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T J Mathews

Publications and source records attributed to T J Mathews.

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PubMed1988

Lateral sinus pathology (22 cases managed at Groote Schuur Hospital).

One hundred and thirty patients with acute and acute on chronic mastoiditis were managed at Groote Schuur Hospital between 1980 and 1984. Twenty-two (16.9 per cent) had pathology of the lateral (sigmoid) sinus and 19 of these patients had cholesteatomas. Nine patients (40.9 per cent) had concomitant intradural sepsis and there were two deaths. The modern literature is reviewed and the pathology, presentation and management of lateral sinus pathology is discussed. This condition is rare and clinical features may range from subtle signs to gross toxaemia, torticollis and evidence of septic embolization. The otolaryngologist must be competent in diagnosing and treating this condition in all forms of its wide spectrum of presentation.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1986

Labyrinthine sequestrum (a case report).

An unusual case of a labyrinthine sequestrum is presented. During mastoidectomy on a patient with chronic recurrent mastoiditis, a large sequestrum in the labyrinth was found. Four years earlier he had been treated for a posterior fossa abscess, which had followed acute otitis media. An extensive ablative and drainage procedure of the pars superior and pars inferior with preservation of the facial nerve was indicated in this patient.

Child↗
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Trends in stimulation and induction of labor 1989-1995.

Between 1989 and 1995 the rates for stimulation and induction of labor rose every year, representing a 48 and 77 percent, respectively, total rise over the time period. In 1995 the rate of stimulation was 161 per 1,000 live births and of induction 160. Two percent, or 74,167, of the 3,899,589 births in 1995 had both procedures performed. While rates of stimulation decline with advancing maternal age, the induction rates tend to be higher for older women. Rates for both procedures increased between 1989 and 1995 for both black and white women in all age categories. Women whose pregnancies have extended beyond the expected gestation of 37 weeks consistently had much higher rates of both stimulation and induction. Rates for both procedures rose for doctors of medicine (MD's), doctors of osteopathy (DO's) and certified nurse-midwives (CNM's). DO's had the greatest increases in both stimulation and induction rates. Declines in the cesarean section rate were greater for births that were stimulated or induced than for those without either of these procedures. The rates for stimulated or induced vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) were double those of VBACs without such procedures.

Adult↗