Association between the triglyceride glucose body mass index and asthma: evidence from NHANES 2011–2018 by Sijia Yu, Shiping Wu, Shouxin Wei

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Catastrophic Brain Aspergillosis after Liver Transplantation by Mohammadmahdi Abbasi, Shirin Shams Ardakani, Nasir Fakhar, Hamid Eshaghi, Hosein Alimadadi, Toktam Faghihi, Behdad Gharib, Meisam Sharifzadeh, Masoomeh Safaei

“…The patient was an 8-year-old boy, with a case of Wilson disease, who underwent liver transplantation due to acute fulminant hepatic failure. Four days after the surgery, he was affected by fever, agitation, loss of consciousness, hemiparesis, and focal seizure. …”
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Open Partial Horizontal Laryngectomy as a Conservative Salvage Treatment for Laser-Recurrent Laryngeal Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Series by Erika Crosetti, Andrea Borello, Andy Bertolin, Izabela Costa Santos, Marco Fantini, Giulia Arrigoni, Ilaria Bertotto, Andrea Elio Sprio, Fernando Luiz Dias, Giuseppe Rizzotto, Giovanni Succo

“…Local recurrence occurs in approximately 10% of cases, making salvage surgery a crucial therapeutic option. This multi-institutional study investigates the efficacy of open partial horizontal laryngectomy (OPHL) as a salvage treatment, following recurrent laryngeal squamous-cell carcinoma (LSCC) after failed TOLMS. …”
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INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO AND ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME DO NOT PREDICT PLASMA TRANSFUSION IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION by David Silveira MARINHO, Joel Avancini ROCHA FILHO, Estela Regina Ramos FIGUEIRA, Claudia Regina FERNANDES, Rui Carlos DETSCH JUNIOR, José Huygens Parente GARCIA, Wellington ANDRAUS, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’ALBUQUERQUE

“…The alert values of INR and aPTT unassociated with coagulopathy in each phase of surgery were identified. RESULTS: Multivariate analysis showed that preoperative hematocrit (odds ratio [OR]=0.90, p<0.001), preoperative fibrinogen (OR=0.99, p<0.001), and absence of hepatocellular carcinoma (OR=3.57, p=0.004) were significant predictors of plasma transfusions. …”
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Simultaneous total hip and knee arthroplasties in hemophilic arthropathy: series of 5 cases by Özgür Mert Bakan, Arman Vahabi, Elcil Kaya Biçer, Fahri Şahin, Kaan Kavaklı

“…For patients with comorbidities, staged surgeries may be advisable to avoid potential complications. …”
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Increased Risk of Dementia in Patients with Antidepressants: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Yao-Chin Wang, Po-An Tai, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Md Mohaimenul Islam, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Chieh-Chen Wu, Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li

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Pembrolizumab in a Patient with Treatment-Naïve Unresectable BRAF-Mutation Negative Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer by Fadi Nabhan, Elizabeth Kander, Rulong Shen, Amit Agrawal, Vineeth Sukrithan, Ye Zhou, Ashima Goyal, Katie Roll, Manisha Shah, Bhavana Konda

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Downregulation of FXYD2 Is Associated with Poor Prognosis and Increased Regulatory T Cell Infiltration in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Zedan Zhang, Yanlin Tang, Lei Li, Wuping Yang, Yawei Xu, Jingcheng Zhou, Kaifang Ma, Kenan Zhang, Hongkai Zhuang, Yanqing Gong, Kan Gong

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Understanding the impact of racism on surgical outcomes in settler nation-states USA and Canada: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mary Brindle, Oluwatomilayo Daodu, Tyara Marchand, Saffa Aziz, Ifeoluwa Adedipe, Mirna Matta

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Decision tree-based learning and laboratory data mining: an efficient approach to amebiasis testing by Enas Al-khlifeh, Ahmad S. Tarawneh, Khalid Almohammadi, Malek Alrashidi, Ramadan Hassanat, Ahmad B. Hassanat

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Extracellular Vesicles in Periodontitis: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential by Zhang L, Li X, Zhang B, Li R

“…Although basic treatment and periodontal surgery can alleviate the symptoms of periodontitis to a certain extent, the treatment of severe tissue defects or refractory cases is not effective. …”
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Prediction of Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis Based on Clinical Variables Using a Large National Survey Database by Yanal Alnimer, Touleen Alnimer

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CDC25B Is a Prognostic Biomarker Associated With Immune Infiltration and Drug Sensitivity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Zixiang Huang, Liangzhi Xu, Zhengqiang Wu, Xiaofeng Xiong, Linfei Luo, Zhili Wen

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Assessment of retinal pigment epithelium tears in eyes with submacular hemorrhage secondary to age-related macular degeneration by Tomoko Ueda-Consolvo, Syogo Takahashi, Toshihiko Oiwake, Tomoko Nakamura, Masaaki Ishida, Shuichiro Yanagisawa, Atsushi Hayashi

“…Multiple regression analysis was performed to identify the predictors of visual outcome at month 3 and 6 after surgery. In 21 eyes out of 24 eyes (87.5%), RPE tear was detected in the posterior pole. …”
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The effect of granulated sugar application on healing in the treatment of infected wounds and abscesses by Nuri Yavru, Yılmaz Koç, Mustafa Ancan, Yusuf Doğruer

“…<p> In this study materials were consisted of total 28 cases; these were; 1 dog, 1 rabbits, 2 horses and 4 cattle which had been brought to the surgery clinics. 1 horse, 2 catle had bursitis purulenta, 2 calves had arthritis purulenta, 1 cat, 1 sheep, 4 horses, 3 cattle had infected and necrotic wounds, 6 dogs had experimentally made symetric wounds.…”
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An easy approach to ultrasonographic volumetry of the thyroid by Tsukasa Murakami, Naoyuki Higaki, Yui Nishijima, Junichi Tani, Hitoshi Noguchi, Manami Morisaki, Misako Eto, Yoshiko Tani

“…The depth and width of both thyroid lobes were measured using ultrasonography before surgery in 193 patients with Graves’ disease. The products were compared with the weight of the thyroid obtained from operative records. …”
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Motor and Perceptual Recovery in Adult Patients with Mild Intellectual Disability by Mariagiovanna Cantone, Maria A. Catalano, Giuseppe Lanza, Gaetano La Delfa, Raffaele Ferri, Manuela Pennisi, Rita Bella, Giovanni Pennisi, Alessia Bramanti

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Perivascular Invasion: A Promising Prognostic Parameter for Breast Cancer by Begüm Çalım GÜRBÜZ, Tuçe Söylemez AKKURT, Handan EREN, Hazal İzol ÖZMEN, Ebru ŞEN, Burçin PEHLİVANOĞLU

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High Levels of Hemoglobin Promote Carotid Adventitial Vasa Vasorum Neoangiogenesis in Chronic Kidney Disease by Maria Vittoria Arcidiacono, Montserrat Martinez-Alonso, Montserrat Belart, Ana Vilar, Marisa Martín, Lourdes Craver, Àngels Betriu, Dídac Mauricio, José Manuel Valdivielso, Elvira Fernández, Mercè Borràs

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Histopathologic Evaluation of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Hypothyroidism-Induced Rats by Şule Demir, Mustafa Ünübol, Serap Ünübol Aypak, Emrah İpek, Serdar Aktaş, Gamze Sevri Ekren, Murat Yılmaz, Recai Tunca, Engin Güney

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