Dyslipidemia induced inflammation mediated the association between obesity and Osteoarthritis: a population-based study.

Background: This study aims to evaluate the mediation effect of dyslipidemia induced inflammation on the causal associations between obesity and Osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2010). The association between general and abdominal obesity (exposure), OA (outcome) and mediators (total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and C-reactive protein) was assessed using multivariate linear and logistic regression models and mediation analysis.

Roles of low muscle strength and sarcopenic obesity on incident symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: A longitudinal cohort study.

Objectives: Sarcopenia is prevalent in middle to old age. We aimed to investigate the association between muscle strength and the incident knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods: 12,043 participants were collected from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

Coaxial radiography guided puncture technique for percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy: A randomized control trial.

Background: The coaxial radiography-guided puncture technique (CR-PT) is a novel technique for endoscopic lumbar discectomy. As the X-ray beam and the puncturing needle are maintained in a parallel and coaxial direction, the X-ray beam can be used to guide the trajectory angle, facilitating the choice of the puncture site and providing real-time guidance. This puncture technique offers numerous advantages over the conventional anterior-posterior and lateral radiography-guided puncture technique (AP-PT), especially in cases of herniated lumbar discs with a hypertrophied transverse process or articular process, high iliac crest, and narrowed intervertebral foramen.

Epidemiology of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance of nosocomial urinary tract infections in patients with spinal cord injuries in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Context: Despite a high urinary tract infection (UTI) rate in spinal cord injured patents in China, there is limited evidence on the epidemiological character of that.

Objective: The purpose of our article was to characterize the distribution of pathogens of UTI patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and the resistance profile of pathogens.

Methods: A literature search of six electronic databases was carried out to identify the incidence, pathogen distribution, and drug resistance of UTI after SCI based on our inclusion and exclusion criteria.