Impact of enhanced chest CT with three-dimensional reconstruction combined with preoperative olive oil administration on the incidence of postoperative chylothorax: a retrospective... by Xindong Luo, Di Lu, Ziqiang Wang, Jingyi Wang, Ruozhu Dong, Yaping Wang, Wei Cao, Dacheng Jin, Zhaohao Lin, Haochi Li, Pengcheng Du, Yunjiu Gou, Pengcheng Dong, Yayuan Yang

“…Furthermore, patients in the 3D reconstruction group had less intraoperative bleeding (P = 0.003), shorter postoperative hospital stays (P = 0.003), and reduced chest drainage in the first three postoperative days (P < 0.001). …”
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Observation on the efficacy of TPO receptor agonists and platelet transfusion in chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia in malignant tumors by Huan Hu, Dongmei Lei, Yan Liang

“…However, the time for these parameters in group C was significantly shorter than in groups A and B (P < 0.05). In terms of changes in platelet parameters, post-treatment levels of PF4, TPO, and vWF in all three groups were significantly higher than pre-treatment levels. …”
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Piloting creative engagement strategies to explore themes of parenthood with fathers by Iryna Culpin, Iryna Culpin, Catherine Lamont-Robinson, Mark Billington, Matthew James, James Prewett, Gareth Ward, Mireia Bes Garcia, Giovanni Biglino, Giovanni Biglino

“…The artist provided reflections to each participant by email with links to arts resources building on the initial conversations. Two further shorter sessions followed as fathers' key messages emerged, and the final forms of their own creative expressions crystallised.ResultsThe final pieces included a musical composition around sharing vulnerability as a new father, a word cloud to represent gendered language of parenthood, an animated graphic image representing the bond between father and child, a combination of short poetic stanzas highlighting assumptions around fatherhood, an experiential photographic record of a father and a son in the early years, and a cartoon strip around emotional intelligence in parenting.DiscussionArts-based participatory engagement enabled to capture deep-rooted experiences of being a father in modern society, illuminating common cultural and intergenerational perspectives, while also tapping into unique individual experiences. …”
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Ultrasound-guided vs. fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous leverage reduction for severely displaced radial neck fractures in children: a comparative analysis of clinical and radiologic... by Xing Wu, Jingdong Xia, Xiongtao Li, Xiaoliang Chen, Si Wang, Xiantao Shen

“…The US group exhibited a significantly shorter operation time compared to the FL group (24.77 ± 8.00 min vs. 42.21 ± 15.18 min; P < 0.01). …”
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An exploratory study of serum creatine kinase as a prognostic marker for patients with resectable pancreatic cancer: looking into the relationship with body composition by Cong Chen, Xin Luo, Xianchao Lin, Ronggui Lin, Yuanyuan Yang, Congfei Wang, Haizong Fang, Tianhong Teng, Heguang Huang, Fengchun Lu

“…The levels of CK did not predict the outcome in female patients, while a low preoperative CK was notably linked to shorter OS in male patients (median OS: 15 months vs. 33 months, P = 0.011; median DFS: 5 months vs. 14 months, P = 0.007). …”
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Construction and evaluation of a prognostic model for cervical cancer based on dynamic hematological and clinical features by Huangrong Ma, Lingyu Ma, Li Yang, Miaoying Cai, Yifu Wang, Yue Li, Chunyu Liang, Zhiyuan Xu

“…Kaplan–Meier curves demonstrated that patients in the high-risk group had shorter OS than those in the low-risk group (P ≤ 0.001). …”
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Pathomorphological features of the proximal femur in crowe IV hips and their implication on stem selection during total hip arthroplasty by Kaveh Gharanizadeh, Elham Mohammadyahya, Mohammad Reza Bahaeddini, Shayan Amiri, Sajad Noori Gravand, Sepideh Pezeshki, Amir Aminian, Arvin Eslami, Hamed Tayyebi, Mansour Abolghasemian

“…Conclusion In Crowe IV hips, the GT height is shorter and the LT is located far more distally along the femoral metaphysis, resulting in a narrower canal width at the upper border of the lesser trochanter. …”
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Plasma circulating cell–free DNA integrity and relative telomere length as diagnostic biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy: a cross-sectional study by Chao Ying, Chao Han, Yuan Li, Mingkai Zhang, Shuying Xiao, Lifang Zhao, Hui Zhang, Qian Yu, Jing An, Wei Mao, Yanning Cai

