Peripheral Artery Disease Intervention: Drug-Coated Balloon vs Drug-Eluting Stent, A Long-Term Comparison by Nathan Marzlin, M. Fuad Jan, Louie Kostopoulos, Ana Cristina Perez Moreno, Tanvir Bajwa, Suhail Q. Allaqaband

“…A retrospective analysis was completed on patients who had femoral-popliteal interventions from June 2014 to June 2018 with either DCB or DES. …”
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Perceived benefits, costs, and relationships on provincial doctors’ inclination to participate in urban–rural medical consortia in Central China: a social exchange theory perspecti... by Bowen Zhang, Liang Ma, Wenjie Ma, Dingding Kang, Yiqing Mao, Yiqing Mao, Yiqing Mao

“…Doctors who perceived high executive costs and technical costs were less likely to express a high level of inclination to participate. …”
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Decellularized Human Stromal Lenticules Combine with Corneal Epithelial-Like Cells: A New Resource for Corneal Tissue Engineering by Shuai Qin, Shuai Zheng, Bing Qi, Rui Guo, Guanghui Hou

“…The lack of donor corneal tissue or the immunological rejection remains a challenge for individuals with limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) who are treated with keratoplasty. Numerous lenticules which were extracted by small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) appear to be useful materials for keratoplasty. …”
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Substance use recovery needs among college students seeking recovery services: a thematic qualitative analysis by Lindsey M. Nichols, Tiffany B. Brown, Angela Allmendinger, Emily A. Hennessy, Emily E. Tanner-Smith

“…Abstract Background College students who are in recovery from substance use disorders face challenges related to abstaining from substance use, finding supportive social networks, and achieving their academic goals. …”
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Implant failure of the Compress prosthesis: a case report by Hiroshi Koike, Kunihiro Ikuta, Hiroshi Urakawa, Tomohisa Sakai, Takeo Fujito, Yoshihiro Nishida, Shiro Imagama

“…Case 2 describes a 14 year-old Japanese boy who underwent wide surgical resection of osteosarcoma in the left tibia, Compress arthroplasty, and reconstruction with a gastrocnemius flap after preoperative chemotherapy. …”
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Relationship Between Marital Quality and Attitudes Towards Childbearing and Fertility in Married Women Referred to Comprehensive Health Centers in Kashan, Iran by Homa Sadeghi Avval Shahr, Narjes Nejatifar, Leila Amini, Zohreh Sadat, Shima Haghani

“…Materials & Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 280 married women aged 15-49 who referred to selected comprehensive health centers in Kashan city, Iran, in 2021, who were selected using a multi-stage sampling method. …”
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Head Circumference for Growth Curves and Percentiles for 0-2-Year-Old Children in Ankara: Comparison with GAMLSS and Quantile Regression Methods by Eda Çakmak, Serhat Kılıç, Pınar Özdemir, Ergun Karaağaoğlu

“…Additionally, this study showed that the HC percentiles of Turkish children were slightly different compared to WHO standards.…”
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Seroepidemiological Study of Human Toxoplasmosis in Females in Ardabil City, 2019-2020 by Roya Houshmandi Khaneghahi, Shahram Habibzadeh, Farhad Pourfarzi, Behnam Mohammadi Ghalehbin

“…The most severe complications of toxoplasmosis occur in people who have an ineffective immune system, as well as during pregnancy. …”
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Comparative analysis of the effectiveness of caudal epidural blocks and combined pharmacological therapy in the treatment of patients with discogenic low back pain by M.S. Chervatiuk, І.V. Fishchenko

“…In the study, patients were divided into 2 groups: the EB group (epidural blockades) — 36 (59.1 %) patients, who were performed 1–2 EBs with a frequency of 1 week (19 women, 17 men); the FT group (pharmacological therapy) — 25 (40.9 %) patients, who received comprehensive conservative treatment for 14 days. …”
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Loxoscelism: Cutaneous and Hematologic Manifestations by Ngan Nguyen, Manjari Pandey

