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August 2009

Editorial

Is the journal impact factor a valid indicator of scientific value?
Oh HC, Lim JFY
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 749-751

Review Article

Impact of the impact factor in biomedical research: its use and misuse
Kumar V, Upadhyay S, Medhi B
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 752-755
Publishing non-research papers as a trainee: a recipe for beginners
George S, Moreira K
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 756-758

Effective Medical Writing

Preparing a manuscript for submission
Peh WCG, Ng KH
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 759-762

Original Article

Robotic-assisted surgery for low rectal dissection: from better views to better outcome
Ng KH, Lim YK, Ho KS, Ooi BS, Eu KW
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 763-767
Endovascular aortic repair: the experience of two tertiary institutions in Singapore
Gill SS, Sebastian MG, Tan SG, Chia KH, Tan BS, Tay KH
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 768-771
Trends of breast cancer treatment in Sabah, Malaysia: a problem with lack of awareness
Leong BDK, Chuah JA, Kumar VM, Rohamini S, Siti ZS, Yip CH
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 772-776
Use of Osteoplug polycaprolactone implants as novel burr-hole covers
Low SW, Ng YJ, Yeo TT, Chou N
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 777-780
Tensor fascia lata flap reconstruction in groin malignancy
Agarwal AK, Gupta S, Bhattacharya N, Guha G, Agarwal A
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 781-784
Clinical features and epidemiology of chikungunya infection in Singapore
Ng KW, Chow A, Win MK, Dimatatac F, Neo HY, Lye DC, Leo YS
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 785-790
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
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 791-793
Quality of life in transfusion-dependent thalassaemia patients on desferrioxamine treatment
Dahlui M, Hishamshah MI, Rahman AJA, Aljunid SM
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 794-799
Health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis patients in South India
Mathew AJ, Antony J, Eremenco S, Paul BV, Jayakumar B, Philip J
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 800-803
Utility of laboratory studies in seizures of children older than one month of age
Akhavan Karbasi S, Modares Mosadegh M, Fallah R
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 814-816
Penile length of term newborn infants in multiracial Malaysia
Ting TH, Wu LL
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 817-821
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 EW, Mohd Yusof MY, Bt Mansor M, Anbazhagan D, Ong SY, Sekaran SD
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 822-826

Book Review

Medical Physiology: The Big Picture
Peh AFJ
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 833

Medical Education

Clinics in diagnostic imaging (127)
Chee DWY, Peh WCG
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 834-840

Letter to the Editor

Clarifying the importance of HPV vaccination
Cooper SC, Skinner R
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 841-842
Author's reply: Clarifying the importance of HPV vaccination
Lahariya C
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 843
Comment on: Acute cholecystitis in Wilson's disease
Kittisupamongkol W
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 844
Author's reply: Acute cholecystitis in Wilson's disease
Chang SKY
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 844

CME Answers

CME June 2009 answers
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): 846

Case Report

Traumatic rectal perforation presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the lower limb
Fu WP, Quah HM, Eu KW
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e270-e273
Gastrocolic fistula: a rare complication of gastric carcinoma
Lee LS, Foo CS, Chen CM, Poh CC
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e274-e276
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma presenting as a breast lump in a treated breast cancer patient
Durai R, Ruhomauly SN, Wilson E, Hoque H
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e277-e279
Successful management in neglected cases of adult anorectal malformation
Chakravartty S, Maity K, Ghosh D, Choudhury CR, Das S
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e280-e282
Fibrolipoma of multiple nerves in the wrist
Pang HN, Puhaindran M, Yong FC
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e283-e286
Grade 4 spondylolisthesis of the L5 vertebra associated with dural ectasia in neurofibromatosis
Modi HN, Srinivasalu S, Suh SW, Yang JH
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e287-e292
Nerve, muscle or bone disease? Look before you leap
Muthukrishnan J, Harikumar KVS, Sangeeta J, Singh MK, Modi K
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e293-e294
Temporary elevated insulin-like growth factor I during lactation
Falhammar H
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e295-e297
Acute naphthalene poisoning following the non-accidental ingestion of mothballs
Lim HC, Poulose V, Tan HH
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e298-e301
Reversible intraventricular conduction defect in aconitine poisoning
Yim KM, Tse ML, Lau FL
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e302-e305
Cerebral venous infarction during a high altitude expedition
Cheng S, Chng SM, Singh R
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e306-e308
Ocular cysticercosis: an unusual cause of ptosis
Basu S, Muthusami S, Kumar A
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(8): e309-e311