Distance stereopsis in patients with accommodative esotropia.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate distance stereoacuity (DS) in patients with successfully treated accommodative esotropia (AET) and its association with other clinical factors.

Methods: The medical records of 176 children with refractive AET with a follow-up period ≥ 1 year were reviewed to identify a cohort of patients who achieved a stable alignment within 4 prism diopters (PD) of orthotropia at both distance and near fixation. Age of onset, duration of misalignment, uncorrected near and distance deviation, accommodative convergence/accommodation ratio, refractive error, presence of anisometropia and amblyopia, near stereopsis were evaluated as predictors of outcome.

The predictive value, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of PET CT in the evaluation of axillary metastases in breast cancer.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative 18F-FDG PET CT in detecting axillary lymph node (ALN) metastases in patients with breast cancer.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on the medical records of 114 patients who underwent PET CT for breast cancer between January 2017 and January 2020. Clinicopathological features and the relationship between lymph node metastasis were evaluated.

Prospective Study on Avoiding Seroma Formation by Flap Fixation After Modified Radical Mastectomy.

Introduction: Seroma development after mastectomy is a common complication. Continued seroma causes increased outpatient visits, repeated aspirations, infection, delayed healing, delayed adjuvant therapy, and increased cost. Various treatments are being attempted to prevent and reduce seroma development.

Carbon Dioxide Adsorption over Activated Carbons Produced from Molasses Using HSO, HPO, HCl, NaOH, and KOH as Activating Agents.

Cost-effective activated carbons for CO adsorption were developed from molasses using HSO, HPO, HCl, NaOH, and KOH as activating agents. At the temperature of 0 °C and a pressure of 1 bar, CO adsorption equal to 5.18 mmol/g was achieved over activated carbon obtained by KOH activation.

Effects of delayed breast reconstruction on the thoracolumbar vertebrae in patients undergoing unilateral mastectomy: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Post-mastectomy changes vertebral column alignment. There is limited data assessing spine curvature after breast reconstruction. In this study, the effects of delayed breast reconstruction on the Cobb angle and quality of life indicator (Oswestry disability index [ODI]) were evaluated in patients undergoing unilateral mastectomy.