Evaluation of Factors Affecting Perinatal Mortality in Patients with HELLP Syndrome by Reyhan Gunduz, Senem Yaman Tunc, Mehmet Sait Icen, Sabahattin Ertugrul, Talip Gul

“…STUDY DESIGN: Three-hundred-and-eighty-three patients were retrospectively evaluated in this cohort study. The patients' demographic, clinical data, laboratory results, gestational week at delivery, method of delivery, neonatal birth weight, fetal gender, 1- and 5-minute APGAR scores, place of delivery, maternal morbidity, mortality rates, and perinatal mortality rates were recorded. …”
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The Feasibility of Using the Direct Anterior Approach for Total Hip Arthroplasty or Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty to Treat Femoral Neck Fractures among the Elderly by Shigeo Ishiguro, Kunihiro Asanuma, Tomohito Hagi, Hidehiko Ohsumi, Hiroki Wakabayashi, Akihiro Sudo

“…The perioperative complications, clinical and radiologic outcomes, and mortality were compared between groups retrospectively at six months. Results. THA patients had an increased average operation time (103.3 min vs. 89.1 min, P<0.05) and similar amounts of bleeding (183.16 ml. vs. 121.1 ml.). …”
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Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression Is a Predictive Marker for Late Recurrence in Colorectal Cancer by Sung Hoo Kim, Byung Kyu Ahn, Seung Sam Paik, Kang Hong Lee

“…Ninety-eight patients with recurrence in 376 CRC patients, who underwent curative surgery between January 1991 and August 2001, were retrospectively assessed. Immunohistochemical staining, performed for the presence of COX-2 on tissue microarrays, was analyzed. …”
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Prediction of ischemic stroke in patients with H-type hypertension based on biomarker by Ke Chen, Jianxun He, Lan Fu, Xiaohua Song, Ning Cao, Hui Yuan

“…Our study aimed to develop and validate a biomarker-based prediction model for ischemic stroke in Hyperhomocysteinemia-type (H-type) hypertension patients. We retrospectively included 3,305 patients in the development cohort, and externally validated in 103 patients from another cohort. …”
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Analysis of early results of edoxaban and warfarin in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis by Abdullah Guner, Volkan Burak Taban, Muhammet Talha Ceran, Yuksel Dereli

“…Material and Methods: The results of a total of 100 patients who started drug treatment for DVT between September 2018 and March 2020 were retrospectively analysed. The patients included in the study were divided into two groups according to the type of anticoagulant used [Warfarin (n=50), Edoxaban (n=50)]. …”
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Functional Outcomes of Patients with Ankylosed Elbow Managed with Fascia Lata Interposition Arthroplasty and Early Post-operative Active Motion Protocol by Emmanuelle Yap, Raymar Sibonga, Henry Jr Tabinas

“…Methodology: The study retrospectively reviewed charts of patients treated by a single surgeon for ankylosed elbows from 2017 to 2023 in a tertiary institution. …”
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Effect and Safety of Mycophenolate Mofetil in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Argyris Tzouvelekis, Evangelos Bouros, Anastasia Oikonomou, Paschalis Ntolios, George Zacharis, George Kolios, Demosthenes Bouros

“…We sought to determine the safety and efficacy profile of MMF in IPF patients. Methods. We retrospectively identified ten patients, who met the ATS/ERS 2000 criteria for IPF and received MMF 2 gr/day for 12 months. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Aldosterone- and Cortisol-Coproducing Adrenal Adenoma in Primary Aldosteronism by Lu Tang, Xintao Li, Baojun Wang, Xin Ma, Hongzhao Li, Yu Gao, Liangyou Gu, Wenyuan Nie, Xu Zhang

“…This study investigated the incidence, clinical characteristics, and molecular biological features of patients with A/CPAs. We retrospectively identified 22 A/CPA patients from 555 PA patients who visited the Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital between 2004 and 2015. …”
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Prognostic Factors Affecting Long-Term Survival after Resection for Noncolorectal, Nonneuroendocrine, and Nonsarcoma Liver Metastases by Fabio Uggeri, Enrico Pinotti, Marta Sandini, Luca Nespoli, Luca Gianotti, Fabrizio Romano

“…To evaluate feasibility and long-term outcome after hepatic resection for noncolorectal, nonneuroendocrine, and nonsarcoma (NCNNNS) liver metastases in a single center. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed our experience on patients who underwent surgery for NCNNNS liver metastases from 1995 to 2015. …”
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Prognostic Value of Concomitant Bronchiectasis in Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Panbronchiolitis Patients on a Maintenance Therapy with Macrolides by Benyong Xu, Yanhua Mao, Xiaoyu Wan, Jianhui Chen, Meiping Ye, Mengling Zhan, Liyun Xu, Lan Zhao, Bing Li, Zhemin Zhang, Yang Liu, Haiqing Chu

“…Data of patients initially diagnosed with DPB at the Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital between January 2007 and December 2017 were retrospectively collected and analyzed. The patients were divided into two groups according to the existence of bronchiectasis. …”
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Association of Maternal Age to Development and Progression of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Infants of Gestational Age under 33 Weeks by Atsuro Uchida, Masayuki Miwa, Hajime Shinoda, Takashi Koto, Norihiro Nagai, Hiroshi Mochimaru, Yohei Tomita, Mariko Sasaki, Kazushige Ikeda, Kazuo Tsubota, Yoko Ozawa

