Comparison of Penetrating and Blunt Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injuries by Sang Su Lee, Sung Youl Hyun, Hyuk Jun Yang, Yong Su Lim, Jin Seong Cho, Jae Hyug Woo

“…This study investigated differences in the prevalence of accompanying injuries and the prognosis in patients with traumatic diaphragmatic damage according to the mechanism of injury. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with TDI who were seen at a regional emergency medical center from January 2000 to December 2018. …”
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Fluoroscopic Stenting as a Bridge to Surgery versus Emergency Management for Malignant Obstruction of the Colon by Fan Xue, Feng Lin, Jun Zhou, Ning Feng, You-Gang Cui, Xu Zhang, Yu-Peng Yi, Wen-Zhi Liu

“…To investigate the feasibility of a SEMS (self-expandable metallic stent) as a bridge to surgery for malignant colonic obstruction. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed 83 patients that were in accordance with inclusion criteria; of these, 33 patients that underwent fluoroscopy-guided SEMS placement followed by elective curative resection were classified as a SEMS group and 50 patients, who received emergency surgery (ES), were classified as an ES group. …”
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Clinical Features of Ischemic Enteritis Diagnosed by Double-Balloon Endoscopy by Masanao Nakamura, Takeshi Yamamura, Keiko Maeda, Tsunaki Sawada, Yasuyuki Mizutani, Eri Ishikawa, Naomi Kakushima, Kazuhiro Furukawa, Takuya Ishikawa, Eizaburo Ohno, Takashi Honda, Hiroki Kawashima, Masatoshi Ishigami, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

“…Patients and Methods. We retrospectively searched the DBE database (1,521 patients) at Nagoya University Hospital for patients with IE and collected data regarding endoscopic findings, clinical background, and histological findings. …”
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Relapse detection in the Danish surveillance program of patients with clinical stage I seminoma: a nationwide study by Niklas B. Lindahl, Jakob Lauritsen, Thomas Wagner, Gedske Daugaard, Mikkel Bandak

“…Patients/materials and methods: A total of 924 patients with CSI seminoma were identified in the prospective Danish Testicular Cancer database. Retrospectively collected clinical data were used for descriptive analyses of patterns in detection methods. …”
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Clinical impact of the prognostic nutritional index and skeletal muscle index for the incompletion of adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer by Hiromitsu Maehira, Haruki Mori, Nobuhito Nitta, Takeru Maekawa, Yusuke Nishina, Hajime Ishikawa, Katsushi Takebayashi, Sachiko Kaida, Toru Miyake, Masaji Tani

“…However, the risk factors for incompletion of adjuvant chemotherapy remain unclear. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 72 patients who underwent radical pancreatectomy and received S-1 adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer. …”
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Intravenous Contrast Agent in Abdominal CT: Is It Really Needed to Identify the Cause of Bowel Obstruction? Proof of Concept by Federica Vernuccio, Dario Picone, Gregorio Scerrino, Massimo Midiri, Giuseppe Lo Re, Roberto Lagalla, Giuseppe Salvaggio

“…Materials and Methods. We retrospectively evaluated abdominal CT scans of patients operated for bowel obstruction from March 2013 to October 2017. …”
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Beyond the Ear, the Hidden Threat of Paecilomyces Neuro-Otological Infection: A Case Report by Jing Hern Khoo, Izny Hafiz Zainon, Hafizah Husna Johari, Ida Sadja’ah Sachlin

“…He showed clinical improvement after receiving oral antifungal treatment postoperatively. Retrospectively, his occupation as an army officer and his diabetic immunocompromised state may have predisposed him to the infection. …”
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding due to Pancreatic Disease-Related Portal Hypertension by Kexin Zheng, Xiaozhong Guo, Ji Feng, Zhaohui Bai, Xiaodong Shao, Fangfang Yi, Yongguo Zhang, Rui Zhang, Han Liu, Fernando Gomes Romeiro, Xingshun Qi

“…Patients and Methods. We retrospectively reviewed five patients who were diagnosed with LSPH secondary to pancreatic diseases at our department. …”
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Infrahepatic Inferior Vena Cava Clamping Reduces Blood Loss during Liver Transection for Cholangiocarcinoma by Natwutpong Leeratanakachorn, Vor Luvira, Theerawee Tipwaratorn, Suapa Theeragul, Apiwat Jarearnrat, Attapol Titapun, Tharatip Srisuk, Supot Kamsa-ard, Ake Pugkhem, Narong Khuntikeo, Chawalit Pairojkul, Vajarabhongsa Bhudhisawasdi

“…Clinical and pathological data were collected retrospectively for 116 cholangiocarcinoma patients who underwent major hepatectomy between January 2015 and December 2016, to investigate the benefit of infrahepatic IVC clamping. …”
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CD4 Count Pattern and Demographic Distribution of Treatment-Naïve HIV Patients in Lagos, Nigeria by Akinsegun Akinbami, Adedoyin Dosunmu, Adewumi Adediran, Sarah Ajibola, Olajumoke Oshinaike, Kikelomo Wright, Olanrewaju Arogundade

“…The Baseline CD4 count, age and gender of 4,042 HAART-naïve patients, who registered between December 2006 and June 2010, at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, were retrospectively studied. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.0 (Statistical Package for Social Sciences, Inc., Chicago, Ill). …”
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Factors That Affect the Sensitivity of Imaging Modalities in Primary Hyperparathyroidism by Minting Zhu, Yang He, Tingting Liu, Bei Tao, Weiwei Zhan, Yifan Zhang, Jing Xie, Xi Chen, Hongyan Zhao, Lihao Sun, Jianmin Liu

