Magnesium sulphate and sodium bicarbonate as additives for periarticular local infiltration analgesia improve pain management after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a prospectiv... by Yuchen Zhu, Shaoning Shen, Longkang Cui, Lianguo Wu, Bingbing Zhang

“…Abstract Background Periarticular local infiltration analgesia (LIA) has become a widely used method for postoperative pain management after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA). …”
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Comparison of Outcomes of Classical Lichtenstein and Modified Lichtenstein in Patients with Indirect Inguinal Hernia by Ghulam Fatima Komal Memon, Shahid Hussain Mirani, Sadia Saher Memon, Dharmoon Arija, Halar Habibullah, Meena Sadaf

“…Postoperative pain scores, assessed using the visual analogue scale, were consistently significantly lower in the modified group across all time points (p-value <0.001). …”
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EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES OF PRIMARY PSEUDOPHAKIC RETINAL DETACHMENT SURGERY by Zeynep Yılmazabdurrahmanoğlu, Kemal Turgay Özbilen, Mehmet Selim Kocabora, Osman Çekiç

“…The FS was defined as two or more decimal improvements in the logMAR equivalent of Snellen visual acuity. Results: The mean age of the patients was 62.43±11.40 (32-80) years, 21 (56.8%) patients were male, and 16 (43.2%) were female. …”
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Intraocular Pressure-Lowering Effect of Intraocular Lens Refixation in Patients with Elevated Intraocular Pressure Due to Intraocular Lens Subluxation by Kentaro Iwasaki, Ryohei Komori, Shogo Arimura, Yoshihiro Takamura, Masaru Inatani

“…The IOP, number of glaucoma medications used, postoperative complications, and visual acuity were evaluated as the secondary outcomes. …”
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The experience with repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation in subjects with lumbosacral radiculopathy by V. N. Blokhina, M. M. Kopachka, E. M. Troshina, D. S. Kanshin, S. G. Nikolaev

“…Taking into a consideration the duration of treatment radiculopathy, the risk of developing adverse reactions when taking analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, the physiotherapeutic method — repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation may become a promising method of therapy.Aim of the study. …”
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Interest, enjoyment, and confidence in mathematics in the United States: exploring patterns across age, gender, race, and time by Tye G. Campbell, Katherine N. Vela, Tyler Powell

“…Analysis centered on descriptive statistics and visual trends of the data, as well as simple significance testing via independent samples t-tests. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Thermocoagulation vs. Cryotherapy for Cervical Precancerous Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jie Liu, Hengxi Chen, Xueping Peng

“…Inclusion criteria encompassed original data studies with colposcopically, biopsied, cytologically, or visually inspected (VIA/VILI) identified patients. …”
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Optimizing credit card fraud detection with random forests and SMOTE by P. Sundaravadivel, R. Augustian Isaac, D. Elangovan, D. KrishnaRaj, V. V. Lokesh Rahul, R. Raja

“…Subsequently, various techniques are employed to pre-process the unprocessed data and visually present the outcomes through the use of exploratory data analysis (EDA). …”
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Effect of vestibular rehabilitation treatment (VRT) on patients with unsteadiness after intratympanic gentamicin in Menière’s disease: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Peixia Wu, Yue Zhou, Qiling Tong, Huiqian Yu

“…Currently, vestibular rehabilitation treatment (VRT) has been proven to be an effective method for controlling vestibular symptoms and has been applied to patients with various vestibular diseases. …”
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Comparison of Perioperative Outcomes Between V-NOTES and Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Retrospective Analysis by Serkan Sarikaya, Mine Islimye Taskin, Tuba Bozhuyuk Sahin, Gurhan Guney, Mehmet Kececioglu, Selim Afsar, Sergul Selvi Guney

