Organ-Preserving Surgery for Penile Carcinoma by Francisco E. Martins, Raul N. Rodrigues, Tomé M. Lopes

“…Some articles reported novel techniques of less-mutilating surgery involving different forms of glans reconstruction with the use of flaps or grafts. The issue of safe surgical margins was also addressed. …”
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Endocrinopathies after Allogeneic and Autologous Transplantation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells by Francesco Orio, Giovanna Muscogiuri, Stefano Palomba, Bianca Serio, Mariarosaria Sessa, Valentina Giudice, Idalucia Ferrara, Libuse Tauchmanovà, Annamaria Colao, Carmine Selleri

“…Our analysis further provides evidence that main recognized risk factors for endocrine complications after HSCT are the underlying disease, previous pretransplant therapies, the age at HSCT, gender, total body irradiation, posttransplant derangement of immune system, and in the allogeneic setting, the presence of graft-versus-host disease requiring prolonged steroid treatment. …”
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Whole Blood Metabolomic Profiling of Mice with Tacrolimus-Induced Chronic Nephrotoxicity: NAD⁺ Depletion with Salvage Pathway Impairment by Sho Nishida, Tamaki Ishima, Daiki Iwami, Ryozo Nagai, Kenichi Aizawa

“…Tacrolimus (TAC)-induced chronic nephrotoxicity (TAC nephrotoxicity) is a serious issue for long-term graft survival in kidney transplantation. However, the pathophysiology of TAC nephrotoxicity remains unclear. …”
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Restoration of a Critical Mandibular Bone Defect Using Human Alveolar Bone-Derived Stem Cells and Porous Nano-HA/Collagen/PLA Scaffold by Xing Wang, Helin Xing, Guilan Zhang, Xia Wu, Xuan Zou, Lin Feng, Dongsheng Wang, Meng Li, Jing Zhao, Jianwei Du, Yan Lv, Lingling E, Hongchen Liu

“…Adult stem cell- and biomaterial-based bone tissue regeneration are a promising alternative to natural bone grafts. Recent evidence has demonstrated that two populations of adult bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BMSCs) can be distinguished based on their embryonic origins. …”
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Surgical Approaches for Aortic Root Aneurysm: A Comparative Analysis of the David and Yacoub Techniques by Ermal Likaj, Alessia Mehmeti, Selman Dumani, Fjorba Mana, Saimir Kuci, Ervin Bejko, Aferdita Veseli

“…Results: The David procedure involves complete excision of the aortic root and reimplantation of the native aortic valve within a Dacron graft. It offers superior long-term durability and lower reoperation rates, particularly in younger patients and those with connective tissue disorders. …”
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Not All Acute Abdomen Cases in Early Pregnancy Are Ectopic; Expect the Unexpected: Renal Angiomyolipoma Causing Massive Retroperitoneal Haemorrhage by Muhammad Asim Rana, Ahmed F. Mady, Nagesh Jakaraddi, Shahzad A. Mumtaz, Habib Ahmad, Kamal Naser

“…Endovascular options involving selective intra-arterial embolisation or stent-grafts are clearly getting more and more popularity. …”
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Cartilage Defect Treatments: With or without Cells? Mesenchymal Stem Cells or Chondrocytes? Traditional or Matrix-Assisted? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses by Zhantao Deng, Jiewen Jin, Jianning Zhao, Haidong Xu

“…Besides, the incidence of graft hypertrophy of MACT was slightly lower than that of traditional ACI (OR: 2.43, 95% CI: 1.00–5.94). …”
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The Effects of Using Waste Engine Oil Bottom on Physical, Rheological Properties and Composite Modification Mechanism of SBS-Modified Asphalt by Yanbo Wang, Ailian Liu, Weixiang Ding, Fangping Rao, Jun Yuan, Zhihua Zhang, Zhen Xu, Chuanzhou Dong

“…Furthermore, WEOB promotes the polarity of SBS and forms graft product MAH-g-SBS with asphalt, thus inhibiting the thermal movement of asphalt molecules. …”
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Continuous Erector Spinae Plane Block for Analgesia after Thoracotomy for Lung Transplantation in an Anticoagulated Patient by Mark Mudarth, Veena Satyapriya, John Coffman, Peter DeSocio, Alec Lawrence, Shana Schwartz, Michael Kushelev

“…Lung transplant recipients are at particular high risk for postoperative respiratory failure as a result of poorly controlled pain, inadequate graft expansion, decreased cough, and reliance on systemic opioid therapy. …”
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Coronary Artery Spasm: New Insights by Anthony Matta, Frederic Bouisset, Thibault Lhermusier, Fran Campelo-Parada, Meyer Elbaz, Didier Carrié, Jerome Roncalli

