Laparoscopic versus robotic TAPP/TEP inguinal hernia repair: a multicenter, propensity score weighted study.

Purpose: The objective of this retrospective study was to assess safety and comparative clinical effectiveness of laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR) and robot-assisted inguinal hernia repair (RIHR) from multi-institutional experience in Taiwan.

Methods: Medical records from a total of eight hospitals were retrospectively collected and analyzed. Patients primarily diagnosed of inguinal hernia, recurrent inguinal hernia or incarceration groin hernia patients who either underwent laparoscopic or robot-assisted inguinal hernia repair between January 2018 and December 2022 were included in the study.

Penetration rates of new pharmaceutical products in Europe: A comparative study of several classes recently launched in type-2 diabetes.

Background: Different countries have their own systems for evaluating new medicines, and they make decisions as to when and how each new medicine is adopted.

Purpose: To compare the rate of uptake of new diabetes medicines (dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors [DPP-4Is], glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists [GLP1-RAs], and sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors [SGLT2Is]) in the five most populated European countries.

Methods: The monthly volume of sales of antidiabetic drugs was extracted for each country from the IQVIA™ MIDAS® database for the period 2007 to 2016 and the defined daily doses (DDDs) were calculated.

[Relationship Between Diversity of Aquatic Plant Communities and Water Environmental Factors in Lhalu Wetland].

Plant diversity plays an important role in the integrity and stability of wetland ecosystems. Lhalu Wetland is the highest wetland in the world and is the largest urban natural swamp in China. It plays an important role in ecological balance, increasing air humidity, improving the urban climate, and purifying the water environment in Lhasa.

Functional and Physiological Methods of Evaluating Median Nerve Regeneration in the Rat.

The main goal of this investigation is to show how to create and repair different types of median nerve (MN) lesions in the rat. Moreover, different methods of simulating postoperative physiotherapy are presented. Multiple standardized strategies are used to assess motor and sensory recovery using an MN model of peripheral nerve lesion and repair, thus permitting easy comparison of the results.

DFT calculations of the synergistic effect of λ-MnO/graphene composites for electrochemical adsorption of lithium ions.

Recently, the composite of spinel-type manganese oxide (λ-MnO)/graphene has drawn wide attention because of its good electrochemical adsorption selectivity for low concentrations of Li ions from lake brine or seawater to cope with the fast-rising demand of lithium resources. In this composite, the synergistic effect between the good selectivity of λ-MnO for Li ions and the excellent conductivity of graphene play an important role for the electrochemical adsorption of Li ions. In order to reveal the synergistic mechanism in the electronic conductivity, the ionic conductivity and the ion selectivity of the λ-MnO/graphene composite, density functional theory (DFT) calculations combined with electrochemical adsorption experiments were carried out.