Epidemiological characteristics of elderly osteoporosis fractures and their association with air pollutants: a multi-center study in Hebei Province by Guangzhao Hou, Qian Xiao, Zhipeng Ye, Shihang Liu, Shuai Zhou, Yan Wang, Wenjing Li, Yingze Zhang, Hongzhi Lv

“…Abstract To investigate the population distribution characteristics of elderly osteoporosis fracture patients in Hebei Province and analyze the effects of air pollutants on elderly osteoporosis fractures, We retrospectively collected 18,933 cases of elderly osteoporosis fractures from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2022, from four hospitals in Hebei Province. …”
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Frequency and Risk Factors of Advanced Neoplasia in Korean Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with Low-grade Dysplasia by Kyeong Ok Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Soo-Kyung Park, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Chang Kyun Lee, IBD Research Group of the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases (KASID)

“…Methods: The medical records of 166 patients with IBD from six university hospitals in Korea from 2010 to 2019 were reviewed retrospectively. LGD was diagnosed in all patients during surveillance. …”
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Effect of oral antibiotics after two-stage revision for periprosthetic joint infection on subsequent antibiotic resistance within a national cohort of United States veterans by J. Payne, J. Payne, J. D. Sutton, B. E. Blackburn, S. Bansod, S. Bansod, H. Imlay, H. Imlay, E. S. Spivak, E. S. Spivak, J. Pupaibool, J. Pupaibool, J. M. Gililland, J. M. Gililland, L. K. Certain, L. K. Certain, L. K. Certain

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods</strong>: We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent Stage 2 reimplantation surgery for PJI within the national Veterans Affairs hospital system of the United States. …”
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Endoscopic Sphincterotomy before Fully Covered Metal Stent Placement Is Not Required for Distal Malignant Biliary Stricture due to a Pancreatic Head Tumor by Kazunari Nakahara, Yosuke Michikawa, Ryo Morita, Keigo Suetani, Nozomi Morita, Junya Sato, Kensuke Tsuji, Hiroki Ikeda, Kotaro Matsunaga, Tsunamasa Watanabe, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Shinjiro Kobayashi, Takehito Otsubo, Fumio Itoh

“…Treatment outcomes and AEs were retrospectively compared between 32 patients with EST before FCSEMS placement (EST group) and 36 patients without EST (non-EST group). …”
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Effect of Denosumab on Bone Mineral Density of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients by Chaiho Jeong, Hee-Je Kim, Seok Lee, Moo Il Kang, Jeonghoon Ha

“…The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness and safety of denosumab in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients. Methods. We retrospectively evaluated 33 female patients with osteoporosis (mean age 52.6 ± 9.8 years) following allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. …”
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Rifabutin and Furazolidone Could Be the Candidates of the Rescue Regimen for Antibiotic-Resistant H. pylori in Korea by Youn I Choi, Sang-Ho Jeong, Jun-Won Chung, Dong Kyun Park, Kyoung Oh Kim, Kwang An Kwon, Yoon Jae Kim, Seol So, Jeong Hoon Lee, Jin-Young Jeong, Sun-Mi Lee

“…This study evaluated the antimicrobial efficacy of candidate antibiotics against resistant H. pylori strains. Methods. After retrospectively reviewing the data from the Helicobacter Registry in Gil Medical Center (GMC) and Asan Medical Center (AMC), along with 4 reference strains, we selected the 31 single- or multidrug-resistant strains. …”
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Transcatheter Approach for Critical Pulmonary Stenosis or Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum in Young Infants Using the Simmons Catheter by Jian Wang, Jing Sun, Jian Shen, Jianping Yang, Ling Yang, Pengjun Zhao, Sun Chen

“…Methods and Results. We retrospectively reviewed 52 young infants, 41 of whom had CPS and 11 had PA/IVS, in a single center from June 2009 to October 2017. …”
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Extended Salvage Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with Recurrent Prostate Cancer by Daniar K. Osmonov, Alexey V. Aksenov, Annkathrin Boller, Almut Kalz, Diana Heimann, Isa Janssen, Klaus-Peter Jünemann

“…Since 2004 we have been developing therapeutic possibilities for these patients. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed a cohort of 41 patients with a BCR of PCa and a mean followup of 40.3±20.8 months. …”
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Effects of Breast-Conserving Surgery Combined with Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy on Breast Cosmetic Appearance and Systemic Stress of Patients with Breast Cancer by Jing Ji, Junfeng Shi, Xia Da, Guozhu Wang, Jin Xu

“…Methods: A total of 150 early breast cancer patients admitted between January 2020 and September 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Propensity score matching was performed to minimize selection bias based on baseline characteristics, resulting in two matched groups of 55 patients each. …”
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Defect width as a percentage of transverse abdominal diameter: An index to predict the requirement for component separation in incisional hernia repair by Ping Wang, Zicheng Guo, Hua Jin, Zhun Chen, Qingqing Li, Yonggang Huang

“…Methods: A total of 116 patients treated for incisional hernia by surgery between April 1st, 2015 and September 30th, 2020 were enrolled and clinical data retrospectively analyzed. All hernias were repaired with defect closure and mesh reinforcement. 82 patients received Rives-Stoppa repair (RS group) and 34 Rives-Stoppa repair with CS (CS group). …”
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Two-step-7-Pink Rule: A Practical Tool for the Dermoscopic Evaluation of Fully Amelanotic Skin Lesions by Riccardo Pampena, Stefano Migliorati, Giovanni Paolino, Michela Lai, Nicola Lippolis, Stefania Guida, Stefania Borsari, Sebastiano Pellerone, Sofia Maria Di Ciaccio, Elvira Moscarella, Giovanni Pellacani, Giuseppe Argenziano, Caterina Longo

