Transvaginal extraction of the specimen after total laparoscopic right hemicolectomy or extended right hemicolectomy for right colon cancer: an analysis of 25 cases by Deng Jianzhong, Zhang Zilang, Lin Yiban, Guo Xiaoxi, Li Zhaoyang, Wang Weichun, Yu Si

“…Surgical parameters, postoperative analgesic, pain at 24 hours after surgery (using Visual Analogue Scale), postoperative complications, pathological staging, adjuvant therapy, postoperative sexual function, postoperative metastasis, and recurrence were analyzed. …”
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Association of glucose to lymphocyte ratio with the risk of death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease by Jinglin Lei, Wentao Duan, Xiaoxi Yao, Zheng Hu, Huihui Fan, Yifan Liu, Wenjian Zhong, Haipeng Li

“…Restricted cubic spline (RCS) curves were used to display the relationship between GLR and all-cause mortality visually, and two-segment Cox proportional hazards models were constructed on either side of the inflection points. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Gastric Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Fen Deng, Liru Pan, Lei Tao, Xiaoyu Qiu, Bing Li, Jing Hao, Huihui Li, Zhenzhen Zhang, Weiwei Ding, Yingying Wang, Bo Ning

“…Pain severity was assessed using a visual analogue scale, with a score ≥ 4 defined as postoperative pain. …”
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Clinical experience with the interleukin-1β blocker canakinumab in patients with chronic tophaceous gout: abolishment of arthritis and prevention of exacerbations when allopurinol... by M. S. Eliseev, O. V. Zhelyabina, M. V. Mukagova, E. L. Nasonov

“…The number of swollen and tender joints and visual analogue scale (VAS) pain intensity were estimated before and 14 and 120 days after the injection; SF-36v1 and HAQ changes were assessed before and 120 days after the injection. 14 days after the injection, all the patients were given allopurinol, the dosage of which was individually adjusted, by starting on 100 mg/day and subsequently increasing by 100 mg/dayevery 2 weeks (not more than 800 mg/day) until the goal UA level (<360 μmol/l) was reached.Results. 14 days after canakinumab injection, arthritis was abolished in 8 (40%) patients and 3 patients needed to continue NSAID therapy. …”
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Electroacupuncture Prevent and Treat Perioperative Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hip Surgery: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Fang Q, Xie J, Zheng S, Hou Y, Wu M, Chen Y, Yang Y, Wang G, Li J

“…And the secondary outcome measures are the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), neuron-specific enolase (NSE), superoxide dismutase (SOD), central nervous system-specific protein (s100-β) in serum. …”
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Study protocol for key interventions to improve the follow-up adherence postcervical precancerous lesion treatment in Ethiopia: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Adamu Addissie, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Eric Sven Kroeber, Sefonias Getachew, Muluken Gizaw, Abel Shita, Alemnew Destaw, Eyerusalem Getachew, Miresa Midaksa, Sophie Rossner

“…Our study will include women aged 30–49 who are HIV-negative and those over 25 who are HIV-positive, and who have been treated for suspicious cervical lesions after a positive visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) screening, as per Ethiopian Ministry of Health guidelines for cervical cancer screening eligibility. …”
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ID199 Antiandrogênicos para o tratamento do câncer de próstata sensível à castração e metastático (CPSCm): avaliação de custo-efetividade by Ludmila Peres Gargano, Layssa Andrade Oliveira, Haliton Alves de Oliveira Junior, Rosa Camila Lucchetta

“…As curvas de sobrevida global (SG) e sobrevida livre de progressão radiológica (SLPr) do ensaio clínico STAMPEDE do docetaxel foram extrapoladas por meio de diferentes distribuições para o horizonte de 20 anos. Inspeção visual, plausabilidade clínica e testes AIC/BIC foram considerados para escolha das curvas, as quais foram ajustadas por hazard ratios (HR) obtidos por comparações indiretas das intervenções com docetaxel. …”
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Balneotherapy for the treatment of post-COVID syndrome: a randomized controlled trial by Diana Ovejero, Anna Ribes, Judit Villar-García, Marta Trenchs-Rodriguez, Daniel Lopez, Xavier Nogués, Robert Güerri-Fernandez, Natalia Garcia-Giralt

“…The following scales/questionnaires were employed: Post-COVID-19 functional status scale, mMRC dyspnea Scale, SF-36, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Memory failures in everyday life following severe head injury, and Visual Analogic Scale (VAS). Results Forty-seven patients in the BT group and 43 in the control group completed the study. …”
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Eficácia do protocolo IMPETUS em doentes com acufenos crónicos: estudo randomizado e controlado by Rui Cerejeira, Joaquim Cerejeira, Sofia Paiva, Paulo Gonçalves, Horácio Firmino, Adriano Vaz Serra, António Paiva

“…Material e Métodos: Aplicou-se a versão portuguesa do Mini- TQ (Mini-TQ-pv) e a avaliação da intensidade dos acufenos com uma Escala Visual Analógica (VAS), de 0 a 10, a todos os pacientes com queixas de acufenos crónicos {> 6 meses) que recorreram à Consulta de Acufenos. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF СLASSIC DRAMA MOTIFS IN GAME OF THRONES SERIES / ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ МОТИВОВ КЛАССИЧЕСКОЙ ДРАМАТУРГИИ В СЕРИАЛЕ «ИГРА ПРЕСТОЛОВ»... by SALNIKOVA EKATERINA V. / САЛЬНИКОВА Е.В.

