The Results of Hemivertebra Resection by the Posterior Approach in Children with a Mean Follow-Up of Five Years by Ramazan Erden Erturer, Bekir Eray Kilinc, Bahadir Gokcen, Sinan Erdogan, Kursat Kara, Cagatay Ozturk

“…Results. Mean length of follow-up was 64.2 months. The mean operating time was 292 minutes. …”
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Combined Bone Transportation and Lengthening Techniques for the Treatment of Septic Nonunion of the Forearm Followed by Tendon Transfer by Konstantinos Ditsios, Eirini Iosifidou, Lazaros Kostretzis, Panagiotis Konstantinou, Iosafat Pinto, Ioannis Theodoroudis, Ippokratis Hatzokos

“…He was finally treated with bone transportation and bone lengthening followed by tendon transfers.…”
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Deficits in Dynamic Balance and Hop Performance Following ACL Reconstruction Are Not Dependent on Meniscal Injury History by Adam VanZile, Malcolm Driessen, Patrick Grabowski, Hanni Cowley, Thomas Almonroeder

“…# Background Athletes often exhibit persistent deficits in dynamic balance and hop performance in their involved limb following ACL reconstruction. However, it is unclear how meniscal injury history affects inter-limb asymmetry…”
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Endoscopic Resection of Sinonasal Hemangiopericytoma following Preoperative Embolisation: A Case Report and Literature Review by Georg J. Ledderose, Donata Gellrich, Markus Holtmannspötter, Andreas Leunig

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Reconstruction by Pancreaticogastrostomy versus Pancreaticojejunostomy following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by YinFeng Shen, WenYin Jin

“…Four RCTs published in 1995 or later were included in this meta-analysis, in which 276 patients underwent PG and 277 patients underwent PJ followed PD. In the combined results of PG versus PJ, a significant difference in the morbidity of intra-abdominal complications (OR, 0.34; 95% CI, 0.23–0.49; 𝑃<0.00001) was found, but no significant difference could be found for pancreatic fistula (OR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.42–1.12 , 𝑃=0.13) mortality (OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 0.42–2.83; 𝑃=0.87), recovery with no complications (OR, 1.26; 95% CI, 0.90–1.78; 𝑃=0.18), biliary fistula (OR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.22–1.35; 𝑃=0.19), or in delayed gastric emptying (OR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.33–1.01; 𝑃=0.06). …”
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Variants of Fixed Drug Eruptions Following Covid-19 Vaccination: A Series of Three Cases by Neerja Saraswat, Durga Madhab Tripathy, Sushil Kumar, Shobhit Goel, Eeshaan Ranjan

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Understanding families’ experiences following a diagnosis of non-syndromic craniosynostosis: a qualitative study by Jill Chorney, Victoria Kuta, Lauren Curry, Daniel McNeely, Simon Walling, Michael Bezuhly

“…Despite this, there is little research exploring the impact that craniosynostosis has on families, especially in the period immediately following diagnosis and correction. In this study, the authors aimed to qualitatively examine the psychosocial experience of families with a child diagnosed with craniosynostosis.Design Qualitative study.Setting Tertiary care paediatric health centre.Participants Mothers of children newly diagnosed with single-suture, non-syndromic craniosynostosis.Intervention Semistructured interviews regarding parental experience with the initial diagnosis, their decision on corrective surgery for their child, the operative experience, the impact of craniosynostosis on the family and the challenges they encountered throughout their journey.Primary and secondary outcome measures Thematic analysis, a type of qualitative analysis that provides an in-depth account of participant’s experiences, was used to analyse the interview data.Results Over a 4-year period, 12 families meeting eligibility criteria completed the study. …”
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Postoperative symptom changes following uterine artery embolization for uterine fibroid based on FIGO classification by Yoshimi Nozaki, Shiori Takeuchi, Masafumi Arai, Yoshiki Kuwatsuru, Hiroshi Toei, Shingo Okada, Hitomi Kato, Naoko Saito, Takamichi Nobushima, Keisuke Murakami, Mari Kitade, Ryohei Kuwatsuru

“…This study aimed to study whether different fibroid locations influence clinical outcomes following uterine artery embolization (UAE). Methods This is a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent UAE for symptomatic uterine fibroid between December 2016 and January 2023 at our hospital. …”
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High-Salt Enhances the Inflammatory Response by Retina Pigment Epithelium Cells following Lipopolysaccharide Stimulation by Dike Zhang, Chaokui Wang, Shuang Cao, Zi Ye, Bolin Deng, Aize Kijlstra, Peizeng Yang

