Adolescent Hip Pain Due to Iliopsoas Abscess.

Hip pain in children and adolescents poses a diagnostic challenge due to various underlying causes, ranging from benign to severe conditions. Presented here is the case of an otherwise healthy 14-year-old boy who arrived at the emergency department with a two-day history of left hip pain, limping, fever, anorexia, and vomiting. Upon physical examination, tenderness was noted upon palpation of the left sacroiliac joint and with mobilization of the left lower limb.

Orchiectomy after torsion testis: Simultaneous prosthesis placement versus staged procedures.

Background/purpose: Testicular torsion(TT) with unsalvageable testis has a significant psychosocial impact. Orchiectomy can be performed with optional testicular prosthesis(TP) placement, commonly deferred(dTP). Orchiectomy and simultaneous testicular prosthesis placement(sTP) may be a feasible and safe option and has been implemented in our department since 2018.

Retinoic Acid-Mediated Control of Energy Metabolism Is Essential for Lung Branching Morphogenesis.

Lung branching morphogenesis relies on intricate epithelial-mesenchymal interactions and signaling networks. Still, the interplay between signaling and energy metabolism in shaping embryonic lung development remains unexplored. Retinoic acid (RA) signaling influences lung proximal-distal patterning and branching morphogenesis, but its role as a metabolic modulator is unknown.

Automatic multi-view pose estimation in focused cardiac ultrasound.

Focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) is a valuable point-of-care method for evaluating cardiovascular structures and function, but its scope is limited by equipment and operator's experience, resulting in primarily qualitative 2D exams. This study presents a novel framework to automatically estimate the 3D spatial relationship between standard FoCUS views. The proposed framework uses a multi-view U-Net-like fully convolutional neural network to regress line-based heatmaps representing the most likely areas of intersection between input images.

Impact of polyurethane versus acellular dermal matrix coating on prepectoral reconstruction outcomes: Interface does matter.

Background: Interfaces continue to be used in prepectoral breast reconstruction to refine breast appearance, but more clinical data are required to assess their effectiveness. This study compares the rates of capsular contracture, breast esthetics, and patient satisfaction between two commonly used interface materials, acellular dermal matrix (ADM) and polyurethane (PU) foam.

Methods: A cross-sectional assessment was conducted on all patients who underwent prepectoral direct-to-implant reconstruction with an interface material between June 2018 and June 2022.