“…One of the reasons is the rejection of a multi-faceted, “synthetic” character in the popular visual art of the Modern era, when the personality’s complexity and unique originality are replaced with the system of distinct “stage types” with a simpler inner world. …”
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HHLA2 and PD-L1 co-expression predicts poor prognosis in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Xu Chen, Hai Huang, Qiong Wang, Qiang-Hua Zhou, Kai-Wen Li, Hai-Xia He, Sheng-Meng Peng, Shi-Rong Peng, Ze-An Li, Yi-Ran Tao, Wen-Li Cai, Ran-Yi Liu

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Adenoviral-vectored neoantigen vaccine augments hyperexpanded CD8+ T cell control of tumor challenge in mice by David Li, Gabriel Dagotto, Alessandro Colarusso, Robert C Patio, Tochi Anioke, Victoria Giffin, Ruoran Guan, Trisha Anand, Esther Mbiwan, Malika Aid, Dan Barouch

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Caracterización clínica, epidemiológica y genealógica de la esquizofrenia en pacientes de la Policlínica Alcides Pino Bermúdez de Holguín by Maydoli Cardet Escalona, Olga Antonia Álvarez Estrabao, Sara Meneses Álvarez

“…Paranoid clinical manifestation was the predominant one (70%), as well as positive symptoms, such as visual hallucinations and delirium (66.6%), 63.3% of them had   history of suicide attempts. …”
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Effects of virtual reality-based interventions on cognitive function, emotional state, and quality of life in patients with mild cognitive impairment: a meta-analysis by Xiaohan Li, Yuting Zhang, Lifeng Tang, Lifeng Tang, Lin Ye, Min Tang

“…However, no significant effects were found for executive function, memory, verbal fluency, visual abilities, emotional status, or dynamic balance (p > 0.05). …”
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THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF EXTRASKELETAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS by A. A. Godzenko, A. G. Bochkova, O. A. Rumyantseva, Yu. O. Korsakova, I. Yu. Razumova, V. V. Badokin, Sh. F. Erdes

“…Uveitis was present in 140 (30%) patients; in one-fourth of them, it relapsed frequently: three or more exacerbations per year and more than 10 during the disease; 41 (29%) patients had uveitis complications accompanied by visual impairment. Cardiac conduction disturbance was revealed in 61 (13%) patients. …”
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Satisfactory Evaluation of Call Service Using AI After Ureteral Stent Insertion: Randomized Controlled Trial by Ukrae Cho, Yong Nam Gwon, Seung Ryong Chong, Ji Yeon Han, Do Kyung Kim, Seung Whan Doo, Won Jae Yang, Kyeongmin Kim, Sung Ryul Shim, Jaehun Jung, Jae Heon Kim

“…Secondary outcomes included satisfaction with the AI-assisted reassurance-call service, also measured using a Likert scale, and the level of satisfaction (Likert scale and Visual Analogue Scale [VAS]) and anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and VAS) related to managing complications for both groups. …”
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Spontaneous Hematoma of the Right Large Lumbar Muscle, Hemorrhagic Vasculitis, Multiple Arterial Thrombosis in the Background of COVID-19 by A. N. Kazantsev, A. S. Zharova, K. P. Chernykh, G. Sh. Bagdavadze, O. V. Gusev

“…The psoas major muscle hematoma was regarded as spontaneous hematoma against the background of coagulopathy caused by COVID-19.According to the MSCT data of the chest organs, it was visualized: polysegmental lesion in both lungs, numerous areas of compaction of the lung tissue were determined by the type of ground glass, with zones of consolidation and reticular changes in the structure. …”
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A longitudinal study of the 5xFAD mouse retina delineates Amyloid beta (Aβ)-mediated retinal pathology from age-related changes by Savannah A. Lynn, Sudha Priya Soundara Pandi, Aida Sanchez-Bretano, Anna-Marie Muir, Lidia Parker, David S. Chatelet, Tutte Newall, Jennifer A. Scott, Eloise Keeling, Neil R. Smyth, Jay E. Self, Andrew J. Lotery, Helena Lee, J. Arjuna Ratnayaka

“…Ultrastructural imaging showed increased electron-dense granules and undigested outer segments within retinal pigment epithelial cells with age. 5xFAD pathology included significant weight reduction vs. wildtype/littermates, which were pronounced in females. 8 month old 5xFAD mice had diminished A and B waves, though the age-related decline in wildtype mice abolished these subsequently. Visual acuity/function was also reduced in 14 month 5xFAD eyes. …”
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Aides à la navigation, pratique de la navigation et construction des paysages maritimes en Atlantique du Nord-Est : quelques éléments de réflexion by Pascal Arnaud

“…Ongoing studies, only a few results of which have been published to date, reveal that these navigation aids are extremely numerous in the Mediterranean area, but also that the archaeological traces they have left are often very subtle. Reconstructing the visual landscape of ancient navigators means abandoning the vision we have of it from the land and entering into the cognitive process of landscape design by the pilots. …”
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REALIDADE VIRTUAL NO CONTROLE DA DOR DURANTE A FISIOTERAPIA EM PACIENTES COM COVID-19 INTERNADOS EM UNIDADE DE TERAPIA INTENSIVA by Juliana Carvalho Schleder, Maurício Zadra Pacheco, Débora Melo Mazzo, Eduardo Manoel De Lara, Elaine Becher Santos, Talita Wassmuth

“…Foi mensurado o nível de dor com escala visual numérica da dor (EVN) e observação do cuidado crítico (CPOT), antes e após a sedestação, esta etapa da pesquisa foi feita por um pesquisador às cegas. …”
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