, Australia....
Continuous Infusion 5-fluorouracil as Salvage Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Studies have shown beyond doubt that chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer prolongs survival, impedes progression and stabilises disease. Compared with supportive care alone, it...
Activated Protein C Resistance: A Study Among 60 Thromboembolic Patients in the Singapore Population
In 1993, Dahlback and colleagues described a new hereditary thrombophilia state-activated protein C resistance (AK-R). Further studies showed this to be the commonest genetic...
Use of Ligase Chain Reaction and Polymerase Chain Reaction on Urine Specimens to Detect...
Infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis are amongst the most common bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the world, causing substantial morbidity in young sexually-active...
Current Indications for Open Stone Surgery in Singapore
The treatment of urinary calculi has changed tremendously since the introduction of extra corporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL), percutaneous nephrostolithotomy (PCNL), and ureteroscopy over the...
Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis
Children with complex congenital heart disease and a functional single ventricle may not be ideal candidates for a Fontan procedure. A staged approach to...
A Study of Joint Mobility in a Normal Population
Joint mobility varies between individuals and factors such as age, sex, race and heredity influence the range of motion of a joint. Excessive mobility...
Delayed Amputation in Lower Limb Trauma: An Analysis of Factors Leading to Delayed Amputation
The decision whether to amputate or to attempt a limb salvage procedure in a mangled extremity is a difficult one. Numerous protocols have been...
Preliminary Results of Heart-beating and Non-heart-beating Donor Kidney Transplants—The Singapore Experience
End stage renal failure (ESRF) is the most common end stage organ disease treated with transplantation in Singapore. Though renal transplantation is the preferred...
Hyperlipidaemia during Normal Pregnancy, Parturition and Lactation
Increase in the plasma lipid fractions in normal pregnancy have been described but irregularity of sampling, difference in materials studied (whole blood, serum, and...