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Lower-Extremity Injuries Predominate in American High School Tennis Players.

Arthrosc Sports Med Rehabil

December 2023

Department of Neurosurgery and Spine, Roper St. Francis, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Purpose: To describe injury epidemiology in U.S. adolescent tennis players between 2014 and 2018 via the High School Reporting Information Online (HS RIO) database.

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  • - The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of acetaminophen in managing postoperative pain after laparoscopic hysterectomy by reviewing relevant clinical trials.
  • - 495 patients from 13 trials showed that acetaminophen did not significantly reduce pain scores at various time intervals (2, 6, 12, and 24 hours) post-surgery, nor did it decrease the need for opioids.
  • - The conclusion indicates that acetaminophen is not beneficial for pain relief after laparoscopic hysterectomy, suggesting that other pain management alternatives may be more effective.
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BACKGROUND Advances in minimally invasive surgery are essential for the improvement of patient care, overall health care efficiency, and total cost reductions. Morcellation, the technique used in the present case, is often used to aid minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures, whereby larger tissue specimens are broken down and divided to be removed via smaller incisions. Morcellation has become controversial in the medical community owing to the risk of the procedure spreading an occult malignancy.

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Objective: This meta-analysis aimed to compare the effect of laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) with endometrial ablation (EA) in terms of general and menstrual-related quality of life in women opting for surgical treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding.

Material And Methods: Sources searched included PubMed, Cochrane library, Scopus, and Web of Science for relevant clinical trials. Main outcomes of interest included: quality of life assessed using medical outcomes survey short form-36 (SF-36), (SF-12), operation time, time from operation to discharge, pain, fever, and hemoglobin level.

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Objective: To report a unique surgical procedure that was utilized to locate a missing vibrator in the pelvis of a patient. Emergency room admissions and surgery secondary to the malfunctioning of devices intended for sexual stimulation are extremely common. Emergency room staff of hospitals in the United States usually are skilled in the detection and removal of these devices.

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Objective: Determine outcomes of cooled radiofrequency ablation (C-RFA) of the genicular nerves for treatment of chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis (OA).

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Academic pain medicine center.

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Studies of presenilin (PSEN) gene mutations producing early onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) have helped elucidate the pathogenic mechanisms of dementia and guided clinical trials of potential therapeutic interventions. Although familial and sporadic forms of AD share features, it is unclear if the two are precisely equivalent. In addition, PSEN mutations do not all produce a single phenotype, but exhibit substantial variability in clinical manifestations, which are related to the position and chemical nature of their amino acid substitutions as well as ratios of critical molecules such as Aβ40 and Aβ42.

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Background Context: The paper ''Nomenclature and classification of lumbar disc pathology, recommendations of the combined task forces of the North American Spine Society, the American Society of Spine Radiology and the American Society of Neuroradiology,'' was published in 2001 in Spine (© Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins). It was authored by David Fardon, MD, and Pierre Milette, MD, and formally endorsed by the American Society of Spine Radiology (ASSR), American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR), and North American Spine Society (NASS). Its purpose was to promote greater clarity and consistency of usage of spinal terminology, and it has served this purpose well for over a decade.

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Lumbar disc nomenclature: version 2.0: recommendations of the combined task forces of the North American Spine Society, the American Society of Spine Radiology, and the American Society of Neuroradiology.

Spine (Phila Pa 1976)

November 2014

*Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL †Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI ‡Midwestern University School of Medicine, Glendale, AZ §Spine Institute of Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ ¶Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL ‖Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; and **Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Study Design: This article comprises a review of the literature pertaining to the normal and pathological lumbar disc and the compilation of a standardized nomenclature.

Objective: To provide a resource that promotes a clear understanding of lumbar disc terminology among clinicians, radiologists, and researchers.

Summary Of Background Data: The article "Nomenclature and Classification of Lumbar Disc Pathology.

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Transgenic (Tg) mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been extensively used to study the pathophysiology of this dementia and to test the efficacy of drugs to treat AD. The 5XFAD Tg mouse, which contains two presenilin-1 and three amyloid precursor protein (APP) mutations, was designed to rapidly recapitulate a portion of the pathologic alterations present in human AD. APP and its proteolytic peptides, as well as apolipoprotein E and endogenous mouse tau, were investigated in the 5XFAD mice at 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months.

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