“…Methods: The database of 1 referral center was retrospectively reviewed for images of non-inflammatory fully amelanotic skin lesions. …”
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Assessment of MGMT and TERT Subtypes and Prognosis of Glioblastoma by Whole Tumor Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Histogram Analysis by Ling Chen, Min Wu, Yao Li, Lifang Tang, Chuyun Tang, Lizhao Huang, Tao Li, Li Zhu

“…Materials and Methods: MRI, clinical, and pathological data of 79 patients with GBM were retrospectively collected. The ADC values based on histogram analysis were described using 10th percentile (p10), 90th percentile (p90), mean, median, minimum, maximum, skewness, kurtosis, and entropy. …”
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Comparison of Two Creatinine-Based Equations for Predicting Decline in Renal Function in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Nephropathy in a Korean Population by Eun Young Lee, Young-Mi Lee, Kyu Hun Choi, Hyun Chul Lee, Byung-Wan Lee, Beom Seok Kim

“…A total of 707 type 2 diabetic patients with 24 hr urinary albumin excretion of more than 30 mg/day were retrospectively recruited and traced until doubling of baseline serum creatinine (SCr) levels was noted. …”
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Assessment of the CALLY Index, a Novel Immunonutrivite Marker, in Perioperatively Treated Gastric Cancer Patients by Orhun Akdoğan, Kadriye Bir Yücel, Ozan Yazıcı, Ahmet Özet, Nuriye Özdemir

“…Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prognostic significance of the C-reactive protein-albumin-lymphocyte (CALLY) index in patients with early-stage gastric cancer and compare it with other immune markers, such as systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and prognostic nutritional index (PNI). Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients with early-stage gastric cancer who received adjuvant or perioperative chemotherapy. …”
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Influence of Timing on Surgical Outcomes for Acute Humeral Shaft Fractures by Ryogo Furuhata, Yusaku Kamata, Aki Kono, Yasuhiro Kiyota, Hideo Morioka

“…This study aimed to investigate the influence of timing of surgery on the incidence of postoperative complications of acute humeral shaft fractures. We retrospectively reviewed 43 patients who underwent osteosynthesis for acute humeral shaft fractures between 2006 and 2020. …”
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Evaluation of ampicillin plus ceftobiprole combination therapy in treating Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis and bloodstream infection by Simone Giuliano, Jacopo Angelini, Floriana Campanile, Paola Conti, Sarah Flammini, Alberto Pagotto, Francesco Sbrana, Luca Martini, Denise D’Elia, Mohd H. Abdul-Aziz, Menino O. Cotta, Jason A. Roberts, Robert A. Bonomo, Carlo Tascini

“…From January to December 2020, twenty-one patients were admitted to our hospital for severe E. faecalis infections and were treated with this approach. We retrospectively analyzed their clinical characteristics and pharmacological data. …”
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Connectome-based disentangling of epilepsy networks from insular stereoelectroencephalographic leads by Kathrin Machetanz, Eliane Weinbrenner, Thomas Volkmar Wuttke, Silke Ethofer, Randolph Helfrich, Josua Kegele, Stephan Lauxmann, Michael Alber, Sabine Rona, Marcos Tatagiba, Holger Lerche, Jürgen Honegger, Georgios Naros

“…The present study applied connectomics to disentangle epilepsy networks from insular SEEG recordings and to describe their relationship to seizure semiology.MethodsWe retrospectively extracted functional networks by normative connectome analysis from 118 insular contacts depicting epileptic discharges during SEEG in 20 epilepsy patients. …”
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Implementation of a Hepatitis B Screening Program in Patients Receiving Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy by Jennifer Leigh, Ranjeeta Mallick, Stephanie Brule, Lisa Rambout, Jennifer Newton, Dominick Bossé, Curtis Cooper, Joanna Gotfrit

“…We assessed the pilot from a quality improvement perspective. Charts were retrospectively reviewed, and patient and disease characteristics were collected. …”
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Inferior Outcomes of Fludarabine–Cyclophosphamide–Rituximab Chemotherapy in Korean Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients with Concurrent Thrombocytopenia and Anemia by Tong-Yoon Kim, Gi-June Min, Young-Woo Jeon, Seung-Ah Yahng, Seok-Goo Cho, Jong-Mi Lee, Myungshin Kim, Ki-Seong Eom

“…<b>Methods</b>: Using clinical data from 144 FCR-treated patients with CLL, we retrospectively analyzed clinical characteristics impacting survival outcomes, the impact of cytopenia after FCR, and the durable remission status in terms of measurable residual disease (MRD). …”
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Association between Combined Structure Function Index and Glaucoma Severity by Shumpei Ogawa, Yoshimasa Tanabe, Yoshinori Itoh, Takahiko Noro, Hisato Gunji, Tadashi Nakano

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between combined structure function index (CSFI) and standard automated perimetry (SAP) parameters such as mean deviation (MD) and visual field index (VFI) in open-angle glaucoma (OAG). We retrospectively reviewed medical records from September 2009 to July 2015, which included 195 eyes of 195 patients with OAG or normal-tension glaucoma who underwent SAP and optical coherence tomography on the same day (male: female, 128 : 67; mean age, 61.4 ± 11.3 years; mean spherical equivalent, −2.39 ± 2.3 D). …”
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