K-nearest-neighbor algorithm to predict the survival time and classification of various stages of oral cancer: a machine learning approach [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Sekar Kanagaraj, Rashmi Siddalingappa

“…Yet, oncologists and clinicians recommend a series of surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Yet, even amidst these treatments, the number of deaths due to cancer increases at an alarming rate. …”
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Device Design Modifications Informed by In Vitro Testing of Bacterial Attachment Reduce Infection Rates of Cochlear Implants in Clinical Practice by Lynne Turnbull, Roger Leigh, Rosalia Cavaliere, Sarah R. Osvath, Laura M. Nolan, Daniel Smyth, Kristien Verhoeven, Richard A. Chole, Cynthia B. Whitchurch

“…Analyses of mandatory post-market vigilance data of 198,757 CI24RE and 123,084 CI500/Profile series implantation surgeries revealed that these design modifications correlated with significantly reduced infection rates. …”
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Role of CO2 Laser & Microdebrider in the treatment of Juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis by Muhammad Rashid, Humaira Saleem, Muhammad Noman Karim, Atif Najam, Ameer Abdullah, Jawad Haneef

“…Postoperative breathing and oedema status was better for group A (p<0.05), while there was no significant difference regarding postoperative pain, residual disease and repeat surgeries (p>0.05). Conclusion: Microdebrider was found to be superior to carbon dioxide laser excision in the treatment of juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. …”
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Development of a Knee Joint CT-FEM Model in Load Response of the Stance Phase During Walking Using Muscle Exertion, Motion Analysis, and Ground Reaction Force Data by Kunihiro Watanabe, Hirotaka Mutsuzaki, Takashi Fukaya, Toshiyuki Aoyama, Syuichi Nakajima, Norio Sekine, Koichi Mori

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> The right knee of a 43-year-old man who had no history of osteoarthritis or surgeries of the knee was examined. An image of the knee was obtained using CT and the extension position image was converted to the flexion angle image in the LR phase. …”
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Knee Arthropathy and Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Ratio in Hemophilia A Patients by Levent Bayam, Justine Theaker, Sanat V Shah

“…There were 2 revision surgeries out of 35 TKA (5.71%). Most of the patients had prophylactic factor treatment (43, 87.75%). …”
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REVersal of nEuromusculAr bLocking Agents in Patients Undergoing General Anaesthesia (REVEAL Study) by Massimiliano Greco, Pier Francesco Caruso, Giovanni Angelotti, Romina Aceto, Giacomo Coppalini, Nicolò Martinetti, Marco Albini, Lori D. Bash, Michele Carvello, Federico Piccioni, Roberta Monzani, Marco Montorsi, Maurizio Cecconi

“…Results: From an initial population of 115,046 surgeries, we included 37,882 procedures, with 24,583 (64.9%) treated with spontaneous recovery from neuromuscular block and 13,299 (35.1%) with NMBA reversals. …”
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Chronic temporomandibular disorder pain patients with a history of neuropathic pain treatment: a narrative research on their diagnosis and treatment history by Jeanne H. M. Baggen, Anna C. Koevoets, Michail Koutris, Monique A. H. Steegers, Frank Lobbezoo

“…Among others, they underwent anti-neuropathic pain medication therapies and invasive surgeries, which did not significantly reduce their chronic OFP. …”
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Prevalence of viral hepatitis infection in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Dhasarathi Kumar, Roshni M Peter, Alex Joseph, Kalpana Kosalram, Harpreet Kaur

“…Diabetes, hospital admission, history of jaundice, history of surgeries, and heterosexual contact were the leading modes of acquiring HBV and HCV infections. …”
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Rheumatic Fever: A Disease without Color by Estevão Tavares de Figueiredo, Luciana Azevedo, Marcelo Lacerda Rezende, Cristina Garcia Alves

“…A third of cardiovascular surgeries performed in the country are due to the sequelae of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), which is an important public health problem. …”
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A comparative study of central corneal thickness changes in bevel-up and bevel-down phacoemulsification by Varshav Gore, Ayushi Choudhary, Mamta Agrawal, Abha Shah, Jesmin Alex

“…It is believed that corneal endothelium is minimally damaged when the tip is bevel down in phacoemulsification surgeries. There is a difference between ophthalmologists with respect to the position of tip in phacoemulsification, and hence we conducted this study. …”
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Peri-Implant Repair Using a Modified Implant Macrogeometry in Diabetic Rats: Biomechanical and Molecular Analyses of Bone-Related Markers by Hugo Robertson Sant’Anna, Marcio Zaffalon Casati, Mounir Colares Mussi, Fabiano Ribeiro Cirano, Suzana Peres Pimentel, Fernanda Vieira Ribeiro, Mônica Grazieli Corrêa

