The influence of Potentilla chinensis aqueous extract on urinary bladder function in retinyl acetate-induced detrusor overactivity in rats.

Introduction & Objectives: In overactive bladder (OAB) therapy several herbal medicines presented promising effects, however the results are sparse to provide their efficacy. Herbals may become a popular alternative for OAB therapy. Therefore, we investigated whether Potentilla chinensis extract (PCE) would reverse retinyl acetate (RA)-induced detrusor overactivity (DO).

The Effect of Preoperative Carbohydrate Loading on Clinical and Biochemical Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.

Background And Aim: Preoperative fasting leads to metabolic stress and causes insulin resistance in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of preoperative oral carbohydrate loading (OCH) on outcome in patients undergoing planned cardiac surgery by systematically reviewing the literature and synthesizing evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Methods: Systematic search of PubMed/MEDLINE/Embase/Cinahl/Web of Science/ClinicalTrials databases was performed to identify relevant RCTs from databased inception until 05/03/2020.

Frailty, geriatric assessment and prehabilitation in elderly patients undergoing urological surgery - is there a need for change of the daily clinical practice? Synthesis of the available literature.

Introduction: The population of older people is heterogeneous and constantly growing. Over 50% of urological operations are performed in elderly patients. Some elderly patients present with frailty syndrome - a state of increased vulnerability to external stressors resulting in increased risk of hospitalizations, adverse treatment outcomes and death.

Health-related quality of life is not related to laparoscopic or robotic technique in radical cystectomy.

Background: Evaluating health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) is important in urological oncology.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of minimally invasive radical cystectomy (RC) on the patients' QoL depending on the surgical strategy (laparoscopic compared to robotic).

Material And Methods: The study involved 110 patients divided into 2 groups: group 1 (n = 65), qualified for robotic-assisted RC (RARC), and group 2 (n = 45), qualified for laparoscopic RC (LRC).

Home medical nutrition during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic - A position paper.

Background: The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of a worldwide rapidly spreading illness, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Patients fed enterally and parenterally at home are exposed to the same risk of infection as the general population, but more prone to complications than others. Therefore the guidance for care-givers and care-takers of these patients is needed.

Home Enteral Nutrition in Adults-Nationwide Multicenter Survey.

Home enteral nutrition (HEN) is an important part of the health care system, with a growing population of patients around the world. The aim of our study was to analyze one of the largest cohorts of HEN patients to provide the most recent data available in European literature. A multicenter, nation-wide survey in the period of 1 January 2018-1 January 2019 was performed in Poland.

Physicochemical Investigations of Chitosan-Based Hydrogels Containing Designed for Biomedical Use.

In this work, synthesis and investigations on chitosan-based hydrogels modified with juice are presented. These materials were synthesized by UV radiation. Investigations involved analysis of chemical structure by FTIR spectroscopy, sorption properties in physiological liquids, strength properties by texture analyzer, surface topography by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM technique), and in vitro cytotoxicity by MTT test using L929 murine fibroblasts.

Efficacy of high-dose corticosteroid-based treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients with p53 abnormalities in the era of B-cell receptor inhibitors.

Purpose: High-dose methylprednisolone (HDMP) with or without anti-CD20 antibody treatment in the pre B-cell receptor inhibitor (BCRi) era was used as potential salvage therapy for relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (r/r CLL/SLL) patients bearing the 17p deletion.

Patients And Methods: Outcomes were compared in retrospect between r/r patients treated with HDMP (n = 20), ibrutinib (n = 39) and idelalisib with rituximab (n = 14).

Results: Higher overall response rates were found in those patients undergoing BCRi therapy compared to HDMP (79.

Long-term Efficacy of Ibrutinib in Relapsed or Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Results of the Polish Adult Leukemia Study Group Observational Study.

Background/aim: To study the long-term clinical efficacy and tolerability of ibrutinib monotherapy in real-world relapsed and refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (RR-CLL) patients outside clinical trials.

Patients And Methods: Clinical data of 171 RR-CLL patients treated with ibrutinib were collected within the observational study of the Polish Adult Leukemia Study Group.

Results: Median patient age was 64 years.

HRM screening of the UBC9 gene encoding the SUMO-E2-conjugating enzyme - case-control study in breast cancer.

Aim: UBC9 (E2) small ubiquitin-like modifier conjugating enzyme plays a key role in the post-translational modification of proteins named sumoylation. Defects in small ubiquitin-like modifier modification may contribute to breast carcinogenesis. In the present work, we examined UBC9 genetic variation.

Nutritional Support in Coronavirus 2019 Disease.

The epidemic that broke out in Chinese Wuhan at the beginning of 2020 presented how important the rapid diagnosis of malnutrition (elevating during intensive care unit stay) and the immediate implementation of caloric and protein-balanced nutrition care are. According to specialists from the Chinese Medical Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (CSPEN), these activities are crucial for both the therapy success and reduction of mortality rates. The Chinese have published their recommendations including principles for the diagnosis of nutritional status along with the optimal method for nutrition supply including guidelines when to introduce education approach, oral nutritional supplement, tube feeding, and parenteral nutrition.

: an underlying immunosuppression? Clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, diagnostic examinations and treatment.

Due to constantly growing population of immunocompromised patients the fungi became a widespread threat to modern medicine. HIV carriers, solid organ transplant recipients constitute most of those patients. Cryptococcosis is a frequent cause of life-threatening infections, affecting mostly immunosuppressed patients.

The impact of ABCB1 gene polymorphism and its expression on non-small-cell lung cancer development, progression and therapy - preliminary report.

