Malnutrition risk, weight loss, and subsequent survival in patients listed for heart transplantation by Tae Kyung Yoo, MD, MS, Satoshi Miyashita, MD, Ariella Stein, MSCIS-HI, Michael Wu, BS, MPH, Lauren Parsly Read-Button, MPH, RD, LDN, Masashi Kawabori, MD, Greg S. Couper, MD, Edward Saltzman, MD, Amanda R. Vest, MBBS, MPH

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Evaluation of spinal deformity and its progression in pyogenic spondylodiscitis: A retrospective MRI study of 59 cases by Andreas Kramer, Jonathan Neuhoff, Santhosh G. Thavarajasingam, Rebecca Sutherland, Hugh McCaughan, Benjamin Davies, Ehab Shiban, Florian Ringel, Andreas K. Demetriades

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Budget Impact of Rivaroxaban for the Prevention of Thromboembolic Events after Hip or Knee Replacement in Spain by Xavier Granero Xiberta, Antonio Murcia, José Ricardo Troncoso Durán, Claudio Gómez Zubeldia, Aleix Llorac Moix, Ruth Graefenhain De Codes, Maria Giovana Ferrario, Luis Lizán

“…Data related to rate of thromboembolic events, major bleeding events and use of resources (local or general anesthesia and nurse care after surgery) were obtained from the Xarelto® for VTE Prophylaxis After Hip or Knee Arthroplasty (XAMOS) study, an international, non-interventional, observational, open-label study in unselected patients undergoing THR or TKR surgery in routine practice. …”
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Predictive value of enhanced CT and pathological indicators in lymph node metastasis in patients with gastric cancer based on GEE model by Ling Yang, Yingying Ding, Dafu Zhang, Guangjun Yang, Xingxiang Dong, Zhiping Zhang, Caixia Zhang, Wenjie Zhang, Youguo Dai, Zhenhui Li

“…Methods Sixty-six consecutive patients (235 regional lymph nodes) with pathologically confirmed gastric cancer who underwent surgery at our hospital between December 2020 and November 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Blockades of effector T cell senescence and exhaustion synergistically enhance antitumor immunity and immunotherapy by Xia Liu, Emily Shaw, Fusheng Si, Guangyong Peng, Yan Tao, Feiya Ma, David Bagley, Yuanqin Zhang

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Monitoring and evaluation in disaster management courses: a scoping review by George Teo Voicescu, Hamdi Lamine, Andra Elena Loșonți, Eugenia Maria Lupan-Mureșan, Sonia Luka, José García Ulerio, Luca Ragazzoni, Francesco Della Corte, Marta Caviglia

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The AFFIRM Framework for gender-affirming care: qualitative findings from the Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Equity Study by Meg Quint, Schuyler Bailar, Alexis Miranda, Shalender Bhasin, Devin O’Brien-Coon, Sari L. Reisner

“…Gender-affirming care refers to care for medical gender affirmation, such as gender-affirming hormones and surgery, as well as general care that affirms and respects TGD patients. …”
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Pathomorphological features of the proximal femur in crowe IV hips and their implication on stem selection during total hip arthroplasty by Kaveh Gharanizadeh, Elham Mohammadyahya, Mohammad Reza Bahaeddini, Shayan Amiri, Sajad Noori Gravand, Sepideh Pezeshki, Amir Aminian, Arvin Eslami, Hamed Tayyebi, Mansour Abolghasemian

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Modern options of endoscopic retrograde stenting of bile ducts in treatment of obstructive jaundice at malignant pancreatobiliary tumors by S. A. Budzinsky, S. G. Shapovalyants, Ye. D. Fedorov, A. G. Mylnikov, D. V. Bakhtiozina

“…From January, 2007 to July, 2013 overall 3269 endoscopic retrograde interventions on major duodenal papilla (MDP) have been executed in the Scientific-educational center of abdominal surgery and endoscopy, Moscow city clinical hospital #31. …”
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The Effect of Exosomes Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells on the Regeneration of Human Pulpectomized Tooth: A Case Report by Nazanin Jafari, Mina Seyed Habashi, Alireza Afshar, Mohammad Ghasemi, Madina A. Kurmanalina, Nadiar M. Mussin, Asset A. Kaliyev, Shahrokh Zare, Zahra Khodabandeh, Nader Tanideh, Amin Tamadon

