Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Properties of a New Mixture of Vitamin C, Collagen Peptides, Resveratrol, and Astaxanthin in Tenocytes: Molecular Basis for Future Applications in... by Monica Marzagalli, Stefania Battaglia, Michela Raimondi, Fabrizio Fontana, Marco Cozzi, Francesca R. Ranieri, Roberto Sacchi, Valeria Curti, Patrizia Limonta

“…Patients suffering from this pathology frequently experience pain, swelling, stiffness, and muscle weakness. Current pharmacological interventions are based on nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; however, the effectiveness of these strategies remains ambiguous. …”
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Primary abandon-of-the-sac technique in laparoscopic inguinoscrotal hernia repair: A retrospective comparative study by A. Ramiro Arrechea, Victoria S. Rebzda, José P. Medina, Roberto Cerutti, Daniel E. Pirchi

“…No recurrence or chronic pain was observed during the study period. Finally, a significantly shorter median operative time was recorded in the PAS group (50 vs. 80 min; P = 0.0026). …”
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Accuracy of Two Methods in Estimating Target Muscle Force During Shoulder Submaximal Isometric Contractions by Sean F. Griech, Christos Karagiannopoulos

“…# Background Submaximal isometric exercises are used for pain control and neuromuscular facilitation. Typically, an ipsilateral maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) is used as a reference; however, when this is not clinically feasible, an alternative must be considered. …”
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Inter-rater and Intra-rater Reliability of Het’s MMT in Pelvic Floor Assessment by Dhara Santosh Agnihotri, Anjali Ravindra Bhise, Arati Vinay Mahishale, Vandana K. Saini, Shila Bhagwanji Amersheda, Yojana Navneet Mange, Samiksha Gupta, Ushma Bhojani, Garima Biswas

“…The spasmodic pelvic floor can result in vaginismus, dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain, constipation, etc., Moreover, a weak pelvic floor can lead to issues such as urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and sexual dysfunction. …”
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Rapid growth of a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura after slow long-term progression: a case report by Daichi Kakibuchi, Shunta Ishihara, Masanori Shimomura, Satoshi Ikebe, Ryota Dobashi, Kazuki Honda, Masayoshi Inoue

“…Case presentation A 78-year-old man was referred to our hospital for left-sided back pain and shortness of breath. He was found to have a left mediastinal mass at 15 years of age. …”
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Necrotizing Fasciitis Complicating Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Marinos Nikolaou, Petros Zampakis, Vasiliki Vervita, Konstantinos Almaloglou, Georgios Adonakis, Markos Marangos, Georgios Decavalas

“…A 15-year-old primigravid woman, at 28 weeks of gestation with no significant previous medical history, was admitted to our hospital complaining of severe left lower extremity pain and high fever the last 72 hours. During clinical examination, she had a swollen, erythematous and tender to palpation inflamed skin over the medial aspect of the upper thigh without any evidence of injury. …”
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Effect of a Complex Korean Medicine Treatment in a Patient with Chronic Ischemic Stroke Who Developed Neurological Complications after Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Case Rep... by Shin-Hyeok Park, Sohae Cho, HyunSeung Lee, Jieun Kim, Nam Geun Cho

“…The patient presented with right hemiparesis, low back pain, and bilateral radiculopathy. She underwent > 100 days of treatments, including acupuncture, cupping, herbal medicine, and physiotherapy. …”

Autologous Concentrated Bone Marrow Grafting for the Treatment of Osteonecrosis of the Humeral Head: A Report of Five Shoulders in Four Cases by Takeshi Makihara, Tomokazu Yoshioka, Hisashi Sugaya, Masashi Yamazaki, Hajime Mishima

“…The shoulders were evaluated radiologically with X-ray scoring and clinically with measurement of range of motion and pain score (visual analogue scale, VAS). The mean follow-up period was 49.4 (range, 24–73) months. …”
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Towards a Low-Cost Mobile Subcutaneous Vein Detection Solution Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Simon Juric, Vojko Flis, Matjaz Debevc, Andreas Holzinger, Borut Zalik

“…Excessive venipunctures are both time- and resource-consuming events, which cause anxiety, pain, and distress in patients, or can lead to severe harmful injuries. …”
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PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF MOTHERS WITH A HISTORY OF EPISIOTOMY ON BARRIERS AND SOCIAL SUPPORT IN BREASTFEEDING by Lisnah Hidayah, Mahendra Tri Arif Sampurna, Farida Fitriana, Euvanggelia Dwilda Ferdinandus, Maria Ulfa

“…There are physical and psychological barriers associated with episiotomy including pain, physical discomfort, anxiety about health and recovery so that breastfeeding behavior becomes disrupted.…”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Pilot Study on the Effect of Vaginal Acupressure (Hippocratic Pelvic Massage) by Søren Ventegodt, Birgitte Clausen, Joav Merrick

