Iatrogenic Inflammatory Fibrosis of Hard Palate in a 13-Year-Old Female Patient by Shanthan Mettu, Radhika Muppa, G. Siva Prasad Reddy, Srinivas Nallanchakrava, Sri Veda Gurugubelli

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Minimal Change Disease as a Secondary and Reversible Event of a Renal Transplant Case with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Elena Gkrouzman, Kyriakos A. Kirou, Surya V. Seshan, James M. Chevalier

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Aspergillus fumigatus Endophthalmitis with Necrotizing Scleritis following Pars Plana Vitrectomy by Anna M. Gruener, Felicity Allen, Miles R. Stanford, Elizabeth M. Graham

“…Fungal scleritis and endophthalmitis are rare complications of intraocular surgery with sight-threatening consequences, and, as this case demonstrates, may even occur concomitantly. …”
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Intraocular Silicone Oil Masquerading as Terson Syndrome by Navid Elmi Sadr, Bijan Samavat, Payam Mehrian, Alireza Hedayatfar

“…Without knowing the history of previous vitreoretinal surgery, CT scan findings of intraocular silicone oil may be interpreted as vitreous hemorrhage. …”
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A Rare Complication of Radiofrequency Tonsil Ablation: Horner Syndrome by Cuneyt Kucur, Isa Ozbay, Fatih Oghan, Nadir Yildirim, Zuhal Zeybek Sivas, Sibel Canbaz Kabay

“…In recent years, techniques such as radiofrequency ablation and coblation have been commonly used for tonsil surgery. In this report, we present the cases of two pediatric patients who developed ptosis, miosis, and enophthalmos (Horner syndrome) after radiofrequency ablation for tonsil reduction and discuss the technique of radiofrequency ablation of the tonsils. …”
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A Brief Recap of Tips and Surgical Manoeuvres to Enhance Optimal Outcome of Surgically Placed Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters by Jodie H. Frost, Atul Bagul

“…The complications of catheterrelated dysfunction can be reduced with advanced planning of access placement, immaculate surgery, and attention to catheter insertion techniques. …”
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Conversion of Low-Flow Priapism to High-Flow State Using T-Shunt with Tunneling by Neil A. Mistry, Nicholas N. Tadros, Jason C. Hedges

“…We describe 2 cases of men who presented with low-flow priapism episodes that were treated using T-shunts with tunneling that resulted with both men having recurrent erections shortly after surgery that were found to be consistent with high-flow states. …”
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Immune Responses to Tissue-Restricted Nonmajor Histocompatibility Complex Antigens in Allograft Rejection by Ankit Bharat, T. Mohanakumar

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The Other Side of the Coin: Secondary Takotsubo Syndrome in Living Donor Liver Transplantation Reversul medaliei: sindrom Takotsubo secundar la donator înrudit pentru transplant he... by Ponor Cosmina Georgiana, Clapa Loredana Arabela, Miftode Radu Ștefan, Popescu Ștefan Eduard, Lupașcu Cristian Dumitru, Blaj Mihaela, Ciobotaru Larisa, Costache Enache Irina Iuliana, Sălăgean Mihaela, Șmira Gabriela, Brașoveanu Vlad

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Characterisation of Phantom Limb Pain in Traumatic Lower-Limb Amputees by André Tadeu Sugawara, Marcel Simis, Felipe Fregni, Linamara Rizzo Battistella

“…Those with clinical decompensation or evidence of disease, trauma, or surgery in the central or peripheral nervous system were excluded. …”
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Ocular Surface Microbial Flora and Photorefractive Keratectomy by Alireza Peyman, Mehdi Bazukar, Tahmineh Narimani, Majid Mirmohammadkhani, Mohsen Pourazizi

“…The samples were taken from the inferior conjunctival fornix using a sterile swab, immediately before surgery, and then within three months following the PRK. …”
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Internal Spreading of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case Report and Systemic Review by Hui Jin, Huanhuan Yan, Huamei Tang, Miao Zheng, Chaojie Wu, Jun Liu

“…Combined imaging before surgery should be valued to diagnose PTC with internal spread. …”
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Rapid preparation of bioactive composites for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion by Baozhi Ding, Xin Wang, Changqing Zhao, Jie Zhao

“…To solve this problem, the bone mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) screen-enrich-combine circulating system (SECCS) was created to rapidly enrich stem cells and combined with β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) to immediately produce bioactive MSCs/β-TCP composites. 37 patients who underwent transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery were included in this study and randomly divided into two groups. …”
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Mesenchymal stromal cell exosomes for drug delivery of prostate cancer treatments: a review by Chengran Wang, Yanshuo Feng, Xinao Rong, Jingguo Yan, Baisong Lv, Hongyu Jiang, Lian Duan, Jinlan Jiang

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The Role of Dental Implant in Maxillofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation in Rizgari Teaching Hospital. by Othman A. Omar

“…Cone beam CT was used for implant site planning. All the surgeries of implant placement were done under local anesthesia through full thickness skin flaps. …”
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Impact of severe dysphagia on overall survival after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy by Kazumi Shimamoto, Ryota Matsui, Yorihiro Nishiyama, Kyohei Nishino, Hiromitsu Ban

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Multicentric Castleman’s Disease in a Child Revealed by Chronic Diarrhea by Sarra Benmiloud, Sana Chaouki, Samir Atmani, Moustapha Hida

“…The outcome was favorable after treatment by corticosteroid, chemotherapy, and surgery. The occurrence of diarrhea as the initial symptom of multicentric Castleman’s disease without lymph node involvement is very rare. …”
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Modulatory Function of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Yi-Ping Chuang, Chih-Hung Wang, Ning-Chi Wang, Deh-Ming Chang, Huey-Kang Sytwu

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Comparison of Modified Chandler, Roller Pump, and Ball Valve Circulation Models for In Vitro Testing in High Blood Flow Conditions: Application in Thrombogenicity Testing of Differ... by Wim van Oeveren, Ignace F. Tielliu, Jurgen de Hart

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Targeting compensatory proliferation signals in oral cancer by Loganathan Kavitha, Vijayashree Priyadharsini J, Anitha P, Paramasivam A

“…The resistance to conventional therapeutic modalities of cancer, including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, can be explained by the compensatory repair and regeneration that occurs in the tumor microenvironment following apoptosis through the apoptotic compensatory proliferation signaling microvesicles (ACPSVs) or apoptotic extracellular microvesicles (ApoEVs). …”
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