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Combined morphology and radiomics of intravoxel incoherent movement as a predictive model for the pathologic complete response before neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with brea... by Yunyan Zheng, Hui Zhang, Huijian Chen, Yang Song, Ping Lu, Mingping Ma, Mengbo Lin, Muzhen He

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Differences and analogies in thyroid cancer discovered incidentally or by thyroid-related screening: a multicenter study by Laura Croce, Rosaria Maddalena Ruggeri, Camilla Virili, Carlo Cappelli, Marsida Teliti, Pietro Costa, Spyridon Chytiris, Antonio Nicocia, Francesca Coperchini, Maria Flavia Bagaglini, Flavia Magri, Alfredo Campennì, Mario Rotondi

“…Measurements: Data on pre-surgery reasons leading to TC diagnosis, age, sex, BMI, presence of cardiometabolic comorbidities and non-thyroid cancer were collected. …”
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Sharing reliable information worldwide: healthcare strategies based on artificial intelligence need external validation. Position paper by F. Pennestrì, F. Cabitza, N. Picerno, G. Banfi

“…Abstract Training machine learning models using data from severe COVID-19 patients admitted to a central hospital, where entire wards are specifically dedicated to COVID-19, may yield predictions that differ significantly from those generated using data collected from patients admitted to a high-volume specialized hospital for orthopedic surgery, where COVID-19 is only a secondary diagnosis. …”
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Author Correction: Normal tissue radioprotection by amifostine via Warburg-type effects by Michael I. Koukourakis, Alexandra Giatromanolaki, Christos E. Zois, Dimitra Kalamida, Stamatia Pouliliou, Ilias V. Karagounis, Tzu-Lan Yeh, Martine I. Abboud, Timothy D. W. Claridge, Christopher J. Schofield, Efthimios Sivridis, Costantinos Simopoulos, Savvas P. Tokmakidis, Adrian L. Harris

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“Subarachnoid block in active burn injury”: A case report of anesthetic challenges and considerations by Rutuja Gohad, Sudha S. Jain, Shubham Rahane, Dushyant Bawiskar

“…The surgical outcome was good, and the patient was stable post-surgery. The paramedian approach provides an excellent alternative to the midline approach for spinal anesthesia. …”
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Cases of difficult-to-access benign tumors with the potential risk for bone fracture by Luben Stokov, Ivelin Kostadinov, Georgi Georgiev, Kristian Nastev, Luben Lubenov Stokov, Alexandar Kostadinov

“…Due to possible fractures in these areas, the patients underwent surgery involving curettage and bone grafting with a synthetic bone substitute. …”
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Correction: Integrating E-cadherin expression levels with TNM staging for enhanced prognostic prediction in colorectal cancer patients by Jae-Ghi Lee, Ilkyu Park, Hannah Lee, Seungyoon Nam, Jisup Kim, Won-Suk Lee, Myunghee Kang, Jung Ho Kim

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Pre-clinical study of curcumin in the treatment of gastric Cancer by Minghui Hao, Chungang Zhang

“…Researchers have been investigating natural compounds as potential alternatives to traditional cancer treatments, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. One such compound is curcumin, which is derived from the rhizome of the turmeric plant. …”
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Pharmaceutical hemostasis at peptic ulcer bleeding: state-of-the-art and perspectives by A. A. Schegolev, O. A. Al Sabunchi, S. A. Valetov, A. V. Pavlychev, Ye. A. Klochneva

“…Application of Omez, lyophilizate for infusions, allows to improve treatment results in patients of the main group, reduces risk of hemorrhage relapse and, therefore mortality and urgent surgery rates.…”
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Meconium Peritonitis and Periorchitis: Report of a Prenatal Case by Cem Yaşar Sanhal, İnanç Mendilcioğlu, Adnan Aslan, Murat Özekinci, Mehmet Şimşek

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