The ABCB1 gene belongs to ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter genes that has been previously implicated in cancer progression and drug response. This study aimed to evaluate the association between the SNP 3435 and the expression of the ABCB1 gene in lung cancer patients in the Polish population in comparison to clinicopathological parameters and treatment. 150 RNA and 47 DNA samples were isolated from 49 lung cancer cases including both tissue samples and blood taken from the same patients at three time points: diagnosis, 100 days and one year after the surgical intervention.

Geriatric assessment among elderly patients undergoing urological surgery: A systematic literature review.

The elderly constitute the group of patients who most often undergo elective urological procedures, and they are at the highest risk of poor surgical outcomes because of comorbidity and frailty. The current model of qualification for surgery is often subjective and based on tools which do not address the characteristics of the elderly. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and screening tools can help in the evaluation of older, particularly frail patients.

Can laparoscopic cystectomy become the method of choice in the treatment of invasive urothelial urinary bladder cancer?

Background: Radical cystectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy is the method of choice for muscle-invasive urothelial cell cancer (UCC) treatment and provides the best cancer-specific survival. It can be performed as an open radical cystectomy (ORC), laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) or robot-assisted surgery (RARC).

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare laparoscopic and open radical cystectomy in terms of perioperative and oncological results.

Clinical radiotherapy application of N-vinylpyrrolidone-containing 3D polymer gel dosimeters with remote external MR-reading.

Purpose: Advanced 3D dosimetry is required for verifications of complex dose distributions in modern radiotherapy. Two 3D polymer gel dosimeters, coupled with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (3 T MRI) readout and data processing with polyGeVero® software, were tested for the verification of calculated 3D dose distributions by a treatment planning system (TPS) and ArcCHECK®-3DVH®, related to eradication of a lung tumour.

Methods: N-vinylpyrrolidone-containing 3D polymer gel dosimeters were used: VIC (containing ascorbic acid and copper sulfate pentahydrate) and VIC-T (containing tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium chloride).

Outcome of a Real-Life Population of Patients With Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Treated According to the PETHEMA Guidelines: The Polish Adult Leukemia Group (PALG) Experience.

Background: Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) has a favorable prognosis. However, results of randomized studies do not necessarily reflect the outcomes of a real-life population.

Patients And Methods: We analyzed 283 unselected APL patients treated in 20 Polish hospitals between 2005 and 2017.

Cereblon () gene polymorphisms predict clinical response and progression-free survival in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma patients treated with lenalidomide: a pharmacogenetic study from the IMMEnSE consortium.

Cereblon (CRBN) is crucial for antiproliferative and immunomodulatory properties of immunomodulatory drugs. The objective of this study was to verify whether germline single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the gene may influence response to lenalidomide in multiple myeloma (MM). Fourteen tagging SNPs covering the genetic variability in the gene region were genotyped in 167 Polish patients with refractory/relapsed MM treated with lenalidomide-based regimens.

Interstitial and Granulomatous Lung Disease in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients.

Background: Interstitial lung [ILD] disease and granulomatous lung disease [GLD] are rare respiratory disorders that have been associated with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]. Clinical presentation is polymorphic and aetiology is unclear.

Methods: This was an ECCO-CONFER project.

Colonic Adenocarcinomas Harboring NTRK Fusion Genes: A Clinicopathologic and Molecular Genetic Study of 16 Cases and Review of the Literature.

This study was undertaken to determine the frequency, and the clinicopathologic and genetic features, of colon cancers driven by neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase (NTRK) gene fusions. Of the 7008 tumors screened for NTRK expression using a pan-Trk antibody, 16 (0.23%) had Trk immunoreactivity.

Limb body wall complex - the history of the entity and presentation of our series of cases.

We present an analysis of two first historically documented limb body wall complex (LBWC) cases and our own contemporary perinatal autopsy series of this rare complex. So far it was supposed that the first case of this complex was reported in 1685 by Paul Portal. Studying the Joachim Oelhaf's autopsy report from 1613 with attached engraving showing the neonate with multiple birth defects led our research team to a conclusion that it was genuinely the first description of LBWC in the medical literature so far.

From magnifying glass to operative microscopy - the historical and modern role of the microscope in microsurgery.

The modern computer-assisted microscope, being a hallmark of microsurgery, has become a standard piece of equipment in the operating theatre. Its introduction enabled visualisation of fine anatomical structures, obscure to the unaided eye, and revolutionised many surgical specialties, such as neurological, ophthalmological, or vascular. These astounding achievements have been the culmination of a century of constant progress in optical engineering and microsurgery, since 1921, when a microscope was first used during surgery.

Early Rehabilitation Program and Vitamin D Supplementation Improves Sensitivity of Balance and the Postural Control in Patients after Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Randomized Trial.

Background: The introduction of early rehabilitation exercise is the foundation of treatment post-Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) surgery, and the search for additional sources of reinforcement physiotherapy seems to be very important.

Methods: The patients were randomly divided into the vitamin D3 ( = 15; D3) supplemented group and received 3200 IU per day for five weeks before surgery and the placebo group ( = 18; Pl) received vegetable oil during the same time. The patients began the supervisor rehabilitation program four weeks after surgery.

Glycoprotein A (GARP) in children who outgrow food allergy.

Background: There is little understanding of the mechanisms by which food allergy (FA) develops into persistent disease, or by which symptoms it regresses. Food allergy is a major health problem in developed countries, where the prevalence reaches up to 6% in children and 3% in the adult population.

Objective: Children with food allergy remission (FAR) and those without FAR below five years of age, were compared 7-10 years with respect to clinical data and expression of glycoprotein A repetitions predominant (GARP) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells.