Foreign Bodies in the Oesophagus: The Experience of the Buenos Aires Paediatric ORL Clinic by Alberto Chinski, Francesca Foltran, Dario Gregori, Simonetta Ballali, Desiderio Passali, Luisa Bellussi

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Impact of Traffic Patterns on Trauma Response Prenotification [Response to Letter] by Gorgens S, Klein EN, Bank MA, Jafari D

“…Sophia Gorgens,1 Eric N Klein,2,3 Matthew A Bank,2,3 Daniel Jafari1,3 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health, Long Island, NY, USA; 2Department of Surgery, Northwell Health, Long Island, NY, USA; 3Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra, Long Island, NY, USACorrespondence: Sophia Gorgens, Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwell Health, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA, Email sophia.gorgens@gmail.com…”
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Ovarian Crohn’s Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Hamza Mohammed, Rana Bokhary, Mohammed Nassif, Mahmoud Mosli

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Abordaje quirúrgico de la aorta para urólogos by Carlos H. Abonía-Velasco, Herney A. García-Perdomo

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Pregnancy and the Biliary System by Helga Witt, J Joseph Connon

“…Operative treatment should be deferred if possible until after delivery; failing that, surgery is best done in the second trimester. Endoscopic pap1llotomy may prove to be the best therapy for choledocholithiasis.…”
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Severe Osteolysis of the Mandibular Angle and Total Condylolysis in Progressive Systemic Sclerosis by Amin Rahpeyma, Seyed Hosein Hoseini Zarch, Saeedeh Khajehahmadi

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Active and Healthy Ageing and Independent Living 2016 by Maddalena Illario, Miriam M. R. Vollenbroek-Hutten, D. William Molloy, Enrica Menditto, Guido Iaccarino, Patrik Eklund

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Liposarcoma of the Spermatic Cord: A Case Report by M. S. Papageorgiou, G. Dadakas, K. Donev

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Congenital lumbar hernia associated to lumbar costovertebral syndrome. A case report. by Zoe Quintero Delgado, Guillermo Cortiza Orbe, Yusimy Izaguirre Martínez

“…Reported the case of a born patient of color of white skin, 6 years old, of pregnancy and normal childbirth that it was valued in the Service of Surgery of the Pediatric Hospital ¨Paquito González Cueto¨ because it presented increase of volume in both lumbar regions, without another associate sintomatology. …”
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Why Your Patient May Need an ACL Reconstruction Plus Lateral Extra-Articular Tenodesis Procedure by Amit Momaya, Chandler Harris, Matt Hargreaves

“…The benefits of adding an LET procedure to an ACL surgery may include greater rotational stability, decreased re-tear rates, and improved return to play. …”
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Recurrent Anterior Vaginal Wall Hernia after a Radical Cystectomy by Omar Felipe Dueñas-Garcia, Kristan Hornsby

“…True pelvic floor areas are uncommon conditions, but they can occur after extensive pelvic surgery including radical cystectomies or pelvic exenteration. …”
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Minimally Invasive Approach to Eliminate Pyogenic Granuloma: A Case Report by B. Chandrashekar

“…It is most commonly seen in females in their second decade of life due to vascular effects of hormones. Although excisional surgery is the treatment of choice for it, this paper presents the safest and most minimally invasive procedure for the regression of pyogenic granuloma.…”
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Effect of oral antibiotics after two-stage revision for periprosthetic joint infection on subsequent antibiotic resistance within a national cohort of United States veterans by J. Payne, J. Payne, J. D. Sutton, B. E. Blackburn, S. Bansod, S. Bansod, H. Imlay, H. Imlay, E. S. Spivak, E. S. Spivak, J. Pupaibool, J. Pupaibool, J. M. Gililland, J. M. Gililland, L. K. Certain, L. K. Certain, L. K. Certain

