6295 papers
This prospective study demonstrates that the Advance XP male sling is a viable treatment for severe post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence with high overall satisfaction rates, although prior radiotherapy is associated with lower social continence outcomes.
A cross-sectional survey of nearly 9,500 Chinese students across three regions reveals a 3.0% scoliosis screening positivity rate (ATR ≥ 7°), identifying female sex, higher grade level, lower BMI, family history, and specific health behaviors like sedentary lifestyle and insufficient sleep as key factors associated with abnormal findings.
This case report describes the first Asian pediatric patient with the ultra-rare de novo CDC42 p.Arg68Gln variant causing Takenouchi-Kosaki syndrome, detailing the patient's clinical presentation and treatment while reviewing existing literature to address ethnic data gaps and improve future clinical recognition and management.
This retrospective study of 450 patients demonstrates that unilateral dual-channel endoscopic targeted resection of the S1 superior articular process tip offers comparable long-term clinical efficacy to MIS-TLIF for high-level L5-S1 extraforaminal disc herniation, while providing significant advantages in reduced trauma, faster recovery, and preservation of segmental mobility.
This study demonstrates that a novel LADS-TT-L vaccine, engineered from an attenuated *Listeria* strain to deliver a long tetanus toxoid fragment, reactivates pre-existing memory T cells to induce a potent Th1-mediated anti-tumor immune response that effectively suppresses cervical and colon carcinomas in murine models.
This qualitative study of Spanish-speaking Hispanic families reveals that while parents recognize the importance of hydration, they lack knowledge about regular bladder emptying and constipation management, facing significant barriers at individual, interpersonal, organizational, and community levels that necessitate coordinated, culturally tailored interventions to improve pediatric lower urinary tract symptom outcomes.
In a randomized clinical trial of 168 children with sepsis, adjunctive thiamine therapy was associated with a significantly shorter intensive care unit stay and favorable, though mostly non-significant, trends in mortality and organ dysfunction, with the most pronounced benefits observed in patients with moderate to severe baseline organ failure.
This multicenter retrospective study demonstrates that a higher triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is independently associated with poor 90-day prognosis in acute ischemic stroke patients undergoing endovascular therapy, a relationship that remains significant across normal glucose regulation and diabetes groups despite the highest poor outcome rates occurring in diabetic patients.
This retrospective study of 3,756 EVAR patients identifies advanced age, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, and high ASA class as independent predictors of the rare but highly lethal complication of in-hospital cardiac arrest, which significantly reduces survival rates.
This cross-sectional study of medical students in Southwest China reveals that rural practice exposure influences career retention intentions not directly, but indirectly through a sequential pathway of enhancing self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and professional identity.