Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Tissue‐retained needles from intravenous drug use can cause rare but severe complications, ranging from local to systemic infections to needle embolization. Due to the limited evidence and the lack of epidemiological studies on the issue, we systematically reviewed the literature focusing on case reports and case series on ...
Heidi Laukkala +7 more
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Surgical retrieval of an embolized atrial septal occluder device from the abdominal aorta: a rare case report. [PDF]
Int J Surg Case RepBakirli I, Tomka J, Ali T.
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Andrology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Oligoasthenozoospermia is a leading cause of male infertility and has been increasingly associated with the global surge in obesity and exposure to reproductive toxicants. Despite extensive research on each factor individually, their combined pathological effects remain poorly understood.
Yunlong Yao +12 more
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Level of Abdominal Aorta Bifurcation and Its Relation to the Ureter: A Radiological Study with Clinical Implications. [PDF]
Diagnostics (Basel)Al-Hajri M +6 more
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Surveillance After Pelvic Exenteration: A Systematic Review of Oncological and Functional Follow‐Up
ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Surveillance following cancer surgery with curative intent serves the purpose of permitting early detection of recurrent disease in addition to monitoring and management of post‐resection functional sequelae. Although recommendations exist for most primary cancers, in the context of radical or re‐operative surgery such as pelvic ...
Adrian Hang Yue Siu +5 more
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Port‐site hernia following laparoscopic gynecological surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.This systematic review of 70 346 patients revealed an estimated incidence of port‐site hernia of 0.29%. Fascial closure reduces risk but does not eliminate port‐site hernia, and no specific closure technique shows clear superiority. Abstract Introduction Port‐site hernia (PSH) is a rare but clinically relevant complication of laparoscopic gynecologic ...
Franciszek Ługowski +4 more
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Echocardiography for the evaluation of the relationship between lower abdominal aorta watershed and renal function injury during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A retrospective study. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore)Liu X +5 more
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Artificial Organs, EarlyView.We report an insight from the PELS‐1– a multicentre, international registry focusing on postocardiotomy extracorporeal support use between 2000 and 2020. We focused on 24/2163 (1.1%) patients requiring V‐V ECMO after cardiac surgery. Mortality was high, with 21.7% of patients discharged alive and an overall 1‐year survival probability of 12.5 ...
Pasquale Nardelli +39 more
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Rupture of the Abdominal Aorta without Aneurysm Associated with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report. [PDF]
Ann Vasc DisKuwano A +5 more
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