Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. The clinical experience in the University Hospital of Patras

OBJECTIVE In the past decade percutaneous endoscopic gastroscopy (PEG) has displaced surgical gastrostomy as the method of choice for long-term enteral nutrition. The aim of this study was to present clinical experience...

Intestinal obstruction due to an ascariasis ball. A summary of Thai reports

OBJECTIVE Obstruction in the gastrointestinal tract due to ascariasis is a rare clinical manifestation. Intestinal obstruction is extremely rare since the lumen of the intestine is wide. The condition called ascariasis b...

Ethical issues in assisted reproduction: Surrogate motherhood

Surrogacy is a method of assisted reproduction in which the surrogate mother, as a rule, gestates for a subfertile couple. During traditional surrogacy this woman, apart from her uterus also lends her ova, in contrast to...

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Measuring the efficiency of Greek public hospitals

OBJECTIVE To examine the performance of Greek public hospitals and to define ways in which inefficient hospitals can increase their ability to manage their resources efficiently. METHOD The sample consisted of 25 gene...