Risk factors for new vertebral fractures after percutaneous vertebroplasty or percutaneous kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures by Wencheng Yang, Kaiwei Zou, Xuping Lin, Yanfang Yang, Tianpei Chen, Xiuming Wu, Xiaomeng Wang, Qingjun Liu, Chunhui Huang, Wanhan Su

“…ObjectThis study aims to conduct a prospective analysis of patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF) who underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) or percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP), and further analyze the risk factors for new vertebral fracture following treatment.MethodsA prospective study was conducted from November 2020 to March 2022 at the First Hospital of Longyan City to select patients with OVCF who underwent treatment in the Department of Spinal Surgery. Data collection during the follow-up period focused on various factors that could potentially be associated with new vertebral fractures after PVP/PKP procedures. …”
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Restoring coronal pre-arthritic alignment in mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: mid- to long-term outcomes by Yankun Jiang, Changquan Liu, Qidong Zhang, Guoyuan Sun, Ran Ding, Nianfei Zhang, Cheng Huang, Weiguo Wang, Wanshou Guo

“…Final follow-up occurred in September 2024, and outcome measures included the visual analogue scale (VAS) score, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) score, and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) subscales for daily living, sports, and survivorship. …”
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Carboxylesterase 4A Inhibits the Malignant Biological Behavior of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma via the PI3K/AKT Pathway by Qiaoli Chen MS, Quanxiang Hao MBBS, Yanping Yang MBBS, Limei Li PhD, Danping Li MS, Ran Zhao MS, Wanqi Wei MBBS, Lixian Deng MBBS, Jiaming Su MBBS, Ziyuan Liang MBBS, Shiyue Tang MS, Yaomin Lu MBBS, Yushan Liang PhD, Zhe Zhang PhD, Xiaoying Zhou PhD, Xue Xiao PhD, Ping Li PhD, Yi Huang PhD, Weilin Zhao PhD

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Sex-related functional outcome after periacetabular osteotomy in mild to severe hip dysplasia by Maximilian Fischer, Lars Nonnenmacher, Andre Hofer, Alexander Zimmerer, Andreas Nitsch, Rico Großjohann, Sabrina Erdmann, Georgi I. Wassilew

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Evaluation of CellerateRX Surgical Powder utility in reducing groin complications after femoral exposure by Vy C. Dang, BS, Eric K. Peden, MD, Trisha Roy, MD, PhD, Alan B. Lumsden, MD, Linda Le, MD, Charudatta S. Bavare, MD, Sohaib K. Mhaidi, MD, Maham Rahimi, MD, PhD

“…Methods: Groin incisions required for femoral exposure in vascular surgery procedures were considered. The control group included cases between 2020 and 2021. …”
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Limited Diagnostic Value of miRNAs in Early Trauma-Induced Liver Injury: Only miRNA-122 Emerges as a Late-Phase Marker by Jason-Alexander Hörauf, Amit Singh, Maika Voth, Hamed Moheimani, Cora Rebecca Schindler, Borna Relja, Liudmila Leppik, Ingo Marzi, Dirk Henrich

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Can oral caffeine decrease postoperative opioid consumption following posterior spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? A randomized placebo-controlled trial by Anne Stuedemann, MSN, RN, CPNP, Richard M Schwend, MD FAAP FAOA, Kenneth A. Shaw, MD, Nicolette Saddler, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, Michon Huston, PA-C, Michael Benvenuti, MD, Julia Leamon, MSN, RN, CPN, Ashley K. Sherman, MA, John Anderson, MD

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Multi-Center Outcome Analysis of 16 Face Transplantations – A Retrospective OPTN Study by Leonard Knoedler, Thomas Schaschinger, Tobias Niederegger, Gabriel Hundeshagen, Gabriel Hundeshagen, Adriana C. Panayi, Curtis L. Cetrulo, Maxime Jeljeli, Elena Hofmann, Max Heiland, Steffen Koerdt, Alexandre G. Lellouch, Alexandre G. Lellouch, Alexandre G. Lellouch

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The Influence of Vitamin D Levels and Supplementation on the Treatment of Patients Affected by MRONJ by Filip Michalak, Marzena Dominiak, Jan Kiryk, Paweł Popecki, Dominik Kubicki, Jacek Matys, Kinga Grzech-Leśniak

