Diagnostic Accuracy Of Barium Swallow For Dysphagia, Keeping Rigid Esophagoscopy As The Gold Standard by Ansa Umara Akram, Sadia Chaudhry, Sundas Masood, Amna Kausar, Seema Naveed, Areesha Manzoor

“…Study Setting & Duration: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, District Headquarter Hospital Rawalpindi from 01-09- 2022 to 01-03-2023. …”
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The Association of HOTAIR with the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Gastric Cancer and Its Effect on the Proliferation of Gastric Cancer Cells by Zhiying Xu, Hui Chen, Bin Yang, Xiangfeng Liu, Xiaoli Zhou, Hongfang Kong

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A variant in GRN of Spanish origin presenting with heterogeneous phenotypes by M. Menéndez-González, A. García-Martínez, I. Fernández-Vega, A. Pitiot, V. Álvarez

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The Long-Term Change of Arrhythmias after Transcatheter Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects by Hongyan Zheng, Aiwen Lin, Li Wang, Yukai Xu, Zhiwei Zhang

“…The probability of delayed CAVB or bundle branch block after VSD closure is low but often occurs several years after surgery. Therefore, long-term ECG follow-up should last for several years or even decades. …”
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Proinflammatory Tear Cytokines in Human Adenoviral Keratoconjunctivitis and Clinical Eye Severity by Santacruz Valdés C, Ponce-Rosas ER, Jimenez-Martinez MC

“…Concepción Santacruz Valdés,1 Efrén Raúl Ponce-Rosas,2 Maria C Jimenez-Martinez3,4 1Department of Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Institute of Ophthalmology “Conde de Valenciana”, Mexico City, Mexico; 2Subdivision of Family Medicine, Department of Postgraduates, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of México, Mexico City, Mexico; 3Department of Immunology and Research Unit, Institute of Ophthalmology “Conde de Valenciana”, Mexico City, Mexico; 4Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, MexicoCorrespondence: Maria C Jimenez-Martinez, Email mcjimenezm@facmed.unam.mxIntroduction: Acute adenoviral conjunctivitis is a disease with mild to severe clinical manifestations. …”
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MicroRNA-21-5p Reduces Hypoxia/Reoxygenation-Induced Neuronal Cell Damage through Negative Regulation of CPEB3 by Bin Wang, Ping Yu, Wei Lin, Zhaohui Zhai

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Optimal Pore Size of Honeycomb Polylactic Acid Films for In Vitro Cartilage Formation by Synovial Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Misaki Yagi, Mitsuru Mizuno, Ryota Fujisawa, Hisako Katano, Kentaro Endo, Nobutake Ozeki, Yuriko Sakamaki, Hideyuki Koga, Ichiro Sekiya

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A Prospective Study of the Prevalence and Predictive Risk Factors of Repeat Breeder Syndrome in Dairy Cattle in the North of Spain by Sofía L. Villar, Carlos C. Pérez-Marín, Jacobo Álvarez, Antía Acción, Renato Barrionuevo, Juan J. Becerra, Ana I. Peña, Pedro G. Herradón, Luis A. Quintela, Uxía Yáñez

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Patients’ Perspectives on the Preference for the Gender of Medical Professionals in Perioperative Care and Attitudes Toward Anaesthesiologists: A Cross-sectional Study by Usha Devi, Minnu Panditrao, Shilpa Bansal

“…Aim: To evaluate patients’ perspectives on the preference for the gender of surgeons and anaesthesiologists for elective surgeries, as well as their awareness of anaesthesia and their attitudes toward anaesthesiologists. …”
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Surgical treatment of patients with renal cell cancer complicated by specific (tumor) and non-specific thrombosis of the inferior Vena cava by N. V. Vorobev, F. S. Ashyrova, M. P. Golovashchenko, L. O. Petrov, A. D. Kaprin

“…In 5–10% of cases, renal cell carcinoma is complicated by the formation of a tumor clot in the inferior Vena cava (VCI), which requires volume surgery — nephrectomy with thrombectomy, which is the only effective treatment option for this group of patients. …”
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Development and validation of nomograms for predicting pentafecta outcomes before and after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a retrospective study by Tanan Bejrananda, Kiyoshi Takahara, Dutsadee Sowanthip, Tomonari Motonaga, Kota Yagi, Wataru Nakamura, Masanobu Saruta, Takuhisa Nukaya, Masashi Takenaka, Kenji Zennami, Manabu Ichino, Hitomi Sasaki, Makoto Sumitomo, Ryoichi Shiroki

