Publications by authors named "Martin Kuklinski"
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- Eye injuries in Germany range from minor to severe, with significant potential for permanent visual impairment; current epidemiological data on the topic is limited.
- This study aimed to objectively document the occurrence of eye injuries, particularly those related to fireworks, by analyzing hospital quality reports from 2008 to 2022 using R programming for data processing.
- Findings revealed that the most common eye injuries are contusions (up to 2,500 cases annually), while severe cases like globe rupture are also notable; overall, eye injuries are declining, and firework-related incidents contribute to a significant portion of these injuries.
Auditory brainstem implants (ABIs) provide sound awareness to deaf individuals who are not candidates for the cochlear implant. The ABI electrode array rests on the surface of the cochlear nucleus (CN) in the brainstem and delivers multichannel electrical stimulation. The complex anatomy and physiology of the CN, together with poor spatial selectivity of electrical stimulation and inherent stiffness of contemporary multichannel arrays, leads to only modest auditory outcomes among ABI users.
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- - The study analyzed the safety and effectiveness of repeat lung biopsies in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations after cancer progression, focusing on complications and tissue adequacy for molecular profiling.
- - Data from 2009 to 2017 showed that rebiopsies had lower complication rates (8.4%) compared to standard lung biopsies (19.1%), with no major complications occurring in the EGFR group.
- - The procedure employed advanced techniques such as coaxial needle guidance and rapid pathology assessments, leading to high success rates in obtaining quality tissue samples for molecular profiling (96% success).
Objectives: To assess the prognostic role of thoracic muscle as quantified on preoperative computed tomography (CT) for the estimation of overall survival (OS) following pneumonectomy.
Methods: Muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) at the level of the fifth (T5) and eighth (T8) thoracic vertebra was measured on CT scans of consecutive patients with lung cancer prior to pneumonectomy. We stratified patients into high and low muscle groups using the gender-specific median of muscle CSA as separator and estimated associations of muscle CSA and OS using the Kaplan-Meier analysis.
Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass, has been identified as a potential risk factor for adverse outcomes in hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) recipients. However, much remains unknown about change in body composition following HCT. We retrospectively evaluated computed tomography (CT) imaging from 315 lymphoma patients undergoing HCT at our institution between 2000 and 2014.
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