Benign mature teratoma of the conus medullaris in a 57-year-old-female: case report and literature review by Daniel Yamba Yamba, Dramane Cissé, Oualid Mohammed Hmamouche, Faycal Lakhdar, Mohammed Benzagmout, Khalid Chakour, Mohammed El Faiz Chaoui

“…The histological results were consistent with a benign mature teratoma and no additional postoperative neurological deficits were reported by the patient. …”
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Elevation of preoperative cystatin C as an early predictor of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention by Guoqiang Gu, Ningning Yu, Yaqing Zhou, Wei Cui

“…Our primary objective was to investigate whether preoperative cystatin C (CysC) before PCI was an early predictor of postoperative CIN. The secondary objective was to evaluate associations between preoperative CysC and renal biomarkers. …”
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Upper blepharoplasty: A comparative study between wound closure strips and subcuticular closure by Hemin Othman Sheriff, Ari Raheem Qader, Avan Hassan M. Ameen

“…The other parameters were the incidence of milia occurrence, presence of pain postoperatively at time of stitch and omnistrips removal, infection rate and suture acceptance. …”
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Assessment of Right Ventricle Function in Patients with Mitral Repair: Case Series by Yannis Amador, Jacobo Moreno Garijo, Azad Mashari, Giovanni Gadotti, Wilma M. Hopman, Tirone E David, Massimiliano Meineri

“…Conclusions: Right ventricular longitudinal strain is a valuable tool for assessing right ventricular function post-mitral valve repair, offering insights into immediate postoperative outcomes and long-term right ventricular remodeling. …”
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A Health Economic Analysis Exploring the Cost Consequence of Using a Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Germany by Rhodri Saunders, Rafael Torrejon Torres, Henning Reuter, Scott Gibson

“…The perioperative process was modeled using a decision tree, and postoperative recovery and potential SSI evaluated using a Markov model. …”
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Evaluation of the Results of Patients Who Were Treated with Laparoscopic Simple Tunnel Hysterosacropexy Method to Prevent Uterine Prolapse: A New Approach by Erdal Seker, Evindar Elci

“…There were not any complications during the intraoperative period and postoperative follow-ups. During the first six-month follow-up, there were not any recurrence of prolapse. …”
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REPAIR OF SCIATIC NERVE LESION AUGMENTED WITH AMNION MEMBRANE COMPOSITE AND MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL by Heri Suroto, R. Taufan Mulyo Wibisono

“…After 6 months since the second surgery, the patient could perform ankle dorsal flexion. After 12 months postoperatively, the patient could move his right leg functionally, sensory function also improved. …”
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Re-Fracture as Impact of Rigid Implant and Bone Osteoporosis: A Case Report by Huda Fajar Arianto, Yunus Basrewan

“…This study aims to report the potential postoperative re-fracture after implant removal and as a consequence of bone osteoporosis. …”
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The Clinical Outcome of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Laminectomy for Single-level Lumbar Canal Stenosis with Grade 1 and 2 Spondylolisthesis by Ashok Sharma, Tarachand Suthar, Mudit Mathur, Vishnu Mittal, Shiv Bhagwan Sharma, Gaurav Mehta

“…The Oswestry Disability Index scores improved significantly postoperatively. The modified MacNab criteria suggest the outcomes rated as excellent/good rate of 90% in TLIF and 85% in laminectomy. …”
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A rare neurosurgical emergency: case report of spontaneous lumbar subdural empyema by Svetozar Stanković, Milan Lepić, Ivan Bogićević, Jadranka Stanković, Goran Pavlicević

“…Emergency surgical intervention, including wide laminectomy and subdural space irrigation, was performed. Postoperatively, the patient received broad-spectrum antibiotics followed by targeted antibiotic therapy based on culture results. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Outcomes of Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy with D2 and D3 Lymphadenectomy in the Treatment of Patients with Right Colon Cancer by A. A. Nevolskikh, V. A. Avdeenko, Yu. Yu. Mikhaleva, T. P. Pochuev, P. V. Sokolov, R. F. Zibirov, I. P. Reznik, N. D. Silin, L. O. Petrov, S. A. Ivanov, A. D. Kaprin

“…Postoperative hospital stay was 6 days for patients in both groups (p = 0.369). …”
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Hospital frailty risk score predicts graft failure severe infection and mortality in hospitalized kidney transplant recipients from 2010 to 2018 US data by Lumin Chen, Feifan Chu, Hangbin Ma, Zujie Chen, Yuning Ma, Qiwei Ji, Hao Zhou

