Impact of laparoscopic surgeries on optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) in children by Mohsina Yasmeen, Sumaiya Sabreen, Akshay Bettanayaka, Saraswathi Nagappa

“…Results: In our study, the mean age of subjects was 9.67 ± 5.18 years. The majority were males (60.9%). The subjects showed an increase in ONSD at the 15th minute after inducing pneumoperitoneum using abdominal CO2 insufflation, in comparison with the baseline values, in the left eye [4.67 ± 0.48, P 0.016] and the right eye [4.63 ± 0.43]. …”
Get full text

The Experience of Survivors of Firearm Suicide Attempts: A Retrospective Case Series by Jeffrey R. Savarino, MD, MPH, Emily Rubin, MD, JD, Peter T. Masiakos, MD, MS, Rachel McLellan, BA, Myron L. Rolle, MD, MSc, Pranav Nanda, MD, Christopher J. Stapleton, MD, Chana A. Sacks, MD, MPH

“…Patients were predominantly White (74%) and male (88%), with a mean age of 44 (range, 14–82). …”
Get full text

A New Method of Evaluating the Symmetry of Movement Used to Assess the Gait of Patients after Unilateral Total Hip Replacement by Slawomir Winiarski, Alicja Rutkowska-Kucharska, Andrzej Pozowski, Krzysztof Aleksandrowicz

“…Methods. The gait of twelve male patients (49.7±2.8 y), six weeks after unilateral total hip replacement (uTHR), was analysed against the gait of thirteen healthy men (36.1±3.1 y). …”
Get full text

Proximal Fibular Autograft Reconstruction after Resection Giant Cell Tumor Distal Fibula by Mujaddid Idulhaq, Muhammad Luthfi Azizi

“…Case Report: A 38-years-old male complaint of a painful lump in the lateral side of his left ankle for three months. …”
Get full text

Cholestatic Hepatocellular Injury with Azathioprine: A Case Report and Review of the Mechanisms of Hepatotoxicity by Joseph Romagnuolo, DC Sadowski, E Lalor, L Jewell, ABR Thomson

“…The strong association with male sex, and perhaps with human leukocyte antigen type, suggests a genetic predisposition of unknown type. …”
Get full text

Blood Reference Intervals for Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) from Puerto Rico by Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, Mayela M. Alsina-Guerrero

“…An unpaired two-sample T-test was done comparing males versus females and adults versus calves for any significant differences (p≤0.05). …”
Get full text

A Study of Clinicoepidemiological Features and Association with Autoimmune Thyroiditis in Polymorphic Light Eruption by Mrudula Pulletikurti, KVT Gopal, PV Krishnam Raju, Rekha Rani Bulla

“…Results: The study included 61 females and 39 males with 20–40 years being the most common age group affected. …”
Get full text

First Report of Two Cases of Acute Gastric Ischemia after Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy by Nikolaos Grivas, Alexander D. Horsch, Esther Wit, Annemarie Bruining, Johanna van Sandick, Henk G. van der Poel

“…The second case was a 73-year-old male who developed abdominal pain and fever 5 days after robotic cystectomy and Bricker. …”
Get full text

Characterization of Positive and Suspected COVID-19 Cases with Comorbidities by Yoenny Peña García, Annia Suárez Padilla, Niuva Milagro Arruebarrena Blanco

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the mean age was 50 years in suspects and 37 years in confirmed, male sex (53.80 %) prevailed in suspects and female (60.00 %) in positives. …”
Get full text

Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections in children with acute respiratory infection, 2010–2023: a large sample study in China by Yuzhu Miao, Jungen Li, Linlin Huang, Ting Shi, Tingbo Jiang

“…Results All of the 122,984 inpatients were enrolled, in which 20.8% (25659/122984) of the children with MP tested positive, including 19.4% (14139/72662) for male and 22.9% (11520/50322) for female. It was a statistically significant difference between the two genders (p < 0.05). …”
Get full text

How do lifestyle and environmental factors influence the sperm epigenome? Effects on sperm fertilising ability, embryo development, and offspring health by Ayazhan Akhatova, Celine Jones, Kevin Coward, Marc Yeste

“…As the success of assisted reproductive technology (ART) is also affected by paternal diet, BMI, and alcohol consumption, its outcomes could be improved by modifying factors that are dependent on male lifestyle choices and environmental factors. …”
Get full text

