Cementless unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is safe and effective at a minimum follow‐up of 4.2 years: A systematic review by Pierangelo Za, Giuseppe Francesco Papalia, Umberto Cardile, Pietro Gregori, Sebastiano Vasta, Edoardo Franceschetti, Stefano Campi, Rocco Papalia

“…Abstract Purpose Cemented unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a widely used procedure in the treatment of anteromedial and lateral knee osteoarthritis. …”
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Association Between Total Joint Arthroplasty and Surgical Complications in Patients With Valvular Heart Replacement: An Observational Study by Amir Human Hoveidaei, MD, MSc, Sina Esmaeili, MD, Homina Saffar, MD, Aref Ghanaatpisheh, MD, Fatemeh Zarepour, MD, Amirhossein Shirinezhad, MD, Henry Tout Shu, MD, Janet D. Conway, MD, FAAOS

“…No significant difference in surgical or medical complications was observed in THA patients with a history of VHR compared to the matched control group, regardless of the time interval between procedures. In contrast, for TKA patients, VHR was associated with a higher incidence of periprosthetic joint infection (odds ratio [OR] = 1.54; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02-2.33; P = .049), particularly when performed within 3 months before TKA (OR = 4.71; 95% CI: 1.04-15.48). …”
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Repeatability of artificial gravity tolerance times by T. Stead, A. P. Blaber, A. P. Blaber, D. N. Divsalar, D. Xu, K. Tavakolian, K. Tavakolian, J. Evans, R. Billette de Villemeur, M-P Bareille, A. Saloň, B. Steuber, N. Goswami, N. Goswami, N. Goswami

“…While the cardiovascular data from one female was unusable, the mean heart rate responses to increasing artificial gravity during the orthostatic tolerance procedure showed a strong linear correlation between the two tests for all other participants (all p < 0.008). …”
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A population-based estimation of breast cancer recurrence in northeast Italy with administrative healthcare databases by Fabiola Giudici, Federica Toffolutti, Stefano Guzzinati, Francesco Schettini, Marina Bortul, Silvia Francisci, Manuel Zorzi, Sara De Vidi, Daniela Pierannunzio, Luigino Dal Maso

“…Recurrence status after a disease-free period was ascertained through individual-level linked databases using treatment or procedure codes from claims. Cumulative incidence of recurrence was calculated in the presence of competing risks (second cancer or death). …”
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Bleeding and thrombosis in intestinal transplantation; data from 145 consecutive adult transplants by Francesca Reeder, Jessica Griffin, Matthew Carter, Holly Lowing, Praharsh Babu, Andrew Quarrell, Tracy Moore, Theodora Foukaneli, Martin Besser, Irum Amin, Jeremy Woodward, Neil Russell, Dunecan Massey, Rohit Gaurav, Lisa Sharkey, Charlotte Rutter, Andrew Butler, Will Thomas

“…Eight recipients were transplanted as salvage procedures due to abdominal vascular catastrophe with generally favorable results, although in 3 recipients, no etiology was identified, and anticoagulant failures were seen. …”
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Utilization of magnification devices in Vietnam’s dental practice and education: an online survey by Minh-Hieu Nguyen Tran, Anh Huynh Bui, Lan-Anh Hoang Le, Thuy-Trang Thi Huynh, Phuong-Doan Phan, Thuan-Loc Tran, Nguyen-Tra-Mi Le, Thu-Tra Nguyen, Hoang-Vinh Le, Dai-Phong Lam, Quoc-Viet Lam, Tran-Lan-Khue Pham, An-Tran Pham, Van-Khoa Pham

“…Dental loupes, conventional dental operating microscopes (DOMs), and three-dimensional digital operating microscopes (3D-DOMs) help overcome visual limitations in intricate procedures. Although widely used globally, adoption in Vietnam remains underreported. …”
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Awake Major Abdominal Surgeries in the COVID-19 Era by Andrea Romanzi, Nicola Boleso, Giuseppe Di Palma, Davide La Regina, Francesco Mongelli, Maria Milanesi, Antonella Putortì, Fabrizio Rossi, Roberta Scolaro, Michel Zanardo, Alberto Vannelli

