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Pol J Radiol
December 2024
Dr. Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital, Kartal, Turkey.
Purpose: Recurrent malignant ascites is a common and challenging condition in cancer patients, often lacking a standardized treatment protocol. Small-scale studies in the literature have been insufficient to establish a treatment standard. The aim of our study was to investigate the effectiveness and safety of pigtail peritoneal catheter application in the treatment of malignant ascites.
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January 2025
Academic Department of Military Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK
Introduction: Abnormal cardiorespiratory symptoms and investigative findings in service personnel typically result in prolonged investigation and occupational restriction. This analysis aimed to assess the impact of the xford ilitary Cardiopulmonary xercise Testing linic (OMEC), which investigates such symptoms and findings, on occupational recommendations.
Methods: A service evaluation was conducted on all OMEC attendances over a 5-year period.
Med Sci (Basel)
December 2024
Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Varna, 9002 Varna, Bulgaria.
: NIPT is a widely implemented method for prenatal screening of chromosomal disorders. Its introduction initiated the practice of counseling women pre- and post-analytically. Since the test's usage is established in different conditions, comparing data from various socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds would be of scientific value.
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January 2025
University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Training and Research Hospital, Nuclear Medicine Department.
Contex: Detection of parathyroid incidentalomas (PTIs) by ultrasonography (US) generally depends on clinical experience and it can be usually confused with perithyroidal lymph nodes.
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the role of US for the detection of PTIs and define clinicopathologic features of PTIs detected during routine neck US.
Design: In this retrospective study, we studied PTIs in a multidisciplinary clinical approach of nuclear medicine and general surgery clinics.
Orthopadie (Heidelb)
January 2025
Klinikum Dortmund, Klinik für Chirurgie, Klinikum der Universität Witten/Herdecke, Beurhausstraße 40, 44137, Dortmund, Deutschland.
Background: Over the past 20 years, surgical treatment of obesity, or metabolic surgery, has established itself as an extremely efficient and sustainable therapy for treating severely overweight patients. Compared to non-surgical weight reduction procedures, surgical techniques have been shown to be superior in all studies, both in terms of short-term and long-term effectiveness. On the other hand, the invasiveness of the procedures is something that many patients view critically.
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