Bias and precision of SPECT-based 177Lu activity-concentration estimation using a ring-configured solid-state versus a dual-headed anger system by Anna Stenvall, Irma Ceric Andelius, Elias Nilsson, Albin Lindvall, Erik Larsson, Johan Gustafsson

“…This was investigated for imaging at 208 keV and 113 keV, respectively. Methods Phantom experiments were performed on a GE Discovery 670 system with 5/8’’ NaI(Tl) crystal (dual-headed Anger system) and a GE StarGuide (ring-configured CZT system). …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of robotic surgery in healthcare for older individuals: a systematic review based on randomized controlled trials by Yunkai Tang, Bing Dou

“…ObjectivesThe objective of this research is to assess the economic viability of robotic interventions in the management of healthcare for the aging demographic by conducting a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (SR/MA) of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs).MethodsWe conducted a SR/MA following the PRISMA guidelines and the Cochrane Collaboration recommendations. …”
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Estudo retrospectivo da abordagem das fraturas nasais no Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp Retrospective analysis of the approach to nasal fractures at Unicamp Clinical Hospital by Bruna Borghese, Davi Reis Calderoni, Luis Augusto Passeri

“…Nevertheless, they may cause significant damage, from both a functional and aesthetic perspective. METHODS: Medical records of 144 patients admitted for nasal fracture treatment between February 2002 and October 2008 to the Plastic Surgery Area of the Unicamp Clinical Hospital were analyzed. …”
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Gender-based differences in survival outcomes of rectal neuroendocrine tumors: a population-based analysis by Tianbao Chen, Yao Liu, Xianxiao Ding, Xiao Xu, Zhenguo Qiao, Rencheng Cai, Shaojun Hu

“…Therefore, we aimed to explore the gender-based differences in the prognosis of RNETs using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Materials and methods RNETs patients from 2000 to 2020 were identified from the SEER database. …”
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Self-Adherent Dressing versus No Dressing after Distal Hypospadias Repair: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Hisham Ibrahim, Abdallah Sadaka, Ahmed I. Shoukry, Mohamed Salah

“…The frequency of edema was significantly lower in the self-adherent dressing group (4 cases, 14.8%) compared to the no-dressing group (12 cases, 44.4%) (p = 0.040). …”
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Agent-based modelling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission: a systematic review by Viet Long Bui, Angus E. Hughes, Romain Ragonnet, Michael T. Meehan, Alec Henderson, Emma S. McBryde, James M. Trauer

“…These studies varied in population settings, time horizons, and model complexity. …”
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Herpes zoster incidence and burden in older Chinese: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Bingbing Zheng, Dapeng Yin, Yifan Geng, Qiao Li, Wenting Cao, Mingzhang Yin, Yi Ning, Jindong Ding Petersen

“…The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality tool and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale were used for quality assessment. Results Of 6,958 studies, 19 (73,044,981 total population) were included for analysis (1,107,682 HZ cases, mean age 63.03 ± 8.30 years, 47.10% male). …”
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Effect of acute kidney injury care bundle on kidney outcomes in cardiac patients receiving critical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fatma Refaat Ahmed, Nabeel Al-Yateem, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Rawia Gamil, Mohannad Eid AbuRuz

“…However, given the inclusion of non-cardiac patients in some studies, the observed effect may not be solely attributable to cardiac surgery cases. …”
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Polygenic Risk Scores for Personalized Cardiovascular Pharmacogenomics―A Scoping Review by Aaryan Dwivedi, Jobanjit S. Phulka, Peyman Namdarimoghaddam, Zachary Laksman

“…Though PRS was a strong tool in many cases, we found some key limitations in its applicability in research, such as the under-representation of non-European-ancestry cohorts in the examined studies and a lack of standardized outcome reporting. …”
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Global, Regional, and National Burden of Non-Rheumatic Valvular Heart Diseases in Women: A Systematic Analysis of Global Burden of Disease 1990–2021 by Liu Chenyu, Li Haochao, Chen Pengfei, Chen Mingjian, Zhao Diming, Wang Liqing

“…Methods: Data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 database were retrieved to obtain epidemiological data on female NRVHD from both global and regional perspectives, covering 204 countries and territories. …”
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INFLUENCE OF DIAGNOSTICALLY-DETERMINED CLINICAL DECISIONS ON A TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH MANDIBULAR PARTIAL TEETH LOSS by R. Bratus-Hrynkiv

“… According to numerous scientific studies patients with mandibular partial teeth loss need fixed, removable or combined dentures. …”
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B-lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the effect of an interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor on them. by E. V. Gerasimova, T. V. Popkova, A. P. Aleksankin, A. V. Martynova, E. L. Nasonov

“…The clinical efficacy and safety of interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor blockade have been well studied, but the data on the impact of therapeutic inhibition of IL-6 on B cells are scarce and contradictory. …”
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A practical distribution pattern of α-SMA-positive carcinoma associated fibroblasts indicates poor prognosis of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Bo Li, Meilong Shi, Yang Wang, Penghao Li, Xiaoyi Yin, Guoxiao Zhang, Xiaochao Kang, Huan Wang, Suizhi Gao, Kailian Zheng, Xiaohan Shi, Xiongfei Xu, Yukun Zhou, Hui Jiang, Wei Jing, Shiwei Guo, Gang Jin