“…We retrospectively identified nine patients (pts) at our institution who were admitted with moderate to severe loxoscelism. …”
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Does Anyone Value Criticism Talk about the Pathology of Book Review Status by Seyed Mahdi Zarghani

“…It seems that in the current situation there are more young, talented and aspiring critics who fortunately enter the field of criticism and theorizing one after another. …”
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Personality traits of women with hereditary risk for breast/ovarian cancer versus obstetric history and cancer preventive behaviors by Joanna Żurawska, Beata Pięta, Maciej Wilczak, Małgorzata Wojciechowska, Paweł Rzymski, Agnieszka Pieczykolan, Justyna Krysa, Agnieszka Bień

“…Women at increased risk for developing breast/ovarian cancer who used hormonal contraceptives underwent breast ultrasound examinations earlier in life, while those who had breastfed their children chose to have their first mammogram earlier in life. …”
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Efficacy of Voriconazole Corneal Intrastromal Injection for the Treatment of Fungal Keratitis by Chenshuang Li, Kunpeng Pang, Liqun Du, Xinyi Wu

“…The control group consisted of 30 patients (30 eyes) who were treated using conventional antifungal treatment modalities. …”
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CONTENT OF MODERN EDUCATION: CHOICE OF THE PATH by V. A. Testov

“…The second is to nurture a qualified consumer who can skillfully use the results of the creativity of others and ready for life in the so-called «skilled society». …”
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“Sobre llovido, mojado”. Problems, strategies, and demands of the Argentine popular, social, and solidarity economy during the pandemic by María Victoria Deux-Marzi, Cecilia Cavigliasso, María Sol Fransoi, Florencia Pisaroni, Diego Nicolás Rach, Carlos Alfredo Vignolo, Sofía Magalí Vitali-Bernardi

“…This article focuses on the experiences of people who work without ties to an employer and who self-identify as part of the popular, social, and solidarity economy (EPSS) in Argentina. …”
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Comparison of the neurological outcomes and infection rate in surgical and conservative management of compound depressed skull fractures by Shashank Nahar, Pavni Agrawal

“…A minimum of 6 months of follow-up was done. Those who gave consent for surgery were included in the surgical group, and those who refused were included in the conservative group, and both groups were compared. …”
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The Impact of Being Present During Resuscitation on Family Members: A Scoping Review Protocol by Ira Rahmawati, Tamara Page, Lisa Conlon, Frank Donnelly

“…ABSTRACT Background and Aims Family members of patients who are undergoing resuscitation may experience complex psychological challenges, including anxiety, depression, or posttraumatic stress symptoms. …”
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Reduced fetal movements and COVID-19 infection: a retrospective cohort study by Amira Gentili, Irene Sterpu, Joanna Tingström, Eva Wiberg-Itzel

“…Results COVID-19 infection did not increase the risk of adverse fetal outcomes in women who sought care for RFM. A twofold risk for adverse fetal outcomes was found among all primiparous women vs. multiparous women with RFM (98/788 [12.4%] vs 37/644 [9.8%], AOR = 2.5, 95% CI (1.6–3.7). …”
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Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Life of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease by Dengjun Guo, Bing Han, Yuqiang Lu, Chenling Lv, Xiaoling Fang, Zhenzhong Zhang, Zhenguo Liu, Xiaoping Wang

“…The quality of life of patients who had difficulty getting doctors’ guidance or those who changed their routine medication due to lockdown was even worse. …”
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A Five-Year Trend of Intestinal Parasite Prevalence among Students Attending Clinic at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia by Adane Derso, Gizachew Yenealem, Ayenew Addisu

“…The data was collected from students who have studied at the University of Gondar from 2014 to 2018 and who visited the student’s clinic and had recorded results of stool sample diagnosis on the laboratory logbook. …”
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