A recurrence model for non-puerperal mastitis patients based on machine learning. by Gaosha Li, Qian Yu, Feng Dong, Zhaoxia Wu, Xijing Fan, Lingling Zhang, Ying Yu

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We retrospectively collected laboratory data from 120 NPM patients, dividing them into a non-recurrence group (n = 59) and a recurrence group (n = 61). …”
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis – An Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in Southern India: A PULM MUCOR Study by Ashwin Oliver Arul, K. Rajiv Karthik, Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher

“…Methodology: This study retrospectively analyzed case records of patients diagnosed with pulmonary mucormycosis who presented to the departments of pulmonary medicine, respiratory medicine, and infectious diseases at a large 3000-bed tertiary teaching hospital in Southern India between 2012 and 2022. …”
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Developing incisional hernia after open liver resection and liver transplantation: A single-center risk factor analysis by Saeed Aldarwish, Paula Guda, Mark Philipp, Clemens Schafmayer, Sebastian Hinz

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospectively, we analyzed the development of incisional hernia within the first 36 postoperative months clinically and image-morphologically among 155 patients who had undergone an open liver resection or liver transplantation and met the inclusion criteria between 2015 and 2020 in our institution. …”
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Blood loss in one-stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty: cruciate-retaining vs. posterior stabilized. A propensity score-matched analysis by Laoruengthana Artit, Tantimethanon Thanawat, Santisathaporn Nopparat, Inta-ngam Thisayapong, Pongpirul Krit, Rattanaprichavej Piti

“…Methods: A cohort of 46 CR BTKA and 80 PS BTKA performed by a single surgeon were retrospectively evaluated. Identical surgical techniques and perioperative care were provided to all patients. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection in spinal surgery patients and study of direct economic losses by Qiuxia Zuo, Kexin Zhao, Baoji Dong, Yuan Zhou, Xiao Wang, Adila Maimaiti, Ping Tian

“…Methods The medical records of spine surgery patients from January 2023 to April 2024 at two hospitals in Xinjiang were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with SSIs were included in the case group, and patients without SSIs were matched 1:1 based on hospital, department, age ± 5 years, primary diagnosis, and the specific surgery type. …”
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Prevalence of Anterior Femoral Neck Osteophyte in a Total Hip Arthroplasty Population: Analysis of Preoperative Surgical Plans by Adam M. Katchky, Mitchell L. Smith, Andrew J. Shimmin, Stephen J. McMahon, Jeremy Latham, Jonathan V. Baré

“…Each surgical plan was reviewed retrospectively by four independent raters who were blinded to other imaging and intraoperative findings. …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Elderly Fall Patients Visit to the Emergency Department: A Comparison by Gender by Jun Kew Kim, Sun Pyo Kim, Sun Hyu Kim, Gyu Chong Cho, Min Joung Kim, Ji Sook Lee, Chul Han

“…Purpose This study was to analyze clinical and epidemiological characteristics of elderly patients who were admitted to the emergency department (ED) due to falls by separating male and female. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the fall patients aged 65 years or older from the data of the in-depth surveillance study of injured patients visit to the ED under the supervision of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) from 2011 to 2016 by separating male and female. …”
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Immunosuppressive Phenotype of Esophagus Tumors Stroma by Olga V. Kovaleva, Madina A. Rashidova, Daria V. Samoilova, Polina A. Podlesnaya, Valeria V. Mochalnikova, Alexei Gratchev

“…Paraffin-embedded tissue specimens from 48 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients were retrospectively collected for immunohistochemical analysis of stromal cells. …”
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Investigation of 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency prevelance in healthy adults aged 18-65 years in Istanbul, Türkiye by Ülfer Gözde

“…Methods: The vitamin 25(OH)D levels of 9,778 adults who presented to our hospital's internal medicine checkup outpatient clinic between January 2022 and December 2023 were analyzed retrospectively. Individuals with chronic disorders were excluded from the study. …”
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Influencing Factor Analysis and Prediction Model of Emergency Caesarean Delivery for Advanced-Age Nulliparous Women at the Time of Hospitalization by Ryosuke Arakaki, Wataru Isono, Hiroaki Fukuda, Junya Tanaka, Arisa Minamino, Shiko Hayashi

