Publications by authors named "R S. Hakim"
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- Intramedullary stem extensions are added during revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to improve component fixation and longevity, often using hybrid fixation methods.
- The study involved a retrospective review of 153 patients re-evaluating the prevalence and impact of radiographic sclerotic lines at the bone-implant interface over a follow-up period of 15 years.
- Results showed that while 7.8% of patients had sclerotic lines, they did not significantly affect the rates of aseptic loosening, with a notable long-term survivorship rate of 94.8% free from failure due to loosening.
Mining contextually meaningful subgraphs from a vertex-attributed graph.
BMC Bioinformatics
November 2024
Networks have emerged as a natural data structure to represent relations among entities. Proteins interact to carry out cellular functions and protein-Protein interaction network analysis has been employed for understanding the cellular machinery. Advances in genomics technologies enabled the collection of large data that annotate proteins in interaction networks.
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Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris)
November 2024
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred method of revascularization for chronic coronary syndromes. Outpatient PCI has demonstrated, in addition to its reliability and safety, the comfort of patients and the reduction of costs that weigh on our healthcare systems. Nevertheless, it remains largely underutilized in France, with significant disparities between centers, particularly between private and public ones.
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- Feelings of loneliness are prevalent among people living with dementia in long-term care, prompting the development of a virtual companion to support their social needs.
- The virtual companion, created in two stages, initially focused on encouraging conversation, and later utilized advanced AI for deeper discussions, with ten participants testing its feasibility and acceptability.
- While early versions faced challenges like speech recognition and limited questions, the enhanced AI led to meaningful interactions, although some users found the head-mounted display uncomfortable; further improvements are planned for future iterations.
Balanitis xerotica obliterans (BXO) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the male genitalia that is mostly underdiagnosed and undertreatment. We presented a 40-year-old man with meatal stenosis and an inability to urinate. Discoloration at the tip of the penis was found, and he said it got wider as he grew up.
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