Corneal Cross-Linking as Treatment in Pediatric Keratoconus: Comparison of Two Protocols by Shira Hed, Ran Matlov Kormas, Sagi Shashar, Boris E. Malyugin, Matthew Boyko, Boris Knyazer

“…This study sought to compare the outcomes of accelerated and standard CXL in terms of visual acuity, keratometry, and tomographic parameters in pediatric population. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed the files of pediatric patients who underwent standard and accelerated CXL for keratoconus in our hospital, between October 2014 and March 2018. …”
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Predicting the Risk of Fundus Lesions in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Nomogram Model by Huan Xie, Fangfang Sun, Huimin Yang, Jin Li

“…Routine blood test data and clinical information of 277 SLE patients were collected retrospectively. Based on their fundus examination, they were divided into two groups, with or without fundus lesions, defined as retinopathy and choroidopathy in this study. …”
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Distribution of Neuroendocrine Cells in the Transition Zone of the Prostate by Yuki Kyoda, Koji Ichihara, Kohei Hashimoto, Ko Kobayashi, Fumimasa Fukuta, Naoya Masumori

“…This study approved by our institutional review board was retrospectively registered (#272-14).…”
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Incidence and Patterns of Interstitial Lung Disease and Their Clinical Impact on Mortality in Patients with Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis: Korean Single... by Jang Woo Ha, Jung Yoon Pyo, Sung Soo Ahn, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee

“…The medical records of 255 AAV patients with ILD were retrospectively reviewed. ILD and its patterns, the usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and non-UIP patterns, were confirmed using high-resolution computed tomography both at AAV diagnosis and during follow-up. …”
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Determinants of Bank Competitiveness in Digital Era A Case Study of South Korea by Young Jun Jin, Yanthi Hutagaol-Martowidjojo

“…In addition, the study tests to retrospect financial indicators in comparison with ICT factors. …”
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Association between BAFF gene polymorphism and systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis by Qing Wu, Qin Zhang, Dong-Qing Ye

“…Methods All researches exploring the link of BAFF gene promoter-871C > T single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with SLE before February 2023 were retrospectively selected, and the allele frequency was calculated by allele counting. …”
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Clinical Outcomes of Ileostomy Closure before Adjuvant Chemotherapy after Rectal Cancer Surgery: An Observational Study from a Chinese Center by Zhen Sun, Yufeng Zhao, Lu Liu, Jichao Qin

“…Patients diagnosed with rectal adenocarcinoma who underwent low anterior resection and temporary loop ileostomy during May 2015 and September 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. Patients undergoing ileostomy closure before adjuvant chemotherapy (Group I) were compared to patients undergoing closure during (Group II) and after (Group III) adjuvant chemotherapy. …”
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The Effect of Fish Oil-Based Lipid Emulsion and Soybean Oil-Based Lipid Emulsion on Cholestasis Associated with Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition in Premature Infants by Leilei Wang, Jing Zhang, Jiejin Gao, Yan Qian, Ya Ling

“…Purpose. To retrospectively study the effect of fish oil-based lipid emulsion and soybean oil-based lipid emulsion on cholestasis associated with long-term parenteral nutrition in premature infants. …”
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Choroidal Vascularity Index as a Biomarker for Visual Response to Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Treatment in Diabetic Macular Edema by Ningxin Dou, Shanshan Yu, Ching-Kit Tsui, Boyu Yang, Jianqiang Lin, Xi Lu, Yue Xu, Benjuan Wu, Jinfeng Zhao, Xiaoling Liang

“…To investigate the choroidal vascularity index (CVI) as a prognostic factor for the visual efficacy of antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) treatment in diabetic macular edema (DME). Methods. We retrospectively reviewed 92 DME eyes receiving anti-VEGF treatment, which were stratified as responders (≥5 letters gained) and nonresponders (<5 letters gained or lost). …”
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Lean body mass and stroke volume, a sex issue by Bertil Delsaut, Anissa Abderrakib, Noémie Ligot, Gilles Naeije

