This observational, cross-sectional case-control study evaluates the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in elderly persons who have undergone surgery for adult spinal deformity (ASD). On December 31, 2019, the Chinese authorities first reported severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, and on March 11, 2020, it was declared a pandemic. The pandemic seems to have had a negative effect on elderly patients who underwent ASD, in terms of functional and psychological quality of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Multidimensional flow cytometry (MFC) is routinely used for the diagnosis and follow-up of hematolymphoid neoplasms but its contribution to the identification of non-hematolymphoid malignant tumors is limited.
Methods: The presence of non-hematolymphoid cells in clinical samples obtained via minimally invasive methods was ascertained by using a panel of monoclonal antibodies previously developed in our laboratory comprising a mixture of antibodies: CD9-PacB/CD45-OC515/CD57-FITC/CD56-PE/CD3-PerCP-Cy5.5/CD117-PE-Cy7/CD326-APC/CD81-APC-C750.