“…Thirty Wistar rats were assigned to receive one titanium implant in each tibia (Control Implant (conventional macrogeometry) or Test Implant (modified macrogeometry)) according to the following groups: Non-DM + Control Implant; Non-DM + Test Implant; DM + Control Implant; DM + Test Implant. One month from the surgeries, the implants were removed for counter-torque, and the bone tissue surrounding the implants was stored for the mRNA quantification of bone-related markers. …”
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Acing the COVID-19 Era: Experience and Innovation in a Tertiary Care Neurosurgical Unit by Mudassar Abbas, Sara Hanif, Saad Javed, Yasir Shehzad, Nadeem Akhtar, Eesha Yaqoob, Bipin Chaurasia

“…Results: Patient load was reduced from average 60-80 patients in OPD. Many surgeries were postponed. The decrease in the stay was statistically significant in terms of its p value.Conclusion: Academics as well as patient care was compromised in this sudden surge of pandemic but effective strategy helped us to come out of this situation. …”
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Simultaneous Quantification of a Neoadjuvant Treatment Used in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Using an Eco-Friendly UPLC-MS/MS Method: A Pharmacokinetic Study in Rat Plasma by Noha F. El Azab, Faizah A. Binjubair, Sara T. Al-Rashood, Sherif Okeil, Noha M. El Zahar

“…The neoadjuvant therapy is a type of chemotherapy that is given either before or after surgeries to diminish a tumor and minimize the likelihood of recurrence. …”
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Managing early complications in total hip arthroplasty: the safety of immediate revision by Jules Descamps, Victoria Teissier, Wilfrid Graff, Antoine Mouton, Pierre-Alban Bouché, Simon Marmor

“…The cause and type of revision, duration of primary and revision surgeries, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance score, implant type, changes in implants, complications, and preoperative and intraoperative antibiotic prophylaxis were all determined. …”
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Comparing intensity of pain due to intravenous injection of sodium thiopental, propofol, diazepam, and etomidate during induction of general anesthesia by Naeem Abdi, Masumeh Alizadeh, Somayeh Bashti, Hossein Hejr, Gholamabbas Sabz, Parisa Zaj, Afshin Mansourian, Avishan Gholamiyan

“…The results of the present study indicated that propofol and etomidate are preferred over diazepam and sodium thiopental in abdominal and gastrointestinal surgeries, considering their less pain intensity and fewer hemodynamic changes.…”
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Projections of primary hip arthroplasty in Germany until 2040 by Veronika Pilz, Tim Hanstein, Ralf Skripitz

“…We used Poisson regression to estimate the expected annual number of arthroplasty surgeries with calendar year and patient age as covariates to account for differences among age groups and changes over time. …”
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Alveolar Mandible Osteoplasty with Combined Bone Transplants by N. E. Selsky, A. V. Trokhalin, D. M. Mukhamadiev

“…When the scope of the osteoplasty is extensive it is not always possible to prepare an appropriate amount of bone tissue without additional surgeries. In some cases there is a lack of intraoral bone tissue sources for this kind of operations. …”
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Equiosmolar doses of hypertonic saline versus mannitol for brain relaxation in patients undergoing elective craniotomies: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Theodorus Kevin Putra Johansyah, Jeremy Jonathan, I. G. A. A. Andra Yusari, John Nolan, Alif Hakim Alamsyah, Geizar Arsika Ramadhana

“…Abstract Background Hypertonic saline and mannitol are hyperosmolar agents frequently used to lower ICP and relax the brain during surgeries. Several methods have been used to achieve a good and relaxed brain, such as hyperventilation, cerebrospinal fluid drainage, head position correction, and administration of hyperosmolar agents. …”
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Comparison of efficacy of oral ketamine and oral midazolam as premedicant in paediatric patients by Deepa N. Allolli, Sanjeev Birajdar, Vidya Patil, Nazeer Ahmed K, Rajendra Kumar B, Mrudula M. Watwe, Govind Rao GH

“…Patients who were scheduled for elective surgeries aged between1 and 10 years were divided in two groups of 30 each, receiving Ketamine 50mg/ml in a dose of 6mg/kg and Midazolam 1mg/ml vial in a dose of 0.5mg/kg. …”
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Two Transgender Men Receiving Subdermal Testosterone Pellets for Gender Affirmation by Sune L. Wolf Pulsiano, M3, Jenna L. Sarvaideo, DO

“…Patient 2 was a 20-year-old transgender male with no history of gender-affirming surgeries. Physical exam was pertinent for a thin, masculinized individual. …”
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