The authors examined 12 people under 40 years and 12 above 40 years, mostly healthy volunteers. They investigated the rate of blood flow in the median cerebral artery after compression of the homolateral and contralateral internal carotid. They found that in more advanced age the rate of flow in the mentioned arteries is significantly reduced. During compression tests in more advanced age the decline in the flow rate is more marked in the median cerebral artery on the side of compression. In the other arteries the flow is promoted but the age dependence is not marked. The authors conclude from these findings that with advancing age the possibilities of autoregulation deteriorate more than those of the collateral circulation via Willis' circle.
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Front Digit Health
January 2025
Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Wearable augmented reality in neurosurgery offers significant advantages by enabling the visualization of navigation information directly on the patient, seamlessly integrating virtual data with the real surgical field. This ergonomic approach can facilitate a more intuitive understanding of spatial relationships and guidance cues, potentially reducing cognitive load and enhancing the accuracy of surgical gestures by aligning critical information with the actual anatomy in real-time. This study evaluates the benefits of a novel AR platform, VOSTARS, by comparing its targeting accuracy to that of the gold-standard electromagnetic (EM) navigation system, Medtronic StealthStation S7.
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March 2025
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Stephanstraße 9a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Purpose: Therapeutic options for patients with brain metastases (BM) increase. While these lead to considerable survival effects in subgroups, there is limited knowledge about characteristics, prognosticators and treatment effects in patients with BM and short survival.
Methods: Patients with a survival time of ≤ 6 months (short-term survivors, STS), diagnosed with BM between 2009-2021 at a large tertiary cancer center were analysed.
Front Oncol
January 2025
Department of Cancer Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Introduction: Patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) have a poor Q6 prognosis and there is no standard protocol for maintenance treatment. Anlotinib as a third-line or beyond therapy for ES-SCLC was proved to be effective.
Methods: We retrospectively screened of patients with ES-SCLC who started receiving anlotinib as first-line or second-line therapy at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from November 2018 to December 2022.
BMC Med Educ
January 2025
Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O.Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Objective: Despite the growth of Emergency Medicine (EM) globally, shortages of EM-trained physicians persist in many countries, disproportionately affecting lower middle/low-income countries (LMIC/LIC). This study examines the career paths of graduates of an Emergency Medicine residency-training program established in Lebanon with the aim of building local capacity in EM.
Design And Patients: This descriptive study utilizes secondary data sourced from an alumni database that includes nine cohorts of graduates from an Emergency Medicine residency program at the American University of Beirut Medical Center in Lebanon.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
January 2025
Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, China.
Anorexia nervosa (AN) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often share multiple similar symptoms and are highly comorbid; however, the common and distinct brain neuroanatomy of these two diseases are unclear. The current study attempted to identify the overlapping and different gray matter volume (GMV) between AN and OCD. We conducted a voxel-wise meta-analysis of GMV using the latest Seed-based d Mapping with Permutation of Subject Images Toolbox (SDM-PSI) software.
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