“…All participants received an antibiotic regimen pre- and post-surgery. Pain intensity was assessed at multiple time points using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). …”
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Size distribution of extracellular vesicles in pretreatment ascites and plasma is correlated with primary treatment outcome in advanced high-grade serous carcinoma by Maruša Herzog, Ivan Verdenik, Borut Kobal, Katarina Černe

“…Patients were treated with primary cytoreductive surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) (N = 15) or NACT followed by interval debulking surgery (IDS) when optimal cytoreduction was not feasible (N = 22). …”
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Insights of Outcome after Resection of Small Nonfunctioning Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Tumors by Estela Regina Ramos Figueira, Julia Fray Ribeiro, Thiago Costa Ribeiro, Ricardo Jureidini, Guilherme Naccache Namur, Thiago Nogueira Costa, Telesforo Bacchella, Ivan Cecconello

“…Thus, conservative treatment should be indicated very cautiously for only cases with absolute contraindications for surgery.…”
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Pan-cancer characterization of m6A-mediated regulation of T cell exhaustion dynamics and clinical relevancies in human cancers by Weiping Ji, Ye Fang, Liwei Chen, Yitong Zheng, Yifei Pei, Changqiu Mei, Meng Zhou

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Tumor-associated neutrophils and macrophages interaction contributes to intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression by activating STAT3 by Jian Zhou, Jia Fan, Zhiqiang Hu, Jia Li, Zhengjun Zhou, Pengcheng Wang, Rongqi Sun, Haoyang Xin, Chubin Luo, Shaolai Zhou

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Modulation of Innate Immunity by G-CSF and Inflammatory Response by LBPK95A Improves the Outcome of Sepsis in a Rat Model by Haoshu Fang, Chuanfeng Hua, Stefanie Weiss, Anding Liu, Wenhui Cheng, Ralf Claus, Jürgen Rödel, Olaf Dirsch, Uta Dahmen

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Associated Factors of the Need for Mechanical Ventilation Following Traumatic Injuries; a Registry-Based Study on 2,708 Cases in Iran by Zahra Ramezani, Vali Baigi, Mohammadreza Zafarghandi, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Reza Farahmand-Rad, Akram Zolfaghari Sadrabad, Seyed-Mohammad Piri, Mahgol Sadat Hassan Zadeh Tabatabaei, Khatereh Naghdi, Payman Salamati

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Inferior outcome of stand-alone short versus long tibial stem in revision total knee arthroplasty. A retrospective comparative study with minimum 2 year follow-up by Abdelatif Elsayed Ahmed, Abu Mukh Assala, Elsaid Ahmed Nady Saleh, Youssef Ahmed Omar, Foissey Constant, Servien Elvire, Lustig Sebastien

“…The final groups consisted of 234 knees: 110 patients with short stems (SS) and 124 with long stems (LS). The mean age at surgery was 65.96 ± 8.73 years in SS and 67.07 ± 8.64 years in LS. …”
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Musculoskeletal Pain during the Menopausal Transition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Chang-bo Lu, Peng-fei Liu, Yong-sheng Zhou, Fan-cheng Meng, Tian-yun Qiao, Xiao-jiang Yang, Xu-yang Li, Qian Xue, Hui Xu, Ya Liu, Yong Han, Yang Zhang

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A Shorter Circular Stapler Height at the Gastrojejunostomy during a Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Results in Less Strictures and Bleeding Complications by Michael Horkoff, Kieran Purich, Noah Switzer, Shalvin Prasad, Neal Church, Xinzhe Shi, Philip Mitchell, Estifanos Debru, Shahzeer Karmali, Richdeep Gill

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Bone health in newly diagnosed female breast cancer patients in China: a cross-sectional study by Juan Wu, Xin-yu Liang, Lei Hu, Ying Li, Liang Ran, Rui-ling She, Xiu-quan Qu, Bai-qing Peng, Kai-nan Wu, Jing Wang, Ling-quan Kong

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Repurposing of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor sildenafil as a therapeutic agent to prevent gastric cancer growth through suppressing c-MYC stability for IL-6 transcription by Zhenzhan Zhang, Wuqing Huang, Donghua Huang, Zhou Xu, Qingfeng Xie, Xin Tan, Wenjun He, Weihao Yang, Guoxin Li, Jianguang Ji, Hao Liu

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