“…VA was found statistically and clinically significant (p < 0.05, improvement more than 0.5 step on a 5-point Likert scale) to help patients with chronic genital pains, pain or discomfort during sexual intercourse, lack of desire or orgasm, and subjective sexual insufficiency, and all patients taken as one group (about 1 step up a 5-point Likert scale). …”
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Novel Approach for Endoscopic Management of Duodenal Injury during Perirenal Infected Haematoma Drainage after Shock-Wave Lithotripsy by Nariman Gadzhiev, Dmitry Gorelov, Alexander Smirnov, Salman Al-Shukri, Sergei Petrov

“…Patient visited emergency department 3 days later with high fever and chills with severe right flank pain. CT urography revealed lower pole kidney injury with signs of infected hematoma due to low attenuation areas but without signs of obstruction or urine leakage. …”
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Clinical-surgical characterization of patients with acute pancreatitis. Cienfuegos, 2018- 2020 by Jorge Luis Estepa Ramos, Tahiluma Santana Pedraza, Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, Yudis Acea Paredes, Roberto Pérez García

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> male patients aged 60 years old and over predominated; alcohol consumption and comorbidity not associated with acute pancreatitis, abdominal pain and vomiting were the most observed clinical variables. …”
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Surgical Management of Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: A Case Report in Kidney Transplant Patient by R. Shahbazov, M. Talanian, J. L. Alejo, F. Azari, A. Agarwal, K. L. Brayman

“…The patient subsequently developed a chronic gastrocutaneous fistula necessitating chronic TPN and multiple admissions for pain crises and bowel obstruction. He was elected to undergo surgical intervention due to deteriorating quality of life and failure to thrive. …”
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A Retrospective Patient Chart Review and Survey in Patients with Cryopyrin-associated Periodic Syndromes Treated with Anakinra by Helen J. Lachmann, Renée J.G. Arnold, Marco Gattorno, Isabelle Koné-Paut, Alberto Ferreira, Jasmin Kümmerle-Deschner

“…Most common AEs were injection site pain upon treatment initiation and weight gain. According to patient recall, 12 of 21 patients (57.1%) discontinued anakinra to enter another clinical trial; of the 12, eight (38%) specifically discontinued anakinra only for that reason, and four patients cited entering a clinical trial as one of many reasons for discontinuing anakinra. …”
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Bilateral Pleural Effusions as an Initial Presentation in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome by Go Makimoto, Michiko Asano, Nobukazu Fujimoto, Yasuko Fuchimoto, Katsuichiro Ono, Shinji Ozaki, Koji Taguchi, Takumi Kishimoto

“…A 63-year old man was admitted to our hospital with a one-month history of cough, dyspnea, and right chest pain. Chest-computed tomography revealed bilateral pleural effusions. …”
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Pregnancy-related chronic type A aortic dissection highlights the importance of thorough prenatal maternal examination by Cristina M. Șulea, Anna B. Kiss, Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, Elektra Bartha, Bálint Szilveszter, Roland Stengl, Máté Csonka, Zoltán Szabolcs, Miklós Pólos

“…Case presentation A 32-year-old pregnant woman at 31 weeks of gestation began experiencing shortness of breath, chest pain, and palpitations, which were attributed to an anxiety disorder she had been previously diagnosed with. …”
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Double Parathyroid Adenoma Presenting as One Mass: A Case Report by Rugilė Petruokaitė, Vitalijus Eismontas, Narimantas Evaldas Samalavičius

“…The aim of this article is to present a case of double adenoma presenting as one and literature review on this topic.Case presentation: 56 years old female suffering from generalized fatigue, bone pain, unstable body weight and palpitations was diagnosed with primary hyperparathyroidism. …”
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Characterization of patients with clinical suspicion of dengue and warning signs. Pediatric Hospital. Cienfuegos, 2019 by Delfín Rodríguez Buergo, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Diana Rosa Rodríguez Delgado, Roxana Gutiérrez Morán, Lisset María Martínez González

“…The most frequent warning signs were thrombocytopenia, fluid in the cavity (pleural, pericardial and perivesicular), vomiting and abdominal pain. The evolution was favorable.<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The identified alarm signs indicate that the patients in the series could have evolved towards the severe stage of the disease, however, thanks to the early detection of the signs and the care received, the evolution was favorable.…”
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Case report: Successful treatment with spesolimab of acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau in an older patient without IL36RN mutations by Jianfeng Zheng, Yangfeng Ding, Yuling Shi, Xuemei Yi

“…After 10 days, the patient showed a significant decrease in discomfort and pain. In order to strengthen the therapeutic effect, he was given the second dose of 900 mg spesolimab after 4 weeks. …”
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