“…Purpose The present study aimed to clarify the distribution pattern of carcinoma associated fibroblasts (CAFs) across pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and its prognostic prediction value.Methods Data of two cohorts were retrospectively collected from consecutive patients who underwent primary pancreatic resection from January 2015 to December 2017. …”
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VacStent as a novel therapeutic approach for esophageal perforations and anastomotic leaks– a systematic review of the literature by Dimitrios Kehagias, Sameh Abogabal, Charalampos Lampropoulos, Muhammad Ijlal Haider, Ioannis Kehagias, Prashant Jain, Vincent Wong

“…This systematic review aims to investigate the efficacy and clinical outcomes associated with the use of the VacStent. Methods A systematic literature review was conducted in PubMed and Google Scholar electronic databases using keywords and Medical Subject Headings terms. …”
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Isolated tumor cell clusters (ITC) in lymph nodes and PD-L1 expression on tumor-associated immune cells are prognostic factors for microsatellite instable-high gastric cancers by Menghan Cui, Yangli Zhou, Yin Han, Nannan Chen, Min Zhao, Yan Wang, Fengxia He

“…However, controversy exists regarding the role of MSI in GCs, and the factors leading to internal prognostic differences among MSI-H GCs are rarely studied. Methods: We identified 53 MSI-H cases from 941 consecutive GCs and conducted a detailed investigation of the clinical significance, clinicopathological correlations, and prognostic indicators of MSI-H GCs. …”
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Extraarticular distal humeral nonunion: systematic review of literature by Giovanni Vicenti, Enrico Guerra, Elisa Pesare, Giulia Colasuonno, Marco Minerba, Michele Loiodice, Francesco Conte, Paolo Sergi, Giuseppe Solarino

“…This article provides a comprehensive assessment of these surgical procedures and shared clinical experiences related to these challenging cases. Methods A systematic review of literature was conducted using the PubMed database up to October 2024, with a focus on cases involving extraarticular distal humeral nonunions that were treated with ORIF, TEA, or Ilizarov techniques. …”
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Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinoma (STIC): A Review of the Literature on the Incidence at the Time of Prophylactic Surgery by Daniela Luvero, Roberto Angioli, Erika Notaro, Francesco Plotti, Corrado Terranova, Anna Maria Angioli, Asia Festa, Andi Stermasi, Serena Manco, Miriana Diserio, Roberto Montera

“…The aim of this review is to evaluate the literature on the incidence of serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma in patients (both BRCA-positive and BRCA-negative) undergoing preventive salpingo-oophorectomy, analysing the available data and identifying associations between specific characteristics and the onset of STIC. Methods: A comprehensive review of the literature from 2016 to 2023 was conducted using PubMed, focusing on studies analysing the incidence of STIC in BRCA-positive patients undergoing preventive salpingo-oophorectomy. …”
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Postictal vertebral fractures: Incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes. A systematic review by Salvador Manrique-Guzman, Ana Karen Perez-Vazquez, Claudia Lerma, Francisco R. Revilla-Pacheco, Tenoch Herrada-Pineda, Jorge Francisco Sanchez Santa-Ana, Maria Jose Wilches-Davalos, Iliana Margarita Esquivel-Valdes, Caroline Larocque-Guzman, Tania Ivette Sanchez-Zacarias

“…Data from previously published studies and three new cases from the authors' institution were collected. …”
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Early cardiac events after haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide. subanalysis exploring cardiac toxicity conducted on behalf of GE... by Filipe R. Pinto, Enric Cascos, Estefanía Pérez-López, Mónica Baile-González, Carlos Martín Rodríguez, María Jesús Pascual Cascón, Marta Luque, Albert Esquirol, Carmen Martín Calvo, Felipe Peña-Muñóz, Inmaculada Heras Fernando, Itziar Oiartzabal Ormtegi, Adolfo Jesús Sáez Marín, Sara Fernández-Luis, Juan José Domínguez-García, Sara Villar Fernández, José Luis López Lorenzo, Miguel Fernández de Sanmamed Girón, Leslie González Pinedo, Lucía García, Ana Pilar González-Rodriguez, Tamara Torrado, Silvia Filaferro, Pascual Basalobre, Alberto López-García, Guillermo Ortí, Guillermo Ortí, Manuel Jurado Chacón, Manuel Jurado Chacón, María Queralt Salas, María Queralt Salas

“…While effective in reducing graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), concerns about PTCY-associated cardiovascular toxicity remain. This study investigates the incidence, predictors, and impact of early cardiac events (ECE) in haplo-HCT recipients.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective, multicenter analysis of 268 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated with anthracycline-based induction regimens and undergoing their first haplo-HCT with PTCY (50 mg/kg/day on days +3 and +4) between 2011 and 2022. …”
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Nuclei‐Specific Amygdala Enlargement Is Linked to Psychiatric Comorbidities in Drug‐Resistant Focal Epilepsy by Hélène Mourre, Julia Makhalova, Lisa Soncin, Elodie Garnier, Hugo Dary, Arnaud Le Troter, Roy A. M. Haast, Benoit Testud, Marie Arthuis, Samuel Medina Villalon, Stanislas Lagarde, Francesca Pizzo, Christian Bénar, Jean‐Philippe Ranjeva, Maxime Guye, Fabrice Bartolomei

“…We investigated volumetric changes of the amygdala and its nine main nuclei and their associations with psychiatric comorbidities in patients with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy. Methods Eighty‐seven adult patients with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy, available 7 T MRI, and completed standardized psychiatric assessments were included. …”
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