Postoperative Residual Neuromuscular Paralysis at an Australian Tertiary Children’s Hospital by Thomas Ledowski, Brendan O’Dea, Luke Meyerkort, Mary Hegarty, Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg

“….–6 p.m.). At the end of surgery, directly prior to tracheal extubation, the train-of-four (TOF) ratio was assessed quantitatively. …”
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End-User Experience of the 2012 WHF Echocardiographic Criteria for Diagnosis of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Global Survey by Lene Thorup, Cleonice Mota, Krishna Kumar, Joselyn Rwebembera, James Marangou, Julius Chacha Mwita, Kate Ralston, Bo Reményi, Andrea Beaton, Liesl Zühlke, Ana Olga Mocumbi

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Hydropneumothorax Revealing a Pneumoblastoma in Children by Karima El Fakiri, Ghizlane Draiss, Noureddine Rada, Mohammed Bouskraoui, Abderrachid Hamdaoui, Mohamed Oulad Saiad

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Laparoscopic Management of Huge Ovarian Cysts by A. Alobaid, A. Memon, S. Alobaid, L. Aldakhil

“…We present 5 cases with huge ovarian cysts managed by laparoscopic endoscopic surgery without any complications. Materials and Methods. …”
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Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis and Epidural Abscess after Chemoradiotherapy for Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case Report by Yushi Ueki, Jun Watanabe, Shigehisa Hashimoto, Sugata Takahashi

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A Case of Successful Treatment with Unilateral Oophorectomy in a Patient with Resistant Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by S. Pathmanathan, I. Ranathunga, N. P. Somasundaram

“…The multifaceted medical treatment comprises the first-line therapy in PCOS. Surgery is considered as a second-line option in resistant PCOS following failure of initial therapeutic options. …”
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Clinico-Microbiological Profile and Treatment Outcome of Infectious Scleritis: Experience from a Tertiary Eye Care Center of India by Srikant Kumar Sahu, Sujata Das, Savitri Sharma, Kalyani Sahu

“…Twelve patients (70.6%) had history of trauma/prior surgery. Isolated organisms included Staphylococcus species (spp) (n=5), Fungus (n=4), Nocardia spp (n=3), two each of atypical Mycobacterium spp and Streptococcus pneumoniae and one Pseudomonas aeruginosa. …”
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Optimization the Initial Weights of Artificial Neural Networks via Genetic Algorithm Applied to Hip Bone Fracture Prediction by Yu-Tzu Chang, Jinn Lin, Jiann-Shing Shieh, Maysam F. Abbod

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Rehabilitation of the knee following ACL repair and reconstruction: A review of clinical best practices by Muhammad Daffa Haidar, Rizki Mulyawan, Julian Dewantara, Joanna Michalina Jurek

“…To avoid problems including edema, loss of range of motion, muscle weakness, poor balance, and recovery of knee function, rehabilitation treatment should be performed after surgery. Immediate implementation of open kinetic chain exercises, use of criterion-based progressions for various activities such as running, sprinting, and plyometrics, and implementation of a secondary prevention program. …”
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Umbilical Hernia as Forerunner of Primary Umbilical Endometriosis: A Case Report by Saunri Hansadah, Jasmina Begum, Pankaj Kumar, Sweta Singh, Deepthy Balakrishnan, Anirban Kundu

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The Clinical and Radiological Outcome of Bovine Hydroxyapatite (Bio Hydrox) as Bone Graft by Arifin, Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Mouli Edward

“…Results: Of the 56 patients who underwent surgery with BHA, most (80.36%) had excellent outcomes, 12.5% had good outcomes, 3.57% had fair outcomes, and 3.57% had poor outcomes. …”
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Sclerema Neonatorum in a Term Infant: A Case Report and Literature Review by Gloria Nakalema, Walufu Ivan Egesa, Patrick Kumbowi Kumbakulu, Martin Nduwimana, Amnia Diaz Anaya, Mirembe Stephen Kizito, Daniel Kavuma

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Sevoflurane Ameliorates Myocardial Cell Injury by Inducing Autophagy via the Deacetylation of LC3 by SIRT1 by Lihua Fan, Deyuan Chen, Jianping Wang, Yini Wu, Dongli Li, Xiaoyan Yu

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Indocyanine Green Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging-Guided Laparoscopic Heminephrectomy for Left Ureteral Cancer in Patient with Horseshoe Kidney by Takao Natsuyama, Yozo Mitsui, Masato Uetani, Shigeyuki Ohta, Shin-ichi Hisasue

“…Laparoscopic surgery for patients with a horseshoe kidney is challenging because of the location, aberrant vasculature, and difficulty with division of the isthmus with adequate hemostasis. …”
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The Role of Ursodeoxycholic Acid Administration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Questionnaire Survey by Cheng Zhou, Ran Jia, Jinqiu Yang, Tong Liu, Xiaoyan Liu, Lin Yang, Wenxia Zhao

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Comparison of Two Toric IOL Calculation Methods by C. Kern, K. Kortüm, M. Müller, A. Kampik, S. Priglinger, W. J. Mayer

“…Sixty-four eyes of forty-five patients underwent cataract surgery followed by implantation of a toric intraocular lens (Zeiss Torbi 709 M) calculated by a standard industry calculator using front keratometry values. …”
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Supervised exercise-based rehabilitation for people with intermittent claudication-Study protocol for a Danish implementation process (StRiDE). by Sara Fredslund Hajdú, Helle Bøgard, Thomas Vedste Aagaard, Stine Gundtoft Roikjær, Charlotte Simonÿ, Anne Dalhoff, Kim Houlind, Alexander Luijk, Ida Ulriksen, Lotte Therkildsen Jensen, Søren T Skou, Lars Hermann Tang

“…<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>The implementation process is a collaboration between the municipalities in the Region of Zealand and the Department of Vascular Surgery at University Hospital Zealand. The study uses a convergent mixed-methods prospective clinical cohort design, and the theoretical frame of this implementation process follows the framework for Adapting an existing intervention to a new context (ADAPT). …”
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A Review of the Aetiopathogenesis and Clinical and Histopathological Features of Oral Mucosal Melanoma by Liviu Feller, Razia A. G. Khammissa, Johan Lemmer

“…Oral mucosal melanoma is an uncommon, usually heavily melanin-pigmented, but occasionally amelanotic aggressive tumour with a poor prognosis. Despite radical surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy, local recurrence and distant metastasis are frequent. …”
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XLH Matters: an evolving programme to discuss new advances and share clinical experiences to improve patient outcomes by Lothar Seefried, Ferdinando Aliberti, Cathrine Alsaker Heier, Pedro Arango-Sancho, Martin Biosse Duplan, Sophia D. Sakka, Francesco Emma, Oliver Gardiner, Muhammad Kassim Javaid, Rui M. Ferreira-Santos, Adalbert Raimann, Kristen Rak, Judith S. Bubbear, Moira S. Cheung, Signe Sparre Beck-Nielsen, Gabriel T. Mindler, Agnès Linglart

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A Study of Inflammatory/Necrosis Biomarkers in the Fracture of the Femur Treated with Proximal Femoral Nail Antirotation by Mariapaola Marino, Giuseppe Palmieri, Marco Peruzzi, Flavia Scuderi, Emanuela Bartoccioni

“…Our results show that PFNA did not induce significant increments in serum levels of inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6; CRP was elevated preoperatively in correlation with waiting time for surgery; CRP and CK showed a significant increment in the first postoperatory day; CK increment was correlated with surgical time length. …”
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