Musculoskeletal morbidity in adults with spinal cord injuries: A nationwide cohort study.

Background: An increase in the demand for quality of life following spinal cord injuries (SCIs) is associated with an increase in musculoskeletal (MSK) pain, highlighting the need for preventive measure research.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the incidence and hazards of MSK morbidities among Korean adults with SCIs, as well as the influence of SCI location on MSK morbidities.

Methods: Patient populations were selected from Korean National Health Insurance Service data (n = 276).

Cerebrovascular Complications in Spinal Fusion Surgery: A Nationwide 8-year Follow-up Study in South Korea.

This retrospective study investigated the long-term incidence and risk of postoperative complications following spinal fusion. This study included 640,366 participants from a National Health Examination cohort in the Republic of Korea. Among them, 11,699 individuals underwent spinal fusion, and 56,667 individuals who underwent non-fusion spinal procedures served as controls.

Coincidental Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Ventral Foramen Magnum Meningioma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Multiple primary tumors at adjacent site are rare. We report a rare case of coincidentally found nasopharyngeal cancer and ventral foramen magnum meningioma. The 68-year-old male patient presented with a year history of ataxia.

Hyperattenuations on flat-panel computed tomography after successful recanalization of mechanical thrombectomy for anterior circulation occlusion.

Background: To evaluate intraparenchymal hyperattenuation (IPH) on flat-panel computed tomography (FPCT) findings and their clinical usefulness for predicting prognosis after successful mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute occlusion of anterior circulation.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted for 158 consecutive patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy during the last six years. After excluding those with posterior circulation occlusion or incomplete recanalization and those without FPCT, 82 patients were finally included.

Prediction of coronary thin-cap fibroatheroma by intravascular ultrasound-based machine learning.

Background And Aims: Although grayscale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is commonly used for assessing coronary lesion morphology and optimizing stent implantation, detection of vulnerable plaques by IVUS remains challenging. We aimed to develop machine learning (ML) models for predicting optical coherence tomography-derived thin-cap fibroatheromas (OCT-TCFAs).

Methods: In 517 patients with angina, 414 and 103 coronary lesions were randomized into training vs.

Machine learning assessment of myocardial ischemia using angiography: Development and retrospective validation.

Background: Invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a standard tool for identifying ischemia-producing coronary stenosis. However, in clinical practice, over 70% of treatment decisions still rely on visual estimation of angiographic stenosis, which has limited accuracy (about 60%-65%) for the prediction of FFR < 0.80.

Differences Between Schizophrenic and Normal Subjects Using Network Properties from fMRI.

Schizophrenia has been proposed to result from impairment of functional connectivity. We aimed to use machine learning to distinguish schizophrenic subjects from normal controls using a publicly available functional MRI (fMRI) data set. Global and local parameters of functional connectivity were extracted for classification.

Automated network analysis to measure brain effective connectivity estimated from EEG data of patients with alcoholism.

Objective: Detection and diagnosis based on extracting features and classification using electroencephalography (EEG) signals are being studied vigorously. A network analysis of time series EEG signal data is one of many techniques that could help study brain functions. In this study, we analyze EEG to diagnose alcoholism.

Association of Polysensitization, Allergic Multimorbidity, and Allergy Severity: A Cross-Sectional Study of School Children.

Background: Aeroallergen sensitization is related to the coexistence of allergic diseases, but the nature of this relationship is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship of polysensitization with allergic multimorbidities and the severity of allergic diseases.

Methods: This study is a cross-sectional analysis of 3,368 Korean children aged 6-7 years-old.