Diagnostic Value of Measurements of Median Nerve Diameter at the Site of the Maximal Stenosis in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Fryźlewicz A, Rusin G, Rudnicki W, Ułamek-Kozioł M, Antczak J

“…Jakubowskiego 2, Kraków, 30-688, Poland, Tel +48 12 400 25 50, Fax +48 12 400 25 67, Email jakub.antczak@uj.edu.plIntroduction: Ultrasonography is increasingly used to diagnose the carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). …”
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Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Modulating Upper Extremity Sympathetic Skin Response in Alleviating Cancer Survivors With Chemotherapy-Induced Periphe... by Xu Y, Wu J, Jiang Q, Lv Y, Zhou J, Wang Z, Zhao H, Du D

“…Yongming Xu,1,* Junzhen Wu,1,* Qingqing Jiang,2 Yingying Lv,1 Jin Zhou,1 Zhiyu Wang,3 Hui Zhao,3 Dongping Du1 1Department of Pain Management Center, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurology, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Internal Oncology, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Dongping Du, Department of Pain Management Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-21-24058896, Email dudp@sjtu.edu.cn Hui Zhao, Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, 600 Yishan Road, Shanghai, 200233, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-21-24058328, Fax +86-21-240598328, Email zhao-hui@sjtu.edu.cnObjective:  Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common side effect of chemotherapy and it is currently intractable We compared the efficacy of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) against non-TEAS groups and investigated the variables that predict effective relief of upper extremity pain in cancer survivors with CIPN.Methods: We retrospectively collected data of cancer survivors who developed CIPN between May 2017 to March 2022. …”
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Biliary atresia susceptibility gene EFEMP1 regulates extrahepatic bile duct elastic fiber formation and mechanics by Kapish Gupta, Jessica Llewellyn, Emilia Roberts, Chengyang Liu, Ali Naji, Richard K. Assoian, Rebecca G. Wells

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The Role of Intravenous Selexipag in Managing PAH and Bridging Gaps in Oral Treatment: A Narrative Review by Goren S, Kidwai N, Aronow WS, Lanier GM

“…Sienna Goren,1,* Nermeen Kidwai,1,* Wilbert S Aronow,2 Gregg M Lanier2 1New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA; 2Departments of Medicine and Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wilbert S Aronow, Department of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center, and Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College, Macy Pavilion, Room 141, Valhalla, NY, 10595, USA, Tel +1 914 493 5311, Fax +1 914 235 6274, Email Wilbert.Aronow@wmchealth.orgAbstract: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare and potentially fatal condition characterized by progressive increases in blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. …”
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High Detection Rates for Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen–avid Prostate Cancer Recurrence at Low Prostate-specific Antigen levels on Extended Axial Field-of-view Positron Emissio... by Sarah Thomas, Jason Callahan, Paul Conway, Daniel Moon, Hugh Morgan, Johanna Ingbritsen, Melissa Munro, Robert E. Ware, Phil Dundee, Rodney J. Hicks

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Longitudinal Utilization of Invasive Pain Treatment Procedures Among Veterans with Chronic Pain Following Use of Whole Health Services and Complementary and Integrative Health Ther... by Zeliadt SB, DeFaccio R, Carey EP, Etingen B, Rosser EW, Suri P, Chen JA, Bokhour BG, Coggeshall S

“…School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; 6Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC), VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, WA, USA; 7Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, USA; 8Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USACorrespondence: Steven B Zeliadt, VA Center of Innovation (COIN) for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, 1660 South Columbian Way, S-15, Seattle, WA, 98108, USA, Tel +1 206 277-4175, Fax +1 206 764-2935, Email steven.zeliadt@va.govObjective: To assess whether Whole Health, a system of care that emphasizes non-pharmacological approaches for chronic pain management, is associated with changes in downstream utilization of invasive pain treatment procedures.Methods: Longitudinal retrospective cohort analysis of VHA administrative data. …”
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Salvage Magnetic Resonance Imaging–guided Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation for Localized Radiorecurrent Prostate Cancer by Mikael Anttinen, Pietari Mäkelä, Pertti Nurminen, Heikki Pärssinen, Simona Malaspina, Teija Sainio, Mikael Högerman, Pekka Taimen, Roberto Blanco Sequeiros, Peter J. Boström

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Complex Ureteral Reconstruction via Open or Robotic Ureteroplasty with a Buccal Mucosa Onlay Graft: A Two-center Comparison by Antonio Andrea Grosso, Fabrizio Di Maida, Daniele Paganelli, Simon Udo Engelmann, Emily Rinderknecht, Christoph Eckl, Sebastian Kälble, Alexey Barskov, Rino Oriti, Sofia Giudici, Christoph Pickl, Maximilian Burger, Andrea Mari, Andrea Minervini, Roman Mayr

