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NICE 2022 guidelines on the management of melanoma: Update and implications.

Aug 14, 2023

In July 2022, NICE updated the guidelines on the management of melanoma by lowering the number of follow-up appointments and sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) but increasing the number of scans. This ...

No Doppler Single Position-Lateral Intercostal Artery Perforator Flap (NDSP-LICAP): a Safe and Versatile Flap for Breast Oncoplasty in Resource-Limited Setting.

Aug 14, 2023

The lateral intercostal artery perforator flap (LICAP) has emerged as one of the safest and less morbid flaps for lateral and central breast defects. We hereby describe a reproducible no Doppler singl...

Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for Sideline Youth Sports Coverage.

Aug 14, 2023

The purpose of this review is to discuss the use of point-of-care ultrasound for sideline youth sports coverage.Participation in youth sports has been increasing, with trends that athletes are special...

Clinical characteristics and homology analysis of Staphylococcus aureus from would infection at a tertiary hospital in southern Zhejiang, China.

Aug 14, 2023

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), especially Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA), has been disseminated across communities and hospitals, associated with severe infections and organ failure. In or...

Impact of travel burden on the treatment of stage I and II breast cancer: A National Cancer Database analysis.

Aug 14, 2023

Although historic studies of state registries have demonstrated decreased radiation therapy use for patients with breast cancer living further away from radiation facilities, the association between t...

The Elephant in the Room: Racial Microaggressions and Implicit Bias in Surgical Training.

Aug 14, 2023

To examine the association between race, experience of microaggressions, and implicit bias in surgical training.There is persistent underrepresentation of specific racial and ethnic groups in the fiel...

[Polatuzumab vedotin, bendamustine, and rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, including the outcome as a bridging treatment to CAR-T cell therapy or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant].

Aug 07, 2023

Pola-BR (polatuzumab vedotin, bendamustine, and rituximab) therapy received approval for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (R/R DLBCL) in Japan in March 2021. There have been few repor...

An application of stereo matching algorithm based on transfer learning on robots in multiple scenes.

Aug 07, 2023

Robot vision technology based on binocular vision holds tremendous potential for development in various fields, including 3D scene reconstruction, target detection, and autonomous driving. However, cu...

A Review of Meta-Analyses in Plastic Surgery: Need for Adequate Assessment of Publication Bias.

Aug 07, 2023

Publication bias describes a phenomenon in which significant positive results have a higher likelihood of being published compared to negative or nonsignificant results. Publication bias can confound ...

Quantifying Facial Distortion in Modern Digital Photography.

Aug 07, 2023

Advancements in digital cameras and the advent of smartphones have magnified the importance of clinical photography in facial plastic surgery. Here, we aim to examine the effect of different camera ty...

Comparison of isometric strength in rotator cuff and scapulothoracic muscles between elite volleyball athletes versus non-athletes.

Aug 07, 2023

Volleyball is an exceptionally popular global sport that involves repetitive, rapid, powerful and wide overhead movements, which can seriously alter normal shoulder kinematics. A recognized hallmark o...

The development of a clinical nomogram to predict medication nonadherence in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Aug 07, 2023

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common bone disease in older patients. Medication adherence is of great significance in the prognosis of this disease. Therefore, this study analyzed the high-risk facto...

Failure to rescue among octogenarians undergoing cardiac surgery in the United States.

Aug 07, 2023

A rapidly growing population, octogenarians are considered at high-risk for mortality and complications after cardiac surgery. Given the recent addition of failure to rescue as a Society of Thoracic S...

Comparison of resection versus liver transplantation for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Past, present, and future directions.

Jul 31, 2023

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is a rare biliary tract cancer with high mortality rate. Complete resection of the iCCA lesion is the first choice of treatment, with good prognosis after margin...

Surgical outcomes of double-orifice mitral valve repair in patients with atrioventricular canal defects: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jul 31, 2023

Double-orifice mitral valve or left atrioventricular valve is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly that may be associated with an atrioventricular septal defect. The surgical management of double-orifice...

Using the sociotechnical model to conduct a focused usability assessment of a breast reconstruction decision tool.

Jul 31, 2023

BREASTChoice is a web-based breast reconstruction decision aid. The previous clinical trial-prior to the adaptation of this refined tool in which we explored usability-measured decision quality, quali...

Electrostatic and Covalent Binding of an Antibacterial Polymer to Hydroxyapatite for Protection against Colonization.

Jul 31, 2023

Orthopedic-device-related infections are notorious for causing physical and psychological trauma to patients suffering from them. Traditional methods of treating these infections have relied heavily o...

Altered functional connectivity and network excitability in a model of cortical dysplasia.

Jul 31, 2023

Focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) are malformations of cortical development that often result in medically refractory epilepsy, with a greater incidence in the pediatric population. The relationship be...

Influence of closed-incision negative-pressure wound therapy on the incidence of surgical site wound infection in patients undergoing spine surgery: A meta-analysis.

Jul 31, 2023

The present meta-analysis was conducted to comprehensively assess the impact of closed-incision negative-pressure wound therapy (ciNPWT) on the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients...

Intraprocedural assessment of ablation margins using computed tomography co-registration in hepatocellular carcinoma treatment with percutaneous ablation: IAMCOMPLETE study.

Jul 31, 2023

The primary objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of ablation margin quantification using a standardized scanning protocol during thermal ablation (TA) of hepatocellular carcinoma (...

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