Expert-Based Narrative Review on Compression UltraSonography (CUS) for Diagnosis and Follow-Up of Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) by Mario D’Oria, Laura Girardi, Ahmed Amgad, Mohab Sherif, Gabriele Piffaretti, Barbara Ruaro, Cristiano Calvagna, Philip Dueppers, Sandro Lepidi, Marco Paolo Donadini

“…When needed, healthcare operators with more advanced US skills (such as radiologists, angiologists, or vascular surgeons) may be called upon to provide a second look in case of uncertainty and/or need for additional information.…”
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Adequate Reporting Among Ventral Hernia Repair Operative Reports: A Cross-Sectional Study of Prevalence of Details and Association With Clinical Outcomes by Said Maldonado, BS, Nicole B. Lyons, MD, Jonathan S. Lall, BS, J. Scott Zimmerle, MBA, Brendan Rosamond, BS, Ashlynn Mills, BS, Yoolim Alex Seo, BS, Angelica Calderon Rodriguez, BS, Rainna Coelho, MD, Natalia Cavagnaro, MD, Zuhair Ali, MD, Mike K. Liang, MD

“…A total of 1011 VHR operative reports dictated by 693 surgeons across 517 facilities in 50 states were included. …”
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Modern methods of visualization of the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye in the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma by A.V. Sidorova, A.V. Starostina, K.A. Stefankova, E.S. Mustafaeva, M.S. Jereshtieva, Anna A. Aydinyan

“…Methods such as electronic gonioscopy, optical coherence tomography of the eye anterior segment and ultrasound biomicroscopy will make the diagnostic process more accurate and informative, help to correctly diagnose and determine treatment tactics for both primary care physicians and surgeons. The possibility of documenting the results obtained and creating a system for their analysis can contribute to the founding of a generalized database, which will greatly simplify and accelerate the process of providing care to patients with glaucoma.…”
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Incidence and prevalence of traumatic and non-traumatic wounds and burns and access to wound care in Sierra Leone; data from a nationwide household survey (PRESSCO) 2020 by Jonathan H. Vas Nunes, Alex J. van Duinen, Daniel Boateng, Amidu J. Tommy, Osman Sankoh, Martin P. Grobusch, Håkon A. Bolkan

“…The survey was based on Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need (SOSAS). …”
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ASA Class Is a Stronger Predictor of Early Revision Risk Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty than BMI by Christopher J. Wall, MBBS, BMedSc, FRACS, FAOrthA, Richard N. de Steiger, MBBS, PhD, DipBiomech, FRACS, FAOrthA, Christopher J. Vertullo, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, FAOrthA, Dylan Harries, BSc(Hons), MBiostat, PhD, Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, MBBS, MPH, FRSPH

“…Employing a BMI threshold in isolation when assessing fitness for TKA may be inappropriate, and surgeons should give greater weight to the other medical comorbidities and general perioperative fitness of the patient. …”
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Tibial tubercle transfer SurgeRy and physiothErapy Versus physIotherapy only for chronic paTellofemorAL paIn: study protocol for a randomiSed controllEd trial (REVITALISE) by Myrthe P. F. van de Ven, Martin Ophey, Victor van de Graaf, Sebastiaan A. W. van de Groes, Marijn Sinkeldam, Charlotte H. W. Wijers, Sander Koëter

“…This study will generate level-1 evidence on the most effective treatment for chronic PFP, which can be integrated into the national guideline to aid orthopaedic surgeons and physiotherapists in their decision-making and ultimately improve our care for patients with chronic PFP. …”
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Mixed reality infrastructure based on deep learning medical image segmentation and 3D visualization for bone tumors using DCU-Net by Kun Wang, Yong Han, Yuguang Ye, Yusi Chen, Daxin Zhu, Yifeng Huang, Ying Huang, Yijie Chen, Jianshe Shi, Bijiao Ding, Jianlong Huang

“…Methods: We conducted experiments using a hospital dataset for bone tumor segmentation, used the optimized DCU-Net and 3D reconstruction technology to generate bone tumor models, and used set similarity (DSC), recall (R), precision (P), and 3D vertex distance error (VDE) to evaluate segmentation performance and 3D reconstruction effects. Then, two surgeons conducted clinical examination experiments on patients using two different methods, viewing 2D images and virtual reality infrastructure, and used the Likert scale (LS) to compare the effectiveness of surgical plans of the two methods. …”
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What activities do patients hope to perform following anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty but are unable to? Looking beyond patient-reported outcome measures by Alexander E. White, MD, Nicolas Pascual-Leone, MD, Anthony Finocchiaro, BS, Christopher M. Brusalis, MD, David M. Dines, MD, Joshua S. Dines, MD, Andreas Kontaxis, PhD, Samuel A. Taylor, MD, Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD, Michael C. Fu, MD, MHS

“…While these structured PROMs produce reliable and standardized data for surgeons, individual patient desires and expectations related to postoperative activities may not be completely captured in standard PROMs. …”
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Intravenous anesthesia with high-flow nasal cannula improves recovery in elderly undergoing ureteroscopic lithotripsy: a prospective controlled study by Lifei Tang, Ran Guo, Yaochen Quan, Haiwen Zhang, Yingcong Qian, Youjia Yu, Shaoyong Song, Jian Li

