Deucravacitinib for Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

There is contrasting evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of JAK (Janus kinase) inhibitors in the treatment of psoriasis. This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed deucravacitinib, an oral, selective, allosteric tyrosine kinase 2 inhibitor, as the therapy of choice for moderate-to-severe psoriasis. PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases were searched for randomized controlled trials, including patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis.

Sublobar resection versus lobectomy for stage IA non-small-cell lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Surgical resection is the first-line treatment for early-stage lung cancer, with lobectomy being the standard choice since the 1960s. Nevertheless, recent studies have shown controversies about whether sublobar resection or lobectomy is the optimal surgical approach today. In this sense, this meta-analysis aims to compare these techniques.

[Diagnosis of hematochezia in Abidjan Cocody University Hospital (Ivory Coast)].

Aim: To determine the prevalence of endoscopic lesions, according to age and location, in patients with rectal bleeding who underwent total colonoscopy.

Methods: Retrospective observational study examining records from the hepatogastroenterology department at the Cocody University Hospital (Abidjan) of colonoscopies for rectal examination from September 1, 1991, through August 15, 2007. The data collected and analyzed from the records included age, sex and colonoscopy results.