Wessely-type immune ring following collagen cross-linking.

A woman in her early 20s with progressive keratoconus underwent corneal collagen cross-linking using the sub400 protocol. The central 5.5 mm of the epithelium was removed after the application of 20% alcohol.

Effects of maturity status on the rate of torque development in young male soccer players.

Background: The rate of torque development (RTD) has been associated with sports performance and can be improved during the biological maturation process of young soccer players. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of maturity status on the knee extensors' RTD of soccer players after appropriate normalization.

Methods: Twenty-seven young male soccer players aged 13-18 years old were allocated into two groups: pubescent (PUB, n = 11) and postpubescent (POSP, n = 16).

Amputations Resulting From Systemic Sclerosis: The Role of Multidisciplinary Cooperation.

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex connective tissue disease involving microvasculopathy, immune dysregulation, and extensive organ fibrosis. It affects various systems including the skin, lungs, heart, and gastrointestinal tract. Management is challenging due to the disease's heterogeneity and often requires more than just pharmacological treatment.

Mechanical and Corrosion Behaviour in Simulated Body Fluid of As-Fabricated 3D Porous L-PBF 316L Stainless Steel Structures for Biomedical Implants.

Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) is one of the most promising additive manufacturing technologies for creating customised 316L Stainless Steel (SS) implants with biomimetic characteristics, controlled porosity, and optimal structural and functional properties. However, the behaviour of as-fabricated 3D 316L SS structures without any surface finishing in environments that simulate body fluids remains largely unknown. To address this knowledge gap, the present study investigates the surface characteristics, the internal porosity, the corrosion in simulated body fluid (SBF), and the mechanical properties of as-fabricated 316L SS structures manufactured by L-PBF with rhombitruncated cuboctahedron (RTCO) unit cells with two distinct relative densities (10 and 35%).

Widefield swept source optical coherence tomography for the monitoring of choroidal infiltrates.

Choroidal Infiltrates (Cis) detection is traditionally done using invasive imaging. We herein report the usage of topographic choroidal thickness maps (ChT maps) and en face swept-source Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) as a rapid and non-invasive technique to monitor Cis in a patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.

Evaluation of Complications Associated with Fixed Partial Denture: A Prospective Study.

Objective: To assess complications, survival rates, and patient-reported outcomes associated with fixed partial dentures (FPDs).

Methods: A cohort of 146 subjects, aged 18 and above, requiring FPD were recruited. Following comprehensive dental examinations, FPDs were fabricated.

Motor Point as an Alternative to Femoral Nerve Stimulation for the Assessment of Quadriceps Muscle Inhibition in Healthy Women.

Context: The evaluation of quadriceps muscle inhibition with the interpolated twitch technique is usually performed by stimulating the femoral nerve (FN). However, there are some problems related to the use of this stimulation site, which may be partially overcome by delivering the stimulation over the motor point (MP). This study sought to compare MP to FN stimulation at different joint angles for the evaluation of quadriceps muscle inhibition, resting peak torque, and discomfort in healthy women.

Social and Cultural Insights into Healthy Aging: A Qualitative Study from the South Indian City of Bengaluru, India.

Background: Qualitative methods through lived experience narratives provide relevant sociocultural insights into healthy aging.

Objectives: The aim of this qualitative study was to explore social and cultural perceptions of healthy aging from older adults (OAs), their next of kin, and those involved in providing services to OAs in Bengaluru, India.

Materials And Methods: We conducted in-depth interviews with 28 participants, all purposefully selected based on specific inclusion criteria, to get as varied a sample as possible.

Do athletes with hamstring strain injury have shorter muscle fascicles in the injured limb?

Introduction: Previous studies have suggested that a reduced length of the biceps femoris long head (BF) fascicles may increase the risk of hamstring strain injury (HSI). However, it remains unclear whether the BF fascicles of the injured limb are shorter than those of the contralateral limb in athletes with an acute HSI.

Objective: To investigate the between-limb asymmetry of BF fascicle length in amateur athletes with an acute HSI.

Urgent need for planetary health education for healthcare professionals and students in India.

The current climate crisis has had a significant negative impact on human health across the globe including India. Climate change is leading to global heating, rising sea levels and more severe extreme weather events such as floods, cyclones and droughts. These events have direct and indirect detrimental impacts on human health such as increased risk of water-related illnesses, vector-borne diseases, malnutrition due to food insecurity and pollution-related poor health.

Clinical Implications of Alternating Hypointense Bands on OCT Angiography in Retinal Vascular Occlusive Disease.

Purpose: To demonstrate the relationship between alternating hypointense signal bands on OCT angiography (OCTA), real-time fluorescein angiography (FA), and structural OCT findings in patients with retinal vascular occlusive disease (RVOD).

Design: Retrospective, consecutive case series.

Subjects: Consecutive patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute RVOD and alternating bands of hypointense OCTA flow signal on en face projections.

Descriptive, Hospital-Based, 10-Year Study of Malaria Transmission in Goa, a Southwest Indian State in the Malaria Elimination Phase.

The South Asia International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research, an NIH-funded collaborative program, investigated the epidemiology of malaria in the Indian state of Goa through health facility-based data collected from the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC), the state's largest tertiary healthcare facility, between 2012 and 2021. Our study investigated region-specific spatial and temporal patterns of malaria transmission in Goa and the factors driving such patterns. Over the past decade, the number of malaria cases, inpatients, and deaths at the GMC decreased significantly after a peak in 2014-2015.

In-shoe plantar pressure measurement technologies for the diabetic foot: A systematic review.

Introduction: Loss of cutaneous protective sensation and high plantar pressures increase the risk for diabetic foot patients. Trauma and ulceration are imminent threats, making assessment and monitoring essential. This systematic review aims to identify systems and technologies for measuring in-shoe plantar pressures, focusing on the at-risk diabetic foot population.

Use of and Beliefs toward Novel Tobacco and Nicotine Products among Portuguese University Students: A Pandemic Survey.

Over the last decade, novel tobacco and nicotine product experimentation and use have dramatically increased among the youth, even in countries with strong tobacco control and anti-smoking social norms. We performed an online questionnaire-based cross-sectional study in March-June 2021, targeting students from the University of Beira Interior, Portugal. The aim was to assess the experimentation and use of tobacco and nicotine products and students' beliefs towards these products.

Biodiversity of carbapenem-resistant bacteria in clinical samples from the Southwest Amazon region (Rondônia/Brazil).

Brazil is recognized for its biodiversity and the genetic variability of its organisms. This genetic variability becomes even more valuable when it is properly documented and accessible. Understanding bacterial diversity through molecular characterization is necessary as it can improve patient treatment, reduce the length of hospital stays and the selection of resistant bacteria, and generate data for health and epidemiological surveillance.

Exploring management and outcomes of elderly patients with glioblastoma using data from two randomised trials (GEINO1401/EX-TEM).

Purpose: The impact of age on optimal management of glioblastoma remains unclear. A recent combined analysis of two randomised trials, GEINO14-01 and EX-TEM, found no benefit from extending post-radiation temozolomide in newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Here, we explore the impact of age.