Prevalence of piriformis syndrome and its associated risk factors among university students in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study by Hassan N Moafa, Nusrat Batool, Naila Azam, Azka Hafeez, Humaira Mehmood, Nimbal Imtiaz, Waqas A Shehzad, Asaad Saleem Malik, Ajiad Alhazmi, Manal Almalki, Almutasim B Moafa, Jobran M Moshi

“…Objective To determine the prevalence of piriformis syndrome (PS) among undergraduate university health sciences students aged 18 to 25 and assess the significant predictors of PS regardless of its type and severe PS in particular.Design A cross-sectional study.Setting The study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital of a public university in Pakistan from December 2023 to May 2024.Participants A total of 190 subjects enrolled in the study who met the eligibility criteria, which included being an undergraduate health sciences student (medical and allied health specialities), aged 18 up to 25 years, and willing to participate in the study. …”
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Endoscopic-Assisted Multivessel Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Experience of the First 100 Procedures by De Qing Görtzen, Fleur Sampon, Naomi Timmermans, Joost Ter Woorst, Ferdi Akca

“…Background: This study presents an overview of our technique and the perioperative outcomes for the first 100 patients who underwent minimally invasive endoscopic-assisted off-pump multivessel bypass grafting (endoscopic coronary artery bypass [endo-CAB]) at the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven. …”

Open-label randomised clinical trial investigating whether robot-assisted kidney transplantation can reduce surgical complications compared to open kidney transplantation (ORAKTx):... by Milla Ortved, Julia Dagnæs-Hansen, Hein V. Stroomberg, Thomas Kistorp, Malene Rohrsted, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Andreas Røder

“…The study plans to include 106 participants who will be randomised in a 1:1 manner between OKT and RAKT. …”
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Effect of Sub-Eyebrow Small Incision Dissection of the Corrugator Supercilii Muscle Combined with Autologous Block Fat Transplantation for the Treatment of Severe Frown Lines by Tan S, Niu C, Zhang Y, Cao Z, Zhang S, Ren S, Lu X, Liu Y

“…Shenxing Tan,1,* Changying Niu,2,* Yiwu Zhang,3 Zhe Cao,4 Shan Zhang,1 Shanshan Ren,1 Xiaoshen Lu,1 Yuanyuan Liu1 1Department Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong second Medical University, Weifang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong second Medical University, Weifang, People’s Republic of China; 3Department Plastic Surgery, Shandong second Medical University, Weifang, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Dermatology, Hospital of Weifang People, Weifang, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yuanyuan Liu; Xiaoshen Lu, Email 898152261@qq.com; luxiaosheng2006@163.comObjective: To explore the clinical efficacy of small sub-eyebrow incision in severing the corrugator supercilii muscle combined with autologous block fat transplantation for treating severe frown lines.Methodology: Sixteen patients with severe frown lines admitted to our hospital who refused to receive repeated injections of botulinum toxin were selected for treatment through corrugator dissection combined with fat transplantation.Results: No patients had difficulty raising their eyebrows after surgery. …”
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Case report: Rituximab combined with plasma exchange treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus complicated with thrombotic microangiopathy and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension by Jinmei Huang, Wei Fan, Xuyan Chen, Shufan Wu, Zhigao Dong, Yi Zhang, Yiwan Lin, Pingping Xiao

“…We present a case of a female patient with SLE who developed TMA and NCPH and responded positively to rituximab and plasma exchange treatment.Case descriptionA 53-year-old woman was admitted with 6 h of confusion. …”
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PREDISPOSITION FACTORS ANALYSIS FOR FOURNIER'S GANGRENE DEFECTS CLOSURE COMPLICATION by Bayu Fasi Bermani, Sitti Rizaliyana, Ira Handriani

“…Methods: The medical records of 10 patients with Fournier's gangrene who presented at the Dr. Soetomo Hospital Surabaya from January 2017 to December 2018 were reviewed retrospectively. …”
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Association between body size and atrial myopathy: Investigation using the prevalence of left atrial low-voltage areas by Yasuhiro Matsuda, Masaharu Masuda, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Ayako Sugino, Hirotaka Ooka, Satoshi Kudo, Subaru Fujii, Mitsutoshi Asai, Shin Okamoto, Takayuki Ishihara, Kiyonori Nanto, Takuya Tsujimura, Yosuke Hata, Naoko Higashino, Sho Nakao, Masaya Kusuda, Toshiaki Mano

“…Methods: In total, 1,479 (age, 68 ± 10 years; female, 500 [34 %]) consecutive patients who underwent initial AF ablation were enrolled. …”
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Nursing-Related Barriers to Children’s Pain Management at Selected Hospitals in Ghana: A Descriptive Qualitative Study by Abigail Kusi Amponsah, Evans Frimpong Kyei, John Bright Agyemang, Hanson Boakye, Joana Kyei-Dompim, Collins Kwadwo Ahoto, Evans Oduro

“…The nursing-related barriers identified in the present study included communication difficulties in assessing and evaluating pain management interventions with children who have nonfunctional speech, insufficient training, misconceptions on the experience of pain in children, lack of assessment tools, and insufficient number of nurses to manage the workload and nurses’ inability to prescribe analgesics. …”
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Pre-operative DNA methylation marks as predictors of weight loss outcomes after sleeve gastrectomy by Guillermo Paz-López, Teresa M. Linares-Pineda, Andrés González-Jiménez, Raquel Sancho-Marín, Luis Ocaña-Wilhelmi, Francisco J. Tinahones, Sonsoles Morcillo, Carolina Gutiérrez-Repiso

