Publications by authors named "L Boer"
Vaginal reconstruction is necessary for various congenital and acquired conditions, including vaginal aplasia, trauma, tumors, and gender incongruency. Current surgical and non-surgical treatments often result in significant complications. Decellularized vaginal matrices (DVMs) from human tissue offer a promising alternative, but require effective sterilization to ensure safety and functionality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe introduction of robotic surgery has improved minimally invasive surgery, and now robotic surgery is used in several areas of surgical oncology. Several optical techniques can be used to discriminate cancer from healthy tissue based on their optical properties. These technologies can also be employed with a small fiber-optic probe during minimally invasive surgery; however, for acquiring reliable measurements, some optical techniques require the fiber-optic probe to be in direct contact with the tissue.
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- A knowledge gap exists regarding the integration of 3D printing and extended reality (XR) technologies into anatomy education, and this report details an elective course designed to address that gap.
- The 10-week course taught undergraduate students how to create, evaluate, and use 3D and XR models based on radiological data, with feedback gathered through a survey rating various aspects of the course experience.
- Student evaluations showed that the 3D and XR models were seen as insightful and motivating, suggesting a positive impact on engagement in anatomy education, while highlighting the need for future research on their educational effectiveness.
We here explore adverse events following immunization (AEFI) in children with mitochondrial disease (MD) recruited from two expertise centers in Austria (SALK) and The Netherlands (RUMC). Parents completed a questionnaire on the type of immunizations received and AEFI in a post-vaccination exposure period of seven days. 95 individuals were invited to this study, of whom 30 (median age 13.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCharacterization of cognitive profiles across genetic FTD gene mutations is crucial for the identification of sensitive endpoints for clinical trials targeting specific pathologies. However, no systematic overview of the literature describing cognitive profiles in different FTD gene mutations has been made thus far. We performed a meta-analysis and systematic review to characterize cognitive profiles across the different FTD gene mutations and clinical disease stages of familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
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