“…Moreover, since general anesthesia is an aerosol-generating procedure, its use became controversial. This strongly restricted therapeutic strategies. …”
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Thread-embedding acupuncture may improve symptom resolution in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease: A randomized controlled trial by Dieu-Thuong Thi Trinh, An Hoa Tran, Minh-Man Pham Bui, Nguyen Lam Vuong

“…Among those, thread-embedding acupuncture (TEA) has the advantage that patients need to undergo the procedure infrequently; however, its efficacy is unclear. …”
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Synthesis and application of polyacrylamide hydrogels with incorporated acid-activated Laponite® for diagnosis of oncological diseases by Yu. M. Samchenko, O. A. Samoylenko, A. V. Verbinenko, I. I. Ganusevich, L. O. Kernosenko, T. P. Poltoratska, N. O. Pasmurtseva, O. O. Solovieva, I. I. Volobayev

“…In this work the effectiveness of using of polyacrylamide hydrogels (PAAG) with incorporated LapA for diagnosis of oncological diseases was studied. The synthesis procedure was performed using ultrasonication of aqueous dispersion of mixtures of monomer, crosslinking agent and initiators. …”
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Remimazolam for preventing sevoflurane-induced emergence delirium after pediatric laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial by Yiwen Lu, Guangbin Liang, Yan Lu, Jingjing Wang, Jianhang Mo, Zhiyuan Chen, Ruizhao Shao, Kui Hu, Ping Pang, Xiaoxia Gu

“…Patients were randomly assigned to receive either 0.1 mg/kg remimazolam (experimental group, n = 92) or 0.9 % normal saline (control group, n = 92) after the procedure. The primary outcome was the incidence of emergence delirium, which would manifest as a difference in the pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium (PAED) score between the two groups. …”
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Mental health outcomes and post-traumatic stress disorder associated with female genital mutilation by Esra Keles, Yıldız Bilge, Mustafa Öztürk, Guven Bektemur, Hasan Huseyin Eker, Umut Erkok, Samira Hassan Mohamed, Khadija Yusuf Ali

“…Key predictors of PTSD severity included trauma history, sexual dysfunction, unanticipated FGM procedures, and maternal or grandmother decision-making (β = 0.45, p < 0.001; β = 0.32, p < 0.01; β = 0.28, p < 0.05; β = 0.34, p < 0.01). …”
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Dynamic Surface Topography for Thoracic and Lumbar Pain Patients—Applicability and First Results by Johanna Kniepert, Henriette Rönsch, Ulrich Betz, Jürgen Konradi, Janine Huthwelker, Claudia Wolf, Ruben Westphal, Philipp Drees

“…Current routine diagnostic procedures for back pain mainly focus on static spinal analyses. …”
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A naked-eye biosensing system based on one-pot RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a driver G4-hemin self-assembly for Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Ting Yuan, Ting Yuan, Jianbo Yuan, Jianbo Yuan, Jian Huang, Jian Huang, Nana Li, Nana Li, Huan Cai, Yan Yang, Juan Li, Rui Chen, Xun Min, Xun Min

“…However, conventional diagnostic methods for MTB suffer from limitations such as low sensitivity, poor specificity, high cost, reliance on specialized instruments, and complex, time-consuming procedures. To address these challenges, there is an urgent need for a simple, rapid, and highly sensitive detection method that can be deployed in point-of-care settings.MethodsWe developed a one-pot biosensing system combining recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) and CRISPR/Cas12a-driven G4-hemin self-assembly for the colorimetric detection of MTB. …”
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Lower button‐cortex distance and lower revision rates with adjustable‐loop compared to fixed‐loop cortical suspension devices for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction by Ron Gilat, Amit Gilad, Ilan Y. Mitchnik, Yoav Comay, Assaf Moriah, Gabriel Agar, Yiftah Beer, Dror Lindner

