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Predictors of successful outcomes after external cephalic version in singleton term breech pregnancies: a nine-year historical cohort study

Cancellation of elective operations on the day of intended surgery in a Hong Kong hospital: point prevalence and reasons
  Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: from four wounds to one

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December 2011 issue HKMJ is now online

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Re-emergence of late presentations of fetal haemoglobin Bart's disease in Hong Kong
Doctors from the Princess Margaret Hospital and Kwong Wah Hospital recently reviewed a case series aiming at comparing early and late presentations of fetal Hb Bart's disease in the Kowloon West Cluster in Hong Kong, and finding reasons for the re-emergence of late presentations.
                    
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Development of the Chinese version of the Paediatric Allergic Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire: reliability and validity
Paediatric Allergic Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire is a health-related assessment tool designed for children with allergic diseases. This study aimed to translate the original English version of the Questionnaire to Chinese and to provide psychometric evidence on the validity and reliability of the translated version.

                    

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An unusual cause of retention of urine after intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy for superficial bladder cancer
Prince of Wales Hospital recently reported an uncommon complication of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for superficial bladder cancer, namely a prostatic abscess, which gave rise to retention of urine
                    
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