Riv Emoter Immunoematol
Published: April 1978
World J Urol
January 2025
Department of Urology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Lariana, Como, Italy.
Purpose: To assess differences in safety and efficacy between 24 and 18 Fr pneumatic balloon dilators for percutaneous nephrolithotripsy (PCNL) of renal stones between 10 and 20 mm.
Methods: Patients were randomized to dilatation with a 24 Fr (Group A) versus 18 Fr (Group B) Ultraxx pneumatic dilator (Cook Medical). In all procedures percutaneous puncture was performed under ultrasound guidance.
PeerJ
January 2025
Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Purpose: The objective of this study was to assess the success and complication rates of single-tract access . multi-tract percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL).
Material And Methods: The medical records of consecutive patients who underwent PNL for staghorn, partial staghorn, and complex kidney stones between 2014 and 2022 were retrospectively reviewed.
Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis
January 2025
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Unidade Local de Saúde Amadora/Sintra, Portugal.
Background: Red Blood Cell Exchange (RBCX) is a common treatment for pediatric sickle cell disease (SCD). Since inflammation with elevated proinflammatory cytokines plays a crucial role in SCD, this study hypothesized that RBCX might lower these cytokines and aimed to assess the impact of this technique on these markers.
Methods: Prospective and observational study of pediatric SCD patients (HbSS genotype) enrolled in a chronic RBCX program at a Portuguese Hospital from October 2022 to August 2024.
Front Immunol
January 2025
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, China.
Introduction: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) complicated by thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) is rare. We present a case of a female patient with SLE who developed TMA and NCPH and responded positively to rituximab and plasma exchange treatment.
Case Description: A 53-year-old woman was admitted with 6 h of confusion.
Ann Surg
January 2025
Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Center for Operative Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck.
Objective: To report outcomes from routine clinical practice of liver transplantation (LT) following normothermic liver machine perfusion (NLMP) and compare to LT after static cold storage (SCS).
Background: NLMP is emerging as a clinical routine in LT as has recently received renewed attention, however outcomes outside of clinical trials are lacking.
Methods: All adult LT between February 2018 and January 2023 were included.
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