“…Objective: Although DNA methylation has been suggested to be a potential predictor of the progression of obesity and obesity-related diseases, little is known about its potential role as predictive marker of successful weight loss after bariatric surgery. Methods: 20 patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy were classified according to the percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL) 1 year after bariatric surgery, using 60% as the cut-off point. …”
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Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of radiological and histological findings in the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease stages among patients in a tertiary hospital by Ekpe Edemekong L, Emanghe U, Ekpe EL, Obiora IC, Yemiode Itam, Akinmola OO

“…Material and Methods: Participants were recruited from patients with fatty liver who underwent liver biopsy and baseline ultrasound at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital between January 2023 and December 2023. …”
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Grounds and procedural order for entering information about criminal offenses related to domestic violence into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations by V. P. Gontarenko

“…It is emphasized that in order to eliminate conflicts in the legislative and by-law normative regulation of the activities of law enforcement agencies at the beginning of the pre-trial investigation, especially of criminal offenses related to domestic violence, the circle of subjects who can independently identify circumstances indicating the commission of a criminal offense should be expanded. …”
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Protein Quality of African Locust Bean—A High-Value Gathered Tree Food Contributing Protein and Palatability to Plant-Based Diets by Eliot T. Masters, Bokary Allaye Kelly

“…A protein quality test was conducted in the aggregate and for each zone using the WHO/FAO Protein Digestibility-Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) method. …”
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Functional Performance and Tendon Morphology After Operative or Nonoperative Treatment of Achilles Tendon Ruptures by Sophie Zhu, Josh Garofalo, Monther Abuhantash, Sheila McRae, Peter MacDonald, Rob Longstaffe, Dan Ogborn

“…Eligible participants (n=12 OM; 12 NOM) who were treated with OM or NOM of ATR within three weeks of injury were evaluated a minimum 20 months following ATR. …”
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Association of Intensive Endoscopic Burden with Esophageal Cancer Detection: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Yeunji Lee, Eunyoung Lee, Bumhee Park, Gil Ho Lee, Sun Gyo Lim, Sung Jae Shin, Choong-Kyun Noh, Kee Myung Lee

“…Results: This study enrolled 28,032,590 participants who underwent upper endoscopy. The number of participants in the fourth quarter (October to December: 10,923,142 [39.0%]) was 2.1 times higher than that in the first quarter (January to March: 5,085,087 [18.1%]); this trend continued for all 5 years. …”
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Impact of Monetary Policy on the Level of Economic Inequality in the United States by M. L. Dorofeev

“…At the same time, the questions of how monetary policy affects the level of economic inequality and who is its beneficiary are becoming more relevant.The article seeks to analyze the impact of changes in monetary policy parameters on wealth inequality in the United States. …”
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Kyphoplasty is not Superior to Vertebroplasty in Restoring Vertebral Height in the Long Term by Alim Can Baymurat, Ferid Abdulaliyev, Asim Ahmadov, Muhammed Furkan Tosun, Mustafa Melik Can, Cem İsmail Güngör, Alpaslan Şenköylü

“…Methods: The study encompassed a cohort of 33 patients aged between 42 and 90 years, with a follow-up period of at least 5 years, who had undergone either KP (n=16) or VP (n=17) for the diagnosis of osteoporotic vertebral fractures at our institution. …”
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Changes in PD-1 expression on T lymphocyte subsets and related immune indicators before and after definitive chemoradiotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Xueling Shi, Hongyu Zhao, Jiaqi Yu, Peng Cai, Shixiang Zhou, Ning Yang, Duojie Li

“…Objective This study aimed to observe the dynamic changes in the expression of T lymphocytes, natural killer (NK) cells, and PD-1 in patients with first-diagnosed esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) before and after chemoradiotherapy (CRT) and evaluate the impact of PD-1 expression in peripheral blood on the short-term outcome of patients with ESCC.Patients and Methods Seventy-three patients with ESCC who were treated with definitive CRT were enrolled. …”
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Potential mutagenicity of aflatoxin B1 in Egyptian spices by Basma El Geoshi, Gehan El-Akabawy, Mohammed El Metwally, Magda I. Soliman

“…Different durations of treatment (3 h, 6 h, and 12 h) were used to treat the Vicia faba root tips with varying concentrations of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) following the approved protocol for plant assays published by the International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The data obtained indicated that AFB1 not only has the ability to induce various alterations in the process of mitosis, ranging from increasing to decreasing mitotic and phase indices but also leads to many mitotic aberrations. …”
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Is economic inequality in maternal and child healthcare decreasing in India? Trends between 2005–2006, 2015–2016 and 2019–2021 by Niranjan Saggurti, Rajib Acharya, Abhishek Kumar, Rimjhim Bajpai

“…Bivariate analyses, ratio of richest to poorest, slope index of inequality (SII) and multivariate binary logistic regression analyses were used to examine the coverage as well as inequalities in the outcome indicators for India and its states and at district level.Primary outcomes The outcome variables analysed in the study were full antenatal care, institutional delivery, postnatal care of mothers within 48 hours of delivery, and full immunisation among children.Participants Women aged 15–49 who had given a birth in the last 5 years before the surveys were unit of analysis for the maternal healthcare indicators, and children aged 12–23 months were unit of the analysis for childhood immunisation.Results Over the last 15 years, coverage of the MCH indicators has increased in India and across socioeconomic segment of the population, and the absolute increase was higher among the worse-off segments than the better-off. …”
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Lung cancer and risk of cardiovascular mortality by Chengshi Wang, Zhu Wang, Jing Yang, Songbo Zhang, Purong Zhang, Ye Yang

“…Clinical characteristics significantly modified cardiovascular mortality.ConclusionsIntegrating cardiovascular disease monitoring and proactive management into lung cancer treatment protocols is essential to the improvement of overall survival and quality of life for lung cancer patients, particularly those who were young or with advanced tumor stage.…”
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