Impaction of Deciduous and Permanent Teeth Related to Local Obstacles: A Retrospective Study of 10 Years of Institutional Experience by Luisa Limongelli, Giuseppe Barile, Giusy Fanelli, Tommaso Corsalini, Saverio Capodiferro, Massimo Corsalini

“…The complete diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and their outcomes were described. The relationship between the treatment and the outcomes was assessed with a chi-square test. …”
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Airway pressure as a predictor of cardiac output reduction in prone position spine surgery: A prospective observational study by Yi-Ping Wang, Ping-Ju Chen, Huei-Lien Yu, Jia-Fang Syu, Chun-Yu Wu, Tsung-Ta Wu

“…Background: The prone position is commonly used in surgical procedures and is known to cause significant hemodynamic changes, particularly a reduction in cardiac output. …”
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V-Y flap of advancement after the recurrence of perineal cancer: case report and literature review by Glayse June Sasaki Acacio Favarin, Eduardo Favarin, Luan Pedro Santos Rocha, Ives Alexandre Yutani Koseki, Fábio Yutani Koseki, Edson Rodrigues Garcia Filho

“…The patient progressed well from the procedure, with no problems. DISCUSSION: A flap is a tissue that is mobilized based on vascular anatomy. …”
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Combination of urinary free-glycan markers for the diagnosis of various malignant tumors by Miki Tanaka-Okamoto, Ken Hanzawa, Takashi Yamamoto, Tomoki Michida, Kenji Ikezawa, Kazuyoshi Ohkawa, Kazumi Nishino, Takafumi Yokota, Michihide Maeda, Ken-ichi Yoshida, Satoshi Takenaka, Masayuki Ohue, Tomoyuki Yamasaki, Yasuhide Miyamoto

“…Free-glycans were isolated using a two-step column purification procedure, pyridylaminated, and subjected to LC-selected reaction monitoring. …”
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A case report of an unusual kidney tumor: Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma by Lakić Tanja, Ilić Aleksandra, Živojinov Mirjana, Ilić-Sabo Jelena, Jeremić Dimitrije, Grbić Dragan

“…A 59-year-old female patient was admitted to the Emergency Center of the Clinical Center of Vojvodina due to injuries sustained in a traffic accident. After diagnostic procedures, computer tomography (CT) revealed a large asymptomatic cyst of the upper pole of the left kidney as an incidental finding. …”
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Quality of Life of Adolescents and Young Adults After Testicular Prosthesis Surgery During Childhood: A Qualitative Study and Literature Review by Zoi Chantzi, Sotirios Fouzas, Alexandros Drivalos, Athanasia Stamati, Agapios Gkentzis, Maria Athanasopoulou, Katerina Kambouri, Despoina Gkentzi, Eirini Kostopoulou, Anastasia Vareli, Evangelos Blevrakis, Konstantinos Zachos, Vasileios Alexopoulos, Antonios Panagidis, Panagiotis Plotas, Aspasia Louta, Ageliki A. Karatza, Theodore Dassios, Gabriel Dimitriou, Eleni Jelastopulu, Xenophon Sinopidis

“…Therefore, it should not be considered in a simplistic manner as a routine procedure and should be preceded by thorough conversation with experts.…”
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Multi-Scale Modeling of Polymeric Metamaterials: Bridging Design and Performance—A Review by Siti Nur Sakinah Jamaludin, Nik Mohd Izual Nik Ibrahim, Mohd Zaidi Azir, Noor Mazni Ismail, Shahnor Basri

“…Some of their prominent uses include different engineering applications, such as structures for impact attenuation and load-carrying systems, demonstrating multi-scale procedures as promising tools to solve engineering problems. …”
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The commodity constrained split delivery vehicle routing problem considering carbon emission: Formulations and a branch-and-cut method by Kamyla Maria Ferreira, Claudia Archetti, Diego Delle Donne, Reinaldo Morabito, Pedro Munari

“…Additionally, we develop a branch-and-cut (BC) method based on two of these formulations, and introduce a procedure for deriving feasible solutions to the GC-SDVRP from solutions obtained with the relaxed formulations. …”
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Ab externo open conjunctiva XEN® 63 μm: a novel surgical alternative in uveitic glaucoma-a case report by Yann Bertolani, Júlia Angrill-Valls, Laura Sánchez-Vela, Eric Kirkegaard-Biosca, Antonio Dou, Nieves Martín-Begué, Marta Castany

“…Postoperative course was uneventful with well-controlled intraocular pressure (11 mmHg) and no progression of glaucomatous damage, one year after the procedure. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography evidenced a well-functioning and non-encapsulated bleb along the follow up. …”
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Pulmonary adenocarcinoma possibly developed from the cut-end of small-sized adenocarcinoma in the lung periphery as recurrence 13 years after its wedge resection by Takaomi Hanaoka, Makoto Kurai, Mitsuyo Okada, Satoshi Ishizone, Fumitoshi Karasawa, Akira Iizuka, Meguru Ikeyama, Jun Nakayama

