Adjunctive proximal aortic and aortodistal prosthetic wrapping of vascular anastomoses for Adamantiadis-Behçet's aortic/aortoiliac aneurysms: A revisit.

Background: We described our local experiences with a single-layer wrapping technique for the vascular anastomoses in patients with Adamantiadis-Behçet's aortic/aortoiliac aneurysms using InterGard Silver-impregnated Dacron® patch prosthesis.

Methods: Between January 2013 to December 2019, we retrospectively reviewed 20 patients presented with Adamantiadis-Behçet's aortic/aortoiliac aneurysms. All patients presented with Adamantiadis-Behçet's aortic/aortoiliac aneurysms.

The relationship between exacerbated diabetic peripheral neuropathy and metformin treatment in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Metformin-treated diabetics (MTD) showed a decrease in cobalamin, a rise in homocysteine, and methylmalonic acid, leading to accentuated diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). This study aimed to determine whether or not metformin is a risk factor for DPN. We compared MTD to non-metformin-treated diabetics (NMTD) clinically using the Toronto Clinical Scoring System (TCSS), laboratory (methylmalonic acid, cobalamin, and homocysteine), and electrophysiological studies.

Correction to: Vascular suture line wrapping for aortoiliac anastomoses following open surgical repair of infrarenal Behçet's aortoiliac aneurysms.

Following the publication of this article [1], the authors informed us of a typographical error in the spelling of "ePET-Dacron®" in the Background section. The sentence to be corrected is the following: "While anastomosing graft to host artery, vascular suture lines has been reinforced with expanded polyethylene terephthalate (ePTE - Dacron®), polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE), omentum, an autogenous vein, or mesh to wrap the vascular anastomoses."

Vascular suture line wrapping for Aortoiliac anastomoses following open surgical repair of Infrarenal Behçet's Aortoiliac aneurysms.

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate our local experiences of adjunctive mechanical prosthetic wrapping for aortoiliac vascular anastomoses as a prophylactic measure following surgical repair of Behçet's aortoiliac aneurysms. The goal of prosthetic wrapping to reinforce the vascular anastomoses by mechanical protection to reduce the bleeding complications, and consequently pseudoaneurysm formation. This was aided by the administration of pre- and postoperative immunosuppressive therapy as an adjuvant treatment.

Association of SIRT-1 Gene Polymorphism and Vitamin D Level in Egyptian Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Background: We investigated SIRT-1 genetic variant and its association with vitamin D level in Egyptian patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: Seventy Egyptian subjects were enrolled in our study and divided into two groups: RA group (n = 50 patients) and healthy control group (n = 20 subjects). Five milliliter blood sample was withdrawn from each subject followed by laboratory investigation and DNA extraction for SIRT-1 gene polymorphism assessment (rs7895833 A>G, rs7069102 C>G and rs2273773 C>T) and vitamin D level expression.