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Short‐Term Outcomes of Robot‐Assisted Versus Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colon Cancer: A Propensity Score‐Matched Analysis

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study compared short‐term outcomes of robot‐assisted versus laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer using 1:1 propensity score matching. Among 218 matched pairs, robot‐assisted colectomy was associated with reduced blood loss, fewer conversions to open surgery, lower overall complication rates, and shorter hospital stays, despite longer operative ...
Akira Inoue, Yujiro Nishizawa, Yoshinori Kagawa, Masahiro Hashimoto, Shinya Kato, Yoshihiro Morimoto, Taishi Hata, Makoto Fujii, Masaaki Motoori, Kazumasa Fujitani   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Painful Intercourse Is Significantly Associated with Evoked Pain Perception and Cognitive Aspects of Pain in Women with Pelvic Pain

Sexual Medicine, 2015
Introduction: Evidence suggests that painful intercourse, pain-related psychosocial factors, and altered pain processing magnify the pain experience, but it is not clear how these factors are related to each other.
Meryl J. Alappattu, DPT, PhD, Steven Z. George, PT, PhD, Michael E. Robinson, PhD, Roger B. Fillingim, PhD, Nashat Moawad, MD, MS, Emily Weber LeBrun, MD, MS, Mark D. Bishop, PT, PhD   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence for Bone: Theory, Methods, and Applications

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) offer the potential to improve bone research. The current review explores the contributions of AI to pathological study, biomarker discovery, drug design, and clinical diagnosis and prognosis of bone diseases. We envision that AI‐driven methodologies will enable identifying novel targets for drugs discovery. The
Dongfeng Yuan, Haicang Zhang, Liping Tong, Di Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive treatment algorithm for chronic pelvic pain patients: A perspective review and future guidelines

Women's Health
Chronic pelvic pain is one of the most prevalent syndromes in family medicine, gynecology, and urology. Chronic pelvic pain patients are often misdiagnosed and have unnecessary prolonged suffering.
Allyson Shrikhande, Jason Hall, Iris Orbuch, Arnold Advincula, Katherine Wolfrum, Sallie Sarrel, Jessica Drummond, Lolasri Rampally, Julia Gonzalez-Engle, Jasmine Ross, Gautam Shrikhande   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pelvic floor myofascial pain severity and pelvic floor disorder symptom bother: Is there a correlation?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2019
BACKGROUND Pelvic floor myofascial pain, which is predominantly identified in the muscles of the levator ani and obturator internus, has been observed in women with chronic pelvic pain and other pelvic floor disorder symptoms, and is hypothesized to ...
M. Meister, S. Sutcliffe, A. Badu, C. Ghetti, J. Lowder   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of Spinal Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis on Lower Body Kinematics During Gait [PDF]

, 2018
Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare gait among patients with scoliosis undergoing posterior spinal fusion and instrumentation (PSFI) to typically developing subjects and determine if the location of the lowest instrumented vertebra ...
Garman, Christina R., Graf, Adam, Gupta, Purnendu, Hammerberg, Kim W., Harris, Gerald F., Hassani, Sahar, Kruger, Karen M., Krzak, Joseph J., Sturm, Peter F., Tarima, Sergey   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Vascular Abnormalities in Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (hEDS), while generally free from severe vascular complications, may occasionally present with cardiac and vascular abnormalities that warrant specific investigation. While studies have been conducted on the prevalence of cardiac involvement, none have focused on vascular aspects. This retrospective study was
Thomas Gehin, Malika Foy, Robert Carlier, Valentin Renault, Karelle Benistan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extent and Determinants of Impaired Mobility in Primigravida Postpartum Females with Pelvic Pain: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Physiotherapy
Background: Pelvic girdle pain refers to pain in the pelvis during pregnancy. It can significantly impact a woman's quality of life by limiting her mobility.
Amita Aggarwal, Sandeep Pattnaik, Kanika Bhatia, Sonali Guliya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a standardized, reproducible screening examination for assessment of pelvic floor myofascial pain

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2019
Background Pelvic floor myofascial pain is common, but physical examination methods to assess pelvic floor muscles are defined poorly. We hypothesized that a simple, transvaginal pelvic floor examination could be developed that would be highly ...
M. Meister, S. Sutcliffe, C. Ghetti, C. Chu, T. Spitznagle, D. Warren, J. Lowder   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Low impact weight-bearing exercise in an upright posture achieves greater lumbopelvic stability than overground walking [PDF]

, 2013
The aim of this study was to determine the kinematic differences between movements on a new exercise device (EX) that promotes a stable trunk over a moving, unstable base of support, and overground walking (OW).
Caplan, Nick, Debuse, Dorothée, Gibbon, Karl   +2 more
core   +3 more sources