Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clinical competence of health professionals in Poland and Spain: results of the health exclusion research in Europe (HERE) study by Piotr Karniej, Anthony Dissen, Łukasz Pietrzykowski, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Antonio Martinez Sabater, Janina Kulińska, Jakub Zieliński, Michał Czapla

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Comparison of Injury Severity Score, Glasgow Coma Scale, and Revised Trauma Score in Predicting the Mortality and Prolonged ICU Stay of Traumatic Young Children: A Cross-Sectional... by Yii-Ting Huang, Ying-Hsien Huang, Ching-Hua Hsieh, Chao-Jui Li, I-Min Chiu

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CircRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in high-altitude hypobaric hypoxia-induced hearing impairment and hearing acclimatization by Danzeng Awang, Kanzi Danzeng, Tianheng Wang, Quzong Deji, Mengting Huang, Hailong Ren, Xinzhu Liu, Binghan Zhao, Lanzi Gongga

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Aortic stenosis post-COVID-19: a mathematical model on waiting lists and mortality by Chris P Gale, Jonathan Weir-McCall, James H F Rudd, Mamas Mamas, Ramesh Nadarajah, Ben Gibbison, Louise Sun, Christian Philip Stickels, Houyuan Jiang, Kieran J Sharkey, Nick Holliman, Sara Lombardo, Lars Schewe, Matteo Sommacal, Katherine Cheema, Feryal Erhun

“…From published data, we calculated estimates for how the strategies listed under Interventions may affect the time to clear the backlog of patients waiting for treatment and the associated waiting list mortality.Setting The NHS in England.Participants Estimated patients with AS in England.Interventions (1) Increasing the capacity for the treatment of severe AS, (2) converting proportions of cases from surgery to transcatheter aortic valve implantation and (3) a combination of these two.Results In a capacitated system, clearing the backlog by returning to pre-COVID-19 capacity is not possible. …”
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Exploiting somatic oncogenic driver alterations in a patient with Li-Fraumeni syndrome– paving the path towards precision medicine: a case report by Carolin Seeling, Sonja Dahlum, Ralf Marienfeld, Vera Jan, Brigitte Rack, Uwe Gerstenmaier, Ambros J. Beer, Regine Mayer-Steinacker, Wolfgang Thaiss, Thomas F. E. Barth, Thomas Seufferlein, Nadine T. Gaisa, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Wolfgang Janni, Reiner Siebert, Hartmut Döhner, Verena I. Gaidzik

“…Case presentation We present the case of a woman with breast cancer and subsequent osteosarcoma, both treated with surgery and chemotherapy. Constitutional genetic germline testing identified a pathogenic TP53 variant in line with the clinical features of Li-Fraumeni syndrome. …”
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Radiological and Clinical Features and Outcomes of Patients with Primary Pulmonary Salivary Gland-Type Tumors by Xiaoyu Han, Jianchu Zhang, Jun Fan, Yukun Cao, Jin Gu, Heshui Shi

“…Tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage, surgery, and patient age were associated with OS (p≤0.001, p=0.001, and p=0.001, respectively). …”
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Unintentional Retinal Displacement in Eyes Treated for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Complicated by Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy with Pars Plana Vitrectomy and Silicone Oil by Mariaelena Filippelli, Pasquale Napolitano, Ciro Costagliola, Michele Rinaldi, Flavia Chiosi, Roberto dell’Omo

“…The patients assumed a face-down posture immediately after surgery. Blue-fundus autofluorescence (B-FAF) pictures were obtained at 1 month after surgical procedures using a Spectralis HRA + OCT (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany). …”
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Development and progression association of various ophthalmic pathologies with the gut microbiome state (literature review) by G.N. Rezbaeva, A.E. Babushkin, O.I. Orenburkina, I.A. Gimranova

“…Gimranova³ </p> <p> ¹All-Russian Center for Eye and Plastic Surgery of the Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa, Russian Federation </p> <p> ²Ufa Research Institute of Eye Diseases of the Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa, Russian Federation </p> <p> ³Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa, Russian Federation </p> <p> Study results presented in this review concern the role of changes in the intestinal microbiota composition (the so-called gut microbiota dysbiosis) in the development and/or progression of various eye diseases. …”
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Percutaneous microwave ablation, perfusion, and reconstruction combined with a synthetic bone substitute in symptomatic bone cysts: a minimum of 26 months follow-up by Wenhan Huang, Yuan Yan, Chongquan Huang, Hongyi Liao, Jinpeng Lin, Yu Zhang

