Delineation of molecular characteristics in pediatric PFA ependymoma involving rare osseous and pulmonary metastases: A case report and literature review by Mading Zhou, Leiming Wang, Peng Sun, Yutong Liu, Ge Chen, Gao Zeng

“…Herein, we present a case of a 9-year-old girl with PFA ependymoma characterized by a lack of trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 27 and elevated chromosome X open reading frame 67 expression. Despite multiple surgeries and radiotherapies, the patient had a rapid recurrence and developed osseous and pulmonary metastases, which may be attributed to the homozygous deletion of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor 2A/B and CDK12 mutation. …”
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Indigo Carmine: Between Necessity and Concern by Madalina-Elena Ristea, Otilia Zarnescu

“…Indigo carmine is one of the most used dyes in the textile industry, especially for dyeing denim, and it is also used in medicine due to its impressive applicability in diagnostic methods and surgical procedures, such as in gynecological and urological surgeries and microsurgery. It is reported that indigo carmine is toxic for humans and can cause various pathologies, such as hypertension, hypotension, skin irritations, or gastrointestinal disorders. …”
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SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULES: EFFECTIVENESS OF DYNAMIC CT IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS by N. K. Silanteva, A. P. Petrosian, Z. N. Shavladze, A. Yu. Usacheva, Yu. A. Ragulin, V. S. Usache

“…The CT findings were verified by histology after CT-guided transthoracic biopsy of lung lesions and lung surgeries. Results. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of dynamic contract-enhanced CT were higher than those without dynamic CT (85, 95 and 92 % versus 71, 95 and 88 %, respectively).…”
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POSSIBILITIES OF ORGAN-PRESERVING TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE RENAL TUMORS by B. Ya. Alekseev, A. S. Kalpinskiy, I. A. Taraki, A. A. Mukhomed’yarova, K. М. Nyushko, N. V. Vorobyev, A. A. Kostin, A. D. Kaprin

“…Patients with bilateral RCC are at high risk of dev eloping of local recurrence or progression of the disease after organ-preserving surgeries, which is why the surgeon is faced with a choice between a high risk of developing renal failure or relapse and/or progression of the disease, depending on the extent of the surgical intervention. …”
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Application of Botulinum Neurotoxin Injections in TRAM Flap for Breast Reconstruction: Intramuscular Neural Arborization of the Rectus Abdominis Muscle by Kyu-Ho Yi, Hyung-Jin Lee, Ji-Hyun Lee, Kyle K. Seo, Hee-Jin Kim

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that botulinum neurotoxin injections in TRAM flap surgeries lower the risk of necrosis and allow further expansion of arterial cross-sectional diameters. …”
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Extended-wavelength diffuse reflectance spectroscopy dataset of animal tissues for bone-related biomedical applications by Celina L. Li, Carl J. Fisher, Katarzyna Komolibus, Huihui Lu, Ray Burke, Andrea Visentin, Stefan Andersson-Engels

“…The first dataset contains labelled EWDRS measurements collected from bone cement samples and ovine specimens including 10 tissue types commonly encountered in orthopedic surgeries for data curation purposes. The other dataset includes labelled EWDRS measurements of primarily bone structures at different depths during stepwise drilling into intact porcine skulls until plunging into the cranial cavity. …”
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Surgical Management of Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence by Arthi Satyanarayan, Ryan Mooney, Nirmish Singla

“…Indeed, an individualised, comprehensive assessment of baseline urinary function, age, radiation, prior surgeries, functional status, and other comorbidities must be considered in the context of shared decision-making between the treatment provider and the patient in determining the optimal approach to managing PPI.…”
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Assessment of visibility and extension rate of incisive branch of the inferior alveolar nerve in cone beam computed tomography imagings by Abesi F, Moudi E, Haghanifar S, Najafi M

“…Background and Objective: Many surgeries are performed on anterior region of mandible. …”
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Adeno-Associated Virus Mediated Gene Therapy for Corneal Diseases by Prabhakar Bastola, Liujiang Song, Brian C. Gilger, Matthew L. Hirsch

“…Current therapies for corneal diseases, which include eye drops, oral medications, corrective surgeries, and corneal transplantation are largely inadequate, have undesirable side effects including blindness, and can require life-long applications. …”
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Surgical treatment of hammertoe deformity (a literature review) by D. V. Prozorovskyi