Total Colectomy with Subtotal Proctocolectomy of High Risk Colorectal Cancer Patients by Fadhil Ahmed Mohialdeen

“…In addition, data on the presentation of the disease was obtained and data on complications and post-operative outcomes were also recorded. 42 patients were studied and the mean age ±SD of their age were 49.5± (10.2), 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female.76.1 % of the patients present with a bleeding per-rectum,71.4, 66.6, 61.9 present with abdominal pain, change in bowel habit and abdominal pain respectively. …”
Get full text

Investigating the vascular structure of the conjunctiva in patients using spherical mini-scleral contact lenses utilizing OCT-A imaging by Fateme Alipour, Parisa Abdi, Hassan Asadigandomani, Mehdi Khodaparast, Zahra Montazeriani, Marzieh Sajedi

“…OCT-A imaging was conducted on 13 patients (mean age: 34.1 years, 10 males) in a prospective study at two time points: at least 8 h post-lens removal and 1-hour post-lens application. …”
Get full text

Frequency Of Bacterial Co-Infections Isolated from Covid-19 Positive Patients From Tertiary Care Hospital Of Karachi by Fouzia Zeeshan Khan, Ambreen Fatima, Hareem Gohar, Mehwish Sajjad, Mona Siddiqui, Saima Naseem

“…Results: A total of 202 clinical samples, including blood, sputum, tracheal aspirates, and bronchial lavage, were collected from COVID-19-positive patients. Male patients were more common in sputum and tracheal aspirates, while female patients were more common in blood cultures. …”
Get full text

Influence of Different Strength Training Protocol on Breaststroke Performance in Competitive Swimmers by Nimrot Manalu, Syarifah Fathynah SS, Ivan Reano Panjaitan, Alifian Dwi Putra Situmorang, Deo Rivaldi, Muhammad Farhan Tumanggor

“…A 24-week randomized controlled trial was conducted with 48 competitive breaststroke swimmers (26 male, 22 female, aged 18–25 years). Participants were assigned to three groups: traditional endurance training, high-intensity interval training (HIIT), and an integrated approach combining HIIT with technical refinement. …”
Get full text

Paroxysmal Laryngospasm: A Rare Condition That Respiratory Physicians Must Distinguish from Other Diseases with a Chief Complaint of Dyspnea by Yu Bai, Xi-Rui Jing, Yun Xia, Xiao-Nan Tao

“…The symptoms, characteristics, auxiliary examination results, treatment, and prognosis of 12 patients with paroxysmal laryngospasm treated in our hospital from June 2017 to October 2019 were analyzed. Results. Five males (42%) and 7 females (58%) were among the 12 Han patients sampled. …”
Get full text

Exploring Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Levels in Iraqi Patients with Stable Angina: Insights from Coronary Angiography Diagnosis by Aseel Ghassan Daoud, Wassan Abdul Kareem Abbas, Ahmed Yousif Hasan, Maha N. Abu Hajleh

“…Patients and methods: The study design was a case-control study. 90 males and females (age 40-76 years) who were presented with chest pain were enrolled in the study, all were subjected to echocardiography, ECG and coronary angiography by the cardiologist. …”
Get full text

Complications and Mortality Characterization in Acute Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease by Ricardo Leyva Tornés, Lázaro Ibrahim Romero García, Esther Mayor Guerra, Yordanis Páez Candelaria, Karima Gondres Legró, Pedro Alexei Bacardí Zapata

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> male patients predominated, for 61.4 % of the sample. 30.7 % of the patients became complicated, for the predominance of nosocomial pneumonia (16.0 %) and nosocomial urinary infection (8.0 %). …”
Get full text

Shaggy aorta—An autopsy analysis by Pranita Zare, Pradeep Vaideeswar

“…Results: In a span of 15 years, there were 76 cases of shaggy aorta affecting predominantly males (85.5%) and patients in the sixth decades of life (mean age of 64.5 years). …”
Get full text

Imaging Characterization Lumbar Disk Hernia in Operated patients. by Enrique Hernández Padrón, Félix Dueñas Ros

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> Males were more affected by lumbar disk hernia. The most common sings observed through spine simple radiography in lumbar area were: decrease of the intervertebral space and arthrosic changes in the vertebral bodies. …”
Get full text