“…Moreover, the pre-kidney transplantation HFRS was strongly associated with surgical complications and other adverse and postoperative outcomes. However, it is yet unknown how frailty affects transplant failure prognosis, inpatient mortality and morbidity, and infection. …”
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Co-occurrence of a Mullerian anomaly and Kallmann syndrome: A case report by Lea C. George, Rebecca Gendelman, Anat Chemerinski, Pierre Lespinasse, Inessa A. Goldman, Sara Morelli

“…Estrogen replacement therapy was initiated postoperatively with cyclic progestins, and she experienced complete resolution of her pain. …”
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Overexpression of metalloproteinase PAPPA accelerates cancer progression and correlates with immune cell infiltration in gastric cancer: insights from bioinformatics and in vitro i... by Shiya Yu, Shiyao Zheng, Jinwei Qiu, Hongming Lin, Xiaojuan Yu, Huiyan Chen, Junhong Wu, Weihang Wu, Jiong Chen, Yongyuan Chen, Jianwei Chen, Hu Zhao, Yu Wang

“…Correlation and Cox regression analyses have revealed that TNM staging, pathological staging, age, outcome assessment, postoperative tumor residue, and PAPPA expression are prognostic determinants in GC. …”
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Functional Outcome by Evaluation of DASH Score on Drop Hand Patient Treated with Jones’ Tendon Transfer: A Retrospective Study by Tito Sumarwoto, Seti Aji Hadinoto, Adhitya Indra Pradhana

“…The average score was 12.48, indicating that most patients could cope with most daily living activities postoperatively. Conclusions: Surgical intervention for drop hand due to radial nerve palsy using the Jones tendon transfer technique yielded a satisfactory functional outcome based on the DASH score.…”
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Exploring Acute Kidney Injury Incidence in Hip Periprosthetic Joint Infection Treatment With Combined Intravenous and Intra-articular Antibiotic Infusion by Wenbo Mu, MD, PhD, Boyong Xu, MD, Fei Wang, MD, Wentao Guo, MD, PhD, Xiaogang Zhang, MD, Li Cao, MD

“…The median onset of AKI was on postoperative day 2, with stage I AKI being the most prevalent, accounting for 64.71% of cases. …”
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A multistage drug delivery approach for colorectal primary tumors and lymph node metastases by Yihang Yuan, Quanjun Lin, Hai-Yi Feng, Yunpeng Zhang, Xing Lai, Mao-Hua Zhu, Jue Wang, Jiangpei Shi, Yanhu Huang, Lele Zhang, Qin Lu, Zeli Yuan, Jonathan F. Lovell, Hong-Zhuan Chen, Peng Sun, Chao Fang

“…Incomplete lymphadenectomy of metastatic LNs may end up with disease recurrence, while excessive resection can result in increased postoperative complications with even no survival benefit. …”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Symptomatic Multiple Sacral Perineural Cysts-Technical Note by Masashi Tsujino, Akinobu Suzuki, Hidetomi Terai, Minori Kato, Hiromitsu Toyoda, Shinji Takahashi, Koji Tamai, Hiroaki Nakamura

“…A suction drain was placed for 1 or 2 days, and the patients were mobilized on postoperative day 1. Symptoms improved in all patients; however, the improvement ratio varied. …”
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Post-rectectomy choice of preventive intestinal stoma formation method: prospective multicenter randomized clinical trial protocol by P. V. Tsarkov, I. A. Tulina, P. B. Tsugulya, V. S. Kochetkov, S. V. Khmelik

“…Presented study will allow to reveal the early and late postoperative morbidity rate and the related repeated hospital admissions in real-life clinical practice of Russia from the standpoints of evidencebased medicine, to define indications and contraindications for each method of «low» colorectal anastomosis protection with the least risk for the patient.…”
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Advanced surgical techniques and considerations in carotid body tumor management: insights from a cohort study by Farooq Ahmad Ganie, Masarat-ul Gani, Hakeem Zubair Ashraf, Shahbaz Bashir, Iqra Nazir Naqash, Mudasir Hamid Bhat, Shadab Maqsood, Altaf Hussain Mir, Mohd Iqbal Dar

“…Results Notably, none of the patients exhibited any postoperative neurological or vascular complications. …”
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