“…An overview of operative interventions on the bone apparatus, phalanges and metatarsal bones and the combination of these surgeries is also presented in the article. The disadvantages of the existing surgical treatments, their advantages and the ways for forthcoming research concerning the improvement of surgical care in the treatment of hammertoe deformity are identified. …”
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Host-microbiome interactions regarding peri-implantitis and dental implant loss by Carlos Henrique Alves, Karolayne Larissa Russi, Natália Conceição Rocha, Fábio Bastos, Michelle Darrieux, Thais Manzano Parisotto, Raquel Girardello

“…Despite the success in implantology surgeries, there is a percentage of failures mainly due to in loco infections, through bacterial proliferation, presence of fungi and biofilm formation, originating peri-implantitis. …”
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Use of Bipolar Electrosurgical Device for Sealing of Ureter During Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy: Single-center Experience by Ulaş SÖZENER

“…Aim:In this study, we evaluated our method of using bipolar sealing and cutting of terminal ureter in donor nephrectomy and discussed its safety and effectiveness.Materials and Methods:A total of 200 patients who underwent laparoscopic donor nephrectomy between August 2018 and August 2020 were included in the study. All the surgeries were performed by the same surgeon with the same technique. …”
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Development and mechanical characterization of artificial surrogates for brain tissues by Gurpreet Singh, Arnab Chanda

“…Such tissue surrogates with precisely characterized mechanical properties would be beneficial for studying a wide range of traumatic brain injuries and simulating brain surgeries for training purposes.…”
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PVDF Energy Harvester for Prolonging the Battery Life of Cardiac Pacemakers by Christopher Hu, Kamran Behdinan, Rasool Moradi-Dastjerdi

“…Patients who have an implantable cardiac pacemaker that survive beyond the operational life of the device require replacement surgeries that increase healthcare costs and may possibly introduce post-operative complications such as infection. …”
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Computed tomography evaluation of risk factors for an undesirable buccal split during sagittal split ramus osteotomy. by Yasuyuki Fujii, Ayano Hatori, Miwa Horiuchi, Tomoko Sugiyama-Tamura, Hayato Hamada, Risa Sugisaki, Yuki Kanno, Marika Sato, Michihide Kono, On Hasegawa, Yoko Kawase-Koga, Daichi Chikazu

“…These results indicated that a ramus shape in which the width becomes thinner towards the back frequently induces bad splits in the buccal plate of the ramus during SSRO, and more attention should be paid to patients who have rami of these shapes in future surgeries.…”
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Diatom-guided bone healing via a hybrid natural scaffold by Mina Mohammadi, Samin Abbaszadeh, Vahideh Nosrati-Siahmazgi, Mahsa Akbari, Saman Rezaei, Kiyan Musaie, Mohammad Reza Eskandari, Hélder A. Santos, Narges Poursina, Mohammad-Ali Shahbazi

“…Bone tissue engineering (BTE) involves the design of three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds that aim to address current challenges of bone defect healing, such as limited donor availability, disease transmission risks, and the necessity for multiple invasive surgeries. Scaffolds can mimic natural bone structure to accelerate the mechanisms involved in the healing process. …”
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Evaluation of different body temperature measurement methods for patients in the intraoperative period by Ariane Souza do Nascimento, Cassiane de Santana Lemos, Fernanda Baratojo Biachi, Fernanda Ribeiro Silva de Lyra, Juliana Rizzo Gnatta, Vanessa de Brito Poveda

“…Method: a longitudinal study with repeated measures carried out by convenience sampling of 99 patients, aged at least 18 years old, undergoing elective abdominal cancer surgeries, with anesthesia lasting at least one hour, with each patient having their temperature measured by all three methods. …”
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Submillimeter Sized 2D Electrothermal Optical Fiber Scanner by Mandeep Kaur, Carlo Menon

“…Optical scanners are used frequently in medical imaging units to examine and diagnose cancers, assist with surgeries, and detect lesions and malignancies. The continuous growth in optics along with the use of optical fibers enables fabrication of imaging devices as small as a few millimeters in diameter. …”
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Comparison of Routine Histopathological Examination Results in Children and Adults After Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy by Ceyhun Aksakal, Ahmet Müslehiddinoğlu

“…There is still an ongoing debate as to whether or not histopathological examination should be performed in which cases after these surgeries. The aim of this study is to compare the histopathologic examination results of routine tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy surgical specimens of children and adults.Methods:The routine histopathological examination results of patients who had adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy between April 2010 and April 2017 in Tokat State Hospital were evaluated from medical records retrospectively. …”
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Pituitary metastases as a rare variant of intracranial metastasis by A. V. Osnitskaya, V. Ye. Olyushin

“…Only 1% of all pituitary surgeries are performed to treat tumors that have metastasized to the pituitary gland. …”
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