Surgery for intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients is challenging due to the risk of severe pain and significant stress responses. We investigated the effects of a combined approach of ultrasound-guided lumbar plexus...
Read MoreThe international guideline on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) provides evidence-based recommendations on the management of PCOS. Guideline implementation tools (GItools) were developed for general practitioner (GP) use to aid...
Read MoreImbalance in energy regulation is a major cause of insulin resistance and diabetes. Melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) signaling at specific sites in the central nervous system has synergistic but non-overlapping functions. However,...
Read MoreHyperphosphatemia is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD), associated with higher mortality in dialysis patients. Its impact in non-dialysis patients, especially those with preserved kidney function, remains uncertain.A...
Read MoreThe absolute agreement of surrogate measures of adiposity with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)-measured body composition was examined.Over a 15-year follow-up, 7237 (3667 females) nine-year-old children from the Avon...
Read MoreWith the aging of human society, more and more elderly patients have to undergo surgery and anesthesia. Clinical observations have indicated from time to time that spinal anesthesia in the elderly appears to last longer than in...
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In middle-aged US adults, use of public and other non-private insurance predicts future experience...
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Excitatory Nmur2 neurons in the superficial dorsal spinal cord are essential for mechanical but...
Read MoreAchilles’ tendon chronic rupture is a common entity that is usually misdiagnosed or mistreated. Hence, she was presented to us later or with complications affecting her gait. Surgical resection is needed to either bridge...
Read MoreNo large cohort study has evaluated the surgical outcomes of THA between different stages of ONFH patients. This study aimed to compare the surgical outcomes of ONFH patients who underwent THA in ARCO stage III versus IV, in...
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Cataract surgery has evolved from a vision restoration to a refractive procedure, and...
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To evaluate the effect of upper eyelid blepharoplasty surgery on corneal topography, visual field,...
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To investigate the frequency and type of artifacts on optical coherence tomography angiography...
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To compare the bleb morphologies of phacoemulsification combined with Ex-PRESS implantation...
Read MoreGood vision highly depends on the transparency of the cornea, which is the “windscreen” of the eye. In fact, corneal blindness due to transparency loss is the second most common cause of blindness worldwide, and...
Read MoreIdentifying indolent and aggressive prostate cancers is a critical problem for optimal treatment. The existing approaches of prostate cancer detection are facing challenges as the techniques rely on ground truth labels with...
Read MoreTransversal approach for robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy via a bladder neck and prostate combined longitudinal incision (L-RALP) is a novel surgical method for patients with respectable prostate cancer.There were 669...
Read MoreWaldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a type of B-cell lymphoma that produces IgM. Our study aimed to investigate the role of CXCL13, a chemokine essential for B lymphocytes, in the evaluation of treatment response and prognosis...
Read MoreRespiratory diseases are a major health burden, and educational inequalities may influence disease prevalence. We aim to evaluate the causal link between educational attainment and respiratory disease, and to determine the...
Read MoreSome patients with suspected brain metastases (BM) could not tolerate longer scanning examinations according to the standardized MRI protocol.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical value of contrast-enhanced fast...
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