Drains vs. no drains following burr-hole evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma by Sajag Gupta

“…Exclusion Criteria: Bilateral chronic subdural haemorrhage on CT scan, recurrent CSDH, patients with  shunt in-situ, patients with bleeding-related conditions (INR > 2.5, BT > 7 min, count of platelets < 60000) or on anticoagulant drugs, patients with severe systemic ailment such as renal failure (Serum Creatinine > 2.5), chronic liver disease (ultrasound shows liver cirrhosis and splenomegaly) and known ischemic heart disease were excluded from this study Materials and Methods: In this study, 100 participants were randomly assigned to two equal groups. …”
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Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder That Recurred in the Vagina 6 Years after Radical Cystectomy: A Case Report by Makoto Isono, Keiichi Ito, Shinsuke Hamada, Masahiro Takahashi, Hidenori Sasa, Hideyuki Shimazaki, Tomohiko Asano

“…She was referred to our hospital because of continuous bleeding from her vagina. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a mass located at the anterior wall of her residual vagina, a biopsy of which confirmed a pathological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma. …”
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Thromboelastography for rapid diagnosis of heparin-like anticoagulant release during anaphylaxis-induced coagulopathy in systemic mastocytosis: a case report by Rajkumar Rajendram, Abdul Hadi Al-Qahtani, Farrukh Sheikh

“…These mediators directly affect coagulation and fibrinolytic pathways, increasing the bleeding risk. Diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis-induced coagulopathy remain challenging. …”
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Endovascular Embolization of Spontaneous Iliopsoas Hematoma: First Experience with Squidperi by Pierluca Torcia, Silvia Squarza, Umberto G. Rossi, Paolo Rigamonti, Lorenzo Carlo Pescatori, Giovanni Damiani, Maurizio Cariati

“…An endovascular approach was attempted and the bleeding vessels were embolized with a new liquid agent, named Squidperi (Emboflu, Switzerland). …”
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Mpox gastrointestinal manifestations: a systematic review by Rahul Ramakrishnan, Atira Shenoy, Ranganathan Madhavan, Damon Meyer

“…The GI manifestations in mpox patients are proctitis, vomiting, diarrhoea, rectal pain, nausea, tenesmus, rectal bleeding and abdominal pain. Although various papers explored transmission routes, one paper established a direct connection between anal-receptive sex transmission route and the development of a GI complication (proctitis). …”
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The Impact of Gross Motor Function on the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy in Saudi Arabia by Sharat Chandra Pani, Saja Fahad AlEidan, Rawan Nasser AlMutairi, AlJawharah Ali AlAbsi, Dalal Nasser AlMuhaidib, Hessa Faisal AlSulaiman, Najd Waleed AlFraih

“…No significant associations were found between the CPQ score and either dental caries (DMFT) or gingival bleeding (GI) scores. Children with GMFCS level III had a significantly higher DMFT (p=0.002) and GI (p=0.001) scores. …”
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Portal vein embolization in intrahepatic portal vein injury after blunt trauma: a case report by Sung Hoon Cho, Sang Yub Lee, Jung Geun Cha, Jihoon Hong, Sangcjeol Lee, Kyoung Hoon Lim

“…Portography showed active bleeding of the posterior branch of the right portal vein. …”
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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Gastric Tube Carcinoma after Esophagectomy Contributes to Long-Term Outcomes by Satoru Hashimoto, Hiroki Sato, Ken-ichi Mizuno, Kazuya Takahashi, Masafumi Takatsuna, Junji Yokoyama, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Manabu Takeuchi, Masaaki Kobayashi, Shuji Terai

“…The mean period between primary esophagectomy and the diagnosis of GTC was 10.6 years. Bleeding during ESD was noted in two patients (6.5%). …”
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Evaluating Clinical Outcomes for Determining the Optimal Delay to Skin Incision under WALANT: A Prospective Series of 34 Patients from a Low-Resource Tertiary Setting by Alvin Hernandez, Mamer Rosario, Romina Mendoza-Torres, Carl Ryan Marino Taguba, Abigail Garcia, Geoffrey Battad

“…Thirty-four patients were consecutively recruited and allocated by either 7-min or 30-min delay for skin incision from local injection of epinephrine with lidocaine. Intraoperative bleeding and postoperative pain scores were analyzed between both groups by Mann–Whitney U-test, while complication rates were compared using Fisher’s exact test. …”
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Analysis of quality of life and periodontal health with an eight-unit maxillary fixed retainer through a prospective clinical trial by Mohamed H. Abbas, Essam M. Abdalla, Nadia M. El Harouni, Eiman S. Marzouk

“…The Probing depth, Gingival index, Plaque index, Bleeding index, and mobility index were significantly lower in these patients. …”
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Multiple intracerebral hematomas during SEEG recording and intradural hemorrhage after spinal tap: A case report prompting more research on collagen IV gene mutation and oral nicot... by Markus Leitinger, Serena Broggi, Mathias Spendel, Gudrun Kalss, Ivan Petrović, Herbert Krainz, Fabio Rossini, Julia Höfler, Andreea Toma, Giorgi Kuchukhidze, Matthias Mauritz, Kai‐Nicolas Poppert, Bernardo Crespo‐Pimentel, Pilar Bosque‐Varela, Anna Pleyers, Patricia Ganger, Dieter Kotzot, Davor Lessel, Christoph J. Griessenauer, Eugen Trinka

