Effects of anxiety on sedation among pediatric patients undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy.

We investigated whether the severity of anxiety among children undergoing endoscopy could affect sedation. We prospectively recruited patients under 18 years of age who were scheduled to undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Baseline anxiety was evaluated using the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS).

Promotion of dermal tissue engineering in a rat model using a composite 3D-printed scaffold with electrospun nanofibers and recipient-site preconditioning with an external volume expansion device.

We hypothesized that use of a composite three-dimensionally (3D) printed scaffold with electrospun nanofibers in conjunction with recipient-site preconditioning with an external volume expansion (EVE) device would enable successful dermal tissue regeneration of a synthetic polymer scaffold. Cell viability, cell infiltration, extracellular matrix deposition, scaffold contraction, and mRNA expression by dermal fibroblasts cultured on three different scaffolds, namely, 3D-printed scaffold with a collagen coating, 3D-printed scaffold with an electrospun polycaprolactone nanofiber and collagen coating, and 3D-printed scaffold with an electrospun polycaprolactone/collagen nanofiber, were measured. Before scaffold implantation, rats were treated for 2 h with an EVE device to evaluate the effect of this device on the recipient site.

Clinical Outcome of Salvage Radiotherapy for Locoregional Clinical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy.

To assess the clinical outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with salvage radiotherapy (SRT) for locoregional clinical recurrence (CR) after radical prostatectomy (RP). Records of 60 patients with macroscopic locoregional recurrence after prostatectomy and referrals for SRT were retrospectively investigated in the multi-institutional database. The median radiation dose was 70.