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This paper identifies some of the themes that emerge from a study of official archival records from 1918 to 1934 on the subject of mental health in colonial Lesotho. They include difficulties experienced by colonial medical doctors in diagnosing and treating mental illnesses, given the state of medical knowledge in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; impact of shortage of financial and other resources on the establishment and operation of medical services, especially mental health care; convergence of social order, financial and medical concerns as influences on colonial approaches to mental health care; and the question of whether Basotho colonial society saw institutionalization of their relatives as 'hospitalization' or 'imprisonment'. Two case studies are presented as preliminary explorations of some of the themes.

Prospective observational study.

We aimed to analysis the distributional patterns of the intra- and extra-cage bridging bone (InCBB and ExCBB) and the significance of ExCBB using suggested lumbar interbody fusion criterion.

This study included the patients with planned single-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. We divided bridging bone into InCBB (in void of right or left cage) and ExCBB (outside of cages; anterior, posterior, intermediate, right, or left) and graded bridging scores from 0 to 2 on postoperative 1-year computed tomography. The fusion was defined as at least having one or more graded 2 and the evaluation were conducted twice by 2 raters.

Sixty-five patients were enrolled. All values of intra- and inter-rater reliability in left InCBB, anterior, and posterior ExCBB showed good agreements (≥0.75). Both InCBBs showed similar mean bridging scores (Rt1.43 vs Lt1.48), and in ExCBBs, the anterior was the highest (1.43), followed by the posterior (1.14); the right and left were the lowest (0.49 and 0.52 respectively). In subjects determined as fusion (85.4%), complete bridging was observed more in ExCBB (88.8%) than in InCBB (69.9%).

Given the higher bridging scores in both InCBBs and Ant. ExCBB, bone grafting is important promoting factor to increase the interbody bridging bone regardless of outside or in void of cages. C381 datasheet Based on our suggested criterion, ExCBB has a greater proportion compared to InCBBs for determining the fusion and extra-cage bone grafting should be considered as important procedures for interbody fusion.

Given the higher bridging scores in both InCBBs and Ant. ExCBB, bone grafting is important promoting factor to increase the interbody bridging bone regardless of outside or in void of cages. Based on our suggested criterion, ExCBB has a greater proportion compared to InCBBs for determining the fusion and extra-cage bone grafting should be considered as important procedures for interbody fusion.Coagulopathy and bleeding on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) contribute to a worse outcome, and hyperbilirubinemia is an additional threat for newborn babies. We report a case of a newborn boy with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) associated with ABO incompatibility and an inherited mild hemophilia A. Due to respiratory failure he needed ECMO on his first day of life. During ECMO an exchange transfusion was performed after an extensive hyperbilirubinemia had evolved. Thereafter severe bleeding occurred, and a very low factor VIII level was found causative for that. After factor VIII substitution bleeding was under control and the baby eventually could be weaned from ECMO, underwent corrective surgery, and recovered.

We describe 2 unusual haemoglobin (Hb) Bart's hydrops cases that could not be explained by traditional factors.

Two families with a diagnosis or history of foetal hydrops were enrolled. A suspension-array system was used to detect the 23 most frequent mutations in southern China. Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) was used to screen for possible deletions. Precise characterisation of the breakpoints of the novel variants and uniparental disomy analysis were performed using a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array. Quantitative fluorescence PCR was used to eliminate maternal cell contamination and nonpaternity. In case 1, the suspension-array system indicated a maternal heterozygous (-

/) deletion, and the paternal sample was negative. The foetal hydrops was caused by the maternal (-

/) deletion and a de novo α-globin gene deletion (-

). In case 2, the paternal sample had a heterozygous (-

/) deletion, and MLPA and SNP array analysis revealed a large maternal deletion (-

) that encompassed the α-globin gene, which explained the history of Hb Bart's foetal hydrops.

Our cases describe 2 new α

-thalassaemia deletions and illustrate the importance of using a combination of methods to detect rare types of α-thalassaemia.

Our cases describe 2 new α0-thalassaemia deletions and illustrate the importance of using a combination of methods to detect rare types of α-thalassaemia.

In the reconstruction of the superior sagittal sinus or transverse sinus, it is desirable to place a large-diameter guiding catheter into the transverse sinus to introduce the stent delivery system smoothly. The utility of an anchoring technique with a percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloon for navigating an 8 F guiding catheter into the transverse sinus is demonstrated.

Two dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) cases (Cognard type II a +b, Borden type II) that underwent sinus stenting are presented. In both cases, when the 8 F guiding catheter was placed in the jugular vein, the stent delivery system could not enter the transverse sinus because it could not pass through the transverse-sigmoid sinus junction. Introduction of an 8 F guiding catheter into the transverse sinus was attempted but failed. An 8-mm or 9-mm PTA balloon was used as a distal anchor, and this technique allowed easier guiding of catheter advancement into the transverse sinus. In both cases, Carotid WALLSTENTS were placed in the sinus easily, with no complications.

Balloon anchoring in the venous system is useful for achieving large-caliber catheter access across difficult anatomy and is technically feasible.

Balloon anchoring in the venous system is useful for achieving large-caliber catheter access across difficult anatomy and is technically feasible.