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Safety and Efficacy of Covered Self-Expandable Metallic Stent for Choledochojejunal Anastomotic Stricture: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study
BackgroundBenign choledochojejunal anastomotic stricture (CJS) is a complication of pancreaticoduodenectomy and choledochojejunostomy. Typically...
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring Captures Glycemic Variability After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Patients with and Without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study
PurposeTo evaluate glycemic variability (GV) using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in individuals with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus...
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Needle tracking in low-resolution ultrasound volumes using deep learning
PurposeClinical needle insertion into tissue, commonly assisted by 2D ultrasound imaging for real-time navigation, faces the challenge of precise...
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Hyponatremia Is Associated with Mortality in Acute Pancreatitis Patients
BackgroundDisorders of serum sodium are common among general patients and are associated with poor outcomes. The prognostic value of serum sodium...
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On-treatment decline in MELD score predicts one-month transplant-free survival in rodenticidal hepatotoxicity patients treated with low-volume plasma exchange
Background and AimPlasma exchange (PLEX) improves survival in patients with rodenticidal hepatotoxicity. However, predictors of treatment response...
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BRAF-mutant mismatch repair deficient invasive colon cancer regressing to sessile serrated lesion
A 69-year-old female was presented with a history of sigmoid colon cancer, uterine cancer, and intrahepatic carcinomas. After computed tomography...
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Association of day of surgery and distance traveled with length of stay in patients undergoing robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) at a tertiary medical center
The objective of this study is to analyze the association between surgical day of the week and distance traveled with prolonged length of stay (LOS)...
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Engineering for a clear image: a comparative focus on accommodation
The eye requires the ability to focus images near and far and throughout evolution numerous mechanisms have developed to allow this accommodation....
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A scarce combination of arterial variants: an occipital artery originating from the internal carotid artery associated with a linguofacial trunk
The occipital artery (OA) typically originates from the external carotid artery (ECA). Variations of the ECA has been well described in the current...
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Detection of pulmonary nodules in chest radiographs: novel cost function for effective network training with purely synthesized datasets
PurposeMany large radiographic datasets of lung nodules are available, but the small and hard-to-detect nodules are rarely validated by computed...
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Pediatric thoracic outlet syndrome: a systematic review with metadata
IntroductionThoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) typically considered a condition of the adult population; it is often disregarded in children and...
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An evaluation of morphometry and dehiscence of facial canal: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
IntroductionThe facial canal (FC) is an extensive bony canal that houses the facial nerve and occupies a central position in the petrous part of...
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Differences of clinical phenotype between familial and sporadic Crohn’s disease in East China
PurposeFamily history is one of the strongest risk factors for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) while studies about the clinical phenotype of...
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Analysis of factors related to recanalization of portal vein thrombosis in liver cirrhosis: a retrospective cohort study
BackgroundPortal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a common complication of liver cirrhosis, yet there are fewer studies about predictors of PVT...
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3D mobile regression vision transformer for collateral imaging in acute ischemic stroke
PurposeThe accurate and timely assessment of the collateral perfusion status is crucial in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute...
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Tracing the Scientific Legacy: Bibliometric Analysis of LATAM Research in Bariatric Surgery for 33 Years
IntroductionMetabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) has experienced considerable growth, addressing the challenges of obesity and its complications....
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Regional Heterogeneity in Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Permeability and Mesenteric Perfusion After Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury
BackgroundSpinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts intestinal barrier function, thereby increasing antigen permeation and leading to poor outcomes. Despite...
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Inter-zonal epithelial thickness differences for early keratoconus detection using optical coherence tomography
PurposeTo develop and test a parameter for early keratoconus screening by quantifying the localized epithelial thickness differences in keratoconic...
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Modifications of surgical techniques in laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure of inguinal ring for childhood inguinal hernia to achieve zero recurrence and zero subcutaneous stitch granuloma
PurposeTo present our technical modifications of single incision laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure (SILPEC) of the internal inguinal...