“…To find predictive and indicative markers of risk for development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and its progression to the stage requiring laser treatment, in premature infants whose gestational age (GA) was under 33 weeks. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 197 premature infants born in 2005–2010 whose GA<33 weeks and underwent eye screening at Keio University Hospital. …”
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Sex-based differences in lung cancer susceptibility and molecular genetics in the 2020s by Berta Mosleh, Pavla Sarova, Sonja Zehetmayer, Felicitas Oberndorfer, Joachim Widder, Helmut Prosch, Marco Idzko, Clemens Aigner, Mir Alireza Hoda, Daniela Gompelmann

“…Objective: The objective of the current study was to reveal timely sex-based differences in patients with lung cancer in the era of immunotherapy and molecularly targeted agents. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed a consecutive cohort of 286 patients (female:male ratio 134:152/47 %:53 %) who were diagnosed with lung cancer between 2020 and 2022 in the pulmonology department of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. …”
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Red blood cell distribution width is an independent predictor of mortality following amputation for diabetic foot by Yeo Kwon Yoon, Jae Han Park, Hang Hwan Cho, Dong Woo Shim, Wonwoo Lee, Seung Hwan Han, Jin Woo Lee, Kwang Hwan Park

“…This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of RDW in patients undergoing amputation for diabetic foot. We retrospectively analyzed data on 415 patients who underwent diabetic foot amputation between January 2009 and January 2019. …”
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Computed Tomography Enterography: Quantitative Evaluation on Crohn’s Disease Activity by Jingyun Cheng, Hui Xie, Hao Yang, Ke Wang, Guobin Xu, Guangyao Wu

“…There were 49 CD patients with whole clinical, enteroscopy, and CTE data to be analyzed retrospectively. The patients were graded as inactive (0–2), mild (3–6), and moderate-severe group (>6) based on simplified endoscopic activity score for Crohn’s disease (SES-CD). …”
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Anxiety and neurometabolite levels in the hippocampus and amygdala after prolonged exposure to predator-scent stress by O. B. Shevelev, V. E. Tseilikman, N. V. Khotskin, А. S. Khotskina, G. V. Kontsevaya, M. S. Lapshin, M. P. Moshkin, M. V. Komelkova, I. V. Feklicheva, O. B. Tseilikman, E. B. Manukhina, H. F Downey, E. L. Zavjalov

“…According to the peculiarities of behavioral reactions to a stressor, animals were retrospectively divided into two phenotypes. The first phenotype used a passive behavioral strategy, and the second phenotype was active. …”
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Preoperative Blood Glucose Level Predicts Postsurgical Gastroparesis Syndrome after Subtotal Gastrectomy: Development of an Individualized Usable Nomogram by Chenchen Mao, Xin Liu, Yunshi Huang, Mingming Shi, Weiyang Meng, Libin Xu, Weisheng Chen, Yuanbo Hu, Xinxin Yang, Xiaodong Chen, Xian Shen

“…Patients and Methods. We retrospectively analyzed 633 patients with gastric cancer who underwent subtotal gastrectomy. …”
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Effectiveness of Flexible Ureterorenoscopy and Laser Lithotripsy for Multiple Unilateral Intrarenal Stones Smaller Than 2 cm by Erdal Alkan, Oguz Ozkanli, Egemen Avci, Mirac Turan, M. Murad Başar, Oguz Acar, M. Derya Balbay

“…Between March 2007 and April 2013, patients with multiple intrarenal stones smaller than 20 mm were treated with RIRS and evaluated retrospectively. Each patient was evaluated for stone number, stone burden (cumulative stone length), operative time, SFRs, and complications. …”
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A multicenter study on TROP2 as a potential targeted therapy for extramammary Paget disease in Japan by Takamichi Ito, Yuka Tanaka, Dai Ogata, Haruto Nishida, Tatsushi Shiomi, Ryo Tanaka, Aya Kawaguchi, Azusa Miyashita, Satoshi Fukushima, Naoko Shojiguchi, Hiroyuki Goto, Yaei Togawa, Takahiro Kiyohara, Yoshinao Oda, Takeshi Nakahara

“…Here we investigated whether trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (TROP2) could be a promising therapeutic target for EMPD. We retrospectively collected 108 samples from 54 patients with primary and metastatic EMPD from 10 Japanese institutions, and compared TROP2 expression between primary and metastatic lesions of each paired sample. …”
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Utility and clinical significance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition for diagnosing lymphadenopathies in biliary tract cancer by Katsuhiko Sato, Minoru Shigekawa, Syuhei Yamamoto, Takayuki Matsumae, Yu Sato, Teppei Yoshioka, Takahiro Kodama, Hayato Hikita, Tomohide Tatsumi, Tetsuo Takehara

“…Seventy-one consecutive patients with biliary tract cancer who underwent EUS-FNA to diagnose lymphadenopathies from April 2012 to July 2021 were enrolled retrospectively. Lymph nodes with a short diameter over 10 mm and/or fluorodeoxyglucose uptake were considered FNA targets. …”
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Comparison between Intestinal Behçet’s Disease and Crohn’s Disease in Characteristics of Symptom, Endoscopy, and Radiology by Tianyu Zhang, Liwen Hong, Zhengting Wang, Rong Fan, Maochen Zhang, Yun Lin, Mengmeng Cheng, Xiaolin Zhou, Peijun Sun, Xiaoyi Lin, Jie Zhong

“…The medical records of inpatients with intestinal BD and CD were retrospectively reviewed. The univariate value of different parameters was analyzed, respectively. …”
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