Use of ChatGPT to Generate Informed Consent for Surgery in Urogynecology.

Importance: Use of the publicly available Large Language Model, Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT 3.5; OpenAI, 2022), is growing in health care despite varying accuracies.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy and readability of ChatGPT's responses to questions encompassing surgical informed consent in urogynecology.

Microwave vs radiofrequency ablation for small renal masses: perioperative and oncological outcomes.

Objective: To conduct a comprehensive comparison of microwave ablation (MWA) vs radiofrequency ablation (RFA) outcomes in the treatment of small renal masses (SRMs), specifically: TRIFECTA ([i] complete ablation, [ii] absence of Clavien-Dindo Grade ≥III complications, and [iii] absence of ≥30% decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate) achievement, operative time (OT), and local recurrence rate (LRR).

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analysed 531 patients with SRMs (clinical T1a-b) treated with MWA or RFA at a single centre (2008-2022). First, multivariable logistic regression models were used for testing TRIFECTA achievement.

An analysis of differential gene expression in peripheral nerve and muscle utilizing RNA sequencing after polyethylene glycol nerve fusion in a rat sciatic nerve injury model.

Application of polyethylene glycol (PEG) to a peripheral nerve injury at the time of primary neurorrhaphy is thought to prevent Wallerian degeneration via direct axolemma fusion. The molecular mechanisms of nerve fusion and recovery are unclear. Our study tested the hypothesis that PEG alters gene expression in neural and muscular environments as part of its restorative properties.