Factors Used by Mobile Applications to Predict Female Fertility Status and Their Reported Effectiveness: A Scoping Review.

Family planning, whether for pregnancy prevention or conception, is of pivotal importance to women of reproductive age. As hormonally driven methods, such as oral contraceptive pills, are widely used but have numerous side effects, women often seek alternative non-hormonal, non-invasive options, including fertility-tracking mobile applications (apps). However, the effectiveness of these apps as a method of contraception and conception planning has not been extensively vetted.

Mini-Incision Direct Festoon Access, Cauterization, and Excision (MIDFACE): A 12-Year Analysis of a Novel Festoon Surgery.

Background: Surgical festoon management often entails aggressive dissection, flaps, unsightly scars, prolonged recovery, and high recurrence rates. The authors present outcomes with subjective and objective evaluation of an office-based, novel, minimally invasive (1-cm incision) festoon repair: mini-incision direct festoon access, cauterization, and excision (MIDFACE).

Methods: Charts of 75 consecutive patients from 2007 to 2019 were evaluated.

The Breast Edema Enigma: Features, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recommendations.

Breast edema most commonly occurs after breast cancer treatment involving breast-conserving therapy, although it may have a variety of other causes. As compared to research on breast cancer treatment-related lymphedema, breast edema and its objective measurement and diagnosis is far behind. Consequences of this disparity contribute to uncertainty and variability in its diagnosis, its treatment, and even the characterization of its incidence and morbidity.

Student Reflections on Shared Trauma: One Year Later.

In March of 2021, as the world marked the first anniversary since COVID-19 altered our reality, graduate social work students in Dr. Carol Tosone's Evidence-Based Trauma class at NYU considered the challenges of learning about trauma treatment while simultaneously living through a global trauma. Students reflected on their home lives, school experiences, field placements, mental health challenges, feelings of burnout, and the added complexities of racial disparities and injustices.

Prostate Cancer in a Patient with Giant Prostatic Hyperplasia: The Robotic Approach to a Difficult Problem.

The robotic approach toward radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer has only recently become widespread. Two of the advantages of the robotic approach have been described to be the optical magnification afforded by camera and the ability to reach deep into the pelvis. These advantages are particularly salient in cases where the pelvis is particularly narrow or the prostate is particularly large.