“…The results showed that cell-free DNA integrity was significantly elevated in both Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy patients compared with normal controls (P < 0.001 for both groups), whereas cell-free DNA relative telomere length was markedly shorter (P = 0.003 for Parkinson’s disease and P = 0.010 for multiple system atrophy). …”
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Clinical Observation on Children with Peripheral Facial Paralysis Treated by Acupoint Injection of Mouse Nerve Growth Factor Combined with Acupuncture by Mian KONG, Wei LIU, Zhihua YU, Ming FANG

“…One case with local pain occurred in the observationgroup but without statistical difference (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05).Conclusion:The total effective rate of acupoint injection of mouse nerve growth factor combined with acupuncture in the treatment of children with peripheral facial paralysis is higher than that of acupuncture only, and the effective time is significantly shorter than that of acupuncture only. The improvement of H-B facial nerve function grading is significant, the average effective time is short, the difference of Portmann score is large, the CMAP amplitude is better, and the nerve conduction velocity is improved, and the postoperative adverse reaction is low, which could effectively improve the facial nerve of children, with quick response and high safety.…”
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Thematic Issue on “Red Beetroot as a Source of Nutrients, Bioactive Compounds and Pigments” by Wiesław Wiczkowski

“…Another interesting research article by Spórna-Kucab & Wybraniec [2020] focused on the analysis of saponins, being natural plant compounds exhibiting health benefits, in red beetroot for the first time using high-speed counter-current chromatography in a new solvent system consisting of tert-butyl-methyl ether-butanol-acetonitrile-water. …”
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Impact of Varying Amplitudes of Upward and Downward Motion on the Torque/Force Generation, Canal-Centering Ability, and Cyclic Fatigue Resistance of Nickel–Titanium Reciprocating I... by Keiko Hirano, Shunsuke Kimura, Keiichiro Maki, Satoshi Omori, Arata Ebihara, Takashi Okiji

“…Pecking at 3 mm led to a significantly longer time to fracture and shorter fragment lengths than 1 mm pecking (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Conservation Tillage Mitigates Soil Organic Carbon Losses While Maintaining Maize Yield Stability Under Future Climate Change Scenarios in Northeast China: A Simulation of the Agri... by Hongrun Liu, Baocai Su, Rui Liu, Jiajie Wang, Ting Wang, Yijia Lian, Zhenzong Lu, Xue Yuan, Zhenwei Song, Runzhi Li

“…The purpose of this study is to deal with the threat of global warming to the yield and SOC in the northeastern maize-producing areas, explore sustainable agricultural management strategies to stabilize the yield, enhance the soil carbon pool, counter the impact of climate change, and seek ways to ensure regional food and soil health. …”
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Comparative clinical impact of low-curvature and normal-curvature titanium mesh in cranioplasty: a retrospective analysis of patient outcomes by Shengkai Yang, Weihua Chen, Hongwei Teng, Lei Zhang, Kangkang Ji, Hai Zhou

“…Both before and after propensity score matching (PSM) analysis, the hospital stay for the low-curvature titanium mesh group was significantly shorter than that for the normal-curvature mesh group (Before: 9.14 ± 2.64 vs. 12.51 ± 4.15, P = 0.001; After: 9.44 ± 2.83 vs. 12.13 ± 4.40, P = 0.048). …”
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Clinical characteristics of EGFR-ctDNA shedders in EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients by Martina Ruglioni, Iacopo Petrini, Stefania Crucitta, Andrea Sbrana, Giovanna Irene Luculli, Leila Sadeghi Gol, Carola Forte, Antonio Chella, Christian Rolfo, Romano Danesi, Marzia Del Re