“…Materials and methods: The medical records of 1,521 pregnant women who were nulliparous between 2017/4/1 and 2024/3/31 at our hospital were retrospectively reviewed. First, for the 675 women who were aged 30 years old or more, we calculated the rates of ECD in 8 groups classified according to maternal age, infertility treatment, and other variables. …”
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Methylome profiling of cell-free DNA during the early life course in (un)complicated pregnancies using MeD-seq: Protocol for a cohort study embedded in the prospective Rotterdam pe... by Marjolein M van Vliet, Sam Schoenmakers, Ruben G Boers, Lotte E van der Meeren, Joost Gribnau, Régine P M Steegers-Theunissen

“…In sub-study 3 we will retrospectively collect plasma after non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) in an independent validation case-control cohort (n = 30-60). …”
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Application of Spectral Computed Tomography Single-energy Technique to Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease by Pengfei WU, Chuanbing WANG

“…Methods: Data from 43 patients with Crohn’s disease who underwent enterography using spectral CT between January 2023 and July 2024 were retrospectively collected. The 40~140 keV single level and conventional mixed energy images were reconstructed, and the CT value, noise, signal to noise ratio (SNR), and contrast to noise ratio (CNR) of the 40~140 keV single level and conventional mixed energy images were objectively evaluated using one-way ANOVA. …”
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5-year outcomes of salvage endoscopic nasopharyngectomy for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Andrew Thamboo, Vishal S. Patel, Peter H. Hwang

“…Methods Patients who underwent endoscopic nasopharyngectomy for rNPC between January 2000 and January 2012 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were included if they had their first endoscopic nasopharyngectomy at least 5 years prior to this study. …”
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Active games for increasing social and emotional competencies of young adults in probation system: a one-sample trial study in Izmir city in Turkiye by Inci Derya Yucel, Gorkem Yararbas

“…Trial registration This trial is retrospectively registered online at ClinicalTrials.gov with the identifier NCT06737744.…”
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Characteristics of the treatment process among patients with hip fractures against the background of COVID-19 by S.O. Guriev, E.O. Skobenko

“…To conduct our study, we retrospectively analyzed the treatment of 289 trauma patients who underwent inpatient treatment in 2019–2021. …”
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Comparative Study of Multiple High-Signal-Intensity Spots on 3D and 2D Magnetic Resonance Sialography for Patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome by Yusuke Shimada, Ikuho Kojima, Masahiro Iikubo

“…We investigated the sensitivities of 2-dimensional (2D) magnetic resonance sialography (MR-S) and unilateral sagittal and axial 3-dimensional (3D) MR-S using a surface coil and their combination in diagnosing patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS). We retrospectively analyzed the 3D and 2D MR-S results of 78 patients with SS. …”
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Consultations for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis before and after health insurance coverage of pre-exposure prophylaxis to a university-based emergency department in Germany by Lennert Böhm, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Hubert Schelzig, Tom Luedde, Michael Bernhard

“…Methods: In a before-after study design, all persons aged ≥18 years who presented for PEP counseling were analyzed retrospectively. We compared characteristics of presentations in the 18 months prior to PrEP coverage on Sept 1st, 2019, with those in the following 18 months. …”
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Characteristics and outcomes of secondary acute lymphoblastic leukemia (sALL) after multiple myeloma (MM): SEER data analysis in a single-center institution by Jing Jia, Jiahui Yin, Chuanying Geng, Aijun Liu

“…Methods: We conducted this population-based study using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database and retrospectively reviewed patients with sALL following MM treatment at our institution. …”
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Renal impairment as a risk factor for chemotherapy induced neutropenia in the treatment of trifluridine/thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor plus bevacizumab by Masatsune Shibutani, Hideki Tanda, Hiroaki Kasashima, Tatsunari Fukuoka, Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Kiyoshi Maeda

“…This study aimed to investigate the relationship between renal impairment and the incidence of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia during FTD/TPI + Bmab therapy using real-world data. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 69 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who were treated with FTD/TPI + Bmab for more than 28 days. …”
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Influencing Factors of Resorption in Lumbar Disc Herniation by SHEN Xueqiang, LIU Jintao, YU Pengfei, DAI feng, ZHU Yu, JIANG Hong

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the influencing factors of resorption in lumbar disc herniation (LDH).MethodsA total of 116 patients with LDH who were hospitalized in Suzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine from April 2016 to December 2019 with non-surgical plan as the first treatment choice were selected and retrospectively analyzed. According to whether the resorption occurred at the last follow-up, the patients were divided into reabsorption group (45 cases) and non-reabsorption group (71 cases). …”
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