A Case of Cavitary Lung Metastasis From Prostate Cancer by Shinnosuke Ohnaka, Mayumi Aoyama, Rino Arai, Saya Hattori, Yusuke Kubo, Shugo Suzuki, Toshihiro Yoshimura, Akinori Ebihara, Toshiaki Morikawa, Hidenobu Shigemitsu, Ichiro Kuwahira

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Diagnosis and Management of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and Its Nutritional and Respiratory Complications in the Elderly by Laia Rofes, Viridiana Arreola, Jordi Almirall, Mateu Cabré, Lluís Campins, Pilar García-Peris, Renée Speyer, Pere Clavé

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Hepatic Overexpression of GRP94 in a Rabbit Model of Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Liver Disease by Xueping Zhu, Xiaomin Zhang, Lingling Yu, Yumin Xu, Xing Feng, Jian Wang

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Characteristics of serum lipid levels in patients with hypertension: a hospital-based retrospective descriptive study by Heming Wu, Zhikang Yu, Qingyan Huang

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Repositioning of the Severe Prolapsed Silicone Tubes after Bicanalicular Nasal Intubation: A Novel Technique by Jinjing He, Jingwen Gong, Qingqing Zheng, Jin Jiang

“…Bicanalicular nasal intubation is widely used in lacrimal drainage system surgery. Its common complication is lateral displacement or spontaneous prolapse. …”
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Spinal Fusion in the Next Generation: Gene and Cell Therapy Approaches by Marta Barba, Claudia Cicione, Camilla Bernardini, Vincenzo Campana, Ernesto Pagano, Fabrizio Michetti, Giandomenico Logroscino, Wanda Lattanzi

“…The improved knowledge of both mesenchymal stem cell biology and osteogenic molecules allowed their use in regenerative medicine, representing attractive approaches to achieve bone regeneration also in spinal surgery applications. In this review we aim to describe the developing gene- and cell-based bone regenerative approaches as promising future trends in spine fusion.…”
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Why Asplenic Patients Should Not Take Care of the Neighbour’s Dog? A Fatal Course of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Sepsis by Patrick Langguth, Lothar Leissner, Günther Zick, Arno Fischer, Christiane Stuhlmann-Laiesz, Mona Salehi Ravesh, Friederike Austein, Olav Jansen, Marcus Both

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Granulomatous Lobular Mastitis Associated with Mycobacterium abscessus in South China: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ye-sheng Wang, Qi-wei Li, Lin Zhou, Run-feng Guan, Xiang-ming Zhou, Ji-hong Wu, Nan-yan Rao, Shuang Zhu

“…Mycobacteria, which are known as rapidly growing bacteria, are pathogens that are responsible for cutaneous or subcutaneous infections that especially occur after injection, trauma, or surgery. In this report, we describe a species of Mycobacterium abscessus that was isolated from a breast abscess in a patient who was previously diagnosed with granulomatous lobular mastitis (GLM). …”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Commercially Insured Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer Initiating First-Line Therapy in the United States by Monica Kobayashi, Jamie Garside, Joehl Nguyen

“…Overall, mean age at index was 61 years, most patients (77.3%) had received prior surgery for EC, and the most common 1L regimen was carboplatin/paclitaxel (59.1%). …”
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Adverse Effects of Carbetocin versus Oxytocin in the Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage after Caesarean Section: A Randomized Controlled Trial by D. Mannaerts, L. Van der Veeken, H. Coppejans, Y. Jacquemyn

“…Blood pressure (BP), heart rate, presence of nausea/vomitus, and need for vasopressors were evaluated throughout surgery. Preoperative and postoperative haemoglobin and haematocrit levels were compared. …”
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The Initial Vascular Access Type Contributes to Inflammation in Incident Hemodialysis Patients by Mala Sachdeva, Adriana Hung, Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Markus Bitzer, Michele H. Mokrzycki