“…Tumor volume decreased from a mean of 49.7 cm3 before surgery treatment to 13.9 cm3 at the final follow-up (p < 0.01). …”
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Usefulness of computed tomography-guided puncture biopsy coupled with rapid on-site evaluation for diagnosis of pulmonary lesions: a systematic review and meta‑analysis by Zhongbao Zhang, Rui Liu, JunLin Li, Kai Zhang, Yuan Li, Xiaoqin Zhang, Sanjay Rastogi

“…Introduction: Accurate identification of lung lesions during lung biopsy (LB) surgery can be achieved with the use of computed tomography (CT) guidance. …”
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GRK6 palmitoylation dictates triple-negative breast cancer metastasis via recruiting the β-Arrestin 2/MAPKs/NF-κB signaling axis by Wen-Ke Wang, Hui-Yu Lin, Che-Hsuan Lin, Hsun-Hua Lee, Yen-Lin Chen, Yu-Hsien Kent Lin, Hui-Wen Chiu, Shry-Ming Sheen-Chen, Yuan-Feng Lin

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Tilted Implants for Full-Arch Rehabilitations in Completely Edentulous Maxilla: A Retrospective Study by Nicolò Cavalli, Bruno Barbaro, Davide Spasari, Francesco Azzola, Alberto Ciatti, Luca Francetti

“…Loading was applied within 48 hours of surgery and definitive restorations were placed 4 to 6 months later. …”
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Dorsal cortex line is more reliable than transepicondylar axis for rotation in revision total knee arthroplasty with severe bone loss by Mikhail Salzmann, Ellen Kropp, Robert Prill, Nikolai Ramadanov, Marco Adriani, Roland Becker

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Solid Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules Less Than or Equal to 250 mm3: Application of the Updated Fleischner Society Guidelines in Clinical Practice by Andrea Borghesi, Silvia Michelini, Giorgio Nocivelli, Mario Silva, Alessandra Scrimieri, Stefania Pezzotti, Roberto Maroldi, Davide Farina

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The role of exercise-based prehabilitation in enhancing surgical outcomes for patients with digestive system cancers: a meta-analysis by Shasha Xu, Rong Yin, Haiou Zhu, Yin Gong, Jing Zhu, Changxian Li, Qin Xu

“…Conclusions Prehabilitation reduces postoperative complications and improves short-term physical function in digestive surgery patients, with good patient acceptance; however, the long-term effects are unknown due to a lack of follow-up data. …”
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Adverse health effects after breast cancer up to 14 years after diagnosis by Marianne J. Heins, Kelly M. de Ligt, Janneke Verloop, Sabine Siesling, Joke C. Korevaar, Annette Berendsen, Daan Brandenbarg, Anneriet Dassen, Agnes Jager, Jacqueline Hugtenburg, Gerda van der Weele

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Incidence and risk factors of postoperative delirium in elderly surgical patients 2023 by Efrem Fenta, Diriba Teshome, Simegnew Kibret, Metages Hunie, Abebe Tiruneh, Amsalu Belete, Amsalu Molla, Belayneh Dessie, Kumlachew Geta

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Clinical analysis of 1,038 cases of odontogenic jawbone cysts by Chongli Du, Zeyu Wang, Duoduo Lan, Ruikun Zhu, Dong Wang, Hanying Wang, Chengao Wan, Tingyi Gao, Rui Han, Liang Liu, Kai Zhang

“…The treatment included four types of surgery, including simple curettage, marsupialization, marsupialization followed by secondary curettage, and partial resection of the jaw, and a total of 921 patients were followed up, with a recurrence rate of 2.82%. …”
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Corneal and Epithelial Thickness Mapping: Comparison of Swept-Source- and Spectral-Domain-Optical Coherence Tomography by Cristina Georgeon, Ilanite Marciano, Roxane Cuyaubère, Otman Sandali, Nacim Bouheraoua, Vincent Borderie

“…., central and minimum CT and minimum ET) are used for diagnosing early keratoconus or calculating the expected residual stromal bed thickness before corneal refractive surgery or anterior lamellar keratoplasty.…”
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Identification of disease-specific gut microbial markers in vitiligo by Yimin Dou, Yi Niu, Hexiao Shen, Lan Wang, Yongling Lv, Suwen Liu, Xiafei Xie, Aiping Feng, Xinxin Liu

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