Oncologic Impact of Conservative Treatment Compared with Surgical Treatment of Anastomotic Leakage Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Retrospective Study by Junichi Sakamoto, Atsuko Tsutsui, Chie Hagiwara, Go Wakabayashi

“…Among them, 33 patients who experienced AL were retrospectively evaluated and categorized into two groups: conservative (n = 20) and surgical (n = 13). …”
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Phenobarbital as an adjunctive agent for sedation in pediatric intensive care unit patients: A single-center, retrospective study from Colorado by Kelli Jo Welter, Mackenzie N. DeVine, Sharon E. Gordon, Gina Demasellis

“…Subjects and Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective chart review at a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at a pediatric academic medical center in America between 2016 and 2021. …”
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Temporary trigeminal ganglion stimulation can improve zoster-related trigeminal neuralgia: a retrospective study in a single center by Kan Yue, Shengrong Xu, Xin Hu, Junhong Li, Ruilin He, Zongbin Jiang

“…The present study investigated the application of percutaneous TGS in a series of patients suffering from Zoster-related trigeminal neuralgia to evaluate its potential efficacy of pain relief.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all patients who underwent TGS at the Department of Pain Management, Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University. …”
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Evaluation of 30-day mortality in patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy in a tertiary hospital: a 3-year retrospective survey by Philippe Bichard, Jean-Louis Frossard, Laurent Spahr, Nicolas Goossens, Olivier Chatelanat, Laurent Bochatay, Caroline Bastid

“…Our objective was to report death causes and rate following GI endoscopies in a tertiary university hospital.Design We retrospectively reviewed all GI procedures made between January 2017 and December 2019 in our tertiary hospital in Switzerland. …”
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Heparin rebound in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a single-center retrospective study by Fei Jiang, Yang Xu, Shan-shan Hu, Jin-quan Wang, Yun-tai Yao, the Evidence in Cardiovascular Anesthesia (EICA) Group

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Factors affecting quality of life in women post mastectomy for breast cancer in Baheya Foundation (Egypt): ‘A retrospective cohort study’ by Salsabil Mohammed Abdelrahman, Maher Hassan Ibraheem, Hemat Allam, Vikash Sewram

“…The current study evaluated factors influencing QoL in women who have undergone mastectomy and compared different treatments based on sociodemographic and clinical factors. Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted utilizing the EORTC Quality of Life breast cancer specific tool and the FACT-B and FBSI questionnaires to measure functional and symptom scales impacting QoL. …”
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Clinicopathological Characteristics and Prognosis of Upper Gastric Cancer Patients in China: A 32-Year Single-Center Retrospective Clinical Study by Yingbo Gong, Pengliang Wang, Zhi Zhu, Junyan Zhang, Jinyu Huang, Huimian Xu

“…Methods. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 649 patients with upper gastric cancer and 1551 patients with lower gastric cancer and R0 radical surgery at our institution between January 1980 and December 2012. …”
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Predictors of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with connective tissue disease treated by pulsed methylprednisolone therapy: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Haruka Ito, Takahiko Yoshimoto, Akatsuki Kokaze, Kuninobu Wakabayashi, Kazuteru Noguchi, Kiyoshi Matsui, Bunki Natsumoto, Keishi Fujio, Yutaro Hayashi, Yuko Kaneko, Takahisa Gono, Koh Okamoto, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya, Hirohiko Sueki

“…Methods This was a retrospective, multicenter cohort study. We included patients who received p-MPSL therapy for connective tissue disease and had CMV antigenemia measured between April 2011 and December 2020. …”
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The impact of PD-L1 polymorphisms on the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors depends on the tumor proportion score: a retrospective study by Keiichiro Suminaga, Takashi Nomizo, Hironori Yoshida, Hiroaki Ozasa

“…We used rs2282055, which is in linkage disequilibrium with rs822336, instead of rs822336, because of its distribution in the Asian patient population. We retrospectively extracted data on age, sex, smoking history, driver mutations, TPS, progression-free survival (PFS), and best response to ICI from medical records. …”
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Impact of aspirin on biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after robot assisted radical prostatectomy in a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Shuhei Suzuki, Hiromitsu Negoro, Masashi Kubota, Takayuki Sumiyoshi, Ryoichi Saito, Tomoya Okuno, Takehiko Segawa, Shigeki Fukuzawa, Hiroyuki Onishi, Kodai Hattahara, Kanji Nagahama, Yuya Sekine, Ryoma Kurahashi, Kimihiro Shimatani, Atsuro Sawada, Shusuke Akamatsu, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Takayuki Goto, Takashi Kobayashi

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Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Patients With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Runze Zhu, Wenxian Wang, Yan Gao, Junchuan Liu, Bowen Li, Rongxue Shan, Runjie Xue, Xianshun Yuan, Xi‐Ming Wang

