Hard and soft tissue alterations after the application of different soft tissue grafting materials during immediate dental implant placement: a systematic review and Bayesian netwo... by Ali Azadi, Fatemeh Rezaei, Atoosa Yazdani, Kimia Hejazi, Aryousha Moallem Savasari, Reza Amid, Mahdi Kadkhodazadeh

“…The pink esthetic score (PES), marginal interproximal bone level changes (MIBL), buccal bone thickness changes (BBT), keratinized tissue width changes (KTW), soft tissue thickness changes (STT), papilla height changes (PH), midfacial gingival margin level changes (MGML) were defined as desired outcomes of the study; except for the MIBL with 12 – 24 months of follow-up, 6 – 12 months is considered for other outcomes. …”
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The Impact of Cementing Techniques on Implant Longevity in Relation to Keel Length in Persona and NexGen Knee Arthroplasty: A Comprehensive Study by Arash Sharafat Vaziri, MD, Mohammad Naghi Tahmasebi, MD, Hoseinali Hadi, MD, Sina Javidmehr, MD, Sohrab Keyhani, MD, Zahra Vahdati, MD, Hossein Nematian, MD, Yalda Farahmand, MD

“…The modifications applied include better preparation of the bone surfaces and the cancellous bone cavities, pressurizing the cement and interstitial fluid suction at the same time, applying a layer of cement on the surfaces of the tibia and implant, and immobilizing the limb. …”
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Therapeutic Implications of PPARγ in Human Osteosarcoma by Eric R. Wagner, Bai-Cheng He, Liang Chen, Guo-Wei Zuo, Wenli Zhang, Qiong Shi, Qing Luo, Xiaoji Luo, Bo Liu, Jinyong Luo, Farbod Rastegar, Connie J. He, Yawen Hu, Barrett Boody, Hue H. Luu, Tong-Chuan He, Zhong-Liang Deng, Rex C. Haydon

“…Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common nonhematologic malignancy of bone in children and adults. Although dysregulation of tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes, such as Rb, p53, and the genes critical to cell cycle control, genetic stability, and apoptosis have been identified in OS, consensus genetic changes that lead to OS development are poorly understood. …”
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Diabetic Ephrin-B2-Stimulated Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Enhance Poststroke Recovery in Mice by Rose Hilal, Marine Poittevin, Adrien Pasteur-Rousseau, Adrien Cogo, Gabrielle Mangin, Marie Chevauché, Yasmine Ziat, José Vilar, Jean-Marie Launay, Jean-François Gautier, Dong Broquères-You, Bernard I. Levy, Tatyana Merkulova-Rainon, Nathalie Kubis

“…To date, feasibility studies have used bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells, but harvesting bone marrow cells is invasive thus complicating bedside treatment. …”
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Cytosolic phospholipase A2 in infiltrating monocyte derived macrophages does not impair recovery after spinal cord injury in female mice by Ethan P. Glaser, Timothy J. Kopper, William M. Bailey, Hassan K. Kashif, Reena Kumari, Andrew N. Stewart, John C. Gensel

“…Here, we report that cPLA2 plays an important role in the myelin-induced inflammatory macrophage phenotype in vitro using macrophages derived from cPLA2 knockout bone marrow. Furthermore, to investigate the role of cPLA2 in MDMs after SCI, we generated female bone marrow chimeras using cPLA2 knock-out donors and assessed locomotor recovery using the Basso Mouse Scale (BMS), CatWalk gait analysis system, and horizontal ladder task over six weeks. …”
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O2-self-supplying and glutathione-depleting scaffold for synergistic cancer therapy by Jiajia Zeng, Chongxian He, Xinna Bai, Cijun Shuai, Hao Pan

“…In summary, introducing the Ti3C2 nanosystem loaded with nanozyme into PLLA scaffold is a promising strategy to develop bone scaffold with multimodal anti-tumor function.…”
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3D‐Printed Talus‐Calcaneus Prosthesis in Treating Ewing's Sarcoma: A Case Report by Weiyi Wang, Jingjing An, Minxun Lu, Xuanhong He, Zhuangzhuang Li, Yitian Wang, Taojun Gong, Yong Zhou, Li Min, Yi Luo, Chongqi Tu

“…In addition, a porous structure was designed to promote the integration of bone–prosthesis interface. The lesion was completely resected and the prosthesis was precisely installed. …”
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MSC-Derived Exosome Promotes M2 Polarization and Enhances Cutaneous Wound Healing by Xiaoning He, Zhiwei Dong, Yina Cao, Han Wang, Shiyu Liu, Li Liao, Yan Jin, Lin Yuan, Bei Li

“…Moreover, we demonstrated that systemically infused bone marrow MSCs (BMMSCs) and jaw bone marrow MSCs (JMMSCs) could translocate to the wound site, promote macrophages toward M2 polarization, and enhance wound healing. …”
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Systemic Resolvin E1 (RvE1) Treatment Does Not Ameliorate the Severity of Collagen-Induced Arthritis (CIA) in Mice: A Randomized, Prospective, and Controlled Proof of Concept Study by Rafael Scaf de Molon, Rogier M. Thurlings, Birgitte Walgreen, Monique M. Helsen, Peter M. van der Kraan, Joni Augusto Cirelli, Marije I. Koenders

