Children with Stroke: An Investigation of Their Home Environment.

Existing research on stroke in adults highlights the role of the built environment during recovery. However, this role has been greatly overlooked in the everyday lives of children with stroke. A stroke in childhood brings substantial changes for affected individuals and their families.

Minimal Invasive Pre-Op CT-Guided Gold-Fiducials in Local Anesthesia for Easy Level Localization in Thoracic Spine Surgery.

The accurate identification of intraoperative levels is of paramount importance in spinal surgery, particularly in cases of obesity or anatomical anomalies affecting the thoracic spine. The aim of this work was to clarify whether the preoperative percutaneous placement of fiducial markers under local anesthesia only, with minimal discomfort to the patient, can be performed safely and efficiently. Patients treated at our institution between June 2019 and June 2020 for thoracic intraspinal lesions with preoperative percutaneous gold fiducial placement were analyzed.

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Terminology Consistency in EBD.

Objective: The aim of this study is to analyze the consistency, variability, and potential standardization of terminology used to describe architectural variables (AVs) and health outcomes in evidence-based design (EBD) studies.

Background: In EBD research, consistent terminology is crucial for studying the effects of AVs on health outcomes. However, there is a possibility that diverse terms have been used by researchers, which could lead to potential confusion and inconsistencies.

Digital Staining of White Blood Cells With Confidence Estimation.

Chemical staining of the blood smears is one of the crucial components of blood analysis. It is an expensive, lengthy and sensitive process, often prone to produce slight variations in colour and seen structures due to a lack of unified protocols across laboratories. Even though the current developments in deep generative modeling offer an opportunity to replace the chemical process with a digital one, there are specific safety-ensuring requirements due to the severe consequences of mistakes in a medical setting.

The Beneficial Effect of Preoperative Exercise on Postoperative Clinical Outcome, Quality of Life and Return to Work after Microsurgical Resection of Spinal Meningiomas.

Objective: While outcomes of surgical treatment for spinal meningiomas are well-described within the literature, factors affecting early return to work as well as long-term health related quality of life remain unclear.

Methods: In this retrospective study, patients with spinal meningioma and surgical treatment from two university-level neurosurgical institutions between 2008 and 2021 were analyzed. Time to return to work, physical activities and long-term health related quality of life (assessed by telephone interviews using the EQ-5D-5L health status measure and visual analogue scale (EQ VAS) were analyzed.