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High pulse pressure is associated with an increased risk of prediabetes in hypertensive individuals: A retrospective study based on an adult Chinese population. by Zhanxing Wu, Zhongqing Chen, Wenfei Zeng, Ganggang Peng, Zhenhua Huang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In this study, we retrospectively included 184,252 adults from 32 regions in China, spanning from 2010 to 2016. …”
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Factors associated with hospital length of stay in patients with thoracic hydatid cyst disease undergoing surgical intervention: a retrospective study by Reza Ershadi, Mohammadreza Salehi, Ghazal Roostaei, Niloofar Khoshnam Rad, Sara Soltanmohammadi, Hesam Amini

“…The primary outcome was LOS, defined as the duration between surgery and discharge. Results A retrospective analysis of 214 patients with pulmonary hydatid cysts revealed a male predominance (59.3%; median age, 36 years). …”
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Implementation of rural provider-to-provider telehealth in country Western Australia: a retrospective observational analysis via the RE-AIM framework by Kaylie Toll, Suzanne Robinson, Stephen Andrew, Aled Williams, Justin Yeung, Richard Varhol, Joanna C. Moullin

“…Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the implementation and access of rural provider-to-provider telehealth in country Western Australia, for the years 2012 to 2023. Methods A retrospective observational analysis was conducted of all patient contacts managed by clinical telehealth streams of the Command Centre, between 31 August 2012 and 31 December 2023. …”
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Noninvasive imaging biomarker reveals invisible microscopic variation in acute ischaemic stroke (≤ 24 h): a multicentre retrospective study by Kui Sun, Rongchao Shi, Xinxin Yu, Ying Wang, Wei Zhang, Xiaoxia Yang, Mei Zhang, Jian Wang, Shu Jiang, Haiou Li, Bing Kang, Tong Li, Shuying Zhao, Yu Ai, Jianfeng Qiu, Haiyan Wang, Ximing Wang

“…Abstract To develop and validate non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT)-based radiomics method combines machine learning (ML) to investigate invisible microscopic acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) lesions. We retrospectively analyzed 1122 patients from August 2015 to July 2022, whose were later confirmed AIS by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). …”
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Clinical outcomes of circumcisions and prevalence of complications of male circumcisions: A five-year retrospective analysis at a teaching hospital in Ghana. by Sylvester Appiah Boakye, Frank Obeng

“…This study aimed to determine the clinical outcomes of circumcisions and the prevalence of adverse events of circumcision in the Volta region of Ghana. A five-year retrospective descriptive and analytic study was conducted at Ho Teaching Hospital, using a structured data extraction sheet to collect demographic, clinical, and circumcision-related data from 186 cases. …”
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Prognostic Factors and Nomogram for Malignant Brainstem Ependymoma: A Population‐Based Retrospective Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database Analysis by Xiaoyu Ji, Siyuan Yang, Dejing Cheng, Wenbo Zhao, Xuebo Sun, Fang Su

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AI-Driven Innovations for Early Sepsis Detection by Combining Predictive Accuracy With Blood Count Analysis in an Emergency Setting: Retrospective Study by Tai-Han Lin, Hsing-Yi Chung, Ming-Jr Jian, Chih-Kai Chang, Hung-Hsin Lin, Chiung-Tzu Yen, Sheng-Hui Tang, Pin-Ching Pan, Cherng-Lih Perng, Feng-Yee Chang, Chien-Wen Chen, Hung-Sheng Shang

“…The primary objective was to implement this model within an artificial intelligence–clinical decision support system (AI-CDSS) to enhance early sepsis detection and management in critical care settings. MethodsThis retrospective study at Tri-Service General Hospital (September to December 2023) analyzed 746 ICU patients with suspected pneumonia-induced sepsis (supported by radiographic evidence and a SOFA score increase of ≥2 points), alongside 746 stable outpatients as controls. …”
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Health-care resource use and costs associated with inflammatory bowel disease in northwest London: a retrospective linked database study by Zia UI-Haq, Luiz Causin, Tahereh Kamalati, Durgesh Kahol, Trishan Vaikunthanathan, Charlotte Wong, Naila Arebi

“…Trial registration This trial was not registered as it used pseudonymised retrospective data.…”
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Quasi one-dimensional organic conductors: from Fröhlich conductivity and Peierls insulating state to magnetically-mediated superconductivity, a retrospective by Jerome, Denis, Bourbonnais, Claude

“…Research efforts continue in this field. The present retrospective, which does not attempt to be an exhaustive review of the field, provides a set of experimental findings alluding to the theoretical development while a forthcoming article will address in more details the theoretical aspect of low dimensional conductors and superconductors.…”
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