Update on the Medical Management of Gastrointestinal Behçet’s Disease by Giuseppe Lopalco, Donato Rigante, Vincenzo Venerito, Claudia Fabiani, Rossella Franceschini, Michele Barone, Giovanni Lapadula, Mauro Galeazzi, Bruno Frediani, Florenzo Iannone, Luca Cantarini

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Nationwide Outcomes of Heart Transplantation for Postpartum Cardiomyopathy by Ilias P. Doulamis, Aspasia Tzani, Ahmet Kilic, Toshiki Kuno, Alexandros Briasoulis

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Study protocol of the PRINCESS trial—PReoperative INtermittent fasting versus CarbohydratE loading to reduce inSulin resiStance versus standard of care in orthopaedic patients: a r... by Markus W Hollmann, Abraham H Hulst, Benedikt Preckel, Jeroen Hermanides, Ayla Y Stobbe, Eline S de Klerk, Robert van Wilpe, Arthur J Kievit, Kee Fong Choi, Mireille F M van Stijn

“…A total of 75 orthopaedic patients presenting for elective intermediate to major surgery at a Dutch academic hospital will be randomly assigned to a control group (standard preoperative fasting), a TRF group or a CHL group. …”
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The usage of personalized scheme of fentanyl administration during coronary artery stenting by D.О. Dziuba

“…The patients who underwent surgery were evenly divided into three study groups, depending on mode of the intraoperative analgesic sedation and the approaches to anesthesia. …”
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G-UNETR++: A Gradient-Enhanced Network for Accurate and Robust Liver Segmentation from Computed Tomography Images by Seungyoo Lee, Kyujin Han, Hangyeul Shin, Harin Park, Seunghyon Kim, Jeonghun Kim, Xiaopeng Yang, Jae Do Yang, Hee Chul Yu, Heecheon You

“…Accurate liver segmentation from computed tomography (CT) scans is essential for liver cancer diagnosis and liver surgery planning. Convolutional neural network (CNN)-based models have limited segmentation performance due to their localized receptive fields. …”
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Operation time as a prognostic indicator on postoperative complications following percutaneous nephrolithotomy by Alireza Pakdel, Abdolreza Mohammadi, Amirreza Shamshirgaran, Ehsan Zemanati Yar, Leila Zareian Baghdadabad, Farshid Alaeddini, Roghayeh Koohi Ortakand, Leonardo Oliveira Reis, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir

“…Logistic regression models were fitted and the ability of the surgery time to predict complications, major complications, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome was evaluated using receiver-operating characteristic curves. …”
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De Novo Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Kidney Allograft 20 Years after Transplant by Masataka Banshodani, Hideki Kawanishi, Seiji Marubayashi, Sadanori Shintaku, Misaki Moriishi, Fumio Shimamoto, Shinichiro Tsuchiya, Kiyohiko Dohi, Hideki Ohdan

“…XY-fluorescence hybridization analysis of the RCC showed that the tumor cells were of donor origin. One year after the surgery, the patient is alive and has no evidence of tumor recurrence. …”
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Effect of gut microbiota changes on cytokines IL-10 and IL-17 levels in liver transplantation patients by Mohamed Abdel-Raoof Fouda, Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab, Ahmed Esmail Abdelkader, Mohsen El-Sayd Ibrahim, Taher Abozeid Elsheikh, Hisham Mohammad Aldeweik, Nora Elfeky

“…The assessment of cytokine levels indicated fluctuating variations at several time points following surgery. IL-10 levels in the GM groups exhibited a statistically significant elevation during the second week post-surgery (p = 0.036), suggesting a potential recovery-related anti-inflammatory response. …”
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Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratios Are Correlated with Complicated Diverticulitis and Hinchey Classification: A Simple Tool to Assess Disease Severity in th... by Amir Mari, Tawfik Khoury, Ahmad Lubany, Mohammad Safadi, Moaad Farraj, Amir Farah, Anas Kadah, Wisam Sbeit, Mahmud Mahamid