“…The impact of tobacco‐free nicotine consumption on periprocedural bleeding is uncertain. We present a 20+ year‐old man with drug‐resistant epilepsy who underwent stereo‐EEG with 17 depth electrodes. …”
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Evaluating the effects of chlorhexidine and vitamin c mouthwash on oral health in non-surgical periodontal therapy: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Nurdan Ozmeric, Ayaz Enver, Sila Cagri Isler, Ceren Gökmenoğlu, Merve Topaloğlu, Hilal Selamet, Gökçen Altun, Selin Aykol Sayar

“…After using the mouthwash for 60 s twice daily along 14 days, patients recalled for evaluation of plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP) and staining. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the differences formed between groups and Tukey multiple comparison analysis was used to determine groups that showed the differences. …”
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INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO AND ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME DO NOT PREDICT PLASMA TRANSFUSION IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION by David Silveira MARINHO, Joel Avancini ROCHA FILHO, Estela Regina Ramos FIGUEIRA, Claudia Regina FERNANDES, Rui Carlos DETSCH JUNIOR, José Huygens Parente GARCIA, Wellington ANDRAUS, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’ALBUQUERQUE

“…The high complexity of the procedure associated with the multifaceted origin of the bleeding urges early identification of high-risk patients and proper monitoring of hemostasis disorders in order to improve results. …”
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Simultaneous total hip and knee arthroplasties in hemophilic arthropathy: series of 5 cases by Özgür Mert Bakan, Arman Vahabi, Elcil Kaya Biçer, Fahri Şahin, Kaan Kavaklı

“…One patient experienced prolonged bleeding and subsequent complications, while the others showed significant improvements. …”
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EKOS™ Jena Experience: Safety, Feasibility, and Midterm Outcomes of Percutaneous Ultrasound-Assisted Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Patients with Intermediate-High-Risk or High-... by Friederike Klein, Sven Möbius-Winkler, Laura Bäz, Rüdiger Pfeifer, Michael Fritzenwanger, Stefan Heymel, Marcus Franz, Pawel Aftanski, P. Christian Schulze, Daniel Kretzschmar

“…Results. 24 h post-UACDT, median RV/LV ratio decreased from 1.13 to 0.96 (p<0.001) and the mean sPAP decreased from 47 ± 3 to 32 ± 2 mmHg + CVP (p<0.0002). There were 6 major bleeding events resulting in transfusion. No stroke, myocardial infarction, right heart decompensation, or recurrent PE occurred. 31 patients (63%) were discharged without any signs of right ventricular stress. …”
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Splenectomy with Portoazygous Disconnection for Correction of Systemic Hemodynamic Disorders in Hepatic Cirrhosis Patients with Portal Hypertension: A Prospective Single-Center Coh... by Dao-Bing Zeng, Liang Di, Qing-Liang Guo, Jing Ding, Xiao-Fei Zhao, Shi-Chun Lu

“…Sixty-nine patients were eligible, and 55 (79.7%) cases had a history of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Child–Pugh classification was grade A in 41 (59.4%) cases, grade B in 26 (37.7%) cases, and grade C in 2 (2.9%) cases. …”
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Risk Factors for Rebleeding after Emergency Endoscopic Treatment of Dieulafoy Lesion by Yongkang Lai, Jianfang Rong, Zhenhua Zhu, Wangdi Liao, Bimin Li, Yin Zhu, Youxiang Chen, Xu Shu

“…A retrospective review of patients with Dieulafoy lesion who developed acute gastrointestinal bleeding and were treated primarily with endoscopic therapy from September 2014 to April 2019 was conducted. …”
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Detection and quantification of pathogens in saliva of adolescents with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional study by Rosemeire Arai Yoshida, Tiago Bertola Lobato, Renata Gorjão, Lucas Santiago França, Lívia Araujo Alves, Maria Teresa Botti Rodrigues Santos

“…Initially, saliva was collected from the CP (n = 34) and control groups (n = 31), followed by the gingival index (GI) for distribution of the groups of individuals with CP and control with gingivitis (bleeding on probing ≥ 10%) and without gingivitis. …”
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HUSBANDS' PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN CARING FOR WIFE WITH CERVICAL CANCER: A QUALITATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY by Siti Nurul Komariyah, Farida Fitriana, Pudji Lestari

“…These experiences include: all participants' wives experienced bleeding complaints, all participants experienced changes in terms of conjugal sexual relations, most participants had bad concerns about wife disease, the majority of participants never used poly palliative or pain-free services, most participants hoped that administrative services at Dr. …”
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Novel submucosal injection material comprising fully synthetic and self-assembling peptide solution in endoscopic submucosal dissection: A pilot study by Kengo Kasuga, Keigo Sato, Ko Nakata, Hirohito Tanaka, Hiroko Hosaka, Shiko Kuribayashi, Yoji Takeuchi, Toshio Uraoka

“…Median volume of PuraLift was 32 mL (range, 22–130). No postoperative bleeding or delayed perforation was observed in any patient. …”
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