Survival after Abdominoperineal and Sphincter-Preserving Resection in Nonmetastatic Rectal Cancer: A Population-Based Time-Trend and Propensity Score-Matched SEER Analysis by Rene Warschkow, Sabrina M. Ebinger, Walter Brunner, Bruno M. Schmied, Lukas Marti

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Pilot Study on AI Image Analysis for Lower-Limb Reconstruction—Assessing ChatGPT-4’s Recommendations in Comparison to Board-Certified Plastic Surgeons and Resident Physicians by Silke Graul, Michael A. Pais, Rafael Loucas, Tobias Rohrbach, Elias Volkmer, Sebastian Leitsch, Thomas Holzbach

“…We conducted a cross-sectional survey in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria, where 52 participants reviewed images depicting lower leg defects within fictitious patient profiles and selected the optimal reconstruction techniques. …”
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Development and validation of a tool for advising primiparous women during early labour: study protocol for the GebStart Study by Mechthild M Gross, Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin, Antonia N Mueller, Jessica Pehlke-Milde

“…Analyses will be performed using Stata V.17.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained by the Ethics Committees Zurich and Northwestern and Central Switzerland (BASEC-Nr. 2021-00687). Results will be disseminated at the final study conference, at national and international congresses and by peer reviewed and not peer-reviewed articles in scientific and professional journals. …”
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Functional connectivity-based compensation in the brains of non-demented older adults and the influence of lifestyle: A longitudinal 7-year study by Pascal Frédéric Deschwanden, Isabel Hotz, Susan Mérillat, Lutz Jäncke

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Social determinants of the healthcare needs of undocumented migrants living with non-communicable diseases: a scoping review by Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Yves Jackson, Janeth Tenorio-Mucha, Corinne Jeffries-Tolksdorf, Jan-Erik Refle

“…They reported data from Italy, the USA, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, France, Austria, and Sweden. …”
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Enhanced gap-filling for satellite-derived crop monitoring using temperature-driven reconstruction techniques by Flavian Tschurr, Lukas Valentin Graf, Achim Walter, Helge Aasen

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Investigating the associations between personality functioning, cognitive biases, and (non-)perceptive clinical high-risk symptoms of psychosis in the community by Giulia Rinaldi, Stefan Lerch, Frauke Schultze-Lutter, Stefanie Julia Schmidt, Marialuisa Cavelti, Michael Kaess, Chantal Michel

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Ocular Surface Disease: Advances in Diagnostics and Therapeutics by Zisis Gatzioufas, Samer Hamada, Sotiria Palioura

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Urethra-sparing prostate cancer radiotherapy: Current practices and future insights from an international survey by Jennifer Le Guévelou, Paul Sargos, Piet Ost, Filippo Alongi, Stefano Arcangeli, Alejandro Berlin, Pierre Blanchard, Anna Bruynzeel, Olivier Chapet, Alan Dal Pra, Robert T. Dess, Matthias Guckenberger, Andrew Loblaw, Amar U. Kishan, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa, David Pasquier, Mohamed Shelan, Shankar Siva, Alison C. Tree, Costantinos Zamboglou, Stephane Supiot, Vedang Murthy, Thomas Zilli

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Development of indicators to measure health system capacity for quality abortion care in 10 countries: a rapid assessment of a measurement framework and indicators by Leopold Ouedraogo, Katy Footman, Fahdi Dkhimi, Bela Ganatra, Mohamed Ali, Antonella Lavelanet, Souleymane Zan, Shikha Bansal, Karima Gholbzouri, Eman Aly, Nilmini Hemachandra, Laurence Läser, Ulrika Rehnstrom Loi, Dina Gbenou, Yelmali Hien, Asmani Chilanga, Hayfa Elamin, Priya Karna, Laurence Codjia, Heidi Bart Johnston, Ghislaine Glitho Alinsato, Sithembile Dlamini-Nqeketo, Lisa Hedman, Md Khurshid Alam Hyder, Theopista John, Amrita Kansal, Belete Mihretu, Pamela Amaka Onyiah, Sikander Qais, Ellen Thom, Meera Upadhyay, Qudsia Uzma

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Clinical decision fatigue: a systematic and scoping review with meta-synthesis by Nicola Grignoli, Serena Petrocchi, Peter Schulz, Luca Gabutti, Greta Manoni, Jvan Gianini

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Dog Bite Injuries: Primary and Secondary Emergency Department Presentations—A Retrospective Cohort Study by Carmen A. Pfortmueller, Anastasios Efeoglou, Hansjakob Furrer, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos

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The Role of Surgery in the Management of Acute Pancreatitis by Beat Gloor, Waldemar Uhl, Christophe A Müller, Markus W Büchler

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The Impact of PPARγ Genetic Variants on IBD Susceptibility and IBD Disease Course by Jessica Mwinyi, Christa Grete-Wenger, Jyrki J. Eloranta, Gerd A. Kullak-Ublick

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Differential Effects of an Alpha-2 Agonist on Wakefulness and Paradoxical Sleep in The Rat: A Polygraphic and Biochemical Approach by Z. de Saint Hilaire, F. Karege, J.-M. Gaillard, R. Blois

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Sonographic Wrist Measurements and Detection of Anatomical Features in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Esther Vögelin, Thomas Mészàros, Franziska Schöni, Mihai A. Constantinescu

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The Ranking Argument - Challenging Favourable Comparative Rhetoric about Swiss Animal Welfare Law by Christian Rodriguez Perez, Nico Dario Müller, Kirsten Persson, David Martin Shaw

“… This article captures and critiques a recurring and prominent political argument against animal welfare improvements in Switzerland which we term the “ranking argument”. This states that Swiss animal welfare law ranks among the strictest in the world, therefore no improvements are called for. …”
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Lunar Tractive Forces and Renal Stone Incidence by Spyridon Arampatzis, George N. Thalmann, Heinz Zimmermann, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos

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Advancing high-resolution musculoskeletal ultrasound: a histology- and anatomy-driven approach for enhanced shoulder imaging. Part 2: Anterior and lateral shoulder by Tamborrini Giorgio, Micheroli Raphael, Ricci Vincenzo, Becciolini Marco, Garcia-Pompermayer Mario, Gonzalo Andres Serrano Belmar, Müller-Gerbl Magdalena, Margenfeld Felix

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Evaluation of DNA-Ploidy Heterogeneity in Gastric Cancers by M. C. Osterheld, R. N. Laurini, E. P. Saraga, F. T. Bosman

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