Successful endoscopic treatment of diverticular disease complicated by paracolic abscess by A. I. Khripun, G. B. Makhuova, A. A. Izvekov, M. V. Monakhov

“…Internal endoscopic drainage of the paracolic abscess that developed on the background of colonic diverticulitis can be successful alternative to urgent surgery due to reduction of treatment cost and improvement of quality of life of patients.…”
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Diversity of TCR repertoire predicts recurrence after CRT followed by durvalumab in patients with NSCLC by Masayuki Shirasawa, Tatsuya Yoshida, Takaji Matsutani, Yuki Takeyasu, Naoko Goto, Shigehiro Yagishita, Shigehisa Kitano, Hiroaki Kuroda, Toyoaki Hida, Takayasu Kurata, Yuichiro Ohe

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Interventions to promote the implementation of pressure injuries prevention measures in nursing homes: a scoping review protocol by Yu Liu, Chun-Tao Wu, Long-Fei Yang, Yan-Ling Liu, Cui-Ping Ni

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Differences in Transdiaphragmatic Pressure of Dogs Suffering from Cervical or Thoracolumbar Myelopathy Anaesthetised with Isoflurane by Eirini Sarpekidou, Kyriaki Pavlidou, Ioannis Savvas, Zoe Polizopoulou, George Kazakos

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Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection by Saber Hassan, Rohit Samuel, Andrew Starovoytov, Carolyn Lee, Eve Aymong, Jacqueline Saw

“…Stents were deployed in 73.3%, 16.0% had balloon angioplasty alone, 10.7% had wiring attempts only, and 5.3% required bailout surgery. Major adverse cardiovascular event rates (MACE) were significantly higher with the PCI group in hospital (29.3% versus 2.8%, p<0.001), and at median follow-up of 3.7 yrs (58.7% versus 22.6% (p<0.001) compared to the non-PCI group. …”
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An Intervention Study: Does a Cognitive Reappraisal Technique Reduce the Perceived Stress in Fourth-Year Dental Students in New Zealand? by Alana Smith, Imogen Scott, Jithendra Ratnayake, Kate Newsham-West, Peter Cathro

“…The fourth-year of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree is considered the most stressful in the curriculum. …”
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Determining prognostic factors in the treatment of primary hemifacial spasm: Clinical outcomes and complications. A literature review by Juan Carlos Acevedo-González, Alex Taub-Krivoy, Julian Alfonso Sierra-Peña, Julian Geronimo Lizarazo

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Steroid-Resistant Extranodal Rosai-Dorfman Disease of Cheek Mass and Ptosis Treated with Radiation Therapy by Ahmed Marzouk Maklad, Yasser Bayoumi, Mutahir Tunio, Wafaa AlShakweer, Mashooque A. Dahar, Shomaila A. Akbar

“…Treatment consists of surgery, steroids, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.…”
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The Chromatin Pattern of Cell Nuclei Is of Prognostic Value for Renal Cell Carcinomas by Christine François, Myriam Remmelink, Michel Petein, Roland van Velthoven, André Danguy, Eric Wespes, Isabelle Salmon, Robert Kiss, Christine Decaestecker

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Discovering patient groups in sequential electronic healthcare data using unsupervised representation learning by Jingteng Li, Kimberley R. Zakka, John Booth, Louise Rigny, Samiran Ray, Mario Cortina-Borja, Payam Barnaghi, Neil Sebire

“…Significant variations (p<0.0001) within both patient characteristics and surgery intervention and diagnostic profiles were detected. …”
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Parents’ views and experiences of raising babies born with cleft lip and palate: a qualitative study by Delaram Alinezhad, Farnoosh Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad Kharazifared, Mahdia Gholami, Sarvin Sarmadi, Samaneh Razeghi

“…Using purposive sampling, parents of children with cleft lip/palate who visited the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Children’s Medical Center in Tehran, Iran, were selected. …”
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Music-guided imagination technology combined with acupoint application therapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing measures for preoperative blood pressure control in a patien... by HOU Xuemin (侯雪敏), HUANG Yanping (黄砚萍), FANG Xiaomei (方晓梅)

“…Guided by the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine emotion regulation, the music-guided imagination technology combined with acupoint application therapy by syndrome differentiation were carried out to control the blood pressure of the patient before surgery. After active treatment and nursing, the patient recovered smoothly and was discharged from the hospital. …”
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Medical treatment of patients before surgical myocardial revascularization by I.V. Shklianka, O.J. Zharinov, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

“…Other antiplatelet agents (P2Y12 inhibitors) should be discontinued 3–5 days before surgery. In the case of warfarin therapy, this drug should be discontinued for 5 days, with a temporary transition to low molecular or unfractionated heparin. …”
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Therapeutic potential of targeting the IRF2/POSTN/Notch1 axis in nucleus pulposus cells for intervertebral disc degeneration by Daxue Zhu, Zhaoheng Wang, Shijie Chen, Yanhu Li, Xuewen Kang

“…Methods IVD samples were collected from patients undergoing spinal surgery and classified according to the Pfirrmann grading system. …”
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The Effect of Anterior Capsule Polishing on Capsular Contraction and Lens Stability in Cataract Patients with High Myopia by Dandan Wang, Xiaoyu Yu, Zhangliang Li, Xixia Ding, Hengli Lian, Jianyang Mao, Yinying Zhao, Yun-E. Zhao

“…To evaluate the effect of anterior capsule polishing in patients with high myopia after cataract surgery. Setting. The Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, China. …”
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Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes in thoracic outlet syndrome: a comparative study of cases with and without cervical rib by Amr N. Ali, Hesham ElSobky, El-Sayed Abou El-Magd, Abdel Wahab Mahmoud Ibrahim

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The Use of Iliac Stem Prosthesis for Acetabular Defects following Resections for Periacetabular Tumors by Massimiliano De Paolis, Alessio Biazzo, Carlo Romagnoli, Nikolin Alì, Sandro Giannini, Davide Maria Donati

“…Iliac sovracetabular osteotomy was fused in all cases at 10 months from surgery. Functional results were good or excellent in 25 of 31 patients with long-term follow-up (77%), with a percentage similar to that reported in the literature. …”
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The Role of Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids in Diabetes Mellitus-Induced Impaired Vascular Relaxation of Aortic Rings in Ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley Rats by Dragan Manojlović, Ana Stupin, Anita Matić, Zrinka Mihaljević, Sanja Novak, Ines Drenjančević

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Padlet: a tool for fostering collaborative learning and feedback literacy in dental education by Avita Rath

“…This study investigated the impact of Padlet, a digital pinboard, on collaborative learning and feedback literacy among undergraduate dental students during a formative assessment activity guided by Nicol and MacFarlane's feedback principles.MethodsA convenience sample of 39 Year 3 dental students (25 women and 14 men, mean age = 22) enrolled in a Bachelor of Dental Surgery program at a private dental school in Malaysia participated in a week-long Padlet-based peer feedback activity focused on periodontics. …”
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Dental Trauma following Animal Attack: A Case Report by Meetkumar Dedania, Nimisha Shah, Sankalp Mahajan, Riddhi Thakkar

“…For extraoral management, plastic surgery was performed, involving a paramedian forehead flap and alar cartilage remodelling using left auricular cartilage. …”
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