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Biomechanical Assessment of Three Osteosynthesis Constructs by Periprosthetic Humerus Fractures by Afif Harb, Bastian Welke, Emmanouil Liodakis, Sam Razaeian, Dafang Zhang, Christian Krettek, Christof Hurschler, Nael Hawi

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Prognostic Significance of Admission CRP Levels as a Predictor of Mortality in Burn Patients by Maria Syed, Qaiser Jehangir, Ijaz Hussain Shah, Sana Shaukat Siddiqui, Sara Ishaq, Sarah Zaka

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Polymeric Multivalent Fc Binding Peptides‐Fabricated Clinical Compounding Bispecific Antibody Potentiates Dual Immunotherapy Targeting PD1 and CTLA‐4 by Zongyu Liu, Hongyu Chu, Weidong Zhao, Chenguang Yang, Tongjun Liu, Na Shen, Zhaohui Tang

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Detection of BRAF V600E in Fine-Needle Aspiration Samples of Thyroid Nodules by Droplet Digital PCR by Sang-Yu Lu, Ying-Chao Chen, Jia-Lin Feng, Qin-Yi Zhou, Jing Chen, Chen-Fang Zhu, Miao-Miao Guo, Man-Man Zhang, Qian-Yue Zhang, Meng Lu, Liu Yang, Jing Wu, Shuang-Xia Zhao, Huai-Dong Song, Xiao-Ping Ye

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Surgical planning of small intestine neuroendocrine tumors: the concept of mesenteric tumor deposits by Romain L’Huillier, Gilles Poncet, Arnaud Pasquer, Thomas Walter, Catherine Lombard-Bohas, Valérie Hervieu, Bénédicte Cayot, Pierre-Jean Valette, Helen Cheung, Laurent Milot

“…This was a retrospective observational study, and all patients undergoing surgery for small intestine neuroendocrine tumor between January 2014 and March 2019 were included. …”
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Impact of 17-alpha ethinyl estradiol (EE2) and diethyl phthalate (DEP) exposure on microRNAs expression and their target genes in differentiated SH-SY5Y cells by Agnese Graziosi, Camilla Corrieri, Giulia Sita, Luca Ghelli, Sabrina Angelini, Roberta d’Emmanuele di Villa Bianca, Emma Mitidieri, Raffaella Sorrentino, Patrizia Hrelia, Fabiana Morroni

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Effects of concave thoracoplasty on chest circumference and ventilatory function in adolescence with idiopathic scoliosis by Khaled Takey Ahmed, Abla Mohamed Hamed, Youssry El Hawary, Nesreen G. El-Nahas, Akram M. Helmy, Mohammed Hesham Aboelenien

“…Pulmonary function, Cobb angles, and chest circumferences were measured before surgery, on the fifth day following surgery, and at three months. …”
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miR-223-3p Inhibits Antigen Endocytosis and Presentation and Promotes the Tolerogenic Potential of Dendritic Cells through Targeting Mannose Receptor Signaling and Rhob by Hao-Cheng Tang, Yin-Yan Lai, Jing Zheng, Hong-Yan Jiang, Geng Xu

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Enhanced bone regeneration using sodium alginate and polyvinyl alcohol incorporating TiO2 nanoparticles composite film for orthopedic application by Guoying Zhang, Xunkai Hou, Zhen Geng, Mahani Yusoff, Nur Adibah Roslan, Mohd Hasmizam Razali

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Experiences of health information-seeking behaviour in preoperative patients with lung cancer: a qualitative study in China by Wei Li, Lihua Huang, Jie Zhu, Jiayi Guo, Man Ye

“…Objective Surgery represents the primary therapeutic modality for lung cancer, typically administered promptly following diagnosis. …”
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Overexpression of HIF-2α, TWIST, and CXCR4 Is Associated with Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Ni Wang, Hao-Jun Luo, Guo-Bing Yin, Chao-Ran Dong, Man Xu, George G. Chen, Zhi-Min Liu

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