An Intratumoral Aneurysm and an Extrarenal Synchronous Cystic Tumour in a Case of a Renal Cell Carcinoma by Supun De Silva, Lalani De Silva, Susantha De Silva, Priyani Amarathunga

“…A 31-year-old woman, who presented with painless hematuria and loin pain, was diagnosed to have a large renal mass measuring 15×9×8.5 cm with an intralesional arterial aneurysm measuring 4.5×3.5 cm on radiological examination. During surgery, a separate cystic tumor measuring 5×4.5×4 cm with distinct vascular supply was noted anteromedial to the kidney, in addition to the renal mass. …”
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Tumor-Derived Exosomal miR-29b Reduces Angiogenesis in Pancreatic Cancer by Silencing ROBO1 and SRGAP2 by Lihua Wang, Lei Yang, Tingting Zhuang, Xiuqing Shi

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Development of Prevascularized Synthetic Block Graft for Maxillofacial Reconstruction by Borvornwut Buranawat, Abeer Shaalan, Devy F. Garna, Lucy Di Silvio

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Comparisons of Vitreal Angiogenic, Inflammatory, Profibrotic Cytokines, and Chemokines Profile between Patients with Epiretinal Membrane and Macular Hole by Lu Chen, Weiwei Zhang, Ping Xie, Jiangdong Ji, Huiming Qian, Songtao Yuan, Qinghuai Liu, Zizhong Hu

“…In this prospective study, all subjects received standard pars plana vitrectomy surgery, and 0.5 ml of native vitreous sample was extracted during the vitrectomy. …”
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Influence of Vanadium 4+ and 5+ Ions on the Differentiation and Activation of Human Osteoclasts by Matthias A. König, Oliver P. Gautschi, Hans-Peter Simmen, Luis Filgueira, Dieter Cadosch

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Subacute Stroke in a Young Female: A Case of Moyamoya Syndrome Initially Anchoring with Anxiety by Saira Chaughtai, Zeeshan Chaughtai, Muhammad Shaheryar Haider, Hasnan M. Ijaz, Sarah Elmedani, Mohamed Bakr, Mohammad A. Hossain, Arif Asif

“…She did well after getting surgery and rehabilitation. This demonstrates a unique presentation of prominent psychiatric symptoms initially thought to be anxiety and culminated in the finding of ischemic stroke in an adult patient with moyamoya.…”
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Local delivery of TGF-β1-mRNA decreases fibrosis in osteochondral defects by Gianluca Fontana, Brett Nemke, Yan Lu, Connie Chamberlain, Jae-Sung Lee, Joshua A. Choe, Hongli Jiao, Michael Nelson, Margot Amitrano, Wan-Ju Li, Mark Markel, William L. Murphy

“…TGF-β1 mRNA delivery significantly increased TGF-β1 production in BMAC clots and increased early expression of articular chondrocyte markers within osteochondral defects. At 9 weeks post-surgery, the mRNA-treated defects had a superior macroscopic cartilage appearance, decreased type I collagen deposition, increased stain intensity for type II collagen and increased glycosaminoglycan deposition area when compared to the controls. …”
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Sulfatase modifying factor 2 as a predictive biomarker for urothelial carcinoma by Wei-Ting Kuo, Yi-Chen Lee, Jia-Bin Liao, Ching-Jiunn Tseng, Yi-Fang Yang

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Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Dysplasia in Ulcerative Colitis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Qi-Shan Zeng, Zhi-Jing Zhao, Jiao Nie, Min Zou, Jia-Hui Yang, Jin-Zhi Zhang, Hua-Tian Gan

“…The rates of metachronous tumors and additional surgery after ESD were 6% and 10%, respectively. Conclusion. …”
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T2*-weighted imaging for detection of intracranial silicone oil in MRI obtained with motion correction sequences by Ryuta Yasuda, Masayuki Maeda, Kenichi Takada, Katsuhiro Inoue, Masataka Sugao, Hidenori Suzuki

