Atraumatic peroneal compartment syndrome: An uncommon entity.

Peroneus longus ruptures are less common than ruptures of the peroneus brevis muscle and are seldom described in the literature. Ankle inversion injuries causing injury to the distal end of the peroneus longus muscle resulting in lateral compartment syndrome have been documented in the literature. We are presenting an unusual case of peroneal compartment syndrome with no overt ankle injury.

Correlation Between Low Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and High Mortality Rates in Adult Trauma Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Brain Injuries.

White blood cell (WBC) subtypes reflect immune and inflammatory conditions in patients. This study aimed to examine the association between the ratio of platelets to WBC subtypes and mortality outcomes in patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The Trauma Registry System of the hospital was retrospectively reviewed to gather medical records of 2397 adult patients who were hospitalized from 2009 to 2020 and had moderate-to-severe TBI with a head abbreviated injury scale (AIS) score of 3 or higher.

Effectiveness of Posterior Decompression and Internal Fixation in Emergency Management of Thoracolumbar Fractures Complicated by Spinal Cord Injury.

This study evaluates the effectiveness and timeliness of posterior decompression and internal fixation in the emergency management of thoracolumbar fractures complicated by spinal cord injuries. We retrospectively analyzed 40 patients treated at our hospital from January 2019 to February 2022. Each patient underwent posterior decompression and internal fixation, with preoperative and postoperative assessments including vertebral body height, American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) score, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score, and urodynamic indices.

Differential brain activity in patients with disorders of consciousness: a 3-month rs-fMRI study using amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation.

Introduction: Disorders of consciousness (DoC) from severe brain injuries have significant impacts. However, further research on nuanced biomarkers is needed to fully understand the condition. This study employed resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) and the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) to investigate differential brain activity in patients with DoC following spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy.

Design of upper limb muscle strength assessment system based on surface electromyography signals and joint motion.

Purpose: This study aims to develop a assessment system for evaluating shoulder joint muscle strength in patients with varying degrees of upper limb injuries post-stroke, using surface electromyographic (sEMG) signals and joint motion data.

Methods: The assessment system includes modules for acquiring muscle electromyography (EMG) signals and joint motion data. The EMG signals from the anterior, middle, and posterior deltoid muscles were collected, filtered, and denoised to extract time-domain features.

Ultrasound imaging of the femoral and saphenous nerves.

Introduction: Iatrogenic and traumatic injuries to the femoral and saphenous nerves, and their branches are uncommon but can be a cause of clinically pertinent lower limb dysfunction and neuralgia. Despite this, direct sonographic imaging of these nerves is not commonly requested or performed.

Methods: A review of the literature regarding the detailed relative anatomy, sonographic technique to image these nerves and their branches and their normal and abnormal appearances was conducted.

Definition of a disability weight for human exposure to ionizing radiation and its application to the justification of medical exposure.

Objectives: To establish a link between radiation dosimetry and disability-adjusted life-years (DALY) with the aim of quantifying the justification of medical exposures.

Methods: The health detriment, defined as lifetime loss of DALY at age of exposure to ionizing radiation for a US-European population was calculated. A simple model of the relationship was fitted to the results.

Osteoid osteoma of the distal phalanx of the finger: Case report and review of literature.

Osteoid osteoma (OO), a benign bone-forming tumor estimated to account for 3% of all primary bone tumors, rarely occurs in the finger. This case report presents an unusual instance of osteoid osteoma in the finger of a 15-year-old male patient. The lesion was discovered following an initial patient visit for left middle finger pain and swelling for one year without any identifiable injuries.

Neurological manifestations of encephalitic alphaviruses, traumatic brain injuries, and organophosphorus nerve agent exposure.

Encephalitic alphaviruses (EEVs), Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), and organophosphorus nerve agents (NAs) are three diverse biological, physical, and chemical injuries that can lead to long-term neurological deficits in humans. EEVs include Venezuelan, eastern, and western equine encephalitis viruses. This review describes the current understanding of neurological pathology during these three conditions, provides a comparative review of case studies vs.

Diagnostic value of digital continuous bowel sounds in critically ill patients with acute gastrointestinal injury: A prospective observational study.

Background: Acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI) is common in intensive care unit (ICU) and worsens the prognosis of critically ill patients. The four-point grading system proposed by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine is subjective and lacks specificity. Therefore, a more objective method is required to evaluate and determine the grade of gastrointestinal dysfunction in this patient population.

Intraoperative thermostatic nursing and failure mode and effects analysis enhance gastrectomies' care quality.

Background: Utilizing failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) in operating room nursing provides valuable insights for the care of patients undergoing radical gastric cancer surgery

Aim: To evaluate the impact of FMEA on the risk of adverse events and nursing-care quality in patients undergoing radical surgery.

Methods: Among 230 patients receiving radical cancer surgery between May 2019 and May 2024, 115 were assigned to a control group that received standard intraoperative thermoregulation, while the observation group benefited from FMEA-modeled operating room care. Clinical indicators, stress responses, postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery, nursing quality, and the incidence of adverse events were compared between the two groups.

Zinc pretreatment for protection against intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury.