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Kappa-carrageenan as immunostimulant to control infectious myonecrosis (IMN) disease in white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Dian Febriani, . Sukenda, Sri Nuryati

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Computational Phenotyping of Obstructive Airway Diseases: A Systematic Review by Bashir MBA, Milani GP, De Cosmi V, Mazzocchi A, Zhang G, Basna R, Hedman L, Lindberg A, Ekerljung L, Axelsson M, Vanfleteren LEGW, Rönmark E, Backman H, Kankaanranta H, Nwaru BI

“…Box 424, Gothenburg, SE-405 30, Sweden, Tel +46707847667, Fax +46 317863101, Email muwada.bashir@gu.se; mawadah99@yahoo.comIntroduction: Computational sciences have significantly contributed to characterizing airway disease phenotypes, complementing medical expertise. …”
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Development and characterization of orthotopic patient-derived xenograft models of peritoneal metastatic mucinous appendiceal adenocarcinoma by I. Ito, V.K. Pattalachinti, A.M.G. Yousef, S. Chowdhury, M.M. Fanaeian, E. Haque, B.B. Gunes, M. Yousef, E.R. Salle, M.A. Zeineddine, S. Ji, R. Li, W. Wang, B.A. Helmink, M.W. Taggart, M.G. White, K.F. Fournier, N.W. Fowlkes, J.P. Shen

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TRACE Model: Predicting Treatment Response to Transarterial Chemoembolization in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wang W, Zhang Q, Cui Y, Zhang S, Li B, Xia T, Song Y, Zhou S, Ye F, Xiao W, Cao K, Chi Y, Qu J, Zhou G, Chen Z, Zhang T, Chen X, Ju S, Wang YC

“…Weilang Wang,1,* Qi Zhang,2,* Ying Cui,1,* Shuhang Zhang,1 Binrong Li,1 Tianyi Xia,1 Yang Song,3 Shuwei Zhou,1 Feng Ye,4 Wenbo Xiao,5 Kun Cao,6 Yuan Chi,7 Jinrong Qu,8 Guofeng Zhou,9,10 Zhao Chen,11 Teng Zhang,12 Xunjun Chen,13 Shenghong Ju,1 Yuan-Cheng Wang1 1Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Nurturing Center of Jiangsu Province for State Laboratory of AI Imaging & Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People’s Republic of China; 2Center of Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 3MR Scientific Marketing, Siemens Healthineers Ltd, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Radiology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China; 8Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China; 9Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 10Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 11Department of Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 12Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; 13Department of Radiology, The People’s Hospital of Xuyi County, Huaian, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yuan-Cheng Wang, Nurturing Center of Jiangsu Province for State Laboratory of AI Imaging & Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 Ding Jia Qiao Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, People’s Republic of China, Tel +086 25 83272121, Fax +086 25 83311083, Email yuancheng_wang@seu.edu.cnPurpose: To develop and validate a predictive model for predicting six-month outcome by integrating pretreatment MRI features and one-month treatment response after TACE.Methods: A total of 108 patients with 160 hCCs from a single-arm, multicenter clinical trial (NCT03113955) were analyzed and served as the training cohort. …”
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FTO rs17817449 Variant Increases the Risk of Severe Obesity in a Brazilian Cohort: A Case-Control Study by Salum KCR, Assis ISS, Kopke ÚA, Palhinha L, Abreu GM, Gouvêa LW, Teixeira MR, Mattos FCC, Nogueira Neto JF, Felício RFM, Rosado EL, Zembrzuski VM, Campos Junior M, Maya-Monteiro CM, Cabello PH, Carneiro JRI, Bozza PT, Kohlrausch FB, da Fonseca ACP

“…Kaio Cezar Rodrigues Salum,1,2 Izadora Sthephanie da Silva Assis,1,2 Úrsula de Almeida Kopke,3 Lohanna Palhinha,4 Gabriella de Medeiros Abreu,2,5 Laura Wendling Gouvêa,1,2 Myrela Ribeiro Teixeira,2,6,7 Fernanda Cristina C Mattos,5 José Firmino Nogueira Neto,8 Rafaela de Freitas Martins Felício,9,10 Eliane Lopes Rosado,5 Verônica Marques Zembrzuski,2 Mario Campos Junior,2 Clarissa Menezes Maya-Monteiro,4 Pedro Hernán Cabello,2 João Regis Ivar Carneiro,1 Patrícia Torres Bozza,4 Fabiana Barzotto Kohlrausch,6 Ana Carolina Proença da Fonseca2,4,11 1Medical Clinic Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2Human Genetics Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3Chester Medical School, University of Chester, Chester, UK; 4Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 5Institute of Nutrition Josué de Castro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 6Human Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Federal Fluminense University Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 7Postgraduate in Sciences and Biotechnology, Fluminense Federal University Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 8Department of Pathology and Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 9Birth Defect Epidemiology laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 10Health Care Network for Congenital Anomalies of the Central Nervous System, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 11Genetics Laboratory, Grande Rio University, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCorrespondence: Ana Carolina Proença da Fonseca, Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), 4365 Brasil Avenue, 108 Building – Office 44, Rio de Janeiro, 21040-360, Brazil, Tel +55(21)38658192, Email ana.proenca@ioc.fiocruz.br Kaio Cezar Rodrigues Salum, Human Genetics Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), 4365 Brasil Avenue, Leônidas Deane Building – Office 611/615, Rio de Janeiro, 21040-360, Brazil, Tel +55 21 38658213, Fax +55 21 38658239, Email kaio.salum@hotmail.comPurpose: Obesity is a complex disease caused by a combination of genetic, environmental, and epigenetic factors, and is associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. …”
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PreS1 deletions in genotype C HBV leads to severe hepatic inflammation and hepatocarcinogenesis via the IRE1-JNK axis by Yu-Min Choi, Junghwa Jang, Dong Hyun Kim, Ziyun Kim, Eunseo Kim, Won Hyeok Choe, Bum-Joon Kim