“…Case presentation A 77-year-old female with a history of eye surgery using silicone oil referred to our hospital due to conscious disturbance. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of Stem Cells in Follicle Regeneration by Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek, Magdalena Krajewska-Włodarczyk, Anna Kruszewska, Łukasz Banasiak, Waldemar Placek, Wojciech Maksymowicz, Joanna Wojtkiewicz

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Clinical Outcomes of Carotid Artery Stenting for Carotid Artery Stenosis in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients by Shuki OKUHARA, Tomoaki MURAKAMI, Shingo TOYOTA, Kosei OKOCHI, Koichi NAKASHIMA, Kazuhiro TOHARA, Shuhei YAMADA, Takamune ACHIHA, Maki KOBAYASHI, Haruhiko KISHIMA

“…There was no difference between dialysis and nondialysis patients in the risk of symptomatic complications and death occurring within 30 days after surgery. There was a higher risk of hemorrhagic complications not associated with prognosis in the dialysis group (23.1% vs 1.0%, P = 0.0047). …”
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Ultrastructural Characteristics of Rat Hepatic Oval Cells and Their Intercellular Contacts in the Model of Biliary Fibrosis: New Insights into Experimental Liver Fibrogenesis by Joanna Maria Lotowska, Maria Elzbieta Sobaniec-Lotowska, Dariusz Marek Lebensztejn, Urszula Daniluk, Piotr Sobaniec, Krzysztof Sendrowski, Jaroslaw Daniluk, Joanna Reszec, Wojciech Debek

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Long Noncoding RNA LOC100129940-N Is Upregulated in Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Promotes the Invasion and Progression by Manting Choy, Yan Guo, Hai Li, Guohong Wei, Runyi Ye, Weiwei Liang, Haipeng Xiao, Yanbing Li, Hongyu Guan

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Comparison of Preoperative Assessment of Patient’s Metabolic Equivalents (METs) Estimated from History versus Measured by Exercise Cardiac Stress Testing by Adam S. Weinstein, Martin I. Sigurdsson, Angela M. Bader

“…Preoperative anesthetic evaluations of patients before surgery traditionally involves assessment of a patient’s functional capacity to estimate perioperative risk of cardiovascular complications and need for further workup. …”
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Capsular Bag Performance of a Novel Hydrophobic Single-Piece Intraocular Lens by Klemens Waser, Klaus Straßmair, Leon Pomberger, Haidar Khalil, Peter Laubichler, Matthias Bolz, Nino Hirnschall

“…Exclusion criteria were prior surgeries, combined surgeries, and conditions posing a risk for postoperative capsular bag instability. …”
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Bidirectional regulation of reactive oxygen species for radiosensitization in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Jie Chen, Chengyu Feng, Yufei Lan, Xiangtian Chen, Zhengqi Peng, Zihan Huang, Ruiqing Wang, Wenxin Zhang, Yingying Ye, Zhilei Mao, Dongyue Pan, Lihua Yang

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Investigating the mechanistic role of oxidative stress in brain–gut axis disruption in rat model by Akeem Babatunde Sikiru, Stephen Acheneje Egena, Muhyideen Adio Kilani, Morufat Eniola Azeez, Maryam Nahari Adam, Ahmad Abdullahi

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Serum amylase level measurement in acute abdominal pain by Taher Abdullah Hawramy, Dara Ahmed Mohammed, Botan H. Tahir

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Enhanced Regeneration and Hepatoprotective Effects of Interleukin 22 Fusion Protein on a Predamaged Liver Undergoing Partial Hepatectomy by Heng Zhou, Guomin Xie, Yudi Mao, Ke Zhou, Ruixue Ren, Qihong Zhao, Hua Wang, Shi Yin

“…Liver ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) and regeneration deficiency are two major challenges for surgery patients with chronic liver disease. As a survival factor for hepatocytes, interleukin 22 (IL-22) plays an important role in hepatoprotection and the promotion of regeneration after hepatectomy. …”
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