“…Hamstrings autograft was utilised most commonly (91%), while the rest of the procedures included allografts. A significantly shorter button distance from the LFC was noted in the post‐operative Antero‐posterior (AP) X‐ray of the adjustable‐loop button, 0.44 ± 0.52 mm versus 0.72 ± 0.84 mm, respectively (p = 0.002). …”
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Formulation-Dependent Extrudability of Highly Filled Alginate System for Vaginal Drug Delivery by Arianna Chiappa, Alice Fusari, Marco Uboldi, Fabiana Cavarzan, Paola Petrini, Lucia Zema, Alice Melocchi, Francesco Briatico Vangosa

“…This work focuses on the case of alginate (ALG)-based hydrogels, obtained following an internal gelation procedure using CaCO₃ as the Ca²⁺ source and containing a high solid volume fraction (up to 50%) of metronidazole (MTZ), a drug with low water solubility, as a potential extrusion-based drug delivery system. …”
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Measuring 5G Exposure From Multiple Terminals and Base Station in Standalone FWA Networks by Luca Chiaraviglio, Margherita Montenero, Chiara Lodovisi, Stefano Salsano, Andrea Mayer, Paolo Lungaroni, Nicola Blefari-Melazzi, Luigi Basset, Marco Lo Duca, Timothy Cicciarelli, Luca Lorenzi, Damiano Trucchi, Roberto Giuliani, Giovanni Di Salvatore, Marco Battistini, Angelo Michele Musi, Daniele Franci, Settimio Pavoncello, Stefano Coltellacci, Enrico Brinciotti, Ahmed Elzanaty, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

“…We believe that our work can pave the way to a new family of EMF compliance assessment procedures for 5G networks, adopting multiple terminals that generate traffic during the exposure measurements.…”
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Validation of the EVendo score for assessing high-risk varices in Western European patients with cirrhosis by Julian Müller-Kühnle, Christian Benignus, Severin Schricker, Moritz Schanz, Julia Todoroff, Jörg Latus, Wolfram Zoller, Dominik Marschner

“…While esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) remains the gold standard for detecting GEV, it is an invasive procedure. The EVendo score, a non-invasive predictive tool, has demonstrated promise in identifying GEV and varices needing treatment (VNT). …”
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Dual-port laparoscopic myomectomy: a balanced yet potentially more optimal surgical approach by Ying Liu, Qiang Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Biao Huang, Biao Huang, Xin Li, Tianjiao Liu, Lijuan Xu, Xiaoyan Liao, Jianmei Liao, Wei Cheng, Hui Wang, Juan Huang, Tenglan Wu, Yan Liu, Jie Yu, Yonghong Lin, Xiaoqin Gan

“…Multivariate linear and logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with surgical complexity and recovery.ResultsThe dual-port group had significantly lower intraoperative blood loss (41.71 ± 65.37 mL vs. 89.55 ± 93.70 mL, p &lt; 0.001), lower rates of postoperative analgesic use (24.7% vs. 40.3%, p = 0.034), and shorter hospital stays (1.07 ± 0.30 vs. 1.30 ± 0.65 days, p = 0.005) compared to the SILS group. Fibroid size and procedure time were independent predictors of increased bleeding. …”
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Kidney transplant program in Irkutsk Region by A. V. Novozhilov, S. E. Grigoriev, O. Yu. Yakovleva, S. A. Yezhikeev

“…This article presents KT outcomes in Irkutsk Region from 2018 to 2023. All procedures were performed at a single center – the Irkutsk Regional Clinical Hospital.Objective: to analyze the immediate and long-term outcomes of KT in Irkutsk Region.Material and methods. …”
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Objective assessment tools in laparoscopic or robotic‐assisted gynecological surgery: A systematic review by Freweini Martha Tesfai, Jasleen Nagi, Iona Morrison, Matt Boal, Adeola Olaitan, Dhivya Chandrasekaran, Danail Stoyanov, Anne Lanceley, Nader Francis

“…A total of 37 different assessment tools were identified of which 13 represented manual global assessment tools, 13 manual procedure‐specific assessment tools and 11 automated performance metrices. …”
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