“…This study aimed to investigate whether body composition influences LVO stroke perfusion volumes and whether this effect is sex-specific.MethodsData were retrospectively collected from all patients admitted between January 2017 and January 2022 with LVO ischemic stroke at the Erasmus Hospital (Brussels), for whom anthropometric and perfusion data were available. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Systemic Inflammatory Response Index for Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis by Jiajia Yang, Hongmei Wang, Qing Hua, Jian Wu, Ying Wang

“…Their aetiological and general characteristics were retrospectively collected. The NLR, PLR, CAR, and SIRI were calculated. …”
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Effects of Sperm Parameters on Pregnancy Rate in Patients Undergoing Intrauterine Insemination by Mehmet Solakhan, Mustafa Demir

“…STUDY DESIGN: The data from 309 infertile couples who were admitted between 2012-2018 without a female factor were analyzed retrospectively and included in the study. After the administration of gonadotropin and hCG (5000-10000 IU), single insemination was performed in 36-40 hours in all cycles. …”
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Characteristics of Acute Appendicitis before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Single Center Experience by A. Bosak Veršić, M. Šestan, I. Ćepić, H. Nikolić, N. Bukvić, S. Sršen Medančić, D. Hasandić, M. Zelić

“…A total of 427 patients who underwent surgical treatment due to suspected acute appendicitis from June 2019 to November 2020 were retrospectively included in this study. The patients were divided into two groups: the first (pre-COVID-19) group consisted of patients who had surgery before the onset of COVID-19 pandemic (n = 240), while the second (COVID-19) group consisted of those who were operated during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 187). …”
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SHMT2 Overexpression Predicts Poor Prognosis in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Shanglei Ning, Siquan Ma, Abdul Qahar Saleh, Lingyu Guo, Zixiao Zhao, Yuxin Chen

“…Patients and Methods. We retrospectively investigated the expression of SHMT2 in 100 primary iCCA samples through immunohistochemical (IHC) staining on a tissue array. …”
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Descriptive Characteristics and Injury Patterns of Earthquake-Related Peripheral Nerve Injuries in the Extremities by Mehmet Ozel, Mustafa Altıntaş

“…Thus, we examined earthquake-related PNIs in terms of their descriptive characteristics and injury patterns Methods: The study was conducted retrospectively in a tertiary hospital after Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes. …”
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The Learning Curve of Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in a Rural Hospital by İsmail Biyik, Mustafa Albayrak, Fatih Keskin, Ayse Nur Usturali Mut

“…STUDY DESIGN: Medical records of patients who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy between May 2015 and December 2018 were retrospectively reviewed and grouped based on the certification date of the surgeon, Group 1 before and Group 2 after certification. …”
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Causes and Clinical Impact of Loss to Follow-Up in Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Hazem Abdelmotaal, Walid Ibrahim, Mohamed Sharaf, Khaled Abdelazeem

“…The clinical trial is registered with NCT04018326 (trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04018326, 10th of July 2019 “Retrospectively registered”).…”
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IMAGE OF HUMAN IN THE POSTMODERN EPOCH by L. M. Mykulanynets

“…In its essence, postmodernism does not set the goal to realize a retrospection of subject type. However, separating from the cultural memory the excerpts of ideas about a person, by certain styles and directions, it builds on their formations its own eclectic image of the individual.…”
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Multi-attribute temporal descriptive methods in sensory analysis applied in food science: Protocol for a scoping review. by Michel Visalli, Mara Virginia Galmarini

“…These methods differ in several parameters: how attributes are characterized (intensity, dominance or applicability), the number of attributes evaluated, the moment of sample characterization (simultaneously with the tasting in continuous or discrete time, retrospectively), the required panel (trained subjects or consumers), etc. …”
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Radiological Imaging and Analysis of Laboratory Values in Case of Acute Ischemic Stroke by Necmi Baykan, Mustafa Alpaslan

“…Materials and Methods: This study was conducted retrospectively by analyzing the patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke from the emergency department between 01.01.2022 and 31.12.2022. …”
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