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Acceptance commitment therapy (ACT) for psychological distress associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): protocol for a feasibility trial of the ACTforIBD programme by Richard Gearry, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Andrew McCombie, Peter Gibson, Simon Knowles, Lisa Olive, Antonina Mikocka-Walus, Subhadra Evans, Leanne Raven, Daniel Romano, Eric O, Madeleine Dober, Leesa van Niekerk, Susan Chesterman

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Adherence to prehospital thoracostomy practice guidelines for traumatic cardiac arrest: A retrospective study by Nicolas Beysard, Tara Agudo, Peter Serfozo, Tobias Zingg, Perrine Truong, Roland Albrecht, Vincent Darioli, Mathieu Pasquier

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Cardiovascular health in breast cancer patients: insight on BRCA1/2 mutations impact by Panagiotis Mallios, Mehdi Dehghan Manshadi, Laila Hubbert, Tajeri Aydin, Claudia Maes, Johanna Rantala, Annelie Liljegren, Narsis A. Kiani, Elham Hedayati

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Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Endoscopic Ultrasound for Pretreatment Pathological Diagnosis of Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors by Hiroaki Ito, Haruhiro Inoue, Shomei Ryozawa, Haruo Ikeda, Noriko Odaka, Nikolas Eleftheriadis, Roberta Maselli, Norimasa Sando, Satoshi Kimura, Shin-ei Kudo

“…We retrospectively studied patients with gastric GIST who had undergone pretreatment endoscopic biopsy and surgery, and examined their clinicopathological data. …”
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Optimizing Clinical Postgraduate Training: Perspectives of Postgraduate Alumni Regarding Their Residency Training at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda by Tibaijuka L, Atimango L, Kajjimu J, Owaraganise A, Kamukama N, Kato PK, Mugyenyi GR, Kayondo M, Boatin AA, Ngonzi J

“…Most graduated after 2018 (83%) in surgical specialties such as obstetrics/gynecology (38%) and general surgery (19%). Factors influencing residency program choice included practice-oriented study programs (61%), fields of specialization (55%), university or departmental reputation (46%), and admission standards (32%). …”
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A Retrospective Case Series of a Novel Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial Technique with Less Displacement and Migration of the Trial Leads by N. Shaparin, K. Gritsenko, P. Agrawal, S. Kim, S. Wahezi, A. Gitkind, J. Hascalovici, A. Vydyanathan, J. Bernstein, A. Dizdarevic, N. Mehta, A. Kaufman

“…Spinal cord stimulation is an established treatment option for certain chronic pain conditions which have been previously unresponsive to conservative therapies or potentially for a subset of patients who have not improved following spine surgery. Prior to permanent lead implantation, stimulator lead trials are performed to ensure adequate patient benefit. …”
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THE ROLE OF PARASTERNAL MEDIASTINOTOMY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL TUMORS by O. V. Pikin, A. B. Ryabov, A. O. Alexandrov, D. A. Vursol, A. M. Amiraliev

“…The study included 77 patients who for the period from 2008 to 2018. 80 parasternal mediastinotomies were performed with a biopsy of a mediastinal tumor in the conditions of the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the P. Hertsen Moscow Oncology Research Institute. …”
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Association of reported sleep disturbances with objectively assessed mild cognitive impairment among adults in the United States by Chan Shen, Hao Wang, Arthur Nguimatsa Djiotsop, R. Constance Wiener, Mona Pathak, Sophie Mitra, Patricia A Findley, Usha Sambamoorthi

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Relationship Between Serum HMGB1 and RAGE Levels and Restenosis in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Complicated With Lower Extremity Vascular Disease: A Retrospective Study by Jia T, Zhang X, Li L, Jiang X, Wang M

“…Patients were divided into in-stent restenosis (ISR) (n=38) and none-in-stent restenosis (NISR) (n=58) groups based on the occurrence of ISR. Pre-surgery demographics and serum levels of HMGB1, RAGE, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were analyzed. …”
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