The effect of lumbar multifidus muscle degeneration on upper lumbar disc herniation by Bingwen Wang, Lifei Xu, Peng Teng, Lin Nie, Lin Nie, Hongwei Yue

“…PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the effect of lumbar multifidus muscle (MF) degeneration on upper lumbar disc herniation (ULDH).MethodsThis study used 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T2 axial weighted images to retrospectively analyze 93 ULDH patients and 111 healthy participants. …”
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Design of intelligent human-machine collaborative robot-assisted craniotomy system by Meng Cui, Wenqing Ren, Tengfei Cui, Ruifeng Chen, Yi Shan, Xiaodong Ma

“…Objectives: To develop an intelligent human-machine collaborative control robot-assisted craniotomy system, and test its efficacy by experiments. Methods: The system integrated a UR5 robotic arm (Universal Robots, Denmark), a host computer, a double six-degree-of-freedom force sensor(Nanjing Yuli Instrument Co., Ltd.), a medical drill(AESCULAP®, Germany), a Polaris Optical navigation system(NDI,Canada), with a self-designed navigation procedure and a visual graphical user interface(GUI). …”
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Prediction of radiosensitivity in non-small cell lung cancer based on computed tomography and tumor genomics: a multiple real world cohort study by Peimeng You, Qiaxuan Li, Yu Lei, Chuhao Xu, Daipeng Xie, Lintong Yao, Jiaxin Yuan, Junyu Li, Haiyu Zhou

“…Conclusions We have developed an LCDigital RT prediction tool that will help predict populations at risk of radiation sensitivity differences. By visualizing the thermal map of the primary tumor area, we can assist in the development of radiotherapy plans, reduce the occurrence of radiation toxicity events, and improve radiotherapy efficacy. …”
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Pooling the complex survey data across the 64 lower and middle-income countries: A study on antibiotic usage in under-five children by Md Fakrul Islam, Prosenjit Basak Arka, Mahfuzer Rohman, Md Sabbir Hossain, Md Rashed Babu, Hasin Anupama Azhari, Md Jamal Uddin

“…Additionally, we provided accompanying bar diagrams for each descriptive finding to enhance visual understanding. For geospatial analysis, we utilized ArcGIS, a powerful tool for mapping and spatial analysis. …”
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Clinical efficacy of circular laser half-fistula canal ablation in the treatment of anal fistula by Zhang Feigong, Li Youlong, Yan Hua

“…[Objectives] To observe the clinical efficacy of circular laser half-fistula canal ablation in the treatment of anal fistula. [Methods] A total of 52 patients with anal fistula admitted to Zhabei Central Hospital, Shanghai Jing’an District from July 2019 to December 2020 were selected as the research subjects and randomly divided into an experimental group (n=26) and a control group (n=26). …”
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Enhancing safety in CT-guided lung biopsies: correlation of MinIP imaging with pneumothorax risk prediction by Michael P. Brönnimann, Leonie Manser, Bernhard Gebauer, Timo A. Auer, Dirk Schnapauff, Federico Collettini, Alexander Pöllinger, Alois Komarek, Miltiadis E. Krokidis, Johannes T. Heverhagen

“…MinIP imaging identified higher pneumothorax risk post-CT lung biopsy with superior accuracy. Our method detects high-risk lung changes linked to pneumothorax without additional software. …”
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Prognostic value of ALBI score for all-cause mortality in metabolic associated fatty liver disease patients: a cohort study from NHANES 2003–2018 by Guoxing Zhou, Weiwei Han, Jinhong Luan, Baozhu Ma

“…Additionally, we conducted threshold effect analysis to identify potential inflection points in the ALBI-mortality relationship and used Kaplan-Meier survival analysis to visualize survival differences across ALBI tertiles. …”
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Dynamic nomogram for predicting the overall survival and cancer-specific survival of patients with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumor: a SEER-based retrospective cohort study an... by Yipu Wang, Gongning Wang, Chao Song, Wenqian Ma, Xiuli Zheng, Shuo Guo, Qi Wang, Lan Zhang, Limian Er

“…In addition, two online risk calculators were developed to predict the OS and CSS of these patients visually.ConclusionsOur nomograms may play an important role in predicting 3- and 5-year OS and CSS for GI-net patients. …”
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Evaluation of Postoperative Pain in Periodontal Flap Surgery with and without Photobiomodulation using Diode LASER: A Split-mouth Randomised Controlled Study by Neeraj Chandrahas Deshpande, Aayushi Shah, Monali Amit Shah

“…The parameters assessed for postoperative pain following flap surgery included the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) to track the patients’ pain levels and the amount of analgesics they took throughout the first week following surgery. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Intra-articular Ozone and Steroid Treatments in Patients with Coxarthrosis under Ultrasound Guidance: A Retrospective Study by Yilmaz Karaduman, Arzu Muz, Azize Serçe, Servi Yildirim, Ismail Eren Durmus, Suna Akin Takmaz