“…A mixed effects model was performed to adjust for age, sex, race, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, infections, access thrombosis, initiation of HD, and days after access surgery. In comparison to AVFs, the presence of a TC was associated with significantly higher levels of CRP (𝑃=0.03), IL-6 (𝑃=0.07), and IP-10 (𝑃=0.03). …”
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In Vitro Repair of Fractured Fiber-Reinforced Cusp-Replacing Composite Restorations by Willem M. M. Fennis, Cees M. Kreulen, Arzu Tezvergil, Lippo V. J. Lassila, Pekka K. Vallittu, Nico H. J. Creugers

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A novel approach to intraoperative diagnosis of primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease by Nethrani Sameera Wijesekara Pathirana, Hasitha Udayakumara, A S K Banagala, M R Sumanatilleke, A V T Damayanthi, S R Constantine, G W Katulanda, Z T M Thowfeek, T Sasikanth, S Pathmanathan

“…However, the diagnosis of PPNAD was confirmed using an intraoperative frozen section and macroscopy, and the patient underwent bilateral adrenalectomy during the same surgery. This case highlights a novel approach to diagnosing and managing PPNAD intraoperatively in a resource-limited setting where preoperative localisation studies have failed.…”
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Impaired Mitophagy: A New Potential Mechanism of Human Chronic Atrial Fibrillation by Shuang Zhou, Weiran Dai, Guoqiang Zhong, Zhiyuan Jiang

“…Totally, 43 patients with valvular heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery were selected, including 21 patients with chronic AF. …”
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Adjunct Intravitreous Triamcinolone Acetonide in the Treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema with Anti-VEGF Agents by Robert B. Garoon, Robert E. Coffee, Lai Jiang, Christina Y. Weng, Petros E. Carvounis

“…Six of 126 phakic eyes in group 1 versus 12/33 phakic eyes in group 2 underwent cataract surgery (4.7% versus 36.3%, p=0.00009). Conclusions. …”
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Management and Clinical Outcome of Penetrating Keratoplasty for Long-Term Corneal Changes in Sympathetic Ophthalmia by Saraswathi Ramamurthi, Ebube E. Obi, Gordon N. Dutton, Kanna Ramaesh

“…They had each sustained penetrating trauma as a child and had undergone previous cataract surgery and superficial keratectomy. Two patients had undergone lamellar keratoplasty prior to this procedure. …”
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Posttraumatic Bacillus cereus Endophthalmitis: Clinical Characteristics and Antibiotic Susceptibilities by Feng Mei, Jiaqi Lin, Manli Liu, Yao Yang, Xiaofeng Lin, Fang Duan

“…Finally, seven eyes underwent silicone oil removal surgery during follow-up. Only two patients retained a visual acuity better than FC. …”
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Resveratrol promotes sensitization to Doxorubicin by inhibiting epithelial‐mesenchymal transition and modulating SIRT1/β‐catenin signaling pathway in breast cancer by Xiaoxia Jin, Yingze Wei, Yushan Liu, Xiaoyun Lu, Fei Ding, Jiatai Wang, Shuyun Yang

“…Abstract Breast cancer is one of the leading fatal diseases for women worldwide who cannot have surgery typically have to rely on systemic chemotherapy to extend their survival. …”
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Assessment of Right Ventricle Function in Patients with Mitral Repair: Case Series by Yannis Amador, Jacobo Moreno Garijo, Azad Mashari, Giovanni Gadotti, Wilma M. Hopman, Tirone E David, Massimiliano Meineri

“…Despite limitations like single-surgeon experience and institution-specific choice of pressors, our study provides useful insights into right ventricular function post-mitral repair surgery, paving the way for future research in larger patient populations.…”
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Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Ocular Bacterial Strains Isolated from Pediatric Patients in University Hospital of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli,” Naples, Italy by Francesco Petrillo, Veronica Folliero, Biagio Santella, Gianluigi Franci, Francesco Foglia, Maria C. Trotta, Maria T. Della Rocca, Teresio Avitabile, Caterina Gagliano, Marilena Galdiero

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