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Xuan Cai
Medicine & Public Health
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The evolution of preexisting primary immune thrombocytopenia after COVID-19 onset: A nationally representative, prospective, multicentre, observational study
The symptoms in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) after COVID-19 onset remain largely unclear. The aim of this study was to describe the platelet count fluctuations in ITP patients following ...
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Application of bridging mesh repair in giant ventral incisional hernia
Achieving ideal abdominal wall reconstruction in giant ventral incisional hernia has been a challenging for surgeons. This study aimed to verify the safety and efficacy of bridging repair by comparing it with ...
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Subfoveal choroidal thickness changes after intravitreal ranibizumab injections in different patterns of diabetic macular edema using a deep learning-based auto-segmentation
To evaluate the effect of intravitreal injection of ranibizumab (IVR) on subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) and its relationship with central macular thickness (CMT) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) c...
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Open AccessIncreased difficulty and complications of delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy following percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage in acute cholecystitis: a retrospective study
Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) is a relatively less invasive alternative treatment to cholecystostomy. However, the influence of the difficulty of delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy (...
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Open AccessCan the parkland grading scale predict the difficulty of laparoscopic cholecystectomy? A new approach to validation
The Parkland Grading Scale (PGS) is an intraoperative grading scale to stratify gallbladder disease severity during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). We evaluated the usefulness of the PGS in predicting the d...
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Open AccessWide-field swept-source OCTA in the assessment of retinal microvasculature in early-stage diabetic retinopathy
To perform a quantitative analysis of retinal microvasculature in patients with early-stage diabetic retinopathy (DR) using wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA).
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Open AccessDecision-making changes for patients and medical personnel in the management of acute appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic
Acute appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdomen. During the pandemic, to contain the spread of COVID-19, there were some integral changes in the medical processes based on the pandemic prevention ...
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Characteristics of ocular findings of patients with neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease
This study aimed to explore the ocular characteristics of neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID), caused by GGC repeat expansion in the NOTCH2NLC gene, combined with the systemic clinical manifestations, ...
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Open AccessOptical coherence tomography angiography for the detection and evaluation of ptic disc neovascularization: a retrospective, observational study
To assess and characterize neovascularization of the optic disc (NVD) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and different OCTA-based methods.
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Molecular Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections in Wuhan, China
The clinical characteristics and microbiological data of patients with K. pneumoniae bloodstream infections (BSI) from January 2018 to December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed to study the molecular epidemiolo...
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Open AccessThe impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the treatment of acute appendicitis in China
This research aims to analyze the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the hospital visits of patients with acute appendicitis.
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Open AccessNatural course of myopic traction maculopathy and factors influencing progression and visual acuity
To describe the natural course of myopic traction maculopathy (MTM) and determine predictive factors for its progression and visual prognosis.
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Risk factors and outcomes of diffuse alveolar haemorrhage after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) is a life-threatening pulmonary complication occurring after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) without an explicit aetiology or a standard treat...
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Open AccessCommon variants in MAEA gene contributed the susceptibility to osteoporosis in Han Chinese postmenopausal women
Osteoporosis (OP) is a complex bone metabolism disorder characterized by the loss of bone minerals and an increased risk of bone fracture. A recent study reported the relationship of the macrophage erythroblas...
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Comparison of hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Stroke is an important complication following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Nevertheless, few studies have been published to analyzed the occurrence and prognosis of stroke af...
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Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome after haploidentical allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) has been rarely studied after haploidentical donor (HID) allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). We performed a retrospective multicentre s...
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Preclinical evaluation of a novel anterior non-fusion fixation device for atlantoaxial instability: an in vivo comparison study in a canine model
The Anterior Atlantoaxial Non-Fusion Fixation System (AANFS) was a novel motion preservation device for atlantoaxial instability to replace traditional fusion techniques. The purpose of this in vivo study was ...
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MRI Features and Site-specific Factors of Ischemic Changes in White Matter: A Retrospective Study
Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the elderly often reveals white matter changes (WMCs) with substantial variability across individuals. Our study was designed to explore MRI features and site-specific...
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Open AccessTreatment of stage 3 Coats’ disease by endolaser photocoagulation via a two-port pars plana nonvitrectomy approach
To evaluate the effectiveness of endolaser photocoagulation by a two-port pars plana nonvitrectomy approach for treating Coats’ disease with shallow exudative retinal detachment.
