The relationship between dietary fibre and stroke: A meta-analysis.

Objective: An analysis was conducted to explore the relationship between dietary fibre intake and stroke risk.

Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and WanFang and Weipu databases were systematically searched to obtain peer-reviewed literature on the relationship between dietary fibre and stroke risk. The search time was as of 1 April 2023.

Combined index finger pollicization with an anterolateral thigh flap for thumb reconstruction.

A severe crush injury to the hand is devastating to patients. Under conditions in which the crush force is too great, the digits are not viable candidates for replantation. We present two cases in which the patients suffered from loss of the thumb ray at the first carpometacarpal joint and skin defect at the radial side.