Return to play following craniotomy for non-traumatic brain lesions by Jovanna A. Tracz, Matthew L. Farmer, Mark Hughes, Debraj Mukherjee, Paul M. Brennan

“…The sports with the longest average RTP timeline were boxing (10.3 months), rugby (8.7 months), and American football (8.5 months) in the core patient scenario. Twenty-nine percent of neurosurgeons requested neuroimaging before determining RTP recommendations in this scenario, more commonly in America than Europe (46.7% and 5.0% respectively, p = .006). …”
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A national study of choanal atresia in tertiary care centers in Canada – part II: clinical management by Josee Paradis, Agnieszka Dzioba, Hamdy El-Hakim, Paul Hong, Frederick K. Kozak, Lily H. P. Nguyen, Demitri Perera, Evan Jon Propst, Jennifer M. Siu, Monika Wojtera, Murad Husein, National Choanal Atresia Study Working Group

“…Stents were used on 70.7% of patients. Forty-nine percent of patients were brought back to the OR for a planned second look; stent removal being the most common reason (86.4%). …”
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Prognostic factors for head and neck cancer of unknown primary including the impact of human papilloma virus infection by Lars Axelsson, Jan Nyman, Hedda Haugen-Cange, Mogens Bove, Leif Johansson, Shahin De Lara, Anikó Kovács, Eva Hammerlid

“…The majority were males, and had N2 tumors. Sixty-nine percent of the tumors were HPV positive using p16 staining. …”
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Assessment of Reproductive Performance and Husbandry Practices of Horro and Crossbred Cattle Under Smallholder in Sibu Sire District of East Wollega Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia by Abriham Kebede Deresa, Jiregna Dugassa Kitessa, Yobsan Tamiru Terefa

“…Method A questionnaire survey was used to assess reproductive performance and husbandry practices by using 100 randomly selected animal owners. Result Seventy‐nine percent of animal owners involved were men, ages between 30 and 60. …”
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Do Complications After Pancreatoduodenectomy Have an Impact on Long-Term Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes? by Ajami Gikandi, BA, Zhi Ven Fong, MD, MPH, DrPH, Motaz Qadan, MD, PhD, Raja R. Narayan, MD, MPH, Thinzar Lwin, MD, MS, Carlos Fernández-del Castillo, MD, Keith D. Lillemoe, MD, Cristina R. Ferrone, MD

“…Of 305 patients >5 years post-PD survivors, with valid contact information, 248 completed the questionnaires, and 231 had complication data available. Twenty-nine percent of patients experienced a complication, of which 17 (7.4%) were grade 1, 27 (11.7%) were grade 2, and 25 (10.8%) were grade 3. …”
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Insulin degludec 100 U/mL for treatment of spontaneous diabetes mellitus in dogs by Jocelyn Mott, Arnon Gal, Antonio Maria Tardo, Alisa Berg, Riley Claude, Alexis Hoelmer, Mei Lun Mui, Avin Arjoonsingh, Chen Gilor

“…Results The final dose of IDeg100 in dogs was 1.3 U/kg (median, range, 0.4‐2.2) achieved in 14 days (median, range, 3‐32). Seventy‐nine percent (26/33) of the dogs had comorbidities with 42% (11/26) having more than 1 comorbidity. …”
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Factors Associated with Healthcare-Seeking Behavior among Health Profession Students in Selected Universities in Southwestern Uganda. by Wamaani, Hannington Gamukama, Olum, Ronald, Ajuna, Noble, Atwijukire, Humphrey, Kabami, Jane, Asiimwe, John Baptist

“…Most participants’ main reason for seeking health care was to treat the underlying illness (73.3%). About sixty-nine percent (68.6%) of the participants treated themselves during the most recent illness or health problem. …”
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TP53 germline testing and hereditary cancer: how somatic events and clinical criteria affect variant detection rate by Paula Rofes, Carmen Castillo-Manzano, Mireia Menéndez, Álex Teulé, Sílvia Iglesias, Elisabet Munté, Mireia Ramos-Muntada, Carolina Gómez, Eva Tornero, Esther Darder, Eva Montes, Laura Valle, Gabriel Capellá, Marta Pineda, Joan Brunet, Lidia Feliubadaló, Jesús del Valle, Conxi Lázaro

“…Notably, two of the seven CHIP-TP53 PVs identified were detected at high allelic frequencies (VAF > 35%). Twenty-nine percent of germline TP53 PV did not meet any of the LFS clinical criteria. …”
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