“…Higher ECOG PS (p = 0.04), bilateral localization of primary tumor (p = 0.04), and the presence of intrathoracic/extrathoracic disease (p = 0.05), were associated to mEGFR shedding. Shedders had shorter PFS compared to non-shedders (p = 0.03). Patients with detectable mEGFR in ctDNA at the first radiological assessment exhibited worse PFS compared to patients with ctDNA clearance (p = 0.05). …”
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Ejaculatory abstinence duration impacts semen parameters: Insights from a retrospective analysis in male infertility on 23,527 analyses by Giorgio Ivan Russo, Maria Giovanna Asmundo, Andrea Cocci, Ali Saber Abdelhameed, Annalisa Liprino, Filippo Giacone, Debora Lombardo, Antonino Guglielmino, Sandrine Chamayou

“…Interestingly, we found a significant trend decrease of motility (A+B) (28.0% vs. 21.0%; p&lt;0.01) and pH (8.1 vs. 7.9; p&lt;0.01) In patients affected by asthenospermia, motility (A+B) dropped significantly from day 1 to day 7 (11.8% vs. 6.1%; p&lt;0.01) and also in patients with teratospermia morphology dropped significantly (2.13% vs. 1.26%; p&lt;0.01).ConclusionThe findings support the use of tailored abstinence guidelines to optimize semen quality based on patient-specific semen profiles, with normospermic men benefiting from longer abstinence durations to increase concentrations, while patients with motility or morphology impairments, may benefit from shorter abstinence periods to mitigate sperm quality declines.…”
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Comparing the clinical efficacy of prostate enucleation by the Millin method and enucleation performed using a holmium laser (HoLEP) with a prostate volume more than 80 cm<sup>3</s... by S. N. Volkov, V. S. Stepanchenko, V. I. Tereshchenko, A. R. Dzharimok, O. R. Grigoryan, R. K. Mikheev

“…The results were obtained illustrating a shorter inpatient stay for patients who underwent HoLEP (4.3 ± 0.6 days versus 10.0 ± 2.4 during Millin surgery), which is correspondingly associated with a faster recovery after this intervention compared with the classic one. …”
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Applying Natural Language Processing Techniques to Map Trends in Insomnia Treatment Terms on the r/Insomnia Subreddit: Infodemiology Study by Jack A Cummins, Daniel J Gottlieb, Tamar Sofer, Danielle A Wallace

“…When the frequency of individual terms was compared over time, terms related to CBT-I increased over time (doubling from approximately 2% in 2013-2014 to a peak of over 5% of comments in 2018); in contrast, terms related to nonprescription over-the-counter (OTC) sleep aids (such as Benadryl or melatonin) decreased over time. …”
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The prognostic value of systemic inflammation response index in digestive system carcinomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zuo-hu Niu, Li Lin, Hong-ye Peng, Xin-zhuo Zheng, Mi-yuan Wang, Feng-xia Sun, Chun-jun Xu

“…Elevated SIRI was found to be significantly associated with shorter OS (HR = 1.98, 95% CI: 1.70–2.30, tau2 = 0.0966) and poorer PFS (HR = 2.36, 95% CI: 1.58–3.53, tau2 = 0.1319), DFS (HR = 1.80, 95% CI: 1.61–2.01, tau2 < 0.0001), TTP (HR = 2.03, 95% CI: 1.47–2.81, tau2 = 0.0232), and DSS (HR = 1.99, 95% CI: 1.46–2.72, tau2 < 0.0001). …”
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The Impact of Cementing Techniques on Implant Longevity in Relation to Keel Length in Persona and NexGen Knee Arthroplasty: A Comprehensive Study by Arash Sharafat Vaziri, MD, Mohammad Naghi Tahmasebi, MD, Hoseinali Hadi, MD, Sina Javidmehr, MD, Sohrab Keyhani, MD, Zahra Vahdati, MD, Hossein Nematian, MD, Yalda Farahmand, MD

“…Conclusions: In conclusion, meticulous cementing techniques can reduce the rate of tibial loosening in shorter keel designs.…”
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The C-MAC video laryngoscope helps presbyopic anesthetists to overcome difficulty in neonatal and infantile intubation: a randomized controlled trial by Ashraf E. Abdalla, Mohsen M. Eissa, Mohamed R. Elbasyouny, Mahmoud R. Zomra, Ahmed M. Elnaggar, Mahmoud M. Elsayed

“…Times for the full intubation process were significantly (P < 0.001) shorter with VL than SL. The 1st attempt success rate was significantly (P = 0.0195) higher with VL than SL (86.6% vs. 67.2%). …”
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