“…Secondary outcomes included PACU stay duration, time to out-of-bed mobilization, length of hospital stay, airway dryness scores, surgeons’ satisfaction, and postoperative complications. …”
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Robotic-assisted surgery and kinematic alignment in total knee arthroplasty (RASKAL study): a protocol of a national registry-nested, multicentre, 2×2 factorial randomised trial as... by Ian A Harris, Samuel J MacDessi, Aziz Bhimani, Darren B Chen, Ian Harris, Michelle Lorimer, David Parker, Tamara Hooper, Richard Boyle, Jonathan Mulford, Daniel Franks, Gregory C Wernecke, Durga Bastiras, Emma Heath, Anthony Leong, Brett Fristch, David Penn, George Kirsh, John Limbers, Julian Yu, Maurice Guzman, Peter McEwen

“…This study aims to assess the effectiveness of RAS, KA or both to improve clinical outcomes, functional measures, radiographic precision and prosthetic survivorship when compared with current gold standards of surgical care.Methods and analysis A national registry-nested, multicentre, double-blinded, 2×2 factorial, randomised trial will be undertaken with 300 patients undergoing primary unilateral TKA performed by 15 surgeons. The primary outcome will be the between-group differences in postoperative change over 2 years in the mean Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS-12), comparing first, RAS to CAS as its control, and second, KA to MA as its control. …”
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Extraction Socket Seal Technique for Socket Preservation after Tooth Extraction: An Innovative Approach. by Abduljaleel Azad Samad, Jodal M Ahmed, Hundren M Ali, Omed Shihab, Ahmed Haider, Dainius Karpavicius

“…Numerous socket preservation techniques have been used by clinical surgeons; the issue with all existing techniques is the loss of soft tissue anatomy, resulting in a flat soft tissue architecture. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Patients with Ruptured Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: A Multicenter Study in Northern China by Xiuhu An, Jingliang Su, Bingxin Duan, Long Zhao, Bangyue Wang, Yan Zhao, Tianxing Li, Shuai Zhou, Xinyu Yang, Zhenbo Liu

“…According to logistic regression, hypertension, previous stroke, combined ICH/IVH, Hunt and Hess grade, and WFNS (World Federation of Neurological Surgeons) score were identified as factors negatively influencing 2-year survival. …”
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Time to surgical stabilization of rib fractures: does it impact outcomes? by Joseph D Forrester, Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, Babak Sarani, Frank Hildebrand, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Marcelo A F Ribeiro

“…Our aim was to investigate for association between time to SSRF and complications among patients with isolated rib fractures undergoing SSRF.Methods The 2016–2019 American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) database was queried to identify patient >18 years with isolated thoracic injury undergoing SSRF. …”
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Targeting Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Thiadiazine Thione Derivatives: An In Vivo Study of Its Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Pyretic, Anti-Nociceptive, and Anti-Sedative Properties by Sarah Sarwar, Nadia Sarwar, Haleema Ali, Rafiullah, Rasool Khan, Ajaz Ahmad, Amin Ullah, Ho Soonmin, Nazif Ullah

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Lymphoadenopathies caused by Bartonella henselae by V.S. Zhukovskiy, O.V. Prokopiv, I.R. Trutyak, M.V. Pankiv

“…The reasons for late diagnosis and treatment of cat scratch disease in our patients were insufficient collection of epi­demiological anamnesis, lack of vigilance of doctors, first of all, surgeons, regarding the clinical manifestations of the disease and late examination to find out the etiological factor of the disease. …”
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Evaluating novel approaches for estimating awake and sleep blood pressure: design of the Better BP Study – a randomised, crossover trial by Paul Muntner, Ligong Chen, Daichi Shimbo, Joseph E Schwartz, Maria Cepeda, Demetria Hubbard, Suzanne Oparil, Byron C Jaeger, Shakia T Hardy, Julia Medina

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The short-, medium-, and long-term prevalence of physical health comorbidities in first-episode psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol [version 2; peer review: 3... by Michael Norton, Brian O'Donoghue, Mary Clarke, Karen O'Connor, Jennifer Murphy, Anna Zierotin

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Functional Evaluation of Open Carpal Tunnel Release in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients by Swagat Mahapatra, Devta Singh, Prakhar Mishra, Jaydeep Patel, Madhusudan Mishra, Animesh Gupta

“…Carpal tunnel syndrome is a musculoskeletal disorder related to work activity in affected individuals that is caused by strain and repetitive activity, making it a very common problem across manual laborers. Surgeons and clinicians from different departments frequently meet cases of it. …”
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A comparative study on the efficacy of kirschner wire tension band combined with anchor cross-suture internal fixation versus partial patellectomy in the treatment of comminuted in... by Siyu Duan, Rongda Xu, Hanfei Liu, Ming Sun, Hairui Liang, Zhencun Cai

“…Abstract Objective The treatment of comminuted inferior pole patellar fractures has long posed a challenge for orthopedic surgeons. This study aims to compare the biomechanical stability and clinical efficacy of Kirschner wire tension band combined with anchor cross-suture fixation versus traditional partial patellectomy in the treatment of comminuted inferior pole patellar fractures. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of clinicopathologic and prognostic features in locally advanced thyroid papillary cancer by Liang Jiwang, Ye Dongman, Fang Fengqin, Zhao Yuejiao

“…LAPTC patients with age ≥ 55-years-old, tumor size > 1 cm, and ETE are more likely to have postoperative recurrence. The model can help surgeons to predict 3- and 5-year RFS in LAPTC. Evidence level: This article’s evidence level is four. …”
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