Risk stratification by nomogram of deep learning radiomics based on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in knee meniscus injury.

Purpose: To construct and validate a nomogram model that integrated deep learning radiomic features based on multiparametric MRI and clinical features for risk stratification of meniscus injury.

Methods: A total of 167 knee MR images were collected from two institutions. All patients were classified into two groups based on the MR diagnostic criteria proposed by Stoller et al.

Alteration of the cortical morphology in classical trigeminal neuralgia: voxel-, deformation-, and surface-based analysis.

Objective: This study aimed to combine voxel-based morphometry, deformation-based morphometry, and surface-based morphometry to analyze gray matter volume and cortex shape in classical trigeminal neuralgia patients.

Methods: This study included 79 classical trigeminal neuralgia patients and age- and sex-matched 81 healthy controls. The aforementioned three methods were used to analyze brain structure in classical trigeminal neuralgia patients.

Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation after a single-trigger pain in patients with classical trigeminal neuralgia.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the central mechanism of classical trigeminal neuralgia (CTN) by analyzing the static amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (sALFF) and dynamic amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (dALFF) in patients with CTN before and after a single-trigger pain.

Methods: This study included 48 patients (37 women and 11 men, age 55.65 ± 11.

Risk factors and consequences of conversion in minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy.

Background: Although recent studies have reported potential benefits of laparoscopic approach in distal pancreatectomy, reports of conversion during minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy (MIDP) were limited.

Methods: This was a retrospective study using data from Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital around May 2013 to December 2018. Outcomes of patients who had conversions during MIDP were compared with patients with successful MIDP and with patients undergoing open distal pancreatectomy (ODP).

Rosiglitazone improves insulin sensitivity in nonobese subjects with impaired glucose tolerance: the role of adiponectin and C-reactive protein.

To evaluate the effects of rosiglitazone (ROS) on serum adiponectin and C-reactive protein (CRP) in nonobese subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), we enrolled 21 patients with body mass index < or =24 kg/m(2) to receive ROS 4 mg daily for 12 weeks. Fifteen age-, sex-, and body mass index-matched healthy subjects were recruited as controls. A 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), hemoglobin A(1c), fasting glucose, insulin, C-peptide, lipid profiles, adiponectin, and CRP levels were determined before initiation and at the end of the 12-week ROS treatment.

Rosiglitazone improves insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.

Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the effects of rosiglitazone (ROS) on insulin sensitivity, beta-cell function, and glycaemic response to glucose challenge and meal in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).

Methods: Thirty patients with IGT (ages between 30 and 75 years and BMI (body mass index) < or = 27 kg/m2) were randomly assigned to receive either placebo (n = 15) or ROS (4 mg/day) (n = 15). All participants underwent a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), meal test, and frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test (FSIGT) before and after the 12-week treatment.