“…Background This retrospective study compared the perioperative outcomes of vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (V-NOTES) and total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH).Materials and methods This analysis included 62 patients: 32 underwent V-NOTES and 30 underwent TLH. …”
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Effect of Ocular Hypertension on D-β-Aspartic Acid-Containing Proteins in the Retinas of Rats by Takashi Kanamoto, Takashi Tachibana, Yasushi Kitaoka, Toshio Hisatomi, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Yusuke Murakami, Kei Tobiume, Ryo Asaoka, Yoshiaki Kiuchi

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Effects of interventions aimed at improving nurses’ work engagement in the workplace: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Norito Kawakami, Kotaro Imamura, Kazuto Kuribayashi, Akiko Inagaki

“…A meta-analysis will be conducted for statistical synthesis and publication bias will be assessed using Egger’s test and a visual funnel plot. Heterogeneity will be evaluated using Q statistics.Ethics and dissemination This systematic review and meta-analysis are based on existing studies and do not require ethical approval. …”
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Transforaminal interbody debridement and fusion with antibiotic-impregnated bone graft to treat pyogenic discitis and vertebral osteomyelitis: a comparative study in Asian populati... by Chao-Chien Chang, Hsiao-Kang Chang, Meng-Ling Lu, Adam Wegner, Re-Wen Wu, Tsung-Cheng Yin

“…Despite the shorter postoperative intravenous antibiotic duration (mean: 19.0 days vs. 39.8 days), the AIBG group had significantly lower CRP levels at postoperative 4 and 6 weeks. The mean Visual Analog Scale pain scores improved from 7.3 preoperatively to 2.2 at 6 weeks postoperatively. …”
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Contribution of neurogenic mechanisms to the pathogenesis of chronic joint pain by E. S. Filatova, A. M. Lila

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of an anticonvulsants in complex therapy of RA and OAk.Patients and methods. The study included 518 patients, 208 (40.2%) had definite RA, 160 (30.9%) had OAk and 150 (28.9%) had AS. …”
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Optical Bench Evaluation of a Novel, Hydrophobic, Acrylic, One-Piece, Polyfocal Intraocular Lens with a “Zig-Zag” L-Loop Haptic Design by Andreas F. Borkenstein, Eva-Maria Borkenstein, Pooria Omidi, Achim Langenbucher

“…Larger apertures lead to a significant increase in MTF at the far peak, indicating better visual acuity for distant objects under low-light conditions. …”
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The effect of self-administered acupressure on pain severity and sleep quality of patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial by Elaheh Shourabi, Seyyed Abolfazl Vagharseyyedin, Hamidreza Bahrami Taghanaki, Zeinab Saremi

“…They completed a demographic characteristics form, the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). …”
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Inclusion of diabetic retinopathy screening strategies in national-level diabetes care planning in low-income and middle-income settings: protocol for a scoping review by Tunde Peto, Nathan Congdon, Katie Curran, Prabhath Piyasena, Lisa Duke, Belma Malanda

“…Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a microvascular complication of diabetes, and if left untreated can lead to visual impairment and blindness. Epidemiological studies suggest that the incidence of sight-threatening DR is decreasing in high-income countries due to improved treatments and management of DM; however, these trends are not replicated in LMICs. …”
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Influence of age, corneal astigmatism and some characteristics of intraocular lens on glare in pseudophakic persons by Avramović Siniša, Vukosavljević Miroslav

“…Although an extraordinary visual acuity is achieved following the extracapsular cataract extraction with the implantation of intraocular lens, all the problems of vision are not solved in so doing and many of them should be considered. …”
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Identification and Evaluation of Colour Change in Rosemary and Biluochun Tea Infusions by Yuan Yuan, Caochuang Fang, Chaohan Li, Jiaqi You, Kun Ma

“…Background: The colour of tea beverages during processing and storage significantly influences their visual quality. However, natural pink tea products are rare. …”
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Does Dynamic Taping Affect Pain, Endurance, Disability, Mobility, and Kinesiophobia in Individuals with Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain? A Randomized Controlled Trial by Kanagaraj Rengaramanujam

“…The primary outcomes of pain, endurance, and disability were measured through the visual analog scale (VAS), Biering–Sorensen test, and Oswestry disability index (ODI), respectively. …”
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