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>: Prior studies have indicated that administration of prolonged courses of oral antibiotics after Stage 2 reimplantation surgery for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) results in a lower rate of recurrent PJI. …”
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A randomised, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of teprotumumab for active thyroid eye disease in Japanese patientsResearch in context by Yuji Hiromatsu, Eri Ishikawa, Ai Kozaki, Yasuhiro Takahashi, Mika Tanabe, Ken Hayashi, Yukihiro Imagawa, Kazutoyo Kaneda, Masashi Mimura, Xiaoxian Dai, Tomoko Hayashida, Takashi Akamizu

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Associations between prior healthcare use, time to diagnosis, and clinical outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease: a nationally representative population-based cohort study by Alex Bottle, Sonia Saxena, Richard C G Pollok, Jonathan Blackwell, Irene Petersen, Hanna Creese, Nishani Jayasooriya, Richard CG Pollok

“…For CD, &gt;2 consultations were associated with intestinal surgery (adjusted HR (aHR)=2.22, 95% CI 1.45 to 3.39) and subsequent CD-related hospitalisation (aHR=1.80, 95% CI 1.29 to 2.50). …”
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Impact of Population-Based Screening for Diabetes and Prediabetes Among 67-Year-Olds Using Point-of-Care HbA1c on Healthcare Ultilisation, Results from the VISP Cohort by Andersen JW, Høgh A, Lindholt JS, Søgaard R, Støvring H, Yderstræde KB, Sandbæk A, Dahl M

“…Jesper Winkler Andersen,1,2 Annette Høgh,1,3 Jes Sanddal Lindholt,1,3– 6 Rikke Søgaard,5 Henrik Støvring,3,7 Knud Bonnet Yderstræde,5,8 Annelli Sandbæk,9– 11 Marie Dahl1,3– 5 1Vascular Research Unit, Department of Vascular Surgery, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark; 2Department of Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; 3Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 4Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 5Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; 6Elite Centre of Individualized Treatment of Arterial Diseases (CIMA), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; 7Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 8Diabetes Center, Steno, Odense, Denmark; 9Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 10Research unit of General Medical Practice, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 11Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence: Jesper Winkler Andersen, Vascular Research Unit, Department of Surgery, Viborg Regional Hospital, Toldbodgade 12, Viborg, 8800, Denmark, Tel +45 28118736, Email jesper.andersen@midt.rm.dkPurpose: The present study aims to evaluate the changes in healthcare utilization following population-based screening for diabetes mellitus (DM) using point-of-care HbA1c measurement in the Viborg Screening Program (VISP) cohort, which invites all 67-year-olds in Viborg, Denmark, for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and DM screening.Patients and Methods: We conducted a cohort study using data from VISP and Danish national health registers. …”
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Lnc-EST885 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis through PI3K / AKT pathway by interaction with TRAF4 by Shaoliang Zhu, Gang Wang, Yuxuan Zhang, Mengjie Zou, Zhi Li, Shenhong Qu, Xiaosu Zou, Wenqian Nong, Weiwei Miao, Qicong Chen, Juanmei Mo, Huibing Chen, Lequn Li, Xiaofeng Dong, Honglin Luo

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Evaluation of the Prognostic Value of Red Cell Distribution Width to Total Serum Calcium Ratio in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis by Tian-Yong Han, Tao Cheng, Bo-Fu Liu, Ya-Rong He, Pan Pan, Wen-Tao Yang, Qiang-Lai, Yu Cao

“…According to the prognosis, AP patients were divided into ICU group and non-ICU group, surgery group and nonsurgery group, and hospital survival group and hospital death group. …”
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Oncolytic influenza virus enhances killing effect of gemcitabine against pancreatic cancer cells by MENG Zihe, MENG Zihe, XU Yongru, DENG Zhaoda

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In vitro evaluation of hypochlorous acid-silver nanoparticle waterline disinfectant for dental unit waterline disinfection by Tingting Yin, Qiaowen Li, Huan Sun, Jin Zheng, Yuanyuan Wang, Yi Luo, Li Wang

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