Publications by authors named "M W A Verstegen"
Article Synopsis
- The study highlights the importance of adequate female-specific health care (FSH) for military personnel in maintaining their health and deployability, particularly for women in the Netherlands Armed Forces.
- It identifies four major issues: lack of knowledge among healthcare providers, insufficient gynecological services, obstacles to self-care, and inadequate information on menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause.
- Recommendations include policy changes, improved information dissemination, and fostering an open culture around FSH discussions within the military.
Conventional static culture of organoids necessitates weekly manual passaging and results in nonhomogeneous exposure of organoids to nutrients, oxygen, and toxic metabolites. Here, we developed a miniaturized spinning bioreactor, RPMotion, specifically optimized for accelerated and cost-effective culture of epithelial organoids under homogeneous conditions. We established tissue-specific RPMotion settings and standard operating protocols for the expansion of human epithelial organoids derived from the liver, intestine, and pancreas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe molecular biology of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) revealed few recurrent mutations and extensive chromosomal alterations, with the latter being the driving force in a subset of these lesions. Addressing the need for an easily applicable diagnostic tool, we conducted a retrospective study of 61 PitNETs operated at a tertiary care center. All cases were subtyped according to the 2022 WHO Classification of Endocrine Tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Skull base anatomy around the internal carotid artery (ICA) is extremely complex. Among anatomical landmarks studied, the vidian canal has been thoroughly evaluated, unlike the vidian nerve (VN). Our aim is to evaluate the VN-ICA relationships, and understand their role in terms of surgical planning.
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