“…Anti-TNF treatment significantly abrogated signs of joint inflammation, bone erosion, and proteoglycan depletion, but additional RvE1 treatment did not further reduce the anti-TNF-mediated suppression of the disease. …”
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Stage IV Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Presenting with Unilateral Vision Loss by Christopher Le, Adam Jacob, Devarajan Iyengar, John Dedousis, Antonios Tsompanidis

“…Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) is a manifestation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in which malignant B-cell lymphocytes accumulate in the lymph nodes or bone marrow. In this report, we describe the medical course of a patient diagnosed with stage IV small cell lymphocytic lymphoma, who presented to the emergency room with acute neurologic manifestations of SLL.…”
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Kallmann Syndrome. Case presentation by Elodia Rivas Alpízar, Maidelín Garcés Saborit, Caridad Hernández Gutiérrez, Odalis Yanes Izray

“…The presentation of the case was decided due to the importance of making an early diagnosis to start substituting hormonal treatment adequately, improve the pubertal growth spurt and bone mineralization, increase muscular mass, so as to avoid psychological disturbances in adolescents with pubertal delay.…”
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Intussusception in a 4-Year-Old Male Due to Burkitt Lymphoma by Raed Al-Taher, Abdallah Alabadla, Salameh Al-Halaseh, Ghasaq Saleh

“…Burkitt lymphoma has several patterns of clinical presentations, such as jaw or facial bone tumor in the endemic form, in contrast to an abdominal presentation most often with massive disease and ascites. …”
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Cavernous Hemangioma of the Rib: A Rare Diagnosis by Stavros Gourgiotis, Anastasios Piyis, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Panayotis Panayotopoulos, Nikolaos S. Salemis

“…Chest roentgenogram and computed tomography revealed a mass along the inner surface of the 7th left rib with bone destruction. She underwent resection of the 7th rib. …”
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Removal of retained upper canine in the middle. Case report by Bienvenido Mesa Reinaldo, José Luis Capote Femenias, Alejandro Díaz Tejeda, Yordanis Boza Mejías

“…It was decided to make a modification of surgical technique with a conservative view of the palatal cortical bone. Was performed successfully including resection of the canine.…”
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Ventriculosubgaleal shunt placement for hydrocephalus in osteogenesis imperfecta with novel compound heterozygous CRTAP variants by Shintaro Nakamura, Kyosuke Ibi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Hirokazu Takami, Keita Okada, Nao Takasugi, Motohiro Kato, Naoto Takahashi, Takanobu Inoue

“…Abstract Osteogenesis imperfecta is characterized by frequent fractures, bone deformities, and other systemic symptoms. Severe osteogenesis imperfecta may progress to hydrocephalus; however, treatment strategies for this complication remain unclear. …”
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1,25-Vitamin D-mediated hypercalcaemia in the setting of immune therapy-related sarcoid-like reaction by R K Dharmaputra, N Sheriff, S Ravichandran

“…We presented a case of a 72-year-old male with severe hypercalcaemia of 3.84 mmol/L following the second cycle of immunotherapy with ipilimumab and nivolumab in the setting of metastatic melanoma with known bone metastases. Further investigations demonstrated hilar lymphadenopathy, which was not present in previous imaging, and subsequent hypercalcaemia work-up demonstrated a significantly elevated serum calcitriol level as high as 429 pmol/L. …”
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Tumor Resection, Reconstruction, and Ankle Fusion for Recurrent Giant Cell Tumor of the Distal Tibia by Alok C. Agrawal, Mukund Madhav Ojha, Somok Banerjee

“…Giant cell tumor (GCT) is a common, mostly benign, locally aggressive tumor of bone. Distal femur, proximal tibia, and distal radius appear to be the most affected parts of the skeleton. …”
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Primary Obstructive Megaureter with Giant Ureteral Stone: A Case Report by Abdullah Demirtaş, Nurettin Şahin, Emre Can Akınsal, Oguz Ekmekçioğlu, Atila Tatlışen

“…In X-ray, there was a radiopacity with a dimension of 6 × 4 cm on the left pelvic bone. Intravenous pyelography revealed a huge left megaureter with a stone in the lower end and grade V hydronephrosis. …”
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Colonic Involvement in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia by P. E. T. Arkkila, H. Nuutinen, F. Ebeling, E. Elonen, P. Kärkkäinen, M.-L. Karjalainen-Lindsberg

“…If a CLL patient has any symptoms suggesting a possible GI manifestation of the haematologic disease or anaemia not explained by bone marrow infiltration or hemolysis, the diagnostic evaluation should include endoscopies with adequate biopsies.…”
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McConnell Sign in a Patient with Massive Acute Pulmonary Embolism by Qaiser Shafiq, Ragheb Assaly, Yousuf Kanjwal

“…Three weeks ago the patient sustained a right arm humerus bone fracture in a motor vehicle accident. Since the accident, her mobility has been limited. …”
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