“…Invasive strategies such as PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) and CABG (coronary artery bypass graft) have shown benefits in CAS with significant atherosclerotic lesions. …”
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The Role of Monocyte/Macrophage and CXCR3 in Differentiation between Recurrent Hepatitis C and Acute Cellular Rejection Postliver Transplantation by Asmaa Ibrahim Gomaa, Nermine Ahmed Ehsan, Ahmed A. Elrefaei, Mervat Mohamed Sultan, Maha Mohamed Elsabaawy

“…The distinction between reinfection of the graft with HCV and acute cellular rejection (ACR) is essential because they are managed differently. …”
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The validity of the renal Doppler resistivity index in renal allograft infections by Moataz Fatthy, Karim M. Soliman, Éva Csongrádi, Abd El Rahman Marzouk, Ahmed Fathy, Ahmed Fayed

“…There was a statistically significant difference in RRI in those with allograft infections, with the ROC curve for detection of infection utilizing RRI demonstrated an Area Under Curve 0.634 (p-value 0.015; cutoff value: 0.765; CI:0.527–0.742), with a specificity of 64.4% and a sensitivity of 68.8%.Conclusion Normal renal graft arterial resistivity index values, despite a renal allograft dysfunction, may be indicative of allograft infection, guiding clinicians’ decisions regarding kidney biopsy and facilitating further biopsy interpretations.…”
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IgD Multiple Myeloma Paraproteinemia as a Cause of Myositis by I. Colombo, M. E. Fruguglietti, L. Napoli, M. Sciacco, E. Tagliaferri, A. Della Volpe, V. Crugnola, N. Bresolin, M. Moggio, A. Prelle

“…A 48-years old man was diagnosed an IgD-k multiple myeloma (MM) at age 38 years for which he successfully underwent chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant. He then developed a graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) whose manifestations included, three years later, a polymyositis, diagnosed at muscle biopsy and successfully treated with steroids. …”
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Outcome Analysis of Clinical Evaluation and Surgical Management of Different Grades of Gynecomastia by Ahmad AbdElhady Muhammad Ibrahim, Samia Mohammed Ahmed Saied, Mohammed Ahmed Omar, Ahmed Ali Abdelrahim Ali

“…Four cases of grade III gynecomastia were treated with free nipple grafts. Conclusion: Gynecomastia is a persistent growth of breast tissue in men and the most successful course of management is surgery. …”
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Active Pedicle Epithelial Flap Transposition Combined with Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for Treatment of Nonhealing Corneal Ulcers by Ting Zhang, Yuexin Wang, Yanni Jia, Dongle Liu, Suxia Li, Weiyun Shi, Hua Gao

“…The primary diseases were herpes simplex keratitis (8 eyes), corneal graft ulcer (2 eyes), and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (1 eye). …”
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Massive Neurilemoma of the Hard Plate in Which Preoperative Diagnosis Was Difficult by Masanori Kudoh, Hiroyuki Harada, Koshi Matsumoto, Yuriko Sato, Ken Omura, Yoshimasa Ishii

“…Therefore, the patient underwent partial maxillectomy and a split-thickness skin graft in late February 2013. No recurrence was noted 29 months after the operation.…”
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Mechanistic elucidation of human pancreatic acinar development using single-cell transcriptome analysis on a human iPSC differentiation model by Atsushi Mima, Azuma Kimura, Ryo Ito, Yu Hatano, Hiraku Tsujimoto, Shin-Ichi Mae, Junko Yamane, Wataru Fujibuchi, Norimitsu Uza, Taro Toyoda, Hiroshi Seno, Kenji Osafune

“…Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of the retrieved grafts confirmed the differentiation of pancreatic acinar lineage cells and identified REG4 as a candidate marker for pancreatic acinar progenitor cells. …”
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Smooth Muscle Cell Alignment and Phenotype Control by Melt Spun Polycaprolactone Fibers for Seeding of Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels by Animesh Agrawal, Bae Hoon Lee, Scott A. Irvine, Jia An, Ramya Bhuthalingam, Vaishali Singh, Kok Yao Low, Chee Kai Chua, Subbu S. Venkatraman

“…The effect was assessed on a prototype vascular graft prosthesis fabricated from polylactide caprolactone; VSMCs aligned longitudinally along a fiberless tube, whereas, for the aligned fiber coated tubes, the VSMCs aligned in the required circumferential orientation.…”
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Acute Contained Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm Presenting as Left Vocal Fold Immobility by Sharon H. Gnagi, Brittany E. Howard, Joseph M. Hoxworth, David G. Lott

“…A CT scan obtained that day revealed a new, large hematoma surrounding the upper descending aortic stent graft consistent with an acute contained ruptured aortic aneurysm. …”
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A Case of Alport Syndrome with Posttransplant Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease despite Negative Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Antibodies by EIA Treated with Plasmapheres... by Sumiko I. Armstead, Thomas Hellmark, Jorgen Wieslander, Xin J. Zhou, Ramesh Saxena, Nilum Rajora

“…Posttransplant antiglomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease occurs in approximately 5% of Alport patients and usually ends in irreversible graft failure. Recent research has focused on characterizing the structure of the anti-GBM alloepitope. …”
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