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A Prospective, Crossover, Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Study Comparing the Effectiveness and Ocular Comfort of 0.1% Hyaluronic Acid and 0.3% Hyaluronic Acid in Patients With D... by Kim SJ, Yoo WS, Kwon LH, Kim RB, Yoon HJ, Yoon KC

“…Seong-Jae Kim,1,* Woong-Sun Yoo,1,* Lee-Ha Kwon,1 Rock Bum Kim,2,3 Hyeon-Jeong Yoon,4 Kyung Chul Yoon4 1Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Medical Science, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea; 2Regional Cardiocerebrovascular Disease Center, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, South Korea; 3Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, South Korea; 4Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Kyung Chul Yoon, Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School, #42 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61469, South Korea, Tel +82-62-220-6753, Fax +82-62-227-1642, Email kcyoon@jnu.ac.krPurpose: Report the clinical effects and discomfort of using 0.1% hyaluronic acid (HA [Kynex 1®, Alcon, Seoul, S. …”
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QuickStroop for screening for minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis by Christian Labenz, Simon J. Gairing, Leonard Kaps, Alena F. Ehrenbauer, Eva M. Schleicher, Sophie Mengel, Julius F.M. Egge, Maria M. Gabriel, Peter R. Galle, Heiner Wedemeyer, Alexander Zipprich, Cristina Ripoll, Robin Greinert, Benjamin Maasoumy

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Microwave ablation vs. single-needle radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of HCC up to 4 cm: A randomized-controlled trial by Katsutoshi Sugimoto, Kento Imajo, Hidekatsu Kuroda, Go Murohisa, Kazue Shiozawa, Kentaro Sakamaki, Takuya Wada, Hirohito Takeuchi, Kei Endo, Tamami Abe, Takashi Matsui, Takahiro Murakami, Masato Yoneda, Atsushi Nakajima, Shigehiro Kokubu, Takao Itoi

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Emergence of invasive Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis in Spain (2012-2022): genomic insights and clinical correlations by Guillem López de Egea, Aida González-Díaz, Randall J Olsen, Gérard Guédon, Dàmaris Berbel, Immaculada Grau, Jordi Càmara, Lucía Saiz-Escobedo, Sara Calvo-Silveria, Irene Cadenas-Jiménez, José María Marimón, Emilia Cercenado, Antonio Casabella, Sara Martí, M. Ángeles Domínguez, Nathalie Leblond-Bourget, James M Musser, Carmen Ardanuy

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Evaluating Digital Rehabilitation Outcomes in Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions Across Non-Obesity, Obesity, and Severe Obesity by Pereira AP, Janela D, Areias AC, Molinos M, Tong X, Bento V, Yanamadala V, Cohen SP, Correia FD, Costa F

“…Netter School of Medicine, Hamden, Connecticut, USA; 4Department of Neurosurgery, Hartford Healthcare Medical Group, Westport, Connecticut, USA; 5Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; 6Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 7Neurology Department, Centro Hospitalar E Universitário Do Porto, Porto, Portugal*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fabíola Costa, Sword Health Inc, 13937 Sprague Lane Ste 100, Draper, UT, 84020, USA, Tel +1 385-308-8034, Fax +1 801-206-3433, Email f.costa@swordhealth.comBackground: Obesity is a known risk factor and aggravator of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. …”
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Trends and Outcomes in Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base by Luke L. Wang, Dhruv Puri, Cesare Saitta, Franklin Liu, Jonathan A. Afari, Margaret F. Meagher, Kevin Hakimi, Mimi V. Nguyen, Aastha Shah, Saeed Ghassemzadeh, James D. Murphy, Juan Javier-Desloges, Rana R. McKay, Ithaar H. Derweesh

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