“…Clinical data of 352 PHPT patients hospitalized in our center from January 2011 to December 2015 were retrospectively collected to evaluate the sensitivity of 3 imaging modalities in the preoperative localization of parathyroid lesions. …”
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Pediatric Traumatic Retinal Detachment: Clinical Features, Prognostic Factors, and Surgical Outcomes by Dilek Yaşa, Zeynep Gizem Erdem, Ufuk Ürdem, Gökhan Demir, Ali Demircan, Zeynep Alkın

“…Medical records of pediatric patients who underwent 23-G PPV to treat traumatic retinal detachment were retrospectively reviewed. These patients underwent a follow-up examination at least 1 year following surgery. …”
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Refractory myasthenia gravis treated with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by Benjamin Beland, Jan Storek, Liam Quartermain, Christopher Hahn, C. Elizabeth Pringle, Pierre R. Bourque, Michael Kennah, Natasha Kekre, Christopher Bredeson, David Allan, Kareem Jamani, Christopher White, Harold Atkins

“…Methods Twenty‐one patients who underwent HSCT for MG were retrospectively reviewed. All patients had severe MG refractory to multiple therapies. …”
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Novel technique for endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage to skip the needle tract dilation step: Efficacy of a 6-mm antimigration metal stent with a thin, tapered deli... by Keiichi Hatamaru, Masayuki Kitano, Masahiro Itonaga, Yasunobu Yamashita, Takashi Tamura, Yuki Kawaji, Junya Nuta

“…The stent was 6 mm in diameter and 6 cm in length, with a large flare at both ends for antimigration, and mounted in a 7.5 Fr delivery catheter, which requires no dilation devices. We retrospectively evaluated clinical and technical success, adverse events, and stent patency. …”
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Endovascular single-branched stent graft to treat complicated type B aortic dissection involving aortic arch anomalies by Mengyang Kang, Hao Qin, Yan Meng, Qiang Ma, Junbo Zhang, Hongyan Tian

“…The demographics, clinical manifestation, operation detail, and follow-up outcomes of these patients were retrospectively collected and analyzed. Results A total of 16 patients (14 men; 55.8 ± 11.7 years) were enrolled, including isolated left vertebral artery (ILVA) (n = 6), aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) (n = 7), and right aortic arch and aberrant left subclavian artery (ALSA) with Kommerell’s diverticulum (KD) (n = 3). …”
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Medical care and initial health status of French children returnees from jihadist group operation areas: A cross-sectional study from 2017 to 2020 in one referral French hospital by J. Goutines, L.L. Pham, N. Lucidarme, C. Briand, A. Malka, C. Baker, M. Veyret-Morau, A. Mapelli, A. Klein, T. Baubet, L. De Pontual

“…Demographic characteristics and clinical assessment of all the children included in this procedure in one paediatric center between 2017 and 2020 were retrospectively collected. Findings: We included 70 children (44M, 26F; mean age: 4.9 years old (±3.8)). …”
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The Effect of Elevated Basal Follicle Stimulating Hormone Levels on Assisted Reproductive Technology Cycle Outcomes by Inci Kahyaoglu, Hatice Yilmaz Dogru, Sezin Erturk Aksakal, Iskender Kaplanoglu, Serdar Dilbaz, Leyla Mollamahmutoglu

“…Both demographic characteristics and controlled ovarian stimulation parameters were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: Total antral follicle count was significantly higher in group I compared to the other three groups (p=0.001). …”
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Using partially shared radiomics features to simultaneously identify isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation status and epilepsy in glioma patients from MRI images by Yida Wang, Ankang Gao, Hongxi Yang, Jie Bai, Guohua Zhao, Huiting Zhang, Yang Song, Chenglong Wang, Yong Zhang, Jingliang Cheng, Guang Yang

“…Our study aimed to exploit this correlation to improve the performance of both of the IDH mutation status identification and epilepsy diagnosis models in patients with glioma II-IV. 399 patients were retrospectively enrolled and divided into a training (n = 279) and an independent test (n = 120) cohort. …”
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Incidence, prevalence, and predictors of osteoporotic fracture in adult lung transplant recipients by Elisabeth Ng, Shanal Kumar, Eldho Paul, Daniel Bennett, Luisa Rosi, Louise Fuller, Lauren Chiu, Shoshana Sztal-Mazer, Steven Ivulich, Greg Snell, Leon A. Bach, Kathryn L. Hackman

“…Methods: Adults who underwent LT from January 2012 to December 2018 and survived at least 6 months were retrospectively studied. Coprimary outcomes were incidence, prevalence, and predictors of osteoporotic fractures and major osteoporotic fractures post-LT. …”
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Comparison of facilities with and without additional medical fees for nutrition support team activity during the COVID-19 pandemic by Akihiko Futamura, Takenao Koseki, Junichi Iida, Akito Suzuki, Nobuyuki Muroi, Michiaki Myotoku, Hiroki Maki, Kazuhisa Mizutani, Hikaru Ogino, Yasuki Taniguchi, Keiichiro Higashi, Masanobu Usui

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to clarify the effectiveness of nutrition support team (NST) facilities for preventing central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). Methods We retrospectively analyzed the incidence of CLABSI as well as the presence or absence of additional medical fees for NST activity between 2019 and 2021, including the period before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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