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Effect of Vandetanib Treatment on Cystic Changes in the Liver following Metastasis from Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma by Ai Matsui, Soji Toda, Daisuke Murayama, Hiroyuki Iwasaki

“…After surgery, vandetanib treatment was initiated owing to tumor progression; following this, the liver cysts increased in size, abdominal distension appeared, and serum liver enzyme levels were found to be elevated. …”
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Changes in Retinal Function and Cellular Remodeling Following Experimental Retinal Detachment in a Rabbit Model by Tilda Barliya, Ron Ofri, Shai Sandalon, Dov Weinberger, Tami Livnat

“…To explore functional electroretinographic (ERG) changes and associated cellular remodeling following experimental retinal detachment in a rabbit model. …”
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Protective Effects of Lipoxin A4 in Testis Injury following Testicular Torsion and Detorsion in Rats by Xian-Long Zhou, Qi-Sheng Yang, Shao-Zhou Ni, Xiao-Peng Tu, Yan Zhao, Bing Xu, Zheng-Qi Pan, Jun Shen

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An analysis of the cultivation, consumption and composition of home-grown cannabis following decriminalisation in the Australian Capital Territory by Cilla Zhou, Isobel Lavender, Rebecca Gordon, Danielle McCartney, Richard C. Kevin, Miguel A. Bedoya-Pérez, Iain S. McGregor

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Temperature-dependent variations in under-canopy herbaceous foliar diseases following shrub encroachment in grasslands by Yilin Dang, Peng Zhang, Peixi Jiang, Junsheng Ke, Yao Xiao, Yingying Zhu, Mu Liu, Minjie Li, Jihua Wu, Jianquan Liu, Bin Tian, Xiang Liu

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Salvage radiofrequency ablation followed by external beam radiotherapy for inoperable recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer by Chung-Shih Chen, Sheng-Dean Luo, Yen-Hsiang Chang, Chen Kai Chou, Shun-Yu Chi, Shao-Chun Wu, Yen-Hao Chen, Johnson Chia-Shen Yang, Eng-Yen Huang, Yu-Ming Wang, Wei-Che Lin

“…This study evaluates outcomes for inoperable residual/recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer (rDTC) patients treated with RFA followed by EBRT.Materials and Methods Patients with rDTC treated with RFA followed by EBRT were retrospectively studied. …”
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Intraprosthetic Dislocation Following Dual Mobility Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Retrieval Analysis Study by Salar Sobhi, BSc, MD, Alan Kop, MSc, PhD, Moreica Pabbruwe, PhD, Christopher W. Jones, BCom, BEng(Hons), MBBS(Hons), PhD, FRACS, FAOrthA, Michael A. Finsterwald, MD, FMH, FRACS, FAOrthA

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General and Electrophysiological Toxic Effects of Manganese in Rats following Subacute Administration in Dissolved and Nanoparticle Form by Edina Horváth, Zsuzsanna Máté, Szabolcs Takács, Péter Pusztai, András Sápi, Zoltán Kónya, László Nagymajtényi, András Papp

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Outcomes following immunosuppressive therapy withdrawal after complete renal response in proliferative lupus nephritis by Javier Narváez, Francesca Mitjavila, Joan M Nolla, Paola Vidal-Montal, Montserrat Gomà, Xavier Fulladosa, Olga Capdevila, Joan Torras

“…Relapse occurred in 29 patients (38.2%) at a median of 26.5 months (IQR 25th–75th: 9.25–63.5 months) following IST withdrawal. Relapses were classified as severe in 9 cases (31%) and moderate in 16 cases (55.2%). …”
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Olfactory Loss and Brain Connectivity after COVID-19: Structural Follow-Up at One Year by Fabrizio Esposito, Mario Cirillo, Rosa De Micco, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Mattia Siciliano, Andrea G. Russo, Caterina Monari, Nicola Coppola, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Alessandro Tessitore

“…By comparing the newly derived subgroups, we observed that the increase in the structural connectivity index of the medial orbitofrontal cortex was not significant at follow-up, despite 10/18 COV+ subjects were still found hyposmic after ~1 year from SARS-CoV-2 infection. …”
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Lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus following improved medication compliance: a case report by Eugene Annor, Ishita Bhattacharya, Mary Bass, Emily M. Horvath

“…Case presentation We describe a case of a 55-year-old White caucasian male with a schizoaffective disorder managed with lithium who presented with altered mental status and electrolyte abnormalities following a recent stroke. Evaluation revealed nephrogenic diabetes insipidus as the primary etiology, likely exacerbated by recent changes in medication adherence. …”
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