Background: Perilunate injuries of carpal bones are uncommon, high-energy injuries that necessitate early diagnosis and appropriate management to prevent progressive carpal instability and posttraumatic osteoarthritis. A much more uncommon mechanism that starts from the lunotriquetral ligament and proceeds radially in an opposite direction than the classic mechanism may cause a reverse or ulnar-sided perilunate dislocation (PLD). The purposes were: (1) to present an uncommon case of greater arc reverse (ulnar-sided) perilunate fracture-dislocation (REPLFD); and (2) to conduct a systematic review (SR) to evaluate the current evidence on reverse perilunate injuries (REPLIs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpidemiological studies on fractures in European professional football (soccer) are in abundance. However, such data are lacking in Middle Eastern professional footballers and information on fracture treatment is scarce. The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology of fractures across seven seasons in Qatar Stars League (QSL) footballers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn response to COVID-19 pandemic, we have launched a vaccine development program against SARS-CoV-2. Here we report the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a recombinant protein RBD fusion heterodimeric vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 (PHH-1V) evaluated in a phase 1-2a dose-escalation, randomized clinical trial conducted in Catalonia, Spain. 30 young healthy adults were enrolled and received two intramuscular doses, 21 days apart of PHH-1V vaccine formulations [10 µg (n = 5), 20 µg (n = 10), 40 µg (n = 10)] or control [BNT162b2 (n = 5)].
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOwing to a long history of anthropogenic pressures, freshwater ecosystems are among the most vulnerable to biodiversity loss. Mitigation measures, including wastewater treatment and hydromorphological restoration, have aimed to improve environmental quality and foster the recovery of freshwater biodiversity. Here, using 1,816 time series of freshwater invertebrate communities collected across 22 European countries between 1968 and 2020, we quantified temporal trends in taxonomic and functional diversity and their responses to environmental pressures and gradients.
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