Comparative evaluation of allograft particulate bone and cortical bone blocks combined with xenograft bone for labial bone defects in the aesthetic zone: a prospective cohort study by Li-Rong Huang, Yong-Jin Zhong, Xiao-Qing Zhang, Ze-Ru Feng, Yan-Cheng Lai, Hong-Kun Wu, An-Chun Mo

“…Trial registration The study was retrospectively registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry ( http://www.chictr.org.cn/ ) with the registration number ChiCTR2300070538 on April 14, 2023.…”
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Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a physical activity intervention in adults with lymphoma undergoing treatment by Juliana V. Costa, Alexander R. Lucas, Shannon L. Mihalko, Peter H. Brubaker, Alexandra Marshall, Brianna Leitzelar, Brianna R. Wolle, Samuel Norton, R. Lee Franco, Jeremy Via, Victor Yazbeck, Rakhee Vaidya, Mary Beth Seegars, Ralph D’Agostino, Lynne Wagner, W. Gregory Hundley

“…Registered July 2, 2019—retrospectively registered.…”
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Intracranial Aneurysms Treated with a Novel Coated Low-Profile Flow Diverter (p48 HPC)—A Single-Center Experience and an Illustrative Case Series by Nadja Krug, Jan S. Kirschke, Christian Maegerlein, Kornelia Kreiser, Maria Wostrack, Bernhard Meyer, Carolin Albrecht, Claus Zimmer, Tobias Boeckh-Behrens, Dominik Sepp

“…<b>Methods:</b> We retrospectively reviewed our database for all patients being treated with a p48 MW HPC flow diverter between February 2019 and July 2021. …”
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The baked side: Cow's milk and egg protein threshold dose distributions in children reacting to baked milk and baked egg by Rocco Luigi Valluzzi, MD, Carla Riccardi, MD, Sara Urbani, MD, Davide Ursi, MD, Deborah Zavettieri, MD, Francesco Di Girolamo, PhD, Lamia Dahdah, MD, Veronica Calandrelli, PharmD, Vincenzo Fierro, MD, Alessandro Fiocchi, MD

“…We sought to verify the reactivity thresholds of milk- and egg-allergic children who also react to baked milk and baked egg, respectively. Methods: We retrospectively assessed consecutive oral food challenge (OFC) for baked milk and egg between January 2018 and March 2022 in a population of baked milk- and baked-egg allergic children. …”
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Verifying the Usefulness of Pulmonary Blood Flow Studies in the Correction of Pulmonary Atresia and Ventricular Septal Defect with Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries by Zirou Huang, Fan Cao, Rongjun Zou, Minghui Zou, Weidan Chen, Wenlei Li, Guodong Huang, Li Ma, Xinxin Chen

“…Objective. We retrospectively analyzed the surgical results of pulmonary blood flow studies to guide ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure in the correction of pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (PA/VSD/MAPCAs). …”
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The role of mNGS in the diagnosis of talaromycosis and case series by Jing Zhao, Hui-Ting Su, Dong Zhang, Xue-Tong Li, Min-Ya Lu, Juan Du, Jia-Yu Guo, Yi Gao, Xin-Fei Chen, Dong-Hua Wen, Shi-Yu Jia, Yao Wang, Qi-Wen Yang

“…Methods This study retrospectively analyzed cases of T. marneffei identified through mNGS at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. …”
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Sorafenib as Adjuvant Therapy Post–Liver Transplant: A Single-center Experience by Hala Hassanain, MD, Ashton A. Connor, MD, PhD, Elizabeth W. Brombosz, PhD, Khush Patel, MD, MS, Ahmed Elaileh, MD, Tamneet Basra, MD, Sudha Kodali, MD, MSPH, David W. Victor, III, MD, Caroline J. Simon, MD, Yee Lee Cheah, MD, Mark J. Hobeika, MD, Constance M. Mobley, MD, PhD, Ashish Saharia, MD, Sadhna Dhingra, MD, Mary Schwartz, MD, Anaum Maqsood, MD, Kirk Heyne, MD, Ahmed O. Kaseb, MD, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD, A. Osama Gaber, MD, Maen Abdelrahim, MD, PhD, R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD

“…Medical records of patients undergoing LT for HCC at a single center between January 2016 and December 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were stratified into 3 groups: (1) recipients of adjuvant sorafenib, (2) nonrecipients at high recurrence risk, and (3) nonrecipients at low risk by explant pathology features. …”
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Mortality in patients with giant cell arteritis in Spain: results from the ARTESER registry by Juan Molina-Collada, Marta Domínguez-Álvaro, Rafael B. Melero-González, Eugenio de Miguel, Maite Silva-Díaz, Jesús Alejandro Valero Jaimes, Ismael González, Julio Sánchez Martín, Javier Narváez, Joan Calvet, Ivette Casafont-Solé, Jose A Román Ivorra, Selene Labrada Arrabal, Margarida Vasques Rocha, Carlota L Iñiguez, María Sagrario Bustabad Reyes, Cristina Campos Fernández, María Alcalde Villar, Antonio Juan Mas, Ricardo Blanco, on behalf of the ARTESER Project Collaborative Group

“…Demographic, clinical, imaging, histological and mortality data were collected retrospectively. Only patients with at least one year of follow-up were included for analysis. …”
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The Clinical Impact of Tumor Grade Heterogeneity in Nonmuscle- invasive Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder by Meftun Culpan, Ferhat Keser, Ayberk İplikci, Gözde Kır, Gökhan Atış, Asif Yıldırım

“…Objective: This study aimed to determine the oncological outcomes of mixed-grade tumors by comparing them with pure low-grade and high-grade tumors. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients with primary non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. …”
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Nomograms for predicting recurrence of HER2‐positive breast cancer with different HR status based on ultrasound and clinicopathological characteristics by Xudong Zhang, Hanqing Kong, Xiaoxue Liu, Qingxiang Li, Xinran Fang, Junjia Wang, Zihao Qin, Nana Hu, Jiawei Tian, Hao Cui, Lei Zhang

“…Methods In this dual‐center study, we retrospectively enrolled 570 patients with HER2+ breast cancer. …”
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Bariatric surgery in elderly patients by Alexander V. Smirnov, Vladimir R. Stankevich, Ekaterina S. Danilina, Vladislav I. Sychev, Evgeniya M. Voronets, Vladimir I. Sharobaro, Nikolay A. Solovyev, Yury V. Ivanov, Robert I. Khabazov

“…All the patients of the older age group underwent personalized selection for surgical treatment, screening procedures were arranged in order to detect the senile asthenia syndrome and, retrospectively, to stratify them using the GeriBari prognostic scale. …”
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Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy combined with systemic therapy sequentially or simultaneously for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma by Yu-zhe Cao, Jia-yu Pan, Guang-lei Zheng, Chao An, Meng-Xuan Zuo

“…Approach and results From January 1, 2018, to June 1, 2022, 575 patients with BCLC stage C HCC who underwent SE or SI triple therapy were retrospectively enrolled. Propensity score matching (PSM; 1:1) was performed to eliminate possible confounder imbalances across cohorts. …”
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Echocardiography evaluation of iatrogenic atrial septal defect after combined procedure of catheter ablation and left atrial appendage closure for atrial fibrillation by Yu Xin Su, Sai Nan Li, Nan Nan Liu, Ming Liang, Zu Lu Wang, Ping Zhang, Qi Zhang, Wei Wei Zhou