“…Clinical outcomes were assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain and the Harris Hip Score (HHS) for functional status, both pre- and post-treatment. …”
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Optical coherence tomography findings as a predictor of clinical course in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion treated with ranibizumab. by Akira Shiono, Jiro Kogo, Hiroki Sasaki, Ryo Yomoda, Tatsuya Jujo, Naoto Tokuda, Yasushi Kitaoka, Hitoshi Takagi

“…<h4>Participants</h4>Thirty eyes of 30 patients with BRVO treated with IVR.<h4>Methods</h4>All patients received 1 initial IVR followed by repeated injections in the pro re nata (PRN) regimen. …”
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Short-Term Effects of Fruit Juice Enriched with Vitamin D3, n-3 PUFA, and Probiotics on Subjective Appetite and Blood Pressure: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial in Healthy Ad... by Dionysia-Lydia Bothou, Nikolaos Zacharodimos, Christina Athanasaki, Stamatia Vitsou-Anastasiou, Olga Papadopoulou, Chrysoula Tassou, Emilia Papakonstantinou

“…Participants rated their hunger, desire to eat, perceived fullness, thirst, preoccupation with food, and pleasure of eating on visual analog scales (VAS) at baseline and up to 180 min after consumption of each test FJ. …”
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Epidemiology of interpersonal violence among Mexican children and adolescents: a national analysis of injury data from public hospitals from 2015 to 2022 by Magdalena Gruendl, Diana D. del Valle, Letícia Nunes Campos, Theoneste Nkurunziza, Taylor Wurdeman, Tanujit Dey, Arturo Cervantes Trejo, Stefanie J. Klug, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz

“…Additionally, we generated a heatmap to visually represent the average IPV cases per 100,000 children and adolescents across Mexican states. …”
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Efficacy of Resorbable versus Non Eugenol Packs in Enhancing Early Wound Healing following Gingival Excisional Procedures: A Randomised Controlled Study by Lakshmi Ramachandran, Anupama Tadepalli, Priyanka Cholan, Santo Grace Umesh, Harinath Parthasarathy, Chinmaya Agarwal

“…Wound healing scores (Landry’s scale) and patient comfort assessment {Visual Analogue Score (VAS)} was recorded at 7, 14 days following therapy. …”
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Designing novel cabozantinib analogues as p-glycoprotein inhibitors to target cancer cell resistance using molecular docking study, ADMET screening, bioisosteric approach, and mole... by Gajendra Singh Thakur, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Dipti Pal, Yogesh Vaishnav, Neeraj Kumar, Sivakumar Annadurai, Sanmati Kumar Jain

“…Consequently, P-gp has emerged as a critical target for research in anti-cancer therapies.MethodsThe purpose of this study was to computationally identify new andsafer analogues of CBZ using bioisosteric approach, focusing on improved pharmacokinetic properties andreduced toxicity. …”
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Clinical efficacy of AUSS/UNSES-TLIF in the treatment of single-segment degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: a retrospective study by Zhide Liu, Shiyuan Hao, XiangLong Li, En Song, Yabo Yao

“…Abstract Objective To explore the clinical efficacy and advantages of Arthroscopic-assisted Uni-portal Spinal Surgery (AUSS)-Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) in the treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Methods This study included 71 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis who underwent surgical treatment at the Department of Spine Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Medical University, between January 2022 and December 2023. …”
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Research Progress and Prospects of Urban-Rural Integration Based on Scientific Knowledge Map by Gong Weixia, Ma Shujiao

“…This study employed CiteSpace software to visually analyze 2,164 papers on urban-rural integration between 2002 and 2023 from the CNKI database. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy and Complications Between Biportal Endoscopic Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Lumbar De... by Hu Q, Xiao K, Nan JN, Jhang SW, Chen CM, Lin GX

“…The evaluative framework encompassed a diverse array of parameters, including but not limited to operation time, hospitalization, quantification of estimated blood loss, the assessment of outcomes via the application of the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) to gauge pain intensity, and the utilization of the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) to measure functional impairment.Results: The current meta-analysis included ten studies with a total of 736 participants. …”
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Comparison of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose and [68Ga]Gallium DOTA-TATE in patients with active giant cell arteritis by Alison H. Clifford, Jonathan Abele, Ryan Hung, Frank Wuest, Jan Andersson, Susan Pike, Elaine Yacyshyn, Eric Lenza, Glen Jickling, Paolo Raggi, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert

“…We aimed to compare [68Ga]Ga-HA-DOTA-TATE, a somatostatin 2-analogue tracer, to [18F]FDG in a pilot study of patients with GCA. Methods Eight patients with active GCA were prospectively, sequentially scanned with both [18F]FDG PET/CT and [68Ga]Ga-HA-DOTA-TATE PET/CT imaging. …”
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Correlation analysis between preoperative odontoid incidence and clinical outcomes 2 years after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion by Yan Gong, Hao Liu, Yanchi Gan, Jiahui He, Zelin Zhou, Hang Zhuo, Yu Liu, De Liang, Hui Ren, Xiaobing Jiang, Zhaojun Cheng

“…Additionally, the Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA), neck disability index (NDI), and visual analog scale (VAS) scores were documented for each patient before surgery and at the final 2-year postoperative follow-up. …”
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