“…Accumulation of information on problematic cases would be meaningful for surgeons to select better surgical procedures. Case presentation A 69-year-old man was pointed out an enlarged 2.1-cm solid nodule on the edge of staple line of the residual right upper lobe by chest CT. …”
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18F-Fluorodeoxysorbitol PET for noninvasive detection of invasive mold infections: preclinical and first-in-human studies by Carlos E. Ruiz-Gonzalez, Oscar J. Nino-Meza, Medha Singh, Yuderleys Masias-Leon, Amy Kronenberg, Madelynn Shambles, Xueyi Chen, Elizabeth W. Tucker, Martin A. Lodge, Laurence S. Carroll, Kenneth R. Cooke, Olivia S. Kates, Shmuel Shoham, Sean X. Zhang, Sanjay K. Jain

“…Diagnosis is challenging, requiring invasive procedures or reliance on fungal biomarkers with limited sensitivity and an inability to detect non-Aspergillus molds. …”
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The PEG-coated collagen patch Hemopatch® for hemostasis and dural sealing in neurosurgery by Jakob Rossmann, Apio C. M. Antunes, Guy G. Broc, Danny T. M. Chan, Se-Yi Chen, Nicolas Dea, Jacob Fairhall, Pablo de Andrés Guijarro, Nicola Montano, Karl-Michael Schebesch, Jake Timothy, Vamsi Krishna Yerramneni

“…This technical report aims to provide neurosurgeons with the best recommendations for the effective use of Hemopatch® as a hemostatic and dural sealant in cranial and spinal procedures.Material and methodsThe clinical experiences of 10 neurosurgeons from around the world regarding the use of Hemopatch® were evaluated using an online survey, followed by a hands-on preclinical workshop on adult pigs, which concluded with an in-depth discussion about the use of the patch.ResultsThe survey results provide an overview of how and when experts use different types of dural repair materials, including decision-making factors. …”
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Validation of an interferon-gamma enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assay to evaluate cell-mediated immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by Yunhwa Kim, Eun-Jeong Jang, Ji-Young Hwang, Kyung-Min Lee, Sivilay Xayaheuang, Seok-Tae Choi, Hosun Park

“…Taken together, we demonstrated that the IFN-γ ELISpot assay is feasible for evaluating SARS-CoV-2-specific cell-mediated immune function through validation based on standard operating procedures.…”
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Clinical, Epidemiological and Therapeutic Characteristics of Patients Admitted for a Bronchial Asthma Attack by Juan Carlos Yanes Macías, Juan Camilo Díaz Ceballos, Mercedes Fonseca Hernández, Ileana García Rodríguez, Caridad Llul Tombo, Daimy Tio González

“…Descriptive statistics procedures were applied, such as the determination of the frequency of occurrence and the percentages. …”
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Risk factor and operation influence of intracranial hemorrhage following ventriculoperitoneal shunt by Wei Wang, Jun Lin, Xiaoming Guo, Shiqi Gao, Junming Zhu, Yuan Hong

“…The patients were stratified into two groups based on whether they had a history of prior neurosurgical procedures. Demographic and clinical variables were analyzed for their correlation with postoperative hemorrhage risk. …”
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D2LFS2Net: Multi‐class skin lesion diagnosis using deep learning and variance‐controlled Marine Predator optimisation: An application for precision medicine by Veena Dillshad, Muhammad Attique Khan, Muhammad Nazir, Oumaima Saidani, Nazik Alturki, Seifedine Kadry

“…An optimisation‐aided deep learning‐based system is proposed for accurate multi‐class skin lesion identification. The sequential procedures of the proposed system start with preprocessing and end with categorisation. …”
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SGCM: Semantic and Geometric Consistency for Robust Aerial Image Matching by Xiangzeng Liu, Guanglu Shi, Chi Wang, Xiaodong Zhang, Qiguang Miao

“…Concretely, in the coarse matching stage, the SAM foundation model is leveraged to efficiently extract salient structural regions, providing valuable semantic guidance for subsequently matching procedure. To achieve accurate region matching, we construct the region description graphs that incorporate both semantic categories and geometric attributes information. …”
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Evaluation of a novel contrast‐enhanced fluoroscopy protocol for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in a phantom model (with video) by Takaoki Hayakawa, Masayasu Horibe, Eisuke Iwasaki, Fateh Bazerbachi, Yuki Suno, Tsubasa Sato, Haruka Okada, Yuki Nakajima, Yosuke Mizukami, Atsuto Kayashima, Takashi Seino, Shintaro Kawasaki, Takanori Kanai

“…Conclusions The novel CE fluoroscopy protocol provides superior dynamic spatial resolution in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatopgraphy while reducing radiation exposure, potentially enhancing procedure guidance and safety for both patients and clinicians.…”
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Outcomes of Symptomatic Extracranial Carotid Artery Stenting in Octogenarians: A Single-Center Retrospective Study on Restenosis, Risk Factors, and Complications by Özgür Zülfükar Ertuğrul, Fırat Karaaslan, Reşit Yılmaz, Mehmet Cudi Tuncer

“…Demographic, clinical, and procedure-related complications were recorded, and risk factors for in-stent restenosis were evaluated. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Indirect Tip Force Sensing and Estimation for Robotic Uterine Manipulation System by Songphon Namkhun, Apiwat Boonkong, Piroon Kaewfoongrungsi, Kovit Khampitak, Daranee Hormdee

“…Robotic-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (RMIS) has advanced laparoscopic gynecological procedures by improving precision and reducing invasiveness. …”
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