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Volume 30, Number 1

January 2001

Stapled Haemorrhoidectomy—The Evidence For and the Facts Against

Surgeons as well as patients have recently shown much interest in stapled haemorrhoidectomy. This is a new technique, which is claimed to result in...

Clinical Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Different Types of Cutaneous Tuberculosis and Tuberculids

Laboratory confirmation of cutaneous tuberculosis has remained difficult using conventional techniques which include the demonstration of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) on histopathologic examination and culture....

A Prospective Evaluation of Surgeon Performed Sonography as a Screening Test in Blunt Abdominal Trauma

Over the past decade, sonography as a screening tool in the evaluation of abdominal trauma has been thoroughly investigated. This modality was first used...

Effects of a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme on Physiologic and Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Disorders

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a multi-disciplinary programme of care for patients with chronic respiratory impairment that is individually designed to optimise physical and social performance...

Antibiotic Sensitivity of Propionibacterium acnes Isolates from Patients with Acne Vulgaris in a Tertiary Dermatological Referral Centre in Singapore

In Southeast Asia, there have been few studies on the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of Propionibacterium acnes on the skin of patients with acne...