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Cureus
November 2024
Division of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Health and Well-Being, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, AUS.
A congenital lumbar hernia is a rare type of hernia that can affect children born with lumbo-costo-vertebral syndrome. This case report is the first to describe a hybrid laparoscopic-assisted approach, which enabled precise intra-operative localization of a pediatric congenital lumbar hernia, and definitive surgical repair was then undertaken through an open approach. Unlike prior studies that have focused solely on either open or laparoscopic techniques, this hybrid approach offers a new strategy to improve surgical accuracy, particularly where imaging and clinical examination are inconclusive.
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November 2024
Plastic Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, USA.
Introduction Symptomatic mammary hypertrophy (SMH) refers to excessive breast weight exceeding 3% of total body weight, impacting not only the breast but also the nipples and areola. Breast reduction surgery (BRS) has a complication that adversely affects the nipple-areolar complex (NAC) sensation. The purpose of this study was to estimate the degree to which the specialized infrared camera-computer system (SPY) may predict postoperative sensation of the NAC following BRS.
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November 2024
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
The integration of pharmaceutical and medical device companies with clinical practice is under scrutiny due to financial incentives that may influence oncology care. The Physician Payments Sunshine Act mandates transparency in these financial relationships. This study examines the trends in non-research payments to oncology specialists between 2017 and 2023, analyzing amounts, reasons, and variations by subspecialty and region.
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November 2024
Department of Social and Policy Sciences, Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
Objectives: This study aimed to examine the size and trends in payments from the pharmaceutical industry to healthcare professional organisations (HPOs) in the United Kingdom (UK), and to characterise the conflict of interest (COI) management plans by HPOs who received large payments.
Design: Cross-sectional analysis of non-research payments disclosed in the Disclosure UK database from 2015 to 2021.
Setting: United Kingdom.
Psychiatr Serv
October 2024
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California (Havlik); Division of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ososanya, Tang, Wahid); Department of Internal Medicine (Ross) and Department of Psychiatry (Rhee), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington (Rhee).
Industry payments to psychiatrists remain poorly characterized. Using data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the authors of this repeated cross-sectional study detail the extent and concentration of nonresearch industry payments to psychiatrists from 2015 to 2021. The proportion of psychiatrists receiving industry payments, payment distribution, and payment concentration among psychiatrists was assessed.
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