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Fulltext Safety and feasibility of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy in a low-incidence country

Wong WJ, Tan ST, Yii RSL, Lau PC

Asian J Surg, 2020 Feb;43(2):451-453.

PMID: 31974052 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2019.11.002

Fulltext Health risk behaviour among undergraduates in a Malaysian public university: a cross-sectional study

Liew HC, Noor Illiati I, Yii RSL, Siti Nadzrah Y, Moy FM

JUMMEC, 2011;14(2):1-8.

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INTRODUCTION: Health-risky behaviours among undergraduates are a course of concern both due to its tendency to be carried towards later adulthood and the emergence of non-communicable diseases at younger age group.
METHODS AND MATERIAL: A cross-sectional study involving 1622 respondents comprising of students undertaking tertiary education was carried out using self-administered questionnaires. (adapted and translated into Bahasa Malaysia from the CDC Health Risk Behaviour Survey)
RESULTS: It is found that 6.9% of the respondents have had sexual intercourse with the mean age of the first intercourse at 18.6 years. Of those who have had intercourse, 25.9% did not practice safe sex. The study showed that 7.2% of the undergraduates who drives have driven after taking alcohol and 19.3% of the respondents have travelled in a car driven by drunk driver. It is also found that 10.8% of the respondents tried smoking at a young age of 15 years. One point two percent (1.2%) of the studied population has also taken recreational drugs previously.
CONCLUSION: Health risk behaviours among undergraduates in Malaysia are presently existing issues which poses serious concerns.

Retained Endoscope: An Unexpected but Serious Complication of Hemospray®

Yii RSL, Chuah KH, Poh KS, Lau PC, Ng KL, Ho SH, et al.

Dig Dis Sci, 2022 01;67(1):344-347.

PMID: 33491164 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-021-06835-4

Fulltext Predictive factors of prostate cancer diagnosis with PSA 4.0-10.0 ng/ml in a multi-ethnic Asian population, Malaysia

Yii RSL, Lim J, Sothilingam S, Yeoh WS, Fadzli AN, Ong TA, et al.

Asian J Surg, 2020 Jan;43(1):87-94.

PMID: 30962017 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2019.02.014

OBJECTIVES: To identify the associated factors determining prostate cancer detection using transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate biopsy, within a multi-ethnic Malaysian population with prostate specific antigen (PSA) between 4.0 and 10.0 ng/ml.

METHODS: Study subjects included men with initial PSA between 4.0 and 10.0 ng/ml that have undergone 12-core TRUS-guided prostate biopsy between 2009 and 2016. The prostate cancer detection rate was calculated, while potential factors associated with detection were investigated via univariable and multivariable analysis.

RESULTS: A total of 617 men from a multi-ethnic background encompassing Chinese (63.5%), Malay (23.1%) and Indian (13.3%) were studied. The overall cancer detection rate was 14.3% (88/617), which included cancers detected at biopsy 1 (first biopsy), biopsy 2 (second biopsy with previous negative biopsy) and biopsy ≥ 3 (third or more biopsies with prior negative biopsies). Indian men displayed higher detection rate (23.2%) and increased risk of prostate cancer development (OR 1.85, 95% CI 1.03-3.32, p

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