Background: Intestinal ischemiareperfusion (I/R) injury (II/RI) is a critical condition that results in oxidative stress, inflammation, and damage to multiple organs. Zinc, an essential trace element, offers protective benefits in several tissues during I/R injury, but its effects on intestinal II/RI remain unclear.

Aim: To investigate the effects of zinc pretreatment on II/RI and associated multiorgan damage.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy with communicating accessory hepatic duct injury and management: A case report.

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is considered the gold standard for the treatment of patients with gallstones. However, bile duct injury is one of the most serious complications of this surgery, with an incidence rate of 0.3%-0.

Local Linear Wavelet Neural Network-Based Unscented Kalman Filter for Vehicle Collision Estimate Warning System and Ensuring Stable Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication.

The accident mortality rates are rapidly increasing due to driver inattention, and traffic accidents become a significant problem on a global scale. For this reason, advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs) are essential to enhance traffic safety measures. However, adverse environmental factors, weather, and light radiation affect the sensors' accuracy.

The role of circadian rhythm proteins Rev-Erbα and β in the development of neuronal injury after traumatic brain injury.

Background/aim: Circadian rhythm proteins (CRPs) play critical roles in both physiological and pathophysiological conditions, including neurodegenerative disorders. As members of CRPs, the nuclear receptors Rev-Erbα/β regulate circadian rhythm particularly by inhibiting Bmal1 protein and are involved in the neuroinflammation and cell death processes. However, their roles in the development of neuronal injury after traumatic brain injury (TBI) were largely unexplored, and so were investigated in the present study.

Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Infant Motor Activity Log in infants with upper extremity functional asymmetry: how often and how well?

Background/aim: Functional asymmetry in the upper extremities may occur in infants with neuromotor problems due to neurodevelopmental or musculoskeletal disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Infant Motor Activity Log (IMAL-T), which assesses the frequency (how often) and quality (how well) of the affected arm usage during activities in infants with functional asymmetry in the upper extremities.

Materials And Methods: The IMAL-T was administered face-to-face to the parents of 102 infants [60 infants at high risk of developing cerebral palsy (CP) and 42 infants with brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI)], aged 6-24 months, with functional asymmetry in the upper extremities.

Relationship between language comprehension and chronic neurobehavioral symptoms in adults with mild traumatic brain injury.

Primary Objectives: Annually, millions of Americans sustain mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), and some may experience neurobehavioral symptoms (NBS), like slow processing speed that persist chronically or longer than 6 months post injury. In turn, cognitive processes like language comprehension may be compromised. This study investigates the relationship between NBS and language comprehension in individuals with mTBI history and low or high NBS.

Tppp3 is a novel molecule for retinal ganglion cell identification and optic nerve regeneration.

Mammalian central nervous system (CNS) axons cannot spontaneously regenerate after injury, creating an unmet need to identify molecular regulators to promote axon regeneration and reduce the lasting impact of CNS injuries. While tubulin polymerization promoting protein family member 3 (Tppp3) is known to promote axon outgrowth in amphibians, its role in mammalian axon regeneration remains unknown. Here we investigated Tppp3 in retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) neuroprotection and axonal regeneration using an optic nerve crush (ONC) model in the rodent.

Protective effect of sub-hypothermic mechanical perfusion combined with membrane lung oxygenation on a yorkshire model of brain injury after traumatic blood loss.

Purpose: To investigate the protective effect of sub-hypothermic mechanical perfusion combined with membrane lung oxygenation on ischemic hypoxic injury of yorkshire brain tissue caused by traumatic blood loss.

Methods: This article performed a random controlled trial. Brain tissue of 7 yorkshire was selected and divided into the sub-low temperature anterograde machine perfusion group (n = 4) and the blank control group (n = 3) using the random number table method.

Investigation of the safety of position-based titanium plate fixation for costal cartilage injuries.

Background: Costal cartilage injuries are unappreciated, and there is a paucity of reports on fixation methods. This study aims to evaluate the safety of titanium plate internal fixation for costal cartilage injuries.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 30 patients with costal cartilage injuries who underwent titanium plate internal fixation between April 2016 and November 2022 at our hospital.

Multisite pain among United States Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Prevalence, predictors, and associations with symptom clusters.

Persistent pain in multiple distinct body sites is associated with poorer functional outcomes above and beyond pain intensity and interference. Veterans, and especially those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), may be at risk for multisite pain. However, the research to date characterizing this presentation is limited.

Physicians' Preference for Carotid Revascularization Impacts Postoperative Stroke and Death Outcomes.

Background: TransCarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) is a safe minimally invasive option for patients with carotid artery stenosis who are not appropriate candidates for carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Many physicians have not yet adopted this technique in the management of carotid artery stenosis. The aim of this study is to explore overall outcomes of carotid revascularization based on physicians' practices in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI).

3D-printed TiC/polycaprolactone composite scaffold with a DOPA-SDF1 surface modified for bone repair.

Large bone defects are a major clinical challenge in bone reconstructive surgery. 3D printing is a powerful technology that enables the manufacture of custom tissue-engineered scaffolds for bone regeneration. Electrical stimulation (ES) is a treatment method for external bone defects that compensates for damaged internal electrical signals and stimulates cell proliferation and differentiation.