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Cancer Rep (Hoboken)
January 2025
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, People's Republic of China.
Background: Neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus (NETT) are rare and malignant tumors that arise in the anterior mediastinum. These tumors can exhibit aggressive behavior and may involve surrounding critical structures, such as the superior vena cava. This case contributes to the literature by presenting a recurrent thymic carcinoma with invasion of major blood vessels, including the superior vena cava, and the complexities involved in its surgical management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Numer Method Biomed Eng
January 2025
Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Portal Hypertension and Cirrhosis, Xingtai People's Hospital, Xingtai, China; Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a widely used surgery for portal hypertension. In clinical practice, the diameter of the stent forming a shunt is usually selected empirically, which will influence the postoperative portal pressure. Clinical studies found that inappropriate portal pressure after TIPS is responsible for poor prognosis; however, there is no scheme to predict postoperative portal pressure.
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January 2025
Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Essential Tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder and has a worldwide prevalence of 1%, including 5% of the population over 65 years old. It is characterized by an active, postural or kinetic tremor, primarily affecting the upper limbs, and is diagnosed based on clinical characteristics. The pathological mechanisms of ET, however, are mostly unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt Ophthalmol
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Ege University Medical Faculty Hospital, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
Purpose: To evaluate the severity distribution of chemical burn-induced Limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) according to the novel global consensus classification and to compare the treatment approach, before and after the global consensus.
Methods: Medical records of 127 eyes of 109 patients with LSCD were included. LSCD stages were categorized according to the global consensus classification published by "International LSCD Working Group".
Acta Neurochir (Wien)
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, 20 Boramae-Ro 5-Gil, Dongjak-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background: The degenerative spondylosis can cause the difficulty in maintaining sagittal and coronal alignment of spine, and X-ray parameters are the gold standard to analyze the malalignment. This study aimed to develop a new 3D full body scanner to analyze the spinal balance and compare it to X-ray parameters.
Methods: Ninety-seven adult participants who suffer degenerative spondylosis underwent 3D full body scanning, whole spine X-rays, clinical questionnaires and body composition analyses.
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