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Impact of Abdominoperineal Resection on Postoperative Male Sexual Function After Minimally Invasive Rectal Cancer Surgery: A Subgroup Analysis From the LANDMARC Study

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Abdominoperineal resection (APR) after minimally invasive rectal cancer surgery was associated with significantly higher rates of erectile and early ejaculatory dysfunction compared with anal‐sparing surgery. Although ejaculatory function showed partial recovery over time, erectile dysfunction persisted up to 12 months postoperatively.
Taiki Kajiwara, Shinobu Ohnuma, Michiaki Unno, Masakatsu Numata, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Koya Hida, Tomonori Akagi, Suguru Hasegawa, Akio Shiomi, Ryo Inada, Manabu Shiozawa, Keisuke Kazama, Masanori Hotchi, Masahiko Watanabe, Takeshi Naitoh   +14 more
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Lateral retroperitoneal approach for the treatment of a recumbent silkworm-like paravertebral schwannoma in the lumbar spine: a case report

Frontiers in Oncology
ObjectiveThis case report describes the surgical management of a recumbent silkworm-like paravertebral schwannoma in the lumbar spine resected via the lateral retroperitoneal approach.MethodsA lumbar paravertebral schwannoma resembling a “recumbent ...
Lanming Su, Wei Liu, Yingying Zhang, Feng Li, Yuanqin Liu, Ziyu Wang   +5 more
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Smart Flexible Tactile Sensors: Recent Progress in Device Designs, Intelligent Algorithms, and Multidisciplinary Applications

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Flexible tactile sensors have considerable potential for broad application in healthcare monitoring, human–machine interfaces, and bioinspired robotics. This review explores recent progress in device design, performance optimization, and intelligent applications. It highlights how AI algorithms enhance environmental adaptability and perception accuracy
Siyuan Wang, Ming Dong, Rongrong Bao, Caofeng Pan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Lumbar Disc Herniation and Vertebral Endplate Modic Changes: An MRI-Based Study

Advanced Biomedical Research
Background: Low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent health concern with various causes, including lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and vertebral endplate Modic changes (MCs).
Pegah Torabi, Ghazaleh Jamalipour Soufi, Ali Hekmatnia, Hadi Ravanbod, Mehdi Teimouri, Mahdi Shahsavan, Farzaneh Hekmatnia, Mohammad Shahsavan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measurement of the three-dimensional kinematics of the human lumbar and cervical spine using the 3Space Isotrak system [PDF]

, 1993
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Russell, Patricia Anne Hartley
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m.10010T>C Mitochondrial Disease: A Case Report With Hypoparathyroidism and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mitochondria are essential intracellular organelles that play a critical role in cellular metabolism, including the regulation of intracellular calcium signaling. Advances in genomic sequencing have facilitated the identification of rare pathogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genetic variants in patients with unexplained endocrine disorders.
Jacob Mohr, Anja Lisbeth Frederiksen, Morten Duno, Anne Pernille Hermann, Trine Maxel Juul, Simone Rask Nielsen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lumbar Puncture

Acute Medicine Journal, 2011
Most junior doctors learn common practical procedures, like lumbar puncture, on the job. This usually involves unstructured observation, demonstration and then supervised practice. Thus, most doctors have learned to perform a lumbar puncture without studying the theory of the procedure in any detail.
openaire   +3 more sources

Compressive load bearing and bone architecture of lumbar vertebrae in terms of sex and aging

, 2004
Relation between vertebral compressive strength and trabecular architecture is presented in terms of aging and sex. Complex in vitro medical-engineering analysis of cadaver human lumbar L1 and L2 vertebrae was executed: densitometry, CT, MRI, mechanical ...
Fornet, B., Kurutzné Kovács, Márta, Gálos, M.   +2 more
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The biology of the ovine functional spinal unit: facet cartilage and intervertebral disc [PDF]

, 2013
Back pain will affect up to 84 % of people at some point in their lives. It is a major public health problem in Western society leading to disability and economic loss through work absence, physician visits and hospitalisation.
Gough, Caroline Shanni
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Phenotype Expansion of Malan Syndrome: New Cases and a Review of the Literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Malan syndrome is an ultra‐rare overgrowth syndrome caused by pathogenic variants or deletions in nuclear factor one X (NFIX) located at 19p13.2. Here, we report a comprehensive literature review and phenotyping of known patients with Malan syndrome and present a novel cohort of eight patients.
Alex F. Nisbet, Sylvie A. Adams, Zoe S. Katz, Christal G. Delagrammatikas, Kosuke Izumi, Winifred Sigal, Kim Ventarola, Elaine H. Zackai, Julia E. Reid, Grant T. Liu, Jennifer M. Kalish   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source