Interactive Crossword Puzzles as an Adjunct Tool in Teaching Undergraduate Dental Students by Abubaker Qutieshat, Nutayla Al-Harthy, Gurdeep Singh, Viresh Chopra, Rayhana Aouididi, Rayan Arfaoui, Sapna Dileesh, Ahmed Alsadoon, Omaima Al-Nadhiri, Shima Al-Busaidi, Sumaiya Al-Rashdi, Mohammad S Alrashdan

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Restless Leg Syndrome and Sleep Quality in Lumbar Radiculopathy Patients by Ersoy Kocabicak, Murat Terzi, Kursad Akpinar, Kemal Paksoy, Ibrahim Cebeci, Omer Iyigun

“…To investigate the frequency of restless leg syndrome (RLS), sleep quality impairment, depression, fatigue, and sleep behavior disorder and to determine the effects of surgery on these parameters in radiculopathy patients resistant to conservative treatment. …”
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A Finite Element Analysis-Based Modeling and Evaluation Method for Sternum Support Brace by Linhua Lv, Junyi Hu, Wanquan Liu, Jianqing Peng

“…Sternum support braces are commonly used in thoracic surgery to secure the chest after open chest procedures. …”
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Self-Reported Psychosocial Health in Obese Patients before and after Weight Loss by G. Osei-Assibey, I. Kyrou, S. Kumar, P. Saravanan, K. A. Matyka

“…Patients having pharmacotherapy or surgery had significant improvements in physical and work function and public distress compared to those having dietary treatment only (𝑃<.05). …”
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Unpredictable Malnutrition and Short-Term Outcomes after Single Anastomosis Sleeve Ileal (SASI) Bypass in Obese Patients by Ayman Kamal, Mahmoud El Azawy, Tarik A. A. Hassan

“…The single anastomosis sleeve ileal (SASI) bypass is a novel metabolic/bariatric surgery operation based on minigastric bypass operation and Santoro’s operation. …”
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The presence of elafin, SLPI, IL1-RA and STNFα RI in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and their relation to the degree of tumour differentiation by U. Westin, M. Nyström, I. Ljungcrantz, B. Eriksson, K. Ohlsson

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Effect Of Nutritional Status On The Surgical Patients Using Subjective Global Assessment by Tahir Ali Mabroor Malik, Fahad Akhtar, Kanza Farrukh, Muhammad Arslan, Fahim Sakhizada, S.H. Waqar

“… Objective: To assess the effects of nutritional status on surgical patients using a Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) scale Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of General Surgery, PIMS Islamabad from March 2022 to February 2024. …”
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Methylprednisolone as an Adjunct to Local Infiltration on Laminoplasty or Laminectomy before Wound Closure: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Niti Shrestha, Bo Han, Xiying Wang, Wenqing Jia, Fang Luo

“…Local infiltration analgesia during spine surgery significantly reduces postoperative pain, which only upholds for a short time. …”
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Adult Congenital Permanent Bilateral Dislocation of the Patella with Full Knee Function: Case Report and Literature Review by Alessandro Bistolfi, Giuseppe Massazza, David Backstein, Stefano Ventura, Raul Cerlon, Maurizio Crova

“…Therefore we performed a knee arthroscopy, whose intra-operative findings confirmed the MRI findings. During the surgery we performed just a selective arthroscopic meniscectomy, without correcting patella dislocation, because the condition was unusually asymptomatic before the trauma.…”
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Medicolegal aspects of medical malpractice claims following aesthetic interventions in Cairo, Egypt by Ghada Abdelwahed Rawash, Neveen Adel Ibrahim, Islam Mostafa Farrag, Somaya Youssef Mostafa

“…The age group most significantly affected was between 26 to 35 years old. Plastic surgery accounted for the highest percentage (51%) of alleged cases among medical specialties. …”
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Gamma knife thalamotomy for essential and Parkinson’s tremor by A. Radžiūnas, O. Laucius, L. Kudrevičius, P. Sėdžius, I. Čelpačenko

“…Only 12 of 20 PD patients were reached via phone call, but 8 of them were evaluated less than 6 months after surgery. As a result, the group of PD patients was excluded from the study. …”
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Neurological Complications following Surgical Treatments of the Lower Molars by Antonio Mancini, Angelo Michele Inchingolo, Marco Di Blasio, Elisabetta de Ruvo, Angela Di Noia, Laura Ferrante, Gaetano Del Vecchio, Andrea Palermo, Francesco Inchingolo, Alessio Danilo Inchingolo, Gianna Dipalma

“…The current review aims to explore postoperative neurological complications in third molar extractive surgery. Materials and Methods. The PRISMA protocols were followed when conducting this review. …”
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Re-Fracture as Impact of Rigid Implant and Bone Osteoporosis: A Case Report by Huda Fajar Arianto, Yunus Basrewan

“…This patient underwent a removal implant surgery a week before in the same spot where she fell. …”
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Postpartum Exudation of Idiopathic Quiescent Macular Neovascularization: A Narrative Review with a Related Case Report by Livio Vitiello, Maddalena De Bernardo, Ilaria De Pascale, Giulio Salerno, Alfonso Pellegrino, Nicola Rosa

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Reply to: comment on “Early cancer detection by serum biomolecular fingerprinting spectroscopy with machine learning” by Shilian Dong, Dong He, Qian Zhang, Chaoning Huang, Zhiheng Hu, Chenyang Zhang, Lei Nie, Kun Wang, Wei Luo, Jing Yu, Bin Tian, Wei Wu, Xu Chen, Fubing Wang, Jing Hu, Xiangheng Xiao

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Dynamic versus Adynamic Graciloplasty in Treatment of End-Stage Fecal Incontinence: Is the Implantation of the Pacemaker Really Necessary? 12-Month Follow-Up in a Clinical, Physiol... by Piotr Walega, Michal Romaniszyn, Benita Siarkiewicz, Dorota Zelazny

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Efficacy and Tolerability of a Combined Moxifloxacin/Dexamethasone Formulation for Topical Prophylaxis in Phacoemulsification: An Open-Label Single-Arm Clinical Trial by Cesar Ramon G. Espiritu, Mary Ellen A. Sy, Tommee Lynne G. Tayengco

“…At day 15, 55 (91.7%) patients scored 0 (<5 cells) in AC reaction. No surgery-related infection occurred. Mean best-corrected visual acuity improved 0.5 logMAR from baseline to 0.0 logMAR (P<.0001). …”
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Androgen metabolism and inhibition of interleukin-1 synthesis in primary cultured human synovial macrophages by M. Cutolo, S. Accardo, B. Villaggio, A. Barone, A. Sulli, E. Balleari, C. Bason, L. Felli, O. M. Granata, R. Amodio, L. Castagnetta

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Impact and Outcomes of Pretreatment Total Serum Testosterone on Localized Prostate Cancer Patients by Brittni M. Usera, Polly Creveling, Jonathan D. Tward

“…Recovery of testosterone back to baseline is expected for men undergoing either surgery, external beam or brachytherapy, or combined modality radiation when not using ADT.…”
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Additively manufactured 316L stainless steel as a potential alternative implant material by M.S. Alam, S.R. Campbell, S.R. Spivey, G. Dutta, N. Pal, A. Karan, J. Xie, M.A. DeCoster, E.P. Murray

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