Focused Perioperative Nutritional Supplementation Reduces Wound Complications in Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion Surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To evaluate intensive postoperative nutritional supplementation on wound healing complications and outcomes after spinal fusion surgery.

Background: Poor nutritional status leads to inferior postoperative outcomes by increasing mortality and predisposing patients to infection and wound healing complications.

The vesicle trafficking gene, OsRab7, is critical for pollen development and male fertility in cytoplasmic male-sterility rice.

Rice cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) provides an exceptional model for studying genetic interaction within plant nuclei given its inheritable trait of non-functional male gametophyte. Gaining a comprehensive understanding of the genes and pathways associated with the CMS mechanism is imperative for improving the vigor of hybrid rice agronomically, such as its productivity. Here, we observed a significant decrease in the expression of a gene named OsRab7 in the anther of the CMS line (SJA) compared to the maintainer line (SJB).

Characterizing Negative Online Reviews of Spine Surgeons.

Design: Retrospective review.

Objective: Characterize negative reviews of spine surgeons in the United States.

Summary: Physician rating websites significantly influence the selection of doctors by other patients.

OsCBL1 modulates rice nitrogen use efficiency via negative regulation of OsNRT2.2 by OsCCA1.

Background: For cereal crop breeding, it is meaningful to improve utilization efficiency (NUE) under low nitrogen (LN) levels while maintaining crop yield. OsCBL1-knockdown (OsCBL1-KD) plants exhibited increased nitrogen accumulation and NUE in the field of low N level.

Results: OsCBL1-knockdown (OsCBL1-KD) in rice increased the expression of a nitrate transporter gene OsNRT2.

MicroRNA-29a: a novel target for non-operative management of symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis.

Purpose: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is the most common reason for spinal surgery in patients over the age of 65, and there are few effective non-surgical treatments. Therefore, the development of novel treatment or preventative modalities to decrease overall cost and morbidity associated with LSS is an urgent matter. The cause of LSS is multifactorial; however, a significant contributor is ligamentum flavum hypertrophy (LFH) which causes mechanical compression of the cauda equina or nerve roots.

Protective effect of traditional Chinese medicine on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and liver cancer by targeting ferroptosis.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic liver disease with high incidence and is closely related to metabolic syndrome. If not controlled, it may eventually become hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Ferroptosis, a non-apoptotic form of programmed cell death (PCD), is closely related to NAFLD and HCC, and the mechanisms of action involved are more complex.

Efficacy and Mechanism of Müll. Arg. Extract on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the major cause of chronic liver disease globally. To observe the sedative effect of extract (MFE) on NAFLD and the potential molecular mechanism, a high-fat diet (HFD) was used to induce NAFLD in rats for 8 weeks. Rats were orally given MFE (1.

Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Plantar Fasciitis.

Unlabelled: Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of chronic heel pain in adults, affecting both young active patients and older sedentary individuals. It results from repetitive stress to the plantar fascia at its origin on the medial tubercle of the calcaneus and is often associated with gastrocnemius tightness. The diagnosis can be made clinically with a focused history and physical examination; imaging is reserved for atypical presentations and those that do not respond to initial treatment.

A new mapping method for quantitative trait loci of silkworm.

Background: Silkworm is the basis of sericultural industry and the model organism in insect genetics study. Mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) underlying economically important traits of silkworm is of high significance for promoting the silkworm molecular breeding and advancing our knowledge on genetic architecture of the Lepidoptera. Yet, the currently used mapping methods are not well suitable for silkworm, because of ignoring the recombination difference in meiosis between two sexes.