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Curr Pain Headache Rep
January 2025
Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, 71103, USA.
Purpose Of Review: The present investigation assesses efficacy of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on relief of cancer or chemotherapy-related pain. Patients with cancer experience a relatively high prevalence of pain that is reportedly undertreated. Therefore, this analysis is pertinent to determine if TENS is a useful complementary therapy considering its increase in accessibility and minimal side effect profile.
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November 2024
Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Papulopustular rosacea is an inflammatory subtype of rosacea that can significantly impair patients' quality of life. Available treatment options range from anti-inflammatory topical and oral medications to laser and light therapies. Photodynamic therapy with aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDT) has emerged as a more recent treatment option for papulopustular rosacea.
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December 2024
Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address:
Objective: To describe the use of the TISA (Transcutaneous Implant Skin Anomalies) scale by members of the Colombian Association of Otology (ACON) in the evaluation of patients using bone conduction implants.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive observational study was conducted among the members of the Colombian Association of Otology. A voluntary survey was performed, where participants evaluated images of patients with transcutaneous bone conduction implants exhibiting different skin conditions.
Pak J Med Sci
December 2024
Jun Guo, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai, University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, P.R. China.
Objective: To explore the influencing factors of kinesiophobia and to establish a nomogram prediction model.
Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted in 354 patients who underwent TKA in Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from December 2019 to December 2022. Sociodemographic characteristics, anesthesia methods, Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK), numeric rating scale (NRS), hospital for special surgery (HSS), activities of daily living (ADL), and self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) were reviewed and analyzed.
Sci Rep
December 2024
Department of Surgery, MS133, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA.
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is an important technique in the staging of pediatric melanomas, sarcomas, and potentially useful for other solid tumors. Precise visual localization of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) during the operation is a key challenge of this procedure. Presently, the gold standard method employing Technetium 99 (99mTc) for localization carries a notable false-negative rate.
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