Different lumbar fusion techniques for lumbar spinal stenosis: a Bayesian network meta-analysis.

Objective: To comprehensively compare and assess the effects of different lumbar fusion techniques in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).

Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched up to December 24, 2022 in this network meta-analysis. Outcomes were pain (pain, low back pain, and leg pain), Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), complications, reoperation, and fusion.

Fasting Plasma Glucose Levels at the Time of Admission Predict 90-Day Mortality in Patients with Viral Pneumonia. A Prospective Study.

Purpose: To determine the effect of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) level at admission affects the 90-day mortality rate in patients with viral pneumonia.

Methods: Two hundred fifty viral pneumonia patients were stratified into normal FPG (FPG<7.0 mmol/L), moderately-elevated FPG (FPG=7.

MiR-381-3p suppresses biological characteristics of cancer in head-neck squamous cell carcinoma cells by targeting nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein (NASP).

MiR-381-3p and nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein (NASP) have regulatory functions in tumors. Whether NASP is targeted by miR-381-3p to influence biological characteristics of cancer in head-neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cells was investigated. StarBase (version 3.