Patient-Level Value Analysis in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Optimizing the Value of Care Delivery.

Background: Value is defined as the ratio of patient outcomes to the cost of care. One method to assess value is through patient-level value analysis (PLVA). To our knowledge, this tool has not previously been implemented in the setting of total hip arthroplasty (THA).

A laparoscopic approach to address massive splenomegaly, symptomatic cholelithiasis, and a planned postoperative pregnancy: A case report.

We report long-term follow-up of a patient who underwent a tailored laparoscopic procedure for symptomatic cholelithiasis, massive splenomegaly, and a planned pregnancy. There were no complications, and the patient remained symptom-free at the 5-year follow-up. We supplemented our case report with national surgical data demonstrating the safety of laparoscopic splenectomy.

Complete Hydrothorax After Revision Shoulder Arthroscopic Surgery: A Case Report.

Shoulder arthroscopy has become very popular in recent years. While generally quite safe, it is subject to its own complications when compared to open surgery. Due to the high volume of fluid, postoperative pleural effusions are a known complication.

Stamping oriented molecular monolayers using liquid crystal inks.

Thermotropic liquid crystal (LC)-based inks are combined with patterned anchoring stamps to deposit organic monolayer films with simultaneous control over positional and molecular orientational order in a single step.

Mechanism of RNA double helix-propagation at atomic resolution.

The conversion of a nucleic acid from single strands to double strands is thought to involve slow nucleation followed by fast double-strand propagation. Here, for RNA double-strand propagation, we propose an atomic resolution reaction mechanism. This mechanism, called the stack-ratchet, is based on data-mining of three-dimensional structures and on available thermodynamic information.