Publications by authors named "D Afonso"

Objectives: The revised European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR) consensus guidelines on soft tissue tumor imaging represent an update of 2015 after technical advancements, further insights into specific entities, and revised World Health Organization (2020) and AJCC (2017) classifications. This second of three papers covers algorithms once histology is confirmed: (1) standardized whole-body staging, (2) special algorithms for non-malignant entities, and (3) multiplicity, genetic tumor syndromes, and pitfalls.

Materials And Methods: A validated Delphi method based on peer-reviewed literature was used to derive consensus among a panel of 46 specialized musculoskeletal radiologists from 12 European countries.

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  • There is currently no agreed-upon treatment for juvenile hallux valgus (JHV), and various surgical techniques lack proven superiority or consistent mid-term results.
  • A study surveyed 18 patients operated on for JHV, comparing outcomes from three metatarsal osteotomy techniques: basimetatarsal, scarf, and distal, with a postoperative follow-up averaging 6.5 years.
  • Results showed that while functional and radiographic improvements were generally good, significant differences in outcomes among the techniques or based on the status of growth plates (physis) were not found, highlighting the need for further research with larger sample sizes.
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Introduction: Three randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have demonstrated that first-line cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation decreases atrial tachycardia in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) compared with antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs). The aim of this study was to develop a cost-effectiveness model (CEM) for first-line cryoablation compared with first-line AADs for the treatment of PAF. The model used a Danish healthcare perspective.

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The molecular clock that generates daily rhythms of behavior and physiology consists of interlocked transcription-translation feedback loops. In , the primary feedback loop involving the CLOCK-CYCLE transcriptional activators and the PERIOD-TIMELESS transcriptional repressors is interlocked with a secondary loop involving VRILLE (VRI) and PAR DOMAIN PROTEIN 1 (PDP1), a repressor and activator of transcription, respectively. Whereas extensive studies have found numerous transcriptional, translational, and posttranslational modulators of the primary loop, relatively little is known about the secondary loop.

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The molecular clock that generates daily rhythms of behavior and physiology consists of interlocked transcription-translation feedback loops. In , the primary feedback loop involving the CLOCK-CYCLE transcriptional activators and the PERIOD-TIMELESS transcriptional repressors is interlocked with a secondary loop involving VRILLE (VRI) and PAR DOMAIN PROTEIN 1 (PDP1), a repressor and activator of transcription, respectively. Whereas extensive studies have found numerous transcriptional, translational, and post-translational modulators of the primary loop, relatively little is known about the secondary loop.

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