VOLUME  50
ISSUE  08
AUGUST  2009

SINGAPORE MEDICAL JOURNAL

E D I T O R I A L

Is the journal impact factor a valid indicator of scientific value?
Oh H C, Lim J F Y


R E V I E W    A R T I C L E S

Impact of the impact factor in biomedical research: its use and misuse
Kumar V, Upadhyay S, Medhi B

Publishing non-research papers as a trainee: a recipe for beginners
George S, Moreira K

E F F E C T I V E    M E D I C A L    W R I T I N G

Preparing a manuscript for submission
Peh W C G, Ng K H
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O R I G I N A L    A R T I C L E S

Robotic-assisted surgery for low rectal dissection: from better views to better outcome
Ng K H, Lim Y K, Ho K S, Ooi B S, Eu K W

Endovascular aortic repair: the experience of two tertiary institutions in Singapore
Gill S S, Sebastian M G, Tan S G, Chia K H, Tan B S, Tay K H

Trends of breast cancer treatment in Sabah, Malaysia: a problem with lack of awareness
Leong B D K, Chuah J A, Kumar V M, Rohamini S, Siti Z S, Yip C H

Use of Osteoplug polycaprolactone implants as novel burr-hole covers
Low S W, Ng Y J, Yeo T T, Chou N

Tensor fascia lata flap reconstruction in groin malignancy
Agarwal A K, Gupta S, Bhattacharya N, Guha G, Agarwal A

Clinical features and epidemiology of chikungunya infection in Singapore
Ng K W, Chow A, Win M K, Dimatatac F, Neo H Y, Lye D C, Leo Y S

Increasing resistance to nalidixic acid in Shigella subgroups in a comparative study between 2001–2003 and 2004–2006
Mamishi S, Mashoori N, Mahboobi N, Pour Akbari B

Quality of life in transfusion-dependent thalassaemia patients on desferrioxamine treatment
Dahlui M, Hishamshah M I, Rahman A J A, Aljunid S M

Health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis patients in South India
Mathew A J, Antony J, Eremenco S, Paul B V, Jayakumar B, Philip J

Factors associated with being underweight, overweight and obese among ever-married non-pregnant urban women in Bangladesh
Khan M M H, Kraemer A

Utility of laboratory studies in seizures of children older than one month of age
Akhavan Karbasi S, Modares Mosadegh M, Fallah R

Penile length of term newborn infants in multiracial Malaysia
Ting T H, Wu L L

Disruption of adeB  gene has a greater effect on resistance to meropenems than adeA  gene in Acinetobacter spp. isolated from University Malaya Medical Centre
Wong E W, Mohd Yusof M Y, Bt Mansor M, Anbazhagan D, Ong S Y, Sekaran S D


C A S E    R E P O R T S

Traumatic rectal perforation presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the lower limb
Fu W P, Quah H M, Eu K W

Gastrocolic fistula: a rare complication of gastric carcinoma
Lee L S, Foo C S, Chen C M, Poh C C

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma presenting as a breast lump in a treated breast cancer patient
Durai R, Ruhomauly S N, Wilson E, Hoque H

Successful management in neglected cases of adult anorectal malformation
Chakravartty S, Maity K, Ghosh D, Choudhury C R, Das S

Fibrolipoma of multiple nerves in the wrist
Pang H N, Puhaindran M, Yong F C

Grade 4 spondylolisthesis of the L5 vertebra associated with dural ectasia in neurofibromatosis
Modi H N, Srinivasalu S, Suh S W, Yang J H

Nerve, muscle or bone disease? Look before you leap
Muthukrishnan J, Harikumar K V S, Sangeeta J, Singh M K, Modi K

Temporary elevated insulin-like growth factor I during lactation
Falhammar H

Acute naphthalene poisoning following the non-accidental ingestion of mothballs
Lim H C, Poulose V, Tan H H

Reversible intraventricular conduction defect in aconitine poisoning
Yim K M, Tse M L, Lau F L

Cerebral venous infarction during a high altitude expedition
Cheng S, Chng S M, Singh R

Ocular cysticercosis: an unusual cause of ptosis
Basu S, Muthusami S, Kumar A


B O O K    R E V I E W

Medical Physiology: The Big Picture
Peh A F J


M E D I C A L    E D U C A T I O N

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (127)
Chee D W Y, Peh W C G
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R E P L I E S

Clarifying the importance of HPV vaccination
Cooper S C, Skinner R

Author’s Reply. Clarifying the importance of HPV vaccination
Lahariya C

Comment on: Acute cholecystitis in Wilson’s disease
Kittisupamongkol W

Author’s Reply. Comment on: Acute cholecystitis in Wilson’s disease
Chang S K Y

Inadvertent rent in the intravenous cannula sheath and its exchange using a spinal needle
Garg R


S M J    C M E    P R O G R A M M E