“…Abstract Using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to investigate the occurrence and related causes of iatrogenic atrial septal defect (iASD) after catheter ablation combined with left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) for atrial fibrillation (AF) and its impact on the right heart system. We retrospectively analyzed 330 patients that underwent combined procedure of catheter ablation for AF and LAAC at General Hospital of Northern Theater Command from January 2018 to March 2022. …”
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The role of mycobacteremia screening in enhancing non-tuberculous mycobacteria detection in hospitalized persons with HIV by Mengjiao Miao, Hongyan Zhu, Ziyao Liu, Jinjin Yang, Yiting Zhang, Chenyu Ma, Jiamin Qin, Yaling Chen, Hongxia Wei, Wei Chen, Yongfeng Yang, Zhiliang Hu, Zhiliang Hu, Zhiliang Hu

“…To evaluate the prevalence of NTM mycobacteremia and how screening for mycobacteremia assistant with identification of NTM infections, this study retrospectively analyzed 1,136 hospitalized PWH with CD4 counts &lt;200 cells/μL, who underwent mycobacteremia screening at a tertiary hospital in Nanjing, China, between July 2018 and December 2023. …”
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The Relationship of Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocyte Ratio with Histopathological Parameters and Effect on Survival in Colorectal Cancers by İsra Serda Oğuz, Sinan Koca, Seval Ay Ersoy, Özgecan Dülgar, Ayşenur Toksöz, Mahmut Gümüş

“…Method: Patients (n=248) diagnosed with colorectal cancer stages 1, 2, and 3 were analyzed retrospectively. Patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance score of <2 were excluded. …”
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The effect of calf muscular vein thrombosis on the prognosis within one year postoperatively of geriatric hip fracture patients: a propensity score-matched analysis by Jiabao Jiang, Fei Xing, Rong Luo, Zhao Chen, Hao Liu, Zhou Xiang, Xin Duan

“…Baseline characteristics, laboratory results, perioperative indicators and prognosis of patients were collected retrospectively. Intraoperative and postoperative comparisons were conducted between patients with and without CMVT. …”
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CYSTIC DEGENERATION OF THE DUODENUM ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC PANCREATITIS by A. G. Kriger, A. V. Smirnov, S. V. Berelavichus, D. S. Gorin, N. N. Vetsheva, Ja. I. Nerestjuk, D. V. Kalinin, A. V. Glotov

“…Eighty two patients with DD were retrospectively included over 12 years. The diagnosis of DD was established by transabdominal ultrasound, CT, MRI and endosonography. …”
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ABCD3-I and ABCD2 Scores in a TIA Population with Low Stroke Risk by Fredrik Ildstad, Hanne Ellekjær, Torgeir Wethal, Stian Lydersen, Hild Fjærtoft, Bent Indredavik

“…This trial is registered with NCT02038725 (retrospectively registered, January 16, 2014).…”
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Preoperative prediction of pituitary neuroendocrine tumor invasion using multiparametric MRI radiomics by Qiuyuan Yang, Tengfei Ke, Jialei Wu, Yubo Wang, Jiageng Li, Yimin He, Jianxian Yang, Nan Xu, Bin Yang

“…To investigate the value of multiparameter magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) radiomics in predicting pituitary neuroendocrine tumor invasion into the cavernous sinus (CS) before surgery.Patients and methodsThe clinical data of 133 patients with pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (62 invasive and 71 non-invasive) confirmed by surgery and pathology who underwent preoperative mpMRI examination were retrospectively analyzed. Data were divided into training set and testing set according to different field strength equipment. …”
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Evaluating the impact of donor eGFR and HLA-DR mismatch on graft survival in living donor kidney transplants by Pooja Budhiraja, Jesse D. Schold, Jesse D. Schold, Rocio Lopez, Rocio Lopez, Susana Arrigain, Susana Arrigain, Bruce Kaplan, Bruce Kaplan

“…BackgroundThis study assesses the impact of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR mismatch and donor-estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on outcomes of living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), which are especially relevant to the availability of multiple donors and paired kidney exchanges.MethodsUsing data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), we retrospectively analyzed graft survival